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End the 'In God We Trust' Paradox: Copyright is Illegal Piracy

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/45204730

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/45204624

If the U.S. officially declares “In God We Trust” on its currency, it recognizes God as the ultimate Creator. Logically, if man is a tool in God’s hands, then every “invention” or “creation” belongs to the Original Source, not the tool. Selling intellectual property without proving you aren’t just a divine instrument is essentially piracy—trading someone else’s property as your own. I’ve started a petition to demand a “God-denial disclaimer” for every IP transaction. If you want to own an idea, you must officially deny God first. Let’s clean our public spaces from “protected” corporate noise and return creativity to its true source.

  • Jentu@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    18 days ago

    Quote from the appeals court ruling from Massachusetts v. Mellon, 262 U.S. 447 (1923)

    It is quite obvious that the national motto and the slogan on coinage and currency ‘In God We Trust’ has nothing whatsoever to do with the establishment of religion. Its use is of patriotic or ceremonial character and bears no true resemblance to a governmental sponsorship of a religious exercise. …It is not easy to discern any religious significance attendant the payment of a bill with coin or currency on which has been imprinted ‘In God We Trust’ or the study of a government publication or document bearing that slogan. In fact, such secular uses of the motto was viewed as sacrilegious and irreverent by President Theodore Roosevelt. Yet Congress has directed such uses. While ‘ceremonial’ and ‘patriotic’ may not be particularly apt words to describe the category of the national motto, it is excluded from First Amendment significance because the motto has no theological or ritualistic impact. As stated by the Congressional report, it has ‘spiritual and psychological value’ and 'inspirational quality.”

    Try to sue them if you’d like, but there’s already precedent for this argument. Like I said previously, there’s far better ways to erode public trust (though the US is doing a pretty good job of that currently with funding multiple wars while people go hungry and their medical care is stripped)

    • axet@lemmy.worldOP
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      18 days ago

      Thank you for bringing up the Aronow v. United States (1970) logic. You’ve just exposed the beating heart of the ‘Empire of Lies’.

      The legal theory you cited — often called ‘Ceremonial Deism’ - is the ultimate evidence of systemic fraud. Think about what the court is actually saying here:

      1. The Claim: The government prints 'In God We Trust' on every dollar.
2. The Legal Dodge: But when challenged in court, they claim it has 'no theological impact' and is just 'ceremonial'.

      This is a confession of a scam. The State uses God’s name to buy moral authority and public trust, but the moment that ‘Trust’ requires them to respect God’s ownership of ideas, they say: ‘Oh, we didn’t actually mean THAT God. It’s just a slogan.’

      This is a ‘Schrödinger’s God’: He is real enough to be on the money, but He is ‘ceremonial’ enough to let corporations steal His inspiration. If the National Motto is just a ‘psychological value’ with no truth behind it, then every IP lawyer and every Judge is participating in a trillion-dollar state-sponsored blasphemy.

      My Supplemental Memorandum (Tracking: RS074950246RU) is designed to break this ‘Ceremonial’ mask. You can’t ‘Trust in God’ and ‘Own His Ideas’ at the same time. One is a truth, the other is a lie. The U.S. government must finally pick one. If the Motto is a fairy tale, stop printing it. If it’s the Truth, stop selling God’s property as your own.