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Re:Big landlords used software to collude on rent prices, DC... by pphysch on Friday November 03, 2023 @01:31AM (#38124909)
> It was also discouraged to talk about income in Soviet Russia, as an example.

What evidence do you have for this? In current "socialist" countries like China, talking openly about wages is common and not discouraged.

The incentives are crystal clear. Price coordination works, and workers in USA are brainwashed against doing it in their own benefit.

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Re:Big landlords used software to collude on rent prices, DC... by randomdata on Friday November 03, 2023 @08:28AM (#38127713)
Except China moved to being a capitalist society several decades ago. The Nordic capitalist societies even go as far as to officially publish everyone's income data. You've not explained your attribution to capitalist societies.

Again, price coordination is necessary to remain competitive once price data becomes pervasive. Such data is not readily available in the USA with respect to labour, however, thus it is a competitive advantage to remain guarded.

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