• ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world
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    14 days ago

    Are you saying he is trying to take over the country by buying all the land? Seems like he’s just using land as an investment.

    • Todd Bonzalez@lemm.ee
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      14 days ago

      I’m saying that buying insane amounts of agricultural land gives him and his family a permanent rent-seeking position over a basic necessity, so yeah, he is taking over a part of the world.

        • Todd Bonzalez@lemm.ee
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          13 days ago

          It’s not my problem you don’t understand the concept of the “ruling class”.

          Owning vast capital (and land is capital) does give a degree of undemocratic power over government policy.

          But go ahead and keep letting billionaires buy up everything until we live in a feudalist society. I’m sure nothing will go wrong.