Mastodawn

Computers were said to be labour saving devices that made lives easier. We didn't ask whose lives would be easier, and it turns out they're easier at making our lives harder, for someone else.

#RedTapeArmageddon #RobberBarons

Don Curren 🇨🇦🇺🇦May 11

“More important than the #stinginess of the #superrich, however, is the fact that their #wealth has brought great #politicalpower, arguably more than the #robberbarons ever possessed — power that they abuse on an epic scale.”

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Don Curren 🇨🇦🇺🇦May 11

“At this point, however, it’s clear that we r not experiencing a mere replay of the reign of the #robberbarons. We r living through something much worse. The #techbros make the ‘malefactors of great wealth’ called out by Theodore Roosevelt look benign by comparison” open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...

Will our Hyper-Gilded Age Ushe...

Will our Hyper-Gilded Age Usher in Genuine Populism?

The tech bros are worse than the robber barons ever were — and voters are catching on

Paul Krugman

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Paul Healey May 11

@HighlandLawyer @Geri Or just consider how many hereditary Lords actually own and manage large estates? Today, in the 21st century those professionals in the business of property don’t want to be associated with corruption; those who run rentals not fit for purpose or who pay off council officials to walk the other way. Any in property, commercial or private can be as good or corrupt as those in any other business. The epicentre of economic collapse, is those who serve private equity investors first; to secure bonuses as free from any regulation e.g. the water utility companies who poisoned our rivers. Failure to ethically regulate those in energy and arms should be called the EnergyLords or ArmsLords or just Robber Barrons, as the consequence of unleashing those who finance fascist clowns and mobsters threatens everyone’s rights, peace, security and wellbeing! #Landlordism #RobberBarrons #ReignOfTheMob #EnergyLords #ArmsLords #RobberBarons #professionals #Goodbusiness #BalancedEconomics #JusticeIsFreedom

Axomamma, Antifa from birth May 2

"Between 2009 — the bottom of the Bush Crash — and 2012 when the recovery finally began under Obama, the top 1 percent of Americans saw their income grow by over 31 percent. Fully 95 percent of all of the income increases in the country were seized by the top 1 percent of Americans during that period."

The very rich are never happier than when the economy crashes.

#Economy #RobberBarons

https://hartmannreport.com/p/is-the-next-economic-crash-being-0c4

Is the Next Economic Crash Being Signaled to Billionaires & Putin as the Working Class Gets Blindsided?

While Putin, the Trump kids, and their fellow billionaires are rubbing their hands in glee, it’s going to be a hell of a year or three for the other 99% rest of us…

The Hartmann Report

A. Rivera Apr 21

> Emails show Amazon colluding with other firms to raise prices, California authorities allege
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/apr/20/amazon-sellers-price-raises-california

This should come as no surprise to anyone.

Need to summon the spirit of Teddy Roosevelt and his big stick.

#BadEconomy #corruption #exploitation #ThisIsAmerica #RobberBarons

Emails show Amazon colluding with other firms to raise prices, California authorities allege

The previously redacted messages were unveiled as part of an antitrust battle with California’s attorney general

The Guardian

KB Apr 15

Big oil, and big banks. No difference.

Big US banks rake in near $50bn profit as Iran war shakes markets | Banking | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/apr/15/big-us-banks-profit-iran-war-markets-morgan-stanley-jp-morgan

#Iran #Oil #Banks #RobberBarons

Big US banks rake in near $50bn profit as Iran war shakes markets

Six lenders, including Bank of America, Morgan Stanley and JP Morgan report jump in first-quarter earnings

The Guardian

josep vives Apr 5

Una taxa? Insuficient!!

"On creation of IP, it is important that the wellsprings of human creativity be nourished. AI “scrapers” should be compelled to compensate the owners of the copyright they use. I would go further. A tax on big AI businesses should be dedicated to supporting the creative commons — arts, sciences, journalism — on which their health and that of free societies rests.

#robberbarons #scraping

What to do when the ‘public good’ of information goes bad
https://www.ft.com/content/c1af9258-a77d-469c-8b8b-b455321786b3?syn-25a6b1a6=1