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I hate the new rhetorical use of the word “rent”
by brookst 1y ago
I hate the new rhetorical use of the word “rent”
- reaperducer 1y ago"Rent-seeking" is square 3B on my HN bingo card. See also: Regulatory capture Late-stage capitalism Walled garden An/The unreasonable... So... Period. Full stop I Mean… Streisand effect orthogonal trivial non-trivial {$person}'s Law | Axiom | Razor | Paradox Objectively Ship of Theseus Gatekeeping
- brookst 1y agoIt’s like the opposite of traditional tech buzzword bingo where you raise VC for blockchain crypto AI agents. Instead, anything you don’t like is a rent-seeking late stage capitalism narrative.
- fkyoureadthedoc 1y agoI seriously doubt using the word rent in reference to patent license royalties is new