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Basement_Dweller@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 3 days ago

What's a scam that's so normalized that we don't even realize it's a scam anymore?

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What's a scam that's so normalized that we don't even realize it's a scam anymore?

Basement_Dweller@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 3 days ago
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    Paying rent for land. Unfortunately it’s been that way since feudalism and the progressive movements over the last few hundred years haven’t managed to break out of it

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      Not entirely true, socialist countries have managed to do it or severely limit it.

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      And if that scam will never go away, I just want to know who is on the earning end of that scam, and how can I become that person.

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        If education is not liberatory, the dream of the oppressed is to become the oppressor

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        how can I become that person

        be born a millionaire.

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        Keep telling that to yourself

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