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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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