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I'll say it once and I'll say it again. Even the father of capitalism thought landlords were parasitic leeches on the economy. Even the father of capitalism hated landlords
Making an investment out of a necessity is immoral any way you cut it.
Health should be public.
Food needs to turn a profit, that's understandable, but also food food is not finite where the rich can hoard it all... Or maybe that's their next thing ๐ค nah won't happen because it's perishable
That's what the capital is for. Why hoard something that rots and can't be easily moved around? Capital knows no borders and actually increases in value just by moving it around.
It's basically an infinite food hack, but not just for food - for everything