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Re:Americans Have Quit Quitting Their Jobs by Clent on Thursday July 06, 2023 @02:14PM (#36620393)
In a perfect system, I wouldn't pay a penny more than your total cost. Capitalist extraction can only occur because we pretend it's not an exploitation of unequal knowledge.
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Re:Americans Have Quit Quitting Their Jobs by ETH_start on Thursday July 06, 2023 @08:38PM (#36625421)
No, profit is just and economically rational compensation to the investor. Without it, the opportunity cost and risk of saving and investing, respectively, is not compensated for.
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