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[-] todd_bonzalez@lemm.ee 1 points 2 months ago

I'm saying that buying insane amounts of agricultural land gives him and his family a permanent rent-seeking position over a basic necessity, so yeah, he is taking over a part of the world.

[-] ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago

Owning land is not the same as governing land.

[-] todd_bonzalez@lemm.ee 1 points 2 months ago

It's not my problem you don't understand the concept of the "ruling class".

Owning vast capital (and land is capital) does give a degree of undemocratic power over government policy.

But go ahead and keep letting billionaires buy up everything until we live in a feudalist society. I'm sure nothing will go wrong.

[-] ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

I'm more worried about billionaires who have literal armies like Erik Prince.

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