"They only think about one thing, and it's disgusting."
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"They only think about one thing, and it's disgusting."
I'm not talking about sex. I'm talking about rent. And the people who see the world through the rent-seeking lens.
Someone, ideally everyone needs to pay tithes to them, they reason. And not for some ongoing service. Not because of any value they create, but because of value they hold. Value that can never be bought and paid off in full. A nation or king might collect tax, why not me they reason.
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"They only think about one thing, and it's disgusting."
I'm not talking about sex. I'm talking about rent. And the people who see the world through the rent-seeking lens.
Someone, ideally everyone needs to pay tithes to them, they reason. And not for some ongoing service. Not because of any value they create, but because of value they hold. Value that can never be bought and paid off in full. A nation or king might collect tax, why not me they reason.
I guess that's why this same sort of person hates things like welfare. It's a bit of a mirror, but at the same time it raises the possibility that everyone is deserving. It's a challenge to their exceptional nature.
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"They only think about one thing, and it's disgusting."
I'm not talking about sex. I'm talking about rent. And the people who see the world through the rent-seeking lens.
Someone, ideally everyone needs to pay tithes to them, they reason. And not for some ongoing service. Not because of any value they create, but because of value they hold. Value that can never be bought and paid off in full. A nation or king might collect tax, why not me they reason.
When I was working with internet /tech 20 years ago I didn't get this at all. "But why would we want to make them log in the device has an ID that's enough for our purposes."
I must have seemed so naive LMAO. No matter if it's a patch of berries, or some neat new technology some people will look at it and think "I could use this to make people give me money" And that's wild.
Not, "people will really love this and I bet I'll get a lot of money" or "everyone will be impressed with what I did."
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