#rentseekers — Public Fediverse posts

An #empire collapses when the #wealth #inequality reaches a tipping point inside the empire and the #rentseekers show themselves to be nothing but leeches. There is a myth around empires and dynasties of the strong and scrappy that start the empire and subsequent generations that get weak and decadent. That is not the case. Empires get powerful by having a more equal society than the aging collapsing empire from inequality and rent seeking and then feeding off the dying empire or kingdom or smaller population to boost its prosperity. The equality of citizens of the new empire increase while the the inequality of the subjugated increases. At a certain point the greedy at the top want even more and begin to take more from citizens which causes it to collapse. The inequality and greed is what fuels the decadence, the #decadence is a symptom not a cause. A new nation has a more equal system and takes its place.
Example: China focused on nepotism over meritocracy. The mongols were mostly meritocratic and the most efficient fighting force. The post-Genghis hoards only lasted so long and they stuck with Meritocracy. For one thing local folks of the hoard knew they had a way up in this new system if they worked hard. After that went away, all support for the outsiders collapsed completely.

Its not a cycle of strength vs decadence but a cycle of equality vs inequality. It doesn't have to be very equal, just more equal than the last guy. Equality creates both efficiency and loyalty and makes one less likely to question the narrative of the powerful.

An #empire collapses when the #wealth #inequality reaches a tipping point inside the empire and the #rentseekers show themselves to be nothing but leeches. There is a myth around empires and dynasties of the strong and scrappy that start the empire and subsequent generations that get weak and decadent. That is not the case. Empires get powerful by having a more equal society than the aging collapsing empire from inequality and rent seeking and then feeding off the dying empire or kingdom or smaller population to boost its prosperity. The equality of citizens of the new empire increase while the the inequality of the subjugated increases. At a certain point the greedy at the top want even more and begin to take more from citizens which causes it to collapse. The inequality and greed is what fuels the decadence, the #decadence is a symptom not a cause. A new nation has a more equal system and takes its place.
Example: China focused on nepotism over meritocracy. The mongols were mostly meritocratic and the most efficient fighting force. The post-Genghis hoards only lasted so long and they stuck with Meritocracy. For one thing local folks of the hoard knew they had a way up in this new system if they worked hard. After that went away, all support for the outsiders collapsed completely.

Its not a cycle of strength vs decadence but a cycle of equality vs inequality. It doesn't have to be very equal, just more equal than the last guy. Equality creates both efficiency and loyalty and makes one less likely to question the narrative of the powerful.

An #empire collapses when the #wealth #inequality reaches a tipping point inside the empire and the #rentseekers show themselves to be nothing but leeches. There is a myth around empires and dynasties of the strong and scrappy that start the empire and subsequent generations that get weak and decadent. That is not the case. Empires get powerful by having a more equal society than the aging collapsing empire from inequality and rent seeking and then feeding off the dying empire or kingdom or smaller population to boost its prosperity. The equality of citizens of the new empire increase while the the inequality of the subjugated increases. At a certain point the greedy at the top want even more and begin to take more from citizens which causes it to collapse. The inequality and greed is what fuels the decadence, the #decadence is a symptom not a cause. A new nation has a more equal system and takes its place.
Example: China focused on nepotism over meritocracy. The mongols were mostly meritocratic and the most efficient fighting force. The post-Genghis hoards only lasted so long and they stuck with Meritocracy. For one thing local folks of the hoard knew they had a way up in this new system if they worked hard. After that went away, all support for the outsiders collapsed completely.

Its not a cycle of strength vs decadence but a cycle of equality vs inequality. It doesn't have to be very equal, just more equal than the last guy. Equality creates both efficiency and loyalty and makes one less likely to question the narrative of the powerful.

An #empire collapses when the #wealth #inequality reaches a tipping point inside the empire and the #rentseekers show themselves to be nothing but leeches. There is a myth around empires and dynasties of the strong and scrappy that start the empire and subsequent generations that get weak and decadent. That is not the case. Empires get powerful by having a more equal society than the aging collapsing empire from inequality and rent seeking and then feeding off the dying empire or kingdom or smaller population to boost its prosperity. The equality of citizens of the new empire increase while the the inequality of the subjugated increases. At a certain point the greedy at the top want even more and begin to take more from citizens which causes it to collapse. The inequality and greed is what fuels the decadence, the #decadence is a symptom not a cause. A new nation has a more equal system and takes its place.
Example: China focused on nepotism over meritocracy. The mongols were mostly meritocratic and the most efficient fighting force. The post-Genghis hoards only lasted so long and they stuck with Meritocracy. For one thing local folks of the hoard knew they had a way up in this new system if they worked hard. After that went away, all support for the outsiders collapsed completely.

Its not a cycle of strength vs decadence but a cycle of equality vs inequality. It doesn't have to be very equal, just more equal than the last guy. Equality creates both efficiency and loyalty and makes one less likely to question the narrative of the powerful.

@AnarchoNinaAnalyzes

#scam #exploitation #rentSeekers #ForProfitIncarceration #Prisons

@AnarchoNinaAnalyzes

#scam #exploitation #rentSeekers #ForProfitIncarceration #Prisons

@AnarchoNinaAnalyzes

#scam #exploitation #rentSeekers #ForProfitIncarceration #Prisons

@AnarchoNinaAnalyzes

#scam #exploitation #rentSeekers #ForProfitIncarceration #Prisons

@AnarchoNinaAnalyzes

#scam #exploitation #rentSeekers #ForProfitIncarceration #Prisons

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/05/your-money/irs-tax-filing-free-online.html

Tax software companies are the fucking worst

#taxes #rentseekers

@angiebaby @davidaugust #ClownFlare aka. #CloudFlare are just #ValueRemoving #rentseekers and part of the Problem, not solution!

Their entire business model should not exist to begin with!!!

@angiebaby @davidaugust #ClownFlare aka. #CloudFlare are just #ValueRemoving #rentseekers and part of the Problem, not solution!

Their entire business model should not exist to begin with!!!

@angiebaby @davidaugust #ClownFlare aka. #CloudFlare are just #ValueRemoving #rentseekers and part of the Problem, not solution!

Their entire business model should not exist to begin with!!!

@yassie_j I mean I hate #CAPTCHAs as they are #ableist af and don't even work for anything but exclude #blind and #VisionImpaired people.

But since #bots are a problem, I can't just complain about #ValueRemoving #RentSeekers like #CloudFlare without proposing any alternative methods...

@yassie_j I mean I hate #CAPTCHAs as they are #ableist af and don't even work for anything but exclude #blind and #VisionImpaired people.

But since #bots are a problem, I can't just complain about #ValueRemoving #RentSeekers like #CloudFlare without proposing any alternative methods...

@yassie_j I mean I hate #CAPTCHAs as they are #ableist af and don't even work for anything but exclude #blind and #VisionImpaired people.

But since #bots are a problem, I can't just complain about #ValueRemoving #RentSeekers like #CloudFlare without proposing any alternative methods...

@JustinLachance @tod

The only thing any #LinkTax and #Paywalling does is drive people from "#Quality [#Mainsteam] #News Outlets" to questionable [tinfoilhatted] #FakeNews & #Propaganda #Media whist propping up some #ValueRemoving #Rentseekers in the form of #CollectingAgencies that also require more #Tracking and further #Enshittification!

@JustinLachance @tod

The only thing any #LinkTax and #Paywalling does is drive people from "#Quality [#Mainsteam] #News Outlets" to questionable [tinfoilhatted] #FakeNews & #Propaganda #Media whist propping up some #ValueRemoving #Rentseekers in the form of #CollectingAgencies that also require more #Tracking and further #Enshittification!

@JustinLachance @tod

The only thing any #LinkTax and #Paywalling does is drive people from "#Quality [#Mainsteam] #News Outlets" to questionable [tinfoilhatted] #FakeNews & #Propaganda #Media whist propping up some #ValueRemoving #Rentseekers in the form of #CollectingAgencies that also require more #Tracking and further #Enshittification!

@sigmasternchen Both #CloudFlare and #Link11 are #ValueRemoving #RentSeekers and equally bad!

@sigmasternchen Both #CloudFlare and #Link11 are #ValueRemoving #RentSeekers and equally bad!

@sigmasternchen Both #CloudFlare and #Link11 are #ValueRemoving #RentSeekers and equally bad!

@overcastfm Yeah, #CloudFlare are #ValueRemoving #RentSeekers:

Their whole #MusinessModel is just legalized #Racketeering and should neither exist nor be legal!

@overcastfm Yeah, #CloudFlare are #ValueRemoving #RentSeekers:

Their whole #MusinessModel is just legalized #Racketeering and should neither exist nor be legal!

@overcastfm Yeah, #CloudFlare are #ValueRemoving #RentSeekers:

Their whole #MusinessModel is just legalized #Racketeering and should neither exist nor be legal!

@trashheap @[email protected] The worse part of this is that #scalpers #botting their #distributors are the problem, and people buying from said #ValueRemoving #rentseekers instead of the distributors, when the only winning move is to starve those into insolvency.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZ6eM5OZtm0&t=108s

@trashheap @Raspberry_Pi The worse part of this is that #scalpers #botting their #distributors are the problem, and people buying from said #ValueRemoving #rentseekers instead of the distributors, when the only winning move is to starve those into insolvency.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZ6eM5OZtm0&t=108s

@trashheap @Raspberry_Pi The worse part of this is that #scalpers #botting their #distributors are the problem, and people buying from said #ValueRemoving #rentseekers instead of the distributors, when the only winning move is to starve those into insolvency.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZ6eM5OZtm0&t=108s

@Annalee I guess where you're going on that take...

Tho can we agree that #CloudFlare are #RentSeekers and that their #Business Model should not exist to begin with?

@Annalee I guess where you're going on that take...

Tho can we agree that #CloudFlare are #RentSeekers and that their #Business Model should not exist to begin with?

@Annalee I guess where you're going on that take...

Tho can we agree that #CloudFlare are #RentSeekers and that their #Business Model should not exist to begin with?

#TechnoFeudalism #Capitalism #RentSeekers #EVs #RightToRepair
“But capitalism has finally run out of gas. In his forthcoming book, Techno Feudalism: What Killed Capitalism, Yanis Varoufakis proposes that capitalism has died – but it wasn't replaced by socialism. Rather, capitalism has given way to feudalism:…

“Today, we live in a rentier's paradise. People don't aspire to create value – they aspire to capture it. In Survival of the Richest, Doug Rushkoff calls this "going meta": don't provide a service, just figure out a way to interpose yourself between the provider and the customer:…”

From: @PhilippBayer
https://genomic.social/@PhilippBayer/110783150336028259

#TechnoFeudalism #Capitalism #RentSeekers #EVs #RightToRepair
“But capitalism has finally run out of gas. In his forthcoming book, Techno Feudalism: What Killed Capitalism, Yanis Varoufakis proposes that capitalism has died – but it wasn't replaced by socialism. Rather, capitalism has given way to feudalism:…

“Today, we live in a rentier's paradise. People don't aspire to create value – they aspire to capture it. In Survival of the Richest, Doug Rushkoff calls this "going meta": don't provide a service, just figure out a way to interpose yourself between the provider and the customer:…”

From: @PhilippBayer
https://genomic.social/@PhilippBayer/110783150336028259

#TechnoFeudalism #Capitalism #RentSeekers #EVs #RightToRepair
“But capitalism has finally run out of gas. In his forthcoming book, Techno Feudalism: What Killed Capitalism, Yanis Varoufakis proposes that capitalism has died – but it wasn't replaced by socialism. Rather, capitalism has given way to feudalism:…

“Today, we live in a rentier's paradise. People don't aspire to create value – they aspire to capture it. In Survival of the Richest, Doug Rushkoff calls this "going meta": don't provide a service, just figure out a way to interpose yourself between the provider and the customer:…”

From: @PhilippBayer
https://genomic.social/@PhilippBayer/110783150336028259

#TechnoFeudalism #Capitalism #RentSeekers #EVs #RightToRepair
“But capitalism has finally run out of gas. In his forthcoming book, Techno Feudalism: What Killed Capitalism, Yanis Varoufakis proposes that capitalism has died – but it wasn't replaced by socialism. Rather, capitalism has given way to feudalism:…

“Today, we live in a rentier's paradise. People don't aspire to create value – they aspire to capture it. In Survival of the Richest, Doug Rushkoff calls this "going meta": don't provide a service, just figure out a way to interpose yourself between the provider and the customer:…”

From: @PhilippBayer
https://genomic.social/@PhilippBayer/110783150336028259

#TechnoFeudalism #Capitalism #RentSeekers #EVs #RightToRepair
“But capitalism has finally run out of gas. In his forthcoming book, Techno Feudalism: What Killed Capitalism, Yanis Varoufakis proposes that capitalism has died – but it wasn't replaced by socialism. Rather, capitalism has given way to feudalism:…

“Today, we live in a rentier's paradise. People don't aspire to create value – they aspire to capture it. In Survival of the Richest, Doug Rushkoff calls this "going meta": don't provide a service, just figure out a way to interpose yourself between the provider and the customer:…”

From: @PhilippBayer
https://genomic.social/@PhilippBayer/110783150336028259

#TorGuard and #CloudFlare are good indicators of everything that's wrong with #ITsec:

Mainly that the business model is full of #ValueRemoving #Rentseekers that sell #DigitalSnakeoil that'll only impress #TechIlliterates that have no idea what they talk about...

But don't take my word for it:
http://kaizushih5iec2mxohpvbt5uaapqdnbluaasa2cmsrrjtwrbx46cnaid.onion/page.php?q=blog&b=this-some-serious-bullshit-mah-nigga

#TorGuard and #CloudFlare are good indicators of everything that's wrong with #ITsec:

Mainly that the business model is full of #ValueRemoving #Rentseekers that sell #DigitalSnakeoil that'll only impress #TechIlliterates that have no idea what they talk about...

But don't take my word for it:
http://kaizushih5iec2mxohpvbt5uaapqdnbluaasa2cmsrrjtwrbx46cnaid.onion/page.php?q=blog&b=this-some-serious-bullshit-mah-nigga

#TorGuard and #CloudFlare are good indicators of everything that's wrong with #ITsec:

Mainly that the business model is full of #ValueRemoving #Rentseekers that sell #DigitalSnakeoil that'll only impress #TechIlliterates that have no idea what they talk about...

But don't take my word for it:
http://kaizushih5iec2mxohpvbt5uaapqdnbluaasa2cmsrrjtwrbx46cnaid.onion/page.php?q=blog&b=this-some-serious-bullshit-mah-nigga

@atomicpoet they don't add anything to it, #BlueSky are #ValueRemoving #RentSeekers - period!

@atomicpoet they don't add anything to it, #BlueSky are #ValueRemoving #RentSeekers - period!

@atomicpoet they don't add anything to it, #BlueSky are #ValueRemoving #RentSeekers - period!

:boost_ok: #FollowerPower: Does anyone know a #distributor that actually sells @Raspberry_Pi / #RaspberryPi #PiZero v1.3 / #Pi0 1.3 (NOT #Pi0W / #Pi0W2!) at #MSRP or at least not beyond 300% of it?
Cuz all I see are shitty #scammers and #ValueRemoving #rentseekers aka. [unofficial!] "#resellers" that charge 1.000% - >2.000% of the MSRP and they seem to #bot all the shops empty.
Like it's worse than with the #PS5 & #XboxSeriesX, and that's already shit.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZ6eM5OZtm0

:boost_ok: #FollowerPower: Does anyone know a #distributor that actually sells @[email protected] / #RaspberryPi #PiZero v1.3 / #Pi0 1.3 (NOT #Pi0W / #Pi0W2!) at #MSRP or at least not beyond 300% of it?
Cuz all I see are shitty #scammers and #ValueRemoving #rentseekers aka. [unofficial!] "#resellers" that charge 1.000% - >2.000% of the MSRP and they seem to #bot all the shops empty.
Like it's worse than with the #PS5 & #XboxSeriesX, and that's already shit.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZ6eM5OZtm0

:boost_ok: #FollowerPower: Does anyone know a #distributor that actually sells @Raspberry_Pi / #RaspberryPi #PiZero v1.3 / #Pi0 1.3 (NOT #Pi0W / #Pi0W2!) at #MSRP or at least not beyond 300% of it?
Cuz all I see are shitty #scammers and #ValueRemoving #rentseekers aka. [unofficial!] "#resellers" that charge 1.000% - >2.000% of the MSRP and they seem to #bot all the shops empty.
Like it's worse than with the #PS5 & #XboxSeriesX, and that's already shit.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZ6eM5OZtm0