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Fluent In Finance is when you side with the landlords leeching your money away

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[-] 4zi@hexbear.net 68 points 1 year ago

America is no longer capitalist. Capitalism requires competition. Today every market is controlled by a small handful of ultra wealthy oligarchs. Until we restore competition, all we have is exploitation.

very-smart

[-] Goferking0@ttrpg.network 48 points 1 year ago

Didn't they just describe the entire point of capitalism?

[-] facow@hexbear.net 62 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Damn I can't believe capitalism keeps advancing to its extremely predictable endpoint. This must be something new not my beloved capitalism let's call it crony capitalism. That'll solve it

[-] Goferking0@ttrpg.network 30 points 1 year ago

I'm sure it's just due to some pesky consumer protections. Better just remove any regulations, that'll fix it! /s

[-] GrouchyGrouse@hexbear.net 22 points 1 year ago

We'll try making some kind of East something Trading Company. Surely, we can defeat the monopolizing tendency of capitalism with a corporate-government hybrid structure.

[-] Goferking0@ttrpg.network 16 points 1 year ago

Better make sure it's autonomous and armed

[-] GrouchyGrouse@hexbear.net 14 points 1 year ago

Countdown to the Wall Street Journal rolling out full page ads for the Pinkerton Detective Agency in 3... 2...

[-] bennieandthez@lemmygrad.ml 17 points 1 year ago

Also lets ignore Lenins work that literally describes this and calls it imperialism, more than half a century before the term "crony capitalism" was coined.

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