Byrnejmf#CapitalismFail - only delivers profitable goods and services, and undermines development of the critically important products that society really needs! #Corporations #RichPeople #Capitalism is failing us all.
Mark#UK & #US sunk to new lows in global #corruption index, amid worrying trend of #democratic institutions being eroded by political donations, cash for access, state targeting of #campaigners & #journalists
Experts & businesspeople rated 182 countries based on perception of corruption levels in public sector. Bookended by #Denmark at the top with lowest levels of corruption and South Sudan at the bottom.
Save the Rich
#Music #Video #Garfunkel #Oates # WeirdAl #Yankovic #WeirdAlYankovic #rich #wealthy #billionaires #money #Capitalism #CapitalismFail #greed #corruption
#song #humor #humour
Tax the super-rich
Are you done watching #billionaires hoard #wealth and power while the world drowns in growing #inequality and #climate chaos? Add your name today to #TaxTheSuperRich!
https://www.greenpeace.org/international/act/tax-the-super-rich/
#tax #wealthy #poverty #ClimateChange #ClimateEmergency #CapitalismFail
Investigation also reveals previously undisclosed contracts between Palantir & AWE #Nuclear Security Technologies, agency that underpins Britain’s #nuclear deterrence programme
#corruption #USAggression #USThreats #RoyalNavy #UnitedKingdom #VassalState #outsourcing #privacy #Military #CapitalismFail
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Revealed: Palantir deals with UK government amount to at least £670m – including £15m contract with nuclear weapons agency
EXCLUSIVE Nerve investigation finds Trump ally Peter Thiel's surveillance firm has won at least 34 contracts, including management services for Britain's nuclear deterrent, with MPs warning of 'gaping vulnerability' as US president threatens Nato allies. By Carole Cadwalladr, Charlie Young and Max Colbert
Number of people in very deep poverty in UK hits record high
Hardship in #UK has worsened, with about 6.8 million people living in "very deep #poverty" — highest level in more than 30 years — a #charity said on Tuesday
Very deep poverty is defined as earning less than 40% of the UK median household #income after #rent. For a couple with two children, this amounts to £16,400 (€18,900) per year or less.
#austerity #ToxicTories #ToxicLabour #CapitalismFail #UnitedKingdom
Recent survey of 20k Dutch people found 96% are NOT confused by such terms, which is probably a higher percentage than those who can distinguish left from right. The #consumer must at all costs be protected from an imaginary threat.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/dec/20/sausage-meat-lobby-europe-plant-based-name
The #livestock lobby is immensely powerful. Its campaigns are reinforced by rightwing influencers, who wage war against a wide variety of plant products. Therein is the problem.
#bribes #lobbying #Corporate #profits #CapitalismFail
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#Scottish ski firm responds to influencer seeking £1700 free holiday
#Ski hire business has been praised after owner shared their response when #influencer tried to get £1700 holiday for #free
Our reply? ‘Sure — let us know when you’re coming and we’ll get everything ready’
“Simple. Friendly. Local business vibes”
The post added: “Then came the invoice. Accommodation – £727, travel – £456, ‘various expenditure” – £500
Bernie Sanders criticizes #AI as most consequential technology in humanity
#BernieSanders amplified criticism of AI, explicitly linking #financial ambition of richest people to economic insecurity for millions
If there are no #jobs, #humans won’t be needed for most things. How do people get money to
- Feed family
- Get healthcare
- Pay the rent?
There’s not been one serious word of discussion in the Congress about that #reality
Alice Dubiel 🔬💉🦠😷🌬☮️@crazyeddie @Blashkch @GeePawHill this “locked shopping” experience and store staff bearing the brunt of income equality was actually addressed by our newly elected mayor in an interview discussing quality of life. Recently a large grocery chain store pulled out of a large working class neighborhood because “too much shoplifting.”
#qualityoflife #incomeinequality #Seattle #capitalismfail
https://www.youtube.com/live/Ps626ftcKxg?si=obdkpDSHaNpA0jnT
