"So did I."

  • OgdenTO [he/him]
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    10 months ago

    Landlords are the reason UBI cannot work on its own

    • DragonBallZinn [he/him]
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      10 months ago

      I keep telling libs that at the very least, they need to have a heavy land value tax if they want UBI to work. Because then, if they decide to raise the rent, they'll admit their land is more valuable and have to pay more in taxes. What are they going to do? Pass the tax onto their tenants? Raising rent is how they got high taxes. And if they try to ship their money overseas, well they can't since the land is the tax base.

    • Hohsia [he/him]
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      10 months ago

      And not just landlords, corporations are playing along now too with their cute little subscription models 🤗

      Enshitification babeeeeeeee

      • DragonBallZinn [he/him]
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        10 months ago

        Enshittification does have a historic term: rent-seeking behavior. It's all about taking more money without creating wealth. Even Adam Smith vehemently opposed this and called it anti free-market, since he wanted the market to also be free from lords.

        Now, so much of the US economy is built around rent-seeking and now we're all scratching our heads why China is kicking our asses, and our governments are so corrupt.

        • Hohsia [he/him]
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          10 months ago

          Spending a few minutes with an “apolitical” or even non-leftist person kinda shows you how utterly fucked we are lmao these people live to uncritically consume their slop at whatever rate they’re charged. Just a prime example of people who don’t know what is in their best interest

          • barrbaric [he/him]
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            10 months ago

            There's also a decently large group who make us look like bloomers, who think that humanity is irredeemable and deserve to die due to climate change etc.

            • Hohsia [he/him]
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              10 months ago

              ‘Tis why it’s socialism or barbarism