"Rent seeking" used to be an economic pejorative. Much like "regulatory capture." Now the system is such that those practices which are considered more corrupt, less productive, and less pro-social are the only ways to "make it" let alone make it big. I don't buy into the notion of rebellion by the "wage slaves" though. They're so at each other's throats, divided by arbitrary identity and cultural distinctions to make any cohesive political change impossible, even in nations where they (supposedly) have the ability to do so via elections. You'll own nothing and you'll (pretend to be) happy... or else.

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