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You’ve been tasked with defining a new area of criminal law called “economic and financial violence,” and creating laws to prevent it. What actions would you try to criminalize? (lemmy.world)
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For example: private equity firms buying trailer parks and raising rents so high that people go bankrupt

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[–] 4 points 4 hours ago (4 children)

It doesn't matter. The only reason the state has power is that capital grants it, the only reason capital has value is that the state protects it. The state and capital are interdependent and you can't use one to fight the other.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 hours ago (2 children)

    so you're advocating for a violent overthrow of both state and capital by the citizens?

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