dusan
@ds8
passive income is an incentive for looking for system inefficiencies people are driven by incentives nothing inherently wrong with that
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PhiMarHal
@phimarhal
I think I agree with OP. It is parasitic no matter what. If everyone looked for system inefficiencies, then the system would not work. You could argue there's a level of parasitic action that is positive in highlighting system flaws, but that level is pretty easily reached - and surpassed many times over - by the nature of incentives, indeed. So it seems like a fair assessment to say parasitic=wrong (OP didn't say it, I am).
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Complexlity
@complexlity
One thing you fail to mention is it can never make you wealthy. So no everyone cannot look for the inefficiencies because a lot of people want more, want to own 24 houses, want to buy that super can. Does it make non-passive income parasitic as well? Infact most passive income generates more money to the “inefficiency” than the actual beneficiary. Music platforms, Amazon shops all benefit way more that the people they pay passively. Banks earn way more trading your savings than the 5% they give you annually. I’m DEFI, lending platforms earn way more from the borrowers than the percentage they give to people contributing to that liquidity.
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PhiMarHal
@phimarhal
I read your point of contention as "it's not parasitic because there's bigger parasites out there". I would disagree with that logic.
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