I saw RealPage's crappy rent-jacking-up software so you don't have to

Re:I saw RealPage's crappy rent-jacking-up software so you d... by gwright on Friday February 24, 2023 @02:35PM (#34928936)

What are "capitalism laws"? My point is that the government is preventing the transactions. Doesn't matter if we are talking about a republic, a parliamentary system, a monarchy, a socialist country, authoritarian, feudal, local gangs, organized crime, etc.

It requires power to prevent voluntary transactions and that comes in lots of flavors.

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Re:I saw RealPage's crappy rent-jacking-up software so you d... by arrosenberg on Friday February 24, 2023 @02:39PM (#34928994)

I misspelled capitalist - defined as laws that benefit those with capital.

My point is you are distinguishing between government and capitalism - capitalism is an attribute of the government and power structure. The people with capital are the ones preventing the transactions (to their own benefit of course).

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Re:I saw RealPage's crappy rent-jacking-up software so you d... by gwright on Friday February 24, 2023 @02:42PM (#34929038)

> capitalism is an attribute of the government and power structure

I don't think that is a common formulation of the idea of "capitalism".

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Re:I saw RealPage's crappy rent-jacking-up software so you d... by arrosenberg on Friday February 24, 2023 @03:00PM (#34929299)

Enlighten us then? What is the common formulation according to you?

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Re:I saw RealPage's crappy rent-jacking-up software so you d... by topaz0 on Friday February 24, 2023 @03:43PM (#34929859)

Marxist analysis isn't that rare in my experience.

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