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[โ€“] hitwright@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Intelectual property and patents. (Copying ideas and modifing them was always a part on how societies advances.)

Non disclosure agreements. (Allows company to monopolize on your knowledge and force you out of the industry altogether)

Lottery (a way to extract money from the poorest/dumbest members of the society)

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[โ€“] Powerpoint@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 year ago

People who vote for conservatives

[โ€“] Clipper152@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)
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[โ€“] sub_ubi@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Enclosure

"The law locks up the man or woman
Who steals the goose from off the common,
But lets the greater felon loose
Who steals the common from the goose." 
[โ€“] Wilshire@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

Stores and restaurants increasing their base prices to promote discounts from data harvesting apps.

[โ€“] GhostCowboy76@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

The Mormons.

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