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Re:Slack has raised our charges by $195k per year by DangitBobby on Wednesday September 17, 2025 @10:05PM (#45284180)
It's pretty much just rent extraction, or even feudalism, which you could argue is the end result of unchecked capitalism.
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Re:Slack has raised our charges by $195k per year by pcl on Wednesday September 17, 2025 @10:15PM (#45284273)
That seems like a pretty tough argument to make, to be honest.
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Re:Slack has raised our charges by $195k per year by DangitBobby on Thursday September 18, 2025 @03:04PM (#45293663)
No, not really. The features that distinguish between feudalism and capitalism are mostly to do with class mobility and hierachies. Capitalism without class mobility is indistinguishable from feudalism. All it takes is a couple of generations of unchecked markets and power accumulates completely in upper classes and we are back to feudalism. You can argue "no, because reasons" (paraphrasing) all you want. Good luck convincing me, though.
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Re:Slack has raised our charges by $195k per year by pcl on Friday September 19, 2025 @05:26PM (#45306839)
> Good luck convincing me, though.

Thanks for the heads-up -- I'll pass.

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