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by DaoVeles 699 days ago
John Michael Greer has a great term for this.

Lenocracy. The first part of that word comes from leno, the Latin term for a pimp.

https://www.ecosophia.net/beyond-lenocracy/

Like most of Greers writing, it makes you think and also wonder what is in the water at his house.
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mjamesaustin 698 days ago
Interesting to find the author focus almost entirely on the public sector aspect of this. When I read the definition, my mind went immediately to the private sector and how almost every startup or big tech success story is chasing the ideal of being a pimp.

The service economy is all about taking a whopping cut of everyone else's work, and it seems like venture capital is only interested in funding companies who will be able to do that. Uber, Doordash, Task Rabbit, the App Store, etc.

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DaoVeles 698 days ago
Yeah, JMG's writings are fascinating but don't take them too seriously. Generally seem to lean a lot more right wing as time progresses. Also on his other blog a lot of anti-vax and occult magic stuff.

Never have I come across an author I simultaneously agree and disagree with.

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