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> by charging rent to everyone who wishes to grow value on their land.

That goes beyond rent-seeking into feudalism.

Rent seeking is running an application as a service that could just be a tool you pay once for, and instead have to pay for monthly. Charging people rent for access to a commons in which they provide all of the value is digital serfdom.

parent hinkley 3 years ago

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