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With Shared Software, Landlords Are Teaming Up to Raise Rents (jacobin.com)

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[–] PanArab@lemm.ee 9 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Adam Smith, famous commie. If you took his quote without attribution people would think it is something Mao said while doing nothing wrong.

[–] Maggoty@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

Adam Smith is massively misquoted by libertarians and conservatives. He railed against landlords, corporations, and monopolies. He's the reason we have the phrase, "rent seeking behavior".