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fzeroracerlast Tuesday at 1:37 PM2 repliesview on HN

I'm not sure if you're doing this intentionally or not, but it is incredibly funny to see people on HN doing what is effectively manufacturing consent for people to not actually own anything. We've gone from home computing is the future to no one should own a computer because it's wasteful.

I'm not sure where this sentiment even comes from but if the economy only consists of renters and landlords then we don't even have the thinnest veneer of capitalism anymore. We're just Feudalism 2.0.


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SkyeCAlast Tuesday at 2:51 PM

The sentiment comes from techbros who see yet another avenue through which to exploit the average person.

thrancelast Tuesday at 2:09 PM

Capitalism was never about owning things. It's about accumulating capital (hence the name), and renting stuff is more profitable than selling stuff.