@jk I agree, but literature also tells us this is far from new. Fiction like "Grapes of Wrath" comes to mind. Theorists, like Marx or, hell, even Smith (who hated landlords, lol), discuss and warn about many of our problems. Any history about life prior to regulation, particularly on food and medicine, speaks volumes. It seems to me actually rarer when we avoid chaotic, predatory systems. Time and again, antisocial sorts rise to power and destroy society and the relationships within it.
@neonharbinger @jk The difference today, in as much as there is one, is that more and more spaces and types of interactions that weren't expected to be sites of extraction now are.