Musk, Zuckerberg and most of rest of the world’s richest got richer in 2023

Fortunes of 38 of the top 50 richest people and 385 of the top 500 grew this year – in one case sevenfold

The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/dec/27/luxury-ski-chalet-with-helipad-and-view-of-matterhorn-on-sale-italian-alps

Buy this and prove you have far more money than you need and are a member of the utterly selfish elite.

#WeAreManyTheyAreFew

Luxury ski chalet with helipad and view of Matterhorn on sale for €24m

Most expensive listing in Italian Alps has cinema and gym as well as atrium with Swarovski chandelier

The Guardian

“The corrupt are stealing the election”

A colleague just wrote this about the upcoming elections in #Guatemala - let’s hope they don’t succeed.

But really, this sentence applies to more or less all recent elections. Solidarity to all mobilising against this, whether successful or not: you are all heroes. #ObiDient #Nigeria #Teal #Australia #Philippines #UK etc etc etc etc

#WeAreManyTheyAreFew

https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/us-warns-interference-could-undermine-guatemala-election-2023-07-03/

US warns interference could undermine Guatemala election

The U.S. is deeply concerned about efforts to interfere with Guatemala's first-round presidential election result, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Sunday, a day after Guatemala's top court <a href="/world/americas/guatemala-court-orders-presidential-ballot-review-opposition-cries-foul-2023-07-02/">ordered ballots be reviewed</a>.

Reuters
Germany’s metalbashing union wins its workers an industry-wide wage increase of 8.5% and a one-time payment of €3K, grossed up for taxes. US and UK workers take note: there’s power in a union.
#Germany #Labour #Economy #US #UK #Union #WeAreManyTheyAreFew
https://www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/tarifeinigung-in-metall-und-elektroindustrie-mehr-als-acht-prozent-plus-3000-euro-einmalzahlung-a-9b7c68e3-a962-4075-97e3-691f3d56f17f
Tarifeinigung in Metall- und Elektroindustrie: Lohnplus von mehr als acht Prozent – und 3000 Euro Einmalzahlung

Die Inflation ist hoch, der Tarifabschluss auch: In der Metall- und Elektroindustrie steigen die Löhne 2023 um 5,2 Prozent und 2024 noch einmal um 3,3 Prozent. Hinzu kommen steuerfreie Einmalzahlungen von 3000 Euro.

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