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What's a scam that's so normalized that we don't even realize it's a scam anymore? (lemmy.world)

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[-] eyesaremosaics@lemmy.zip 24 points 5 days ago

Paying rent for land. Unfortunately it's been that way since feudalism and the progressive movements over the last few hundred years haven't managed to break out of it

[-] JennaR8r@lemmy.dbzer0.com -1 points 5 days ago

And if that scam will never go away, I just want to know who is on the earning end of that scam, and how can I become that person.

[-] DornerStan@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 4 days ago

If education is not liberatory, the dream of the oppressed is to become the oppressor

[-] eldavi@lemmy.ml 3 points 5 days ago

how can I become that person

be born a millionaire.

[-] Juice@midwest.social 2 points 5 days ago

Keep telling that to yourself

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