#corporations
@AimeeMaroux that's because #Patreon is a #Corporation [not a #Charity or #Cooperative] and #Corporations are explicitly nobody's friend!
U.S. Accuses Amazon of Illegally Protecting Monopoly in Online Retail - The Federal Trade Commission and 17 states said they filed a lawsuit against Amazon for “... - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/26/technology/ftc-amazon.html #regulationandderegulationofindustry #antitrustlawsandcompetitionissues #unitedstatespoliticsandgovernment #computersandtheinternet #federaltradecommission #amazon.cominc #corporations #e-commerce #khanlina
Turns out all the stories about a rise in #retail theft were #misinformation intentionally sowed by a retail #lobbying firm whose own data showed it wasn’t true + retail CEOs.
“I heard a #Walgreens executive walk back the company’s claims that shoplifting had gotten out of hand..Walgreens tried to use shoplifting as the reason behind their decision to close 5 stores in San Francisco in 2021..we know that these stores were planned closures"
https://www.marketplace.org/2023/09/11/is-retail-theft-really-rising/
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#corporations #media
CEO Pay Has Surged 1,209% Since 1978. Worker Pay Has Risen Just 15%
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"Escalating CEO pay in recent decades has likely pulled up the pay of other top earners," notes a new Economic Policy Institute report. "This concentration of earnings at the top leaves fewer gains for ordinary workers."
A new analysis by the Economic Policy...
https://alaska-native-news.com/ceo-pay-has-surged-1209-since-1978-worker-pay-has-risen-just-15/69968/
#ceo #corporations #greed #pay #workers
‘Unprecedented’ Secrecy in Google Trial as Tech Giants Push to Limit Disclosures - Efforts to seal testimony have increasingly raised questions as the federal antitrust cas... - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/26/technology/google-antitrust-trial-secrecy.html #antitrustlawsandcompetitionissues #computersandtheinternet #courtsandthejudiciary #justicedepartment #giannandreajohn #searchengines #microsoftcorp #corporations #duckduckgo #mehtaamitp #googleinc #appleinc #cueeddy
Yes, we are all horrible consumers with the attention span of goldfish & the status greed of last year's reality stars - but let's just be clear here: The crisis of capitalism, i.e. too much sh*t and not enough Earth, may be aided by our dumb instincts but it has been deliberately orchestrated by #corporations since the 19-f'ing-20's.
#Capitalism may not itself be evil but it sure is a convenient tool for those who are...
Life is about choice. What we eat, what we read, who we elect; every day we make choices that determine how we want to live. But what if these choices are just an illusion? In an era where regulations and red tape rule every industry, where #lobby groups and #corporations wield more influence than ever before, our daily choices have become increasingly limited. Focusing on key areas such as #food, #medicine #finance and #media . Freedom From Choice provides viewers with a glimpse at the myriad of ways their lives are being dictated, and tells us who stands to gain.
#capitalism #cronysim #fascism #democracy #corporategreed #lobbying https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhOOziH7QAo
I want to challenge all #businesses to give Deaf and Hard of Hearing people a chance in their workforce. If you are a business looking for a hire, make it a goal that some employees are Deaf or Hard of Hearing, and you will not be disappointed. They work twice as hard, if not harder!
Please repost this, and in doing so, this will get more attention to more #business.
#Deaf #DeafandHardofHearing #DeafEmployees #EmployDeaf #EmployDeafandHardofHearing #Corporation #Corporations
#AI peddling #corporations are promoting hard the concept they call #ResponsibleAI.
This is one of the most blatant, transparent attempts to forestall the #regulation of their #reckless conducts that are threatening life and liberty on a global level.
Looks like Microsoft will own Activision in about a month
https://apnews.com/article/microsoft-activision-deal-uk-regulator-2a6d87ca444e566035e99714944a8fa5
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#microsoft #activision #blizzard #corporations #gaming #ftc
Addendum 8
When Auto Workers Stand Up, Here's How to Stand w. Them
https://labornotes.org/2023/09/when-auto-workers-stand-heres-how-stand-them
* United Auto Workers' "Stand Up Strike" could be turning point for U.S. labor movement
* cross-union solidarity turns up heat on Big 3 to end tiers, make green jobs
* boosts strikers’ morale & builds enduring connections
Tips
Find a picket near you
On the picket line
If you’re far from a picket
#unions #TradeUnions #UAW #WorkersRights #solidarity #corporations #CorporateGreed #DefundCorporations
Addendum 11
Justin Trudeau’s Milquetoast Policies Aren’t Helping Hungry Canadians
Canadian workers are grappling with a cost-of-living crisis and struggling to afford housing and groceries. The Trudeau government's response? Politely requesting that grocery bosses be nicer
https://jacobin.com/2023/09/liberal-party-canada-grocery-oligopoly-policy-cost-of-living-crisis-food-prices/
* finally awakened to fact people are struggling, angry, expect government to act
#Canada #Trudeau #inflation #FoodSecurity #greedflation #corporations #DefundCorporations #neoliberalism #inertia
#Cyborgs Old & New --
The Handover: How We Gave Control of Our Lives to #Corporations, States and #AI s
By David Runciman
https://literaryreview.co.uk/cyborgs-old-new
@mongabay "'The worsening #ClimateCrisis and the ever-increasing demand for agricultural commodities, fuel and minerals will only intensify the pressure on the #environment – and those who risk their lives to defend it,' the report said. 'Increasingly, non-lethal strategies such as #criminalization, harassment and digital attacks are also being used to silence defenders.'"
#ClimateActivists #WaterProtectors #LandDefenders #Oligarchy #Corporations
I categorically reject the idea that businesses can self monitor the #ethics of #AI, #data, and related matters.
#Corporations, by law, have but one mandate: to maximise return on the investors' investment in compliance with existing laws. In the charter of a corporation, there are no ethical mandates. And by extension, business leaders' priority is profits, not ethics.
Given the pace of technological advancement compared to that of the law, it is entirely possible for a corporation to be in compliance with all applicable laws and still violate the bounds of ethics.
In the end, we, The People, are responsible for monitoring and managing politicians and their corporate sponsors.
#US States Take Aim at Protesters’ Rights
Right to Peaceful Assembly at Risk
by Jonathan Pedneault, February 16, 2021
"#Peaceful #protests are protected by the #UnitedStates Constitution’s First Amendment as well as #international #HumanRights law. But a legislative assault aimed at eroding these protections is underway in several state legislatures.
"It’s nothing new. Various states have long-tried to curtail the right to #protest. They do so by legislating wide definitions of what constitutes an 'unlawful assembly' or a 'riot' as well as increasing punishments. They also allow police to use catch-all public offenses, such as #trespassing, obstructing traffic, or disrupting the peace, as a pretext for ordering dispersals, using force, and making arrests. Finally, they make it easier for #corporations and others to bring lawsuits against #protest organizers.
"While proportionate restrictions on the right of peaceful assembly, like creating buffer zones around abortion clinics to ensure access, may be necessary, the use of catch-all offenses against peaceful #demonstrators or the imposition of increased penalties to deter assemblies are not.
"At a time of large mobilizations across the US, attempts by states to deter and impose criminal penalties on peaceful protesters should be stopped.
"According to the US Protest Law Tracker, created by the International Center for Not-for-Profit Law, there are currently 51 bills under consideration in 24 state legislatures, including as many as 10 in #Oklahoma, that they warn would threaten the right to assemble peacefully.
"Among the proposed laws are nine, including three in Oklahoma, that the Tracker reports would provide civil and/or criminal immunity for drivers injuring or killing protesters unlawfully disrupting traffic and one stand-your-ground bill in #NewHampshire that would allow deadly force against protesters 'likely' to use 'any' degree of unlawful force during a riot.
"Other bills would increase penalties for participating in unlawful protests, something that happens automatically in many jurisdictions once someone marches without a permit, or for committing an offense – including jaywalking or trespassing – while in an unlawful assembly.
"International human rights law protects the right of peaceful assembly and requires authorities at all levels to facilitate such assemblies and avoid unnecessary or disproportionate restrictions on them. The mere act of planning or participating in a protest should not be criminalized. Authorities are also required to protect people participating in such assemblies – bills that encourage or allow violence against protesters are inconsistent with those obligations, and states should abandon them."
https://www.hrw.org/news/2021/02/16/us-states-take-aim-protesters-rights
#Fascism #ClimateAction #ClimateActivism #ACAB #WaterIsLife #Oligarchy
The It Takes Roots coalition held a press conference Sept. 19 in New York, one day ahead of the #UnitedNations ’ #Climate Ambition #Summit
The coalition’s goal was to draw attention to the “false solutions” being put forward by #governments and #corporations in the climate change mitigation battle such as #carboncapture , carbon markets and offsets, #nature -based solutions, #nuclear power, #biomass #energy, #biofuels, and #hydrogen energy.
A6 cont'd
Billionaires, you can't take it with you. Your legacy lasts forever however.
David Sobey, transformed Sobeys into national grocery juggernaut, dead at 92
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/david-sobey-who-helped-transform-sobeys-into-national-grocery-juggernaut-dead-at-92-1.6971465
Empire Company: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empire_Company
Canada's richest grocers
https://canadiangrocer.com/meet-some-canadas-richest-grocers
* Sobey Family: total net worth $3.19 billion
#Canada #Sobeys #corporations #DefundCorporations #DefundBillionaires #inflation #greedflation #profiteering #CorporateGreed #poverty #FoodSecutity #HumanRights #EmpireCo
Addendum 19
See also addendae 6, 15
Los Angeles Tenants Consistently Organize to Defend Public Housing, Because It Works
Since 1990s Los Angeles privatizing its public housing even as its residents repeatedly organize to defend their homes
https://jacobin.com/2023/09/los-angeles-jordan-downs-public-housing-privatization-organizing
* organizing demonstrates importance of public housing, why the Left should demand we build more of it
#LosAngeles #TenantsRights #AffordableHousing #HumanRights #corporations #DefundCorporations #PrivateEquity #PublicHousing
Combating Harmful Hype in #NaturalLanguageProcessing.
In recent yrs, large #multinational #corporations have made claims of creating “general purpose” models that can handle many different tasks w/in #NLP. Recent works from #Meta for example gives the impression that they have nearly solved #machinetranslation tasks for > #African languages. In this paper, we outline the harms speakers of non dominant languages have experienced due to these grandiose and inaccurate claims https://pml4dc.github.io/iclr2023/pdf/PML4DC_ICLR2023_39.pdf
A3 cont'd 4/
“Stop Financing Fossil Fuels:” 149 Climate Activists Arrested Blocking NY Federal Reserve
https://www.democracynow.org/2023/9/19/climate_week_biden
* climate activists f. around world gather NYC
* Climate Week coincides w. U.N. General Assembly
* 75,000 people marched on the U.N. HQ
* demand President Biden end fossil fuels
* targeted financing for fossil fuel projects
#ClimateWeek #activism #protest #ClimateCatastrophe #GlobalWarming #FossilFuels #Biden #neoliberalism #corporations #DefundCorporations
@fixatedpersonsunit
#ImNotSayingImOldBut I remember a time before #Corporations convinced people to advertise on their bodies
Addendum 10
See also addendae 3-5
Ultrarich Techies Want to Build a City f. Scratch. What Could Go Wrong?
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/17/opinion/solano-county-flannery-associates-billionaires-build-cities.html
Mysterious company spent $800 million to buy thousands of acres of San Francisco Bay Area land
People behind deals a who’s who of tech industry
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/25/business/land-purchases-solano-county.html
#oligarchy #meritocracy #plutocracy #DefundBillionaires #WealthInequality #BigTech #corporations #DefundCorporations #inequality #neofascism #neoliberalism #democracy #California #PeterThiel
Addendum 14
The unconscionable wealth of racist troll Elon Musk
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/111049297750914546
Elon Musk, $269.3 billion USD net worth 2023-09-11 up $17.9B; #1 in world
https://www.forbes.com/profile/elon-musk/?list=rtb%2F&sh=2da5720d7999
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/111049243450567496
If Musk spent $1 million/day:
* $269,000,000,000 / ($1,000,000/day) = 269,000 days
* 269,000 days / (365.25 days/year) = 736.481 years
#Musk #DefundBillionaires #plutocracy #oligarchy #meritocracy #racism #trolls #corporations #DefundCorporations #neofascism #FarRight #neoliberalism
#Democracy under threat.
Neoliberalism is not socially liberal.
A free-market #economy is about private businesses not wanting to be regulated by governments.
Governments, that, in a democracy, are meant to be the will of the majority
#Neoliberalism is private #business owners & #corporations not wanting to be democratically accountable. This mirrors the capitalist employer & employee social status dynamic which is also not a democracy.
Neoliberalism is anti-democratic #Politics
A3 cont'd
Montana Judge Ruled State Constitution Bans New Fossil Fuel Plants
Young residents won a lawsuit charging that construction of new gas power plant barred by state constitution
But “pro-climate” President Joe Biden arguing fiercely against letting SCOTUS hear similar case
https://jacobin.com/2023/09/held-v-montana-court-constitutional-right-climate-change-youth-generations-environment
#Democrats #GOP #GOPmenace #Montana #SCOTUS #ClimateChange #ClimateCatastrophe #DoJ #FossilFuels #Biden #corporations #DefundCorporations #neoliberalism #StructuralViolence
well, stop voting for the fucking #conservatives! The #Republicans! giving tax cuts, all our money to #rich, to #Corporations!! #Greed destroying middle class; environment, driving #ClimateChange #Emergency. #Canada #USA @liberal_party @TheDemocrats
I appreciate the irony of a magazine like Fast Company publishing a piece on Luddites and unions and anti-corporate sentiment but it's from a book called Blood in the Machine and at least there's some interesting history. Take all with a grain:
https://www.fastcompany.com/90949827/what-the-luddites-can-teach-us-about-standing-up-to-big-tech
#work #AntiWork #corporations #autonomy #AI #LLMs #luddites #union #unions #UnionStrong #corporatocracy #racism #fascism #fascists #automation #strikes #striking #WritersStrike #labor #history #BloodInTheMachine #poverty #WorkingClass #workers #WorkersRights #Facebook #Amazon #Twitter
Surprise, surprise (to no one) new files shed light on ExxonMobil’s efforts to undermine climate science https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/sep/14/exxonmobil-documents-wall-street-journal-climate-science
#exxon #climate #ClimateScience #ExxonMobil #ClimateChange #corporations #corporatocracy
A6 cont'd 4
UAW President Shawn Fain: “It Is Long Past Time to Stand Up for the Working Class”
https://jacobin.com/2023/09/shawn-fain-speech-uaw-stand-up-strike-working-class-unions-uaw/
* speech to United Auto Workers members, Shawn Fain laid into the Big Three
* explained the UAW's new “stand-up strike"
* [Oy! 🤨 ] invoked Bible to declare their battle a righteous fight for justice 🤦♀️
#UAW #TradeUnions #capitalism #corporations #CorporateGreed #DefundCorporations #DefundBillionaires #ShawnFein #populism
cont'd 3/
https://persagen.com >> search:
"cicero institute" OR "joe lonsdale"
"Reducing Street Homelessness Act"
"chip wilson" OR "pacific prosperity network"
"vancouver is dying"
homeless* AND discriminat*
"american legislative exchange council"
Billionaires, existential risk
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/111071729378344690
#JoeLonsdale #Musk #DefundBillionaires #homelessness #CiceroInstitute #corporations #DefundCorporations #neofascism #ModelActs #ModelLegislatin #discrimination #GOP #GOPmenace #capitalism
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@Tengrain Why, only white people? Seems to me I am pissed and it has nothing to do with my race, sexual proclivity, gender, or age?
How about making accountability mandatory for all people, even oligarchs and corporations who are people too?
#Oligarchs #corporations #white #racism #Bigotry #misogynists , and their water boys, #Republicans.
Think ill of corporations all you like: they only care about lining the pockets of their already-wealthy shareholders. They corrupt our governments, exploit workers, and make the economy grotesquely unfair. They should be regulated, taxed, etc.
But on inflation, spare some blame for the upper income people who keep buying from them no matter how high the price goes (or what evil the seller has wrought)
https://www.bls.gov/news.release/cesan.nr0.htm
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#economics #inflation #inequality #corporations
One thing I miss about having a Xitter* account was the quick response I would get from some companies, even #Apple, with #support issues.
I know that many people feel that #corporations having a presence on the #Fediverse is a bad idea, and I’m a bit on the fence about it myself, but it sure beats a paid tech support phone call.
*pronounced “shitter”
Read that entire thread from @badlogic Mario Zecher.
#Austria #Österreich #CostOfLiving #Inflation #Consumers #Corporations #Conservatives #Korruption #Verfilzung #Verarschung #ThisIsWhyWeCantHaveNiceThings
A6 cont'd 3/
UAW Members Are Striking Against Corporate Power. Americans Overwhelmingly Back Them
https://jacobin.com/2023/09/uaw-members-strike-corporate-power-union-public-opinion-backing-autoworkers
* United Auto Workers president Shawn Fain said “We fight for the good of the entire working class”
* Americans believe him. In massive numbers, they tell pollsters they back UAW over Big Three auto companies
#UAW #TradeUnions #capitalism #corporations #CorporateGreed #DefundCorporations #DefundBillionaires #ShawnFein
Historic U.S. Auto Workers' Strikes
US #AutoWorkers from Ford, General Motors, and Stellantis initiated an unprecedented #strike for better pay and benefits.
The #UAW seeks improved compensation, challenging CEOs' claims of business impact. Worker wages have declined despite automakers' profits.
Senator Bernie Sanders will join a Detroit rally in support of the workers' fight for justice.
A6 cont'd 2/
See aldo A5 cont'd
Big Three Autoworkers Striking Against Concessions While Shareholders Reap Bonanza
https://jacobin.com/2023/09/united-auto-workers-uaw-strike-big-three-automakers-stock-buyback-shareholders/
* 2023-09-15 UAW launched landmark strike vs. Big Three automakers for inadequate pay, job security
* m/w automakers auth. $5 billion stock buybacks
U.S. auto strike expected to affect Canada in deeply integrated industry
https://www.ctvnews.ca/autos/u-s-auto-strike-expected-to-affect-canada-in-deeply-integrated-industry-1.6563010
#UAW #TradeUnions #capitalism #corporations #CorporateGreed #DefundCorporations #DefundBillionaires #ShawnFein
A6 cont'd
United Auto Workers Strike Has Begun
https://jacobin.com/2023/09/united-auto-workers-strike-shawn-fain-big-three-automakers/
* UAW launched historic strike, 2023-09-15
* workers at 3 plants across Big Three walking out
* UAW leader Shawn Fain declaring an "all-out strike is possible"
* 1st time UAW has struck all three major automakers simultaneously
#UAW #TradeUnions #capitalism #corporations #CorporateGreed #DefundCorporations #DefundBillionaires #ShawnFein
Addendum 6
UAW on Strike: In Historic Move, Auto Workers Target All Big Three Automakers at Once
https://www.democracynow.org/2023/9/15/uaw_strike_big_three_automakers
* 1st time in history, United Auto Workers launched simultaneous strike against Big Three U.S. automakers: Ford; General Motors; Stellantis (parent company of Chrysler)
* UAW President Shawn Fein (https://uaw.org/executive-board-2-2/uaw-president-shawn-fain/) announced targeted strikes at 3 facilities
#UAW #TradeUnions #capitalism #corporations #CorporateGreed #DefundCorporations #DefundBillionaires #ShawnFein
What if climate change is a hoax? Suspect who is behind the water boy Republicans is not very hard.
#Republcians #GOP #ClimateChange #Oligarchs #Bigoil #corporations
[thread] Exxon, climate change
Exxon min. climate change internally after conceding fossil fuels cause it
https://www.npr.org/2023/09/14/1199570023/exxon-climate-change-fossil-fuels-global-warming-oil-gas
Exxon’s Strategy to Downplay Climate Change
Public statements v. diff. f. practice, Tillerson era
https://www.wsj.com/business/energy-oil/exxon-climate-change-documents-e2e9e6af
#Exxon #ExxonMobil #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #CorporateEthics #corporations #DefundCorporations #FossilFuels #GreenhouseGas #CO2 #CO2emissions #EcologicalDestruction #ClimateChangeDenial #FossilFuelsLobby #capitalism #HumanRights #Tillerson
Addendum 12
DeSantis Didn’t Disclose Trips Paid by Wealthy Donors
https://truthout.org/articles/desantis-didnt-disclose-trips-paid-for-by-wealthy-donors-report
* FL home builder Mori Hosseini; DeSantis directed $92 million l/o COVID-19 federal relief funds to pay for highway interchange that directly benefited a housing project of Hosseini
* John Cwik
DeSantis took undisclosed private flights and lodging through wealthy donors
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/09/14/ron-desantis-private-flights
#DeSantis #neofascism #transphobia #GOP #GOPmenace #MoriHosseini #JohnCwik #corporations #DefundCorporations
Addendum 5 cont'd 2/
[2023-09-13] Big Three Autoworkers Getting Ready to Strike As Negotiations Come Down to Wire
United Auto Workers’ contract w. the Big Three automakers expires tomorrow at midnight
If no agreement is reached, UAW ready to strike to recoup concessions made over past 2 decades, end tiers, & boost wages
https://jacobin.com/2023/09/big-three-auto-industry-strike-deadline-uaw-wages-tiers
#UAW #TradeUnions #capitalism #corporations #CorporateGreed #DefundCorporations #DefundBillionaires
Addendum 5 cont'd
Automakers Hand Billions To Shareholders While Stiffing Workers
Big Three car companies authorized $5 billion in stock buybacks
https://www.levernews.com/automakers-hand-billions-to-shareholders-while-stiffing-workers/
* in past 12 mo. Big Three automakers - General Motors, Ford, Stellantis - auth. $5 billion in stock buybacks
* gives billions of dollars to shareholders that could have gone to autoworkers
Big Three: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Three_(automobile_manufacturers)
#UAW #TradeUnions #capitalism #corporations #CorporateGreed #DefundCorporations #DefundBillionaires
Addendum 8
Billionaires Cash In On Abusive Farm Worker Scam
To staff agricultural properties, Bill Gates, Rupert Murdoch, other tycoons use controversial visa program linked to labor abuses, human trafficking
https://www.levernews.com/billionaires-cash-in-on-abusive-farm-worker-scam
#DefundBillionaires #WealthConcentration #corporations #DefundCorporations #plutocracy #meritocracy #oligarchy #capitalism #ExtremeWealth #socialism #HumanRights #HumanTrafficking #WorkersRights #LaborAbuse #FarmWorkers #migrants #BillGates #RupertMurdoch
Addendum 7
Economists, Millionaires, Elected Officials to G20: Tax Extreme Wealth
"Accumulation of extreme wealth by world's richest individuals has become an economic, ecological, human rights disaster"
https://inequality.org/research/g20-tax-extreme-wealth
Open letter: G20 Leaders must tax extreme wealth
https://taxextremewealth.com
#G20 #DefundBillionaires #WealthConcentration #corporations #DefundCorporations #plutocracy #meritocracy #oligarchy #capitalism #neofascism #TransLivesMatter #CultureWars #ExtremeWealth #socialism
Addendum 5
NBC Nightly News Spreads Anti-Union Propaganda
Coverage of pot. United Auto Workers strike checks off every anti-labor trope
https://jacobin.com/2023/09/anti-union-propaganda-media-nbc-strike-uaw-consumerism
United Auto Workers: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Auto_Workers
NBCUniversal: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NBCUniversal
* division of Comcast: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comcast
Brian L. Roberts: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_L._Roberts
#NBCnews #propaganda #TradeUnions #UAW #RightToStrike #WorkersRights #capitalism #corporations #DefundCorporations #DefundBillionaires #neoliberalism #Comcast
Addendae 2
Medical Debt Collection Is Vicious Multibillion-Dollar U.S. Industry
https://jacobin.com/2023/09/medical-debt-collection-hospitals-private-insurance-your-money-or-your-life
* ballooned in recent decades
* hospitals, collection agencies making a killing
* erodes trust in health care system
* countless patients financially ruined
#MedicalIndustrialComplex #corporations #DefundCorportations #DefundBillionaires #capitalism #neoliberalism #inflation #PrivateEquity #HumanRights #greed #avarice #profiteering #poverty #debt #PublicHealth #socialism
Addendum 3
Poverty Rate Soared in 2022 as Aid Ended, Prices Rose
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/12/business/economy/income-poverty-health-insurance.html
* U.S.: increased sharply among children
Poverty increased sharply in 2022 due to safety net cutbacks, inflation
https://www.epi.org/press/poverty-increased-sharply-in-2022-due-to-safety-net-cutbacks-and-inflation-shock-strong-labor-market-signals-a-better-2023
#poverty #homelessness #PovertyIndustrialComplex #capitalism #PrivateEquity #GOP #corporations #DefundCorporations #HumanRights #WealthInequality #WealthConcentration #inflation #CorporateGreed #avarice #oligarchy #DefundBillionaires #EPI
In the same way I wouldn't generalise about #corporations, I also wouldn't generalise about #unions... but I agree in key instances management & unions had little interest other than conflict
[thread] cars, privacy
Cars Are Worst Product Category Ever Reviewed for Privacy
https://foundation.mozilla.org/en/privacynotincluded/articles/its-official-cars-are-the-worst-product-category-we-have-ever-reviewed-for-privacy
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37401563
* all 25 car brands researched
* worst product category ever reviewed
* all collect personal data
* 84% share or sell your data
* 92% give little/no control over personal data
* Tesla only 2nd product ever reviewed to receive all of privacy “dings”
#Mozilla #cars #privacy #security #surveillance #corporations #DefundCorporations #ethics #Tesla
The #CitizensUnited decision — which extended #FreeSpeechRights to #corporations, #nonprofits & #unions — effectively curbed efforts to rein in #political spending, while paving the way for follow-up rulings from courts & the #FEC that would unleash additional billions of dollars in donations. Those donors would spawn a boom in #TaxExempt “#charitable” & “#SocialWelfare” groups as vehicles for spending on political activity.
Addendum 3
Canada: COVID-19 pandemic response
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/110905810542491532
* missed opportunity to implement universal basic income
CERB: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_aid_during_the_COVID-19_pandemic_in_Canada#Canada_Emergency_Response_Benefit
* Trudeau/Liberal band-aid for employed persons
* did nothing for unemployed, who throughout pandemic received zero support
* Canada is 8-9th largest economy
* wealth inequitably sequestered:corporations, billionaires
* inaccessible to ordinary Canadians
#Canada #Trudeau #Liberals #capitalism #UBI #CERB #corporations #socialism
Addendum 2
Just watched this: spot on! 🤨 👍️
[CW: language] Honest Government Ad | Canada 🇨🇦
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7s-BgfcFXw
https://files.persagen.com/01/canada-honest_government_ad.webm
Mentions this authoritarian tactic:
Playbook for RCMP’s Wet’suwet’en raids provided by former U.S. commander in Iraq & Afghanistan
Darker truths behind violence & intimidation against Indigenous land defenders resisting resource extraction
https://ricochet.media/en/3980/training-for-rcmps-wetsuweten-raids-provided-by-former-us-commander-in-iraq-and-afghanistan
#Canada #RCMP #Wetsuweten #corporations #ResourcePlundering #neofascism #PoliceState
Addendum 1
Comment: still better than this snake:
Pierre Poilievre | Canada, far right, populism
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/110970121516907014
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/110617439214978784
Canada has devolved into a 2-party duopoly:
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/111033163216949637
#Canada #politics #JustinTrudeau #PierrePoilieve #LiberalParty #Liberals #ConservativeParty #Conservatives #NDP #GreenParty #BlocQuebecois #populism #CultureWars #neoconservatism #FarRight #neoliberalism #capitalism #corporations #DefundCorporations #socialism #DefundBillionaires
Addendum 1
Canadian company buying Dominion Energy Utah
Enbridge also acquiring North Carolina & Ohio natural gas operations in $14 billion deal
https://www.sltrib.com/news/2023/09/08/canadian-company-is-buying
* Calgary-based Enbridge: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enbridge
https://persagen.com >> search: Enbridge
canada AND mining AND environmen*
#Canada #Utah #EcologicalDestruction #capitalism #neocolonialism #corporations #DefundCorporations #DominionEnergyUtah #Enbridge #NaturalResources #FossilFuels #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming
Are bug disclosure programs #corporations way of trolling the #security community?
Im being bullied lul
The #US #legal system is not at all about #justice, but about justifying our #carceral #PrisonIndustrialComplex which imprisons people at a much higher rate than any other country—about as many as #China—while, obscenely, inhumanely, and unjustly, creating massive #profits for both "#PrivatePrison" #corporations and contractors for #government-run #jails and #prisons.
Our entire system must be rebuilt, and #courtrooms need to be included in that process.
Addendum 8 cont'd
* purchasing power eroded by prices outpacing wage growth
* response to inflation f. Bank of Canada exacerbated cost-of-living crisis
* gov. failed to cushion blow of rising prices, let alone address sources of the problem
* throughout inflationary crisis corporations imposed higher prices on workers & consumers - using inflation to increase profits
#corporations #capitalism #neoliberalism #WealthInequality #globalization #profiteering #inflation #DefundCorporations
Addendum 8
While Canadians Struggle, Energy Corporations Are Laughing All the Way to the Bank
Interest rate hikes have brought Canada’s cost-of-living crisis to a fever pitch
While workers feeling the squeeze, energy corporations are reaping superprofits
https://jacobin.com/2023/09/bank-of-canada-inflation-inequality-cost-of-living-corporate-profits-energy-greed
* since inflation rose in 2021 workers & consumers have been attacked on multiple fronts
#corporations #capitalism #neoliberalism #WealthInequality #globalization #profiteering #inflation #DefundCorporations
Sadly, this country is sliding into the #fascist cesspool the right wing has been embracing for a while now. It's a slow motion trainwreck.
The Allied forces may have won WWII, but #fascism and #hate were never defeated. Instead, these toxic and violent ideologies were driven underground and spread quietly throughout the US until recent.
The American-brand of fascism is just a different strain of the same toxic sociopolitical #disease which plagued Germany and Italy last century.
Fascism infects society just like HIV infects the body; the #American brand of #Christofascism is an evolved strain of the same disease.
The right wing endorses violence because they lack power and only know cruel oppression. They align themselves with the real owners of this country (billionaires and #corporations for their own self interests.
We cannot and must not grow numb to this, nor is there room to be afraid. Fascism occurs because #democracy is weak.
> [T]he power of volunteers in free software communities, such as those working on #OSM development and #mapping, can exceed what #governments and #corporations merely pretend to provide.
Agree that #OpenStreetMaps is quite incredible, and their offline app, #OSMAnd really does feel like magic when one uses it. Its a real shame there are no ethical devices in #Australia to install OSMAnd onto.
Low-wage #corporations spent $341 billion on #StockBuybacks
https://www.commondreams.org/news/corporate-stock-buybacks
These results showing 64% reject the notion that the #ClimateEmergency is a hoax should be very encouraging. The anti-democratic nature of the US Constitutional system along with #SCOTUS treating money as free speech and #Corporations as people assures the minority can stymie needed and urgent actions.
, This is a question 🤔 one can ask Republicans "What can you bring to this country"? Answer "Fascism ".
Cartoon addresses misogyny in Corps
#Republicans #Gop #corporations #misogyny
Something about capitalism stinks, actually everything about capitalism stinks. May have something to do with Musk like oligarch billionaires and Starbuck like corporations who are people too?
You know what would really stop corporate malfeasance? Every infraction, no matter how small the fine is set to 10% of their market value. Now that would be proper corporate regulation. #today #Corporations #Fines.
Everything, Everywhere, All at Once #solutions to #ClimateChange include producing and consuming less.
#Corporations are the worst #polluters because they #manufacture demand and need (e.g. planned obsolescence), then recklessly #pollute to meet that artificially inflated "need" for goods.
We must decrease our individual #consumerism while also forcing #businesses to stop polluting.
Ending #corporate #pollution and our rampant consumption are both required, and more.
https://climatejustice.social/@breadandcircuses/110866880055507382
I swear, I don't get #angry easy, but #corporations demanding my (or other's) time because of their #profit seeking induced ineptitude really raises my hackles.
#Verizon has texted me (from a no reply address) that I have an overdue account with them (I'm not a customer).
I don't use #Twitter ( #X? ) much anymore but I do when I want to #complain about #corporations.
For anyone curious, here is my story thus far: https://twitter.com/davidshq/status/1688910747634679813
Feel free to tell me if I'm being a crank =)
Reminds me of the recent “happy people are harder to monetize” meme. 👍
I suspect happy people are also less likely to deceived!
Top story: The legislation’s real intent is both narrower and potentially more profound than just upending city ordinance-making powers.
https://www.texasobserver.org/death-star-hb-2127-democracy/
#news #politics #TXlege #USpol #GregAbbott #corporations #democracy
"We are entirely connected with #nature and, in turn, the #reef...Every action, every decision we make has an impact on the #environment around us...if you take positive [actions] to reduce your #carbon #emission, this in turn will have a really positive effect on #reefs around the #world...each of us individually are connected and...if we work together, we can have really large and positive impacts."
(#corporations #pollute because WE make that #profitable)
Good (and disturbing) Guardian article on July being the hottest month on record. We've gone from global warming to global boiling, for sure.
Fossil fuel companies need to be held accountable. To change and end what they're doing.
"The air is unbreathable, the heat is unbearable, and the level of fossil fuel profits and climate inaction is unacceptable. Leaders must lead. No more hesitancy, no more excuses, no more waiting for others to move first."
#climate #ClimateChange #RecordHeat #science #FossilFuels #RecordProfits #corporations #accountability #GlobalWarming #GlobalBoiling #ScienceNews #ClimateScience
#Green things YOU can do to fix the #ClimateCrisis:
- air dry laundry
- use fans, not AC
- ride a #bicycle, #PublicTransport, or walk instead of using a #car
- when buying clothes, buy #organic cotton when possible
- remember that #capitalism and #corporations negate everything you do as an individual
- start a revolution
- #EatTheRich
Diversity without social justice is just public relations.
Each year around $300 billion of #tax revenue is lost to governments through #corporations' 'tax planning' & transfer pricing arrangements; a further $170 billion is lost through the actions of the global elite 'managing' their money for 'tax efficiency';
@taxjusticenet is urging a move of global tax affairs from the OECD (which has been a slow mover on reform) to the #UnitedNations.... but certainly a new strategy to hep developing countries regain tax income is needed!
https://taxjustice.net/press/world-to-lose-4-7-trillion-to-tax-havens-over-next-decade-unless-un-tax-convention-adopted-countries-warned/
After finding out about how #ExxonKnew and hid information, do we really trust big #corporations and government agencies beholden to them to look out for #MotherEarth? I think not!
Residents worry ahead of #Fukushima water release [video]
AP, July 24, 2023
The #FukushimaDaiichi #nuclear power plant is expected to start releasing treated #radioactive #wastewater into the #sea within weeks. It's unclear whether, or how, damaging that would be, but residents say they feel helpless. (July 24) (AP video/Ayaka McGill)
it's been decades coming, but I think I had a breakthrough in my understanding of #Discordian teachings.
one way oppressors maintain their power is constantly sucking energy that folks might otherwise use for change and improvement. Thus, #corporations make you faff about trying to cancel services so you have less energy to find better ones.
but "nah" is a mighty word of power. #Refuse to make the effort. #Shrug and walk away. Delete the valid payment method and let *them* sort it out. Hail.
Really want to support the #WGA and #SAGAFTRA strikes, but I don't pay for any streaming services and I don't feel particularly excited about giving my money to #Netflix, #Hulu, #Disney plus, etc. So not sure in what way I can support the strike.
I feel like not paying for any streaming services is a weird thing in 2023, but I would rather spend the money on #books. 😁📚
"Conversely, in 2022, Black women held just 1.1% of the top executive positions — six positions — but comprised 7% of the U.S. population. The situation is even worse for Hispanic women and Latinas, who 'comprised just 0.4% of named executive officers.' Hispanic women and Latinas are 'underrepresented by eighteenfold when compared with their share of the workforce.'"
"Conversely, Black people hold just 4.69% of the top executive positions in the S&P 100, even though they represent 13.6% of the U.S. population. 14 companies in the S&P 100 have top executive teams that are exclusively white.
This data does not reflect how much corporate America is still dominated by white men. In 2022, 69.61% of the top executive positions were held by white men, which is nearly double their share of the U.S. population."
Judd Legum on the absurd claim of 13 Republican attorneys general that corporate America is biased against white people:
"There are 533 named executive officers in the securities filings of the S&P 100. These are the top positions with the most pay, power, and prestige. In 2022, white people held 83.3% of these positions, significantly exceeding their 75.5% share of the U.S. population."
Blown away by how much #McDonald's was willing to do to bring their restaurant to #France. They have to use fresh chickens from France- they have to use potatoes from france- they have to stop giving plastic toys- Etc. Etc. Etc.
Check out some more screenshots from their French website. Now think about how many people the US has compares to France. Why can't we insist the same things? Do you think they are charging 20.00 euro for a #burger in France? No. #Corporations #WeCanDemandMore
@georgetakei So it goes, BLM and Antifa are the real problems according to MAGA projection BS.
Bet the Oligarchs, Corporations and Putin are rubbing their hands together in glee right now.
#Antifa #Oligarchs #Corporations #Putin
Jeez, is their a hashtag for assholes, I could add here but then they would be redundant hashtags.
Being ruled by tyrants is bad, but are tyrants worse than oligarchs, corporations and Republican Nazis?
@randy5235 @foozmeat right? Why does #SocialMedia have to be about #internet #people? Why can't it be easier to meet people who exist nearby? Maybe because #corporations like #Meta can't #profit from real-world engagements & interactions? Hmmm..
A thing @ploum wrote about corporations wrecking and killing decentralized things (in this case, Google and XMPP) -- and why it's essential to learn from history to resist further corporate destruction:
https://ploum.net/2023-06-23-how-to-kill-decentralised-networks.html
(graphic by @davidrevoy)
#fedi #fediverse #tech #history #Mastodon #Meta #GAFAM #decentralization #Google #XMPP #Microsoft #TheFediverse #corporate #corporations #capitalism #CorporateGarbage #resist #corporatocracy #CorporateDestruction #oss #OpenSource