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• prole@sh.itjust.works ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Rent seeking. It’s called rent seeking, and there is nothing new about it.

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  • elbarto777@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    But rent seeking sounds too… clean. It’s almost an euphemism. Because in the end, the result is that for a whole lot of people, the experience of using the services goes to shit.

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    • prole@sh.itjust.works ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I just like pointing out that it’s nothing new.

      It may not be a flashy term, but it has a lot of historical context and it’s basically a defining feature of modern capitalism at this point.

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      • elbarto777@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Absolutely. I read a whole lot about it after I posted my previous comment. Rent seeking is definitely the right term.

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