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by matheusmoreira 1398 days ago
> one almost always finds a vested interest in a corrupt status quo whereby a small set of hereditarily connected rent-seekers who stifle progress and don't care about anything but expanding their own wealth and power

Case in point, posted here just yesterday:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32479652

Sometimes it feels like there's only two options: become one of these rent-seekers or find a way to opt out of this system.