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@knowprose

I noticed many people believe, that Western countries ranking low on corruption indexes, shows they aren't corrupt as hell.

To me this just means it's at a higher, much harder to prove level.

Instead of starting at the cop level (which is still possible with connections), it starts at the points where multi-millions can be made without anyone really noticing.

E.g. farm land > residential use, construction projects, sale of government properties, favors for corps etc.

@samuel

It's pretty interesting to see #China order a #US company to unwind the purchase of another company in #Singapore, after it was already complete.

πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ #Meta > πŸ‡ΈπŸ‡¬ #Manus ❌ πŸ‡¨πŸ‡³ #Government

https://www.reuters.com/technology/chinas-manus-founders-seek-1-billion-undo-meta-takeover-bloomberg-news-reports-2026-05-21

#SingaporeWashing #News #Business #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Legal #Politics #Reuters #Economy #Tech

@NewtonMark

Young adults don't seem that mentally healthy to me at all.

The rates of serious mental illness (e.g. in the US) are very worrying.

Yes, I'm not an expert, but many articles I have read & my observations of the kids around me lead me to believe - corporate social media is a major factor in this.

For example, the recent social media addiction trials in the US found #Meta liable for harming teens (others settled).

https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/31/meta-was-finally-held-accountable-for-harming-teens-now-what
@samuel

Meta was finally held accountable for harming teens. Now what? | TechCrunch

Meta faces thousands more court cases while Congress has proposed numerous bills addressing children’s online safety, some heavily criticized.

TechCrunch

@samuel 2/2

E.g. posting something about a politician being corrupt or a corp evil & instantly getting sued for reputational damages, insulting an official etc.

@samuel I would not be against complete digital transparency if we lived in an utopian society, but as things stand, the "system" is frequently abused by the elites & corps.

Therefore if, if this were to pass now & you did anything they don't like, they will be able to stop you even easier & likely completely.

It would completely rob us of the ability to fight back.

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#Privacy

@samuel Corp-run Social Media certainly is horrible for kids well-being, however the way they are abusing this as an excuse for their authoritarian designs is even worse IMO. At some point those kids grow up and have to live in a world with almost no more digital & (increasingly) physical #privacy - like the rest of us.
Plus all the environmental destruction / pollution that come with the extraction & processing.

Looking at how much conflict natural resource-rich countries (oil, gold, diamonds..) seem to attract, I wonder whether such wealth is more a curse than a blessing.

Many regions with scarce #naturalresources, adapted & perform very well. Some of the richest are examples (Switzerland, Luxembourg, Singapore..)

Looks to me like the greed for them attracts conflicts: civil wars, invasions etc. Cultural, ethnic, religious reasons often just seem to be used to cover it.

#Society #Economy #Philosophy

@danish_akhtar7 True, it's not much of a choice though when presidential campaigns literally cost billions, nobody gives that kind of money to someone with integrity who won't make them a profit ;)
@tomtrottel 🀝 It's messed up how the people always have to fight to wrest any rights from those in power, and then fight even harder to keep them!