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[–] 108 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Literally the mentality of the English land-owning gentry enclosing the ancient commons and driving people off the land into dependency on them. It was bullshit then, and it's bullshit now.

It's straight up kleptoparasite mentality.

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  • [–] 18 points 1 week ago (1 child)

    It's been the central mentality of the owning class since the ability to individually own the means of production was conceived.

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  • [–] 6 points 6 days ago

    They won't care about rent-seeking without their brains. There's a simple solution to these problems, we just have to do it. It's easy and fun, so I hear. I'm willing to be the first, I'll accept those dirty hands

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