This is misuse of language. Rent seeking is anti-competitive by definition. The current system, as far as it encourages and rewards rent seeking, is anti-capitalist.

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achierius 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

If monopolies are "non capitalistic", then why has every capitalist economy in history had such a tendency towards creating large monopolies? The same cab certainly not be said any those economies producing, say, worker control of the means of production.

	▲	parineum an hour ago \| parent [-]
		Every economy tends towards monopoly because people like power and will corrupt and exploit any system to gain abd hold it. That's a human problem.

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malfist 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Anticompetitive behavior is completely within lines for capitalism. Survival of the fittest and efficient marketplace and all that.

Besides, what's the other option, rent seeking is socialism? A barter system?

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cyanydeez an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

Just like communism practice is not communism in theory.