Greenpeace InternationalEVERY billionaire is a policy failure.
A trillionaire is a COLOSSAL failure.
Pass it on.
Hoarding wealth and power is NOT a success story.
If, instead of trashing the planet and destroying nature, the super-rich paid their fair share in taxes, there’d be enough money for a green and fair world for all.
Howard Lane@greenpeace I think boycotting megacorps as much as possible would have a more immediate effect. Imagine if everyone stopped using Amazon, Google, Microsoft etc. as well as supermarkets all at once? There are plenty of alternatives and many are perfectly affordable.
Agonio@howard @greenpeace or we can effectively bring them to court and potentially throw their owners in jail when they violate antitrust laws or commit tax fraud of billions, rather than applying small fines
Boycotting is a political tool, but right now we have laws and constitutional principles being violated by these corps. Governments should take serious actions. Governments should be for the people, boycotting can't substitute that.
@Agonio @greenpeace Totally agree, I don't see boycotting as a substitute but as direct action that can be taken by the people now while we wait for our government to actually represent us as they are supposed to do.
@greenpeace As Richard Murphy makes clear, governments don't necessarily need to wait for tax receipts to be collected before spending money where it's needed https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eg1Y68rAYo8
The Telegraph says Britain faces an IMF bailout. It’s wrong
snailinjection@greenpeace Bribing a few decision-makers is much cheaper and very effective