hanscees · @hanscees
497 followers · 8654 posts · Server social.sargasso.nl

@Natanox @MMRnmd @aral @HeavenlyPossum has many definitions but and other anti social parts are surely a big part of it.

#capitalism #rentseeking #warprofit #socialdumping

Last updated 1 year ago

hanscees · @hanscees
497 followers · 8654 posts · Server social.sargasso.nl
LisPi · @lispi314
687 followers · 14703 posts · Server mastodon.top

@glightly All aboard the & train, choo choo?

Something like that seems to be happening anyway.

#enshittification #rentseeking

Last updated 1 year ago

gcvsa ⭐️🔰🇺🇸🇵🇭 · @gcvsa
27 followers · 2233 posts · Server mstdn.plus

It’s not categorically impossible for someone to earn a net worth in excess of $1B USD, but it is not the norm among wealthy people, and it is usually limited to people who have extraordinary talents who have managed to invent a product or create a work of art that finds mass appeal.

Most are not these people. Most “self-made” billionaires acquire their crucial initial stake via , and leverage that with

However…

#billionaires #inheritance #privilege #monopoly #rentseeking

Last updated 1 year ago

Mark W. Cooper · @coopotron
286 followers · 262 posts · Server mastodon.au
Peter Kisner · @PTR_K
167 followers · 2991 posts · Server dice.camp

@JuliusGoat
This is their view of literally every employed human on the face of the Earth.
We just assumed they'd manage a more thorough job of displacing manual laborers before cracking creative pursuits.

The dream was that automating labor would free people to pursue what they enjoy. Turns out not when the owners of the automation hoard all the profits, and the efforts of non-owner-class now have increasingly diminished monetary value.


#ai #economics #rentseeking

Last updated 1 year ago

lucie digitální · @luciedigitalni
506 followers · 3203 posts · Server aus.social

If you find yourself in the presence of a pharmacist crying about the injustice of the government's move to halve the cost of medicines for people with chronic conditions, this article will help you understand the context of the multi-billion dollar subsidies and other competitive restrictions that community pharmacists enjoy, making them probably the most protected businesses in the country.

It's good to see a government that's prepared to call out their rent-seeking


theconversation.com/heres-why-

#pharmacyguild #pbs #rentseeking #auspol

Last updated 2 years ago