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Unfortunately many courses now give assignments through sites that are only accessible by purchasing a textbook with a unique access code
So in every other country if they tried something like that, students would kick up shit, government would step in and sort it
So it's either, too pussy to stand up for yourselves, or you're living in a dictatorship
Which is it? ๐
Even worse, they are gaslighted into thinking intellectual property exctracting rent is completely fine and actually desirable.