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I am a Rent Seeker

Allow me to make myself abundantly clear.

I'm a rent seeker. I confess to this openly and freely. I do not deny it in any way. I will not make excuses for it. Being a rent seeker is how I intend to proceed. I am a rent seeker.

Have I made myself clear? 

I am a rent seeker. Plain and simple. Loud and clear.

Is rent seeking a good or bad thing. Is it right or wrong. Must something be done about it or should it be promoted as a virtue?

I cannot say because I do not know it all. 

I do know very well that rent seeking certainly is root cause of poverty, unemployment, great recessions and its ultimate effect of war and conquest. But does this mean the alternative is a better one?

I do not know. Because it's abolition and the adoption of the alternative has never been tried system wide for any great period of time.

The only other thing about it I do know is that the more rent I can appropriate the safer my household, family and direct descendants become. All I do know is that rent is the only way to secure the future of my household. My personal economy is continuously challenged by the state, so as parent of the household its protection is all. 

I am a rent seeker. And that is how I shall proceed.

Have I made myself clear? If not by all means contact me directly, make your objections and ask for clarification. 

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