They also flow from corruption (regulatory capture/failure to enforce anti-trust law). It’s hard to say whether that is itself a cause or result of wealth inequality, though.
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Feyd@programming.dev 4 months agoEvery single one of these flows from wealth inequality.
grue@lemmy.world 4 months ago
rottingleaf@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Nintendo, when chasing developers of emulators and modders, uses regulatory mechanisms. IP is such a mechanism initially. Intended to protect the little guy from big bad corporations.
It’s hard to say whether that is itself a cause or result of wealth inequality, though.
It’s both of course. Only time flows in one direction and never the other.
xor@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 months ago
(and reinforces it)
rottingleaf@lemmy.world 4 months ago
No.
octopus_ink@slrpnk.net 4 months ago
Excellent point!