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[-] GCostanzaStepOnMe@feddit.de -2 points 1 year ago
[-] rock_hand@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago
[-] Grayox@lemmy.ml 19 points 1 year ago

How the mechanisms of Capitalism encourages one to buy up resources they did nothing to create, and profit off of the labor of others while contributing nothing to improve our society.

[-] rock_hand@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

Ding ding ding

[-] GCostanzaStepOnMe@feddit.de 10 points 1 year ago

Well for once scalpers sell tickets, and landlords rent out housing.

[-] AI_toothbrush@lemmy.zip 11 points 1 year ago

Soo ticket scalpers are better than landlords is what youre saying? Because id rather own something than rent something...

Housing is a need. Tickets are a want. Both are scalpers.

[-] Bonehead@kbin.social -2 points 1 year ago

Because id rather own something than rent something…

What do you own when you buy tickets from a scalper? Unless used for the specific event, it's just a piece of paper. And once the specific event is over, it becomes worth less than a piece of paper. The event itself is over within hours.

[-] AI_toothbrush@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 year ago

So its the same. You have to pay again and again to use it. But housing is a basic need.

[-] Shalakushka@kbin.social 9 points 1 year ago

Landlords sell access to an apartment or house temporarily during a specific time at inflated prices. Ticket scalpers sell access to an event venue or stadium temporarily at a specific time at inflated prices.

[-] Clent@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

He's landlord or an aspiring landlord.

"It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it."

[-] JackbyDev@programming.dev 8 points 1 year ago

Both are people taking up resources at perceived lower prices and trying to make a profit off of the artificial scarcity they've created.

[-] mke_geek@lemm.ee -1 points 1 year ago

It only makes sense to those who are illogical.

People love to hate what they don't understand. People have been hating other people and things they don't understand for thousands of years.

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