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Profit is theft
13 upvotes, 5 comments. Sidechat image post by ascend_guy in US Politics. "Profit is theft"
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Anonymous 3w

No it’s not lol. Mutual exchange . I give you bananas for $4 since it costs me $3 to grow and I specialized. But it costs you $5 to grow so you save money and I profit

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Anonymous 3w

That's silly

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Anonymous 2w

Who stole 5k from you?

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 3w

Obviously, there are millions of different ways to exploit this, but..

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 3w

E.g. “I control patents to insulin and sell insulin at $300 but it costs me $2 to make. Since I own the patent you can’t make it at all. You don’t die (or you do, whichever) and I profit”

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