Show threadbsmall2Jan 29, 2025
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> Trump is the ultimate Davos Man. As #RobertReich wrote, “.. after years of calling for responsible global #corporatecapitalism the CEOs gathering in Davos are now openly focusing on their bottom lines.. pretense is over. The blather about corporate social responsibility is revealed for what it really is and always has been — PR designed to make the public believe that big global corporations care about anything other than making as much money as possible, as soon as possible.”
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RevDrMatthewFoxDec 6, 2024
@rbreich.bsky.social: "#CorporateCapitalism in the United States has always coexisted uneasily w/ #DemocraticCapitalism." It seems big corporations are winning.
This is an #Antichrist trend: averse to #equality & #fairness & gov't of, by, & for the people. https://bit.ly/3Tz8mQW
Trump & The MAGA Movement as Anti-Christ: A Handbook for the 2024 Election — Welcome from Matthew Fox

The archetype of the Antichrist has been mostly invoked by fundamentalist Christians.  This book turns the tables by holding it up to help name the current battle of democracy vs. theocracy and of lovers of the Earth vs. deniers of climate change in our time.  This powerful archety

Welcome from Matthew Fox
John A RookeAug 21, 2024

Cory Doctorow reviews Nick Hanauer, Joan Walsh and Donald Cohen’s
Corporate Bullshit

1. insist there is no problem
2. OK, there’s a problem, but it’s your fault
3. Any attempt to fix it will make it worse
4. This is socialism

https://pluralistic.net/2024/08/19/apologetics-spotters-guide/

#CorporateCapitalism

Pluralistic: Corporate Bullshit (19 Aug 2024) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

Tim GatewoodJun 7, 2024

Don't tell me you support work-life balance then send out multiple invitations in a week to zoom webinars that all take place outside of my shift. You know when we are on the clock. Anything work-related should only take place then.

#invitationdeclined #corporatecapitalism #work #allcorpsarebastards

Show threadJ.Sʜᴀʀᴘ🌍🇺🇦Fʀᴇᴇᴅᴏᴍ&DᴇᴍᴏᴄʀᴀᴄʏMay 1, 2024

@breadandcircuses

The world seems to be heading for "troubled times" with #CorporateCapitalism subjugating humanity, and #GlobalWarming intent on removing anything vaguely human related at all.

"Were Homo Sapiens Nature's Biggest Ever Evolutionary Blunder?"

Great title for a book.

Show threadBaylus C. BrooksAug 20, 2023

@sdague @citizensclimate So, the wind blowing power lines started the fire in Maui?

Just imagine if we had a technology where you could generate power directly from the sun, without need of power lines stretching across HUGE areas.. maybe we could even put these on each rooftop! #mauifire #Corporatecapitalism

Baylus C. BrooksAug 20, 2023

So, the wind blowing power lines started the fire in Maui?

Just imagine if we had a technology where you could generate power directly from the sun, without need of power lines stretching across HUGE areas.. maybe we could even put these on each rooftop! #mauifire #Corporatecapitalism

hawaiianeye797 (Craig F)May 23, 2023

‘We give our blood so they live comfortably’: Sri Lanka’s tea pickers say they go hungry and live in squalor

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2023/may/23/we-give-our-blood-so-they-live-comfortably-sri-lankas-tea-pickers-say-they-go-hungry-and-live-in-squalor?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other #CorporateCapitalism #exploitation #LivingWages

‘We give our blood so they live comfortably’: Sri Lanka’s tea pickers say they go hungry and live in squalor

Top tea firms investigate as plantation workers say they have to pick 18kg a day but still skip meals and make their children work

The Guardian
Gerhard KellerMar 7, 2023

The Problem Isn't "#Woke #Capitalism"—Which Isn't a Thing—But #CorporateCapitalism

American politics have been #corrupted so much by #BigMoney that our #democracy cannot effectively deal with #environmental and #social concerns.

https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/woke-capitalism-corporate-greed

The Problem Isn't "Woke Capitalism"—Which Isn't a Thing—But Corporate Capitalism

American politics have been corrupted so much by big money that our democracy cannot effectively deal with environmental and social concerns.

Common Dreams
Seth LaJJan 29, 2023
Highly recommended. By the singular, Grant Ennis. #Framing #CorporateCapitalism