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Capitalism is the paywall of life (feddit.de)

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If they could somehow monetize breathing, they would

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[–] juansero29 1 points 1 year ago

And rent is your monthly subscription to being someone and not fucking die out there

[–] root 1 points 1 year ago

I always thought of it as permission slips (like when you were a kid).

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Money is a tangible expression of intellectual property (i.e. IRL cheat codes).

[–] bi_tux -3 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I mean they already monitize water in poor countries in Africa, so yeah.

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