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minus-squareRememberTheApollo_@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up62·8 days agoWe live in a system that monetizes everything, then seeks to restrict access to those things in order to profit. Knowledge is just one casualty.
minus-squareAceticon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·8 days agoScarcity is money and if there is no scarcity laws will be bought to to artificially create said scarcity.
We live in a system that monetizes everything, then seeks to restrict access to those things in order to profit.
Knowledge is just one casualty.
Scarcity is money and if there is no scarcity laws will be bought to to artificially create said scarcity.