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Re:Motherboard sales are now collapsing amid unprecedented s... by andrekandre on Thursday May 07, 2026 @11:13PM (#48058069) 

  > we are in the financialization and rent-seeker world now
sometimes i wonder if this is what happens when organic growth stops/slows; when (for lack of a better word) desperate people just start looking for any alternative to keep the growth train running...
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Re:Motherboard sales are now collapsing amid unprecedented s... by vkou on Friday May 08, 2026 @01:13PM (#48066027)
It's just what happens when you give the rich all the political power in your society.

All of them come from the 'make money from other people's labour' background, and they will, of course, use that political power to optimize that wealth extraction.

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