Updates tagged with capitalism on Bobinas P4G!
yogthos: Brian Eno, a renowned artist, producer, and DJ, warns about the concentration of power in the hands of a few people who own AI tech. The negative effects he sees are a result of its profit-driven nature and the lack of a not-for-profit regime.Eno remains fascinated by the creative potential of AI and sees it as part of a long tradition of musicians repurposing technology in unexpected ways.https://musictech.com/news/music/brian-eno-ai-problem/#technology #ai #capitalism
yogthos's status on Sunday, 23-Mar-2025 18:47:21 UTC
Brian Eno, a renowned artist, producer, and DJ, warns about the concentration of power in the hands of a few people who own AI tech. The negative effects he sees are a result of its profit-driven nature and the lack of a not-for-profit regime. Eno remains fascinated by the creative potential of AI and sees it as part of a long tradition of musicians repurposing technology in unexpected ways. https://musictech.com/news/music/brian-eno-ai-problem/ #technology #ai #capitalism
GryphonSK: #Capitalism #capitalismisascam #CapitalismIsACult #NoMoreBillionaires #TaxTheRich #livingwage #RaiseTheWage #NoMoreCEOs
GryphonSK's status on Saturday, 15-Jun-2024 15:53:23 UTC
#Capitalism #capitalismisascam #CapitalismIsACult #NoMoreBillionaires #TaxTheRich #livingwage #RaiseTheWage #NoMoreCEOs
"Money can't buy happiness" means "the mindless accumulation of excess wealth ultimately leads to dimishing retuens on happiness". It does not mean "poor people should learn to be content wihout basic necessities or financial security".#ALT4you
nathans: Jesus christ#Meme #Capitalism #Socialism #Comic
nathans's status on Saturday, 16-Dec-2023 21:40:44 UTC
Jesus christ #Meme #Capitalism #Socialism #Comic
A meme consisting of 4 panels The first panels shows some asking "hey capitalism how's it going?" The second panel shows an article from The Independent. The headline reads "Lucid dream startup says people can work in their sleep" The third panel shows a close up of the person's face with a blank expression. The fourth panel shows the person saying "Jesus Christ"
yogthos: late stage #capitalism be likehttps://www.wsj.com/finance/human-kidney-organs-selling-ae22a73d
yogthos's status on Sunday, 26-Nov-2023 23:58:31 UTC
late stage #capitalism be like https://www.wsj.com/finance/human-kidney-organs-selling-ae22a73d
The Wall Street Journal Why You Should Be Able to Sell Your Kidney The cases for and against putting a price on human organs go to the heart of the debate about capitalism
IAmSpartacus: #Florida lawmakers to consider weakening century-old child labor laws. #Capitalism needs cheap labor, even if they are kids. https://www.orlandosentinel.com/2023/10/06/florida-lawmakers-to-consider-weakening-century-old-child-labor-laws/
IAmSpartacus's status on Saturday, 07-Oct-2023 12:44:16 UTC
#Florida lawmakers to consider weakening century-old child labor laws. #Capitalism needs cheap labor, even if they are kids. https://www.orlandosentinel.com/2023/10/06/florida-lawmakers-to-consider-weakening-century-old-child-labor-laws/
Florida lawmakers to consider weakening century-old child labor laws
Wuzzy: #Google is trying again to convince you, YES YOU, to contribute for free to Google Maps. Please don't. It is 100% #proprietary, Google has full control over the data you added and people can only access Google Maps over proprietary channels where Google dictates the rules. This gives them too much power.Contribute to #OpenStreetMap instead, it's a project by the community, for the community.https://www.openstreetmap.org#OSM #GoogleMaps #PSA #scam #capitalism #OpenData
Wuzzy's status on Friday, 29-Sep-2023 03:46:58 UTC
#Google is trying again to convince you, YES YOU, to contribute for free to Google Maps. Please don't. It is 100% #proprietary, Google has full control over the data you added and people can only access Google Maps over proprietary channels where Google dictates the rules. This gives them too much power. Contribute to #OpenStreetMap instead, it's a project by the community, for the community. https://www.openstreetmap.org #OSM #GoogleMaps #PSA #scam #capitalism #OpenData
santiago: No sabia que algunos estados de USA han explícitamente sacado leyes o "bills" para prohibir políticas públicas relacionadas con la sustentabilidad, porque entienden que eso lesiona el derecho a la propiedad privada y al libre mercado (hacer negocios). Alabama, Tenessee, Oklahoma, Kansas... Sabía que eran retrógradas, pero no al punto de sacar leyes en contra de la sustentabilidad #sustentabilidad #sustainability #usa #us #capitalism
santiago's status on Saturday, 09-Sep-2023 20:24:52 UTC
No sabia que algunos estados de USA han explícitamente sacado leyes o "bills" para prohibir políticas públicas relacionadas con la sustentabilidad, porque entienden que eso lesiona el derecho a la propiedad privada y al libre mercado (hacer negocios). Alabama, Tenessee, Oklahoma, Kansas... Sabía que eran retrógradas, pero no al punto de sacar leyes en contra de la sustentabilidad #sustentabilidad #sustainability #usa #us #capitalism
Libro Sustainability mostrando textos legislativos de USA en contra de la sustentabilidad
dcjohnson: Propaganda from the wealthy has not JUST promoted neoliberal "markets" over humanity and democracy.It has also misinformed the public about what government itself is.https://seeingtheforest.com/capitalismthink/#democracy #capitalism
dcjohnson's status on Thursday, 24-Aug-2023 07:55:03 UTC
Propaganda from the wealthy has not JUST promoted neoliberal "markets" over humanity and democracy. It has also misinformed the public about what government itself is. https://seeingtheforest.com/capitalismthink/ #democracy #capitalism
FuturoVegetal: 🙅🏼♀️Contra el negacionismo climático... Datos 📊 👉🏽Nuestro compa Bilbo en El Horizonte#climate #climatechange #climatecrisis #climateemergency #ecocide #drought #actnow #capitalism #globalwarming #eattherich #vegan #climaterefugees #weather #cambioclimatico #animalrights #humanrights #globalboiling #science @ScientistRebellion @ExtinctionR
FuturoVegetal's status on Monday, 14-Aug-2023 22:14:07 UTC
🙅🏼♀️Contra el negacionismo climático... Datos 📊 👉🏽Nuestro compa Bilbo en El Horizonte #climate #climatechange #climatecrisis #climateemergency #ecocide #drought #actnow #capitalism #globalwarming #eattherich #vegan #climaterefugees #weather #cambioclimatico #animalrights #humanrights #globalboiling #science @ScientistRebellion @ExtinctionR
FuturoVegetal: 2/3 "El precio del litio es la MUERTE de nuestro TERRITORIO y de nuestro PUEBLO". Jujuy, 2023El litio es un mineral clave para la transición energética y se utiliza también en dispositivos electrónicos como los móviles. Sí, necesitamos una transición energética y social, pero una que no destroce comunidades, pueblos ni territorios.#jujuy #repression #climate #climatechange #climatecrisis #climateemergency #ecocide #drought #actnow #capitalism #globalwarming #humanrights #globalboiling #acab
FuturoVegetal's status on Sunday, 13-Aug-2023 06:28:02 UTC
2/3 "El precio del litio es la MUERTE de nuestro TERRITORIO y de nuestro PUEBLO". Jujuy, 2023 El litio es un mineral clave para la transición energética y se utiliza también en dispositivos electrónicos como los móviles. Sí, necesitamos una transición energética y social, pero una que no destroce comunidades, pueblos ni territorios. #jujuy #repression #climate #climatechange #climatecrisis #climateemergency #ecocide #drought #actnow #capitalism #globalwarming #humanrights #globalboiling #acab
FuturoVegetal: 1/3 "El precio del litio es la MUERTE de nuestro TERRITORIO y de nuestro PUEBLO". Jujuy, 2023El litio es un mineral clave para la transición energética y se utiliza también en dispositivos electrónicos como los móviles. Sí, necesitamos una transición energética y social, pero una que no destroce comunidades, pueblos ni territorios.#jujuy #repression #climate #climatechange #climatecrisis #climateemergency #ecocide #drought #actnow #capitalism #globalwarming #humanrights #globalboiling #acab
FuturoVegetal's status on Sunday, 13-Aug-2023 06:27:53 UTC
1/3 "El precio del litio es la MUERTE de nuestro TERRITORIO y de nuestro PUEBLO". Jujuy, 2023 El litio es un mineral clave para la transición energética y se utiliza también en dispositivos electrónicos como los móviles. Sí, necesitamos una transición energética y social, pero una que no destroce comunidades, pueblos ni territorios. #jujuy #repression #climate #climatechange #climatecrisis #climateemergency #ecocide #drought #actnow #capitalism #globalwarming #humanrights #globalboiling #acab
FuturoVegetal: 3/3 "El precio del litio es la MUERTE de nuestro TERRITORIO y de nuestro PUEBLO". Jujuy, 2023El litio es un mineral clave para la transición energética y se utiliza también en dispositivos electrónicos como los móviles. Sí, necesitamos una transición energética y social, pero una que no destroce comunidades, pueblos ni territorios.#jujuy #repression #climate #climatechange #climatecrisis #climateemergency #ecocide #drought #actnow #capitalism #globalwarming #humanrights #globalboiling #acab
FuturoVegetal's status on Sunday, 13-Aug-2023 06:27:29 UTC
3/3 "El precio del litio es la MUERTE de nuestro TERRITORIO y de nuestro PUEBLO". Jujuy, 2023 El litio es un mineral clave para la transición energética y se utiliza también en dispositivos electrónicos como los móviles. Sí, necesitamos una transición energética y social, pero una que no destroce comunidades, pueblos ni territorios. #jujuy #repression #climate #climatechange #climatecrisis #climateemergency #ecocide #drought #actnow #capitalism #globalwarming #humanrights #globalboiling #acab
breadandcircuses: Billionaires should not exist. ______________________________It is impossible to *earn* a billion dollars. Take any exorbitant salary you like — let’s say $500,000 per year — and calculate how many years you would have to work, spending nothing, to earn your first billion. At $500k/year, it would take 2,000 years. Or, if you simply steal $3 from every single American, you can make a billion in a single year. Billionaires’ wealth comes only from wage theft from workers. It is never earned. It is estimated that ~5% of deaths in the US are attributable to poverty, making every billionaire a de-facto mass murderer. No one becomes a billionaire because they are intelligent or talented; people become billionaires because they are able to rob millions of other people into poverty, destitution, and early death — and still sleep soundly at night. These are the people determining our future. They are brain-damaged by power. [See https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/07/power-causes-brain-damage/528711/] Billionaires are, by definition, psychopaths. They believe they are chosen by the universe to live as gods. If you are counting on billionaires to save the planet because “it’s in their best interest,” you misunderstand their interests. ______________________________That's an excerpt from a long and very informative piece by Sam Hall (@SamYourEyes). FULL ARTICLE -- https://medium.com/@samyoureyes/the-busy-workers-handbook-to-the-apocalypse-7790666afde7#Environment #Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #ClimateJustice #Capitalism
breadandcircuses's status on Thursday, 03-Aug-2023 20:16:41 UTC
Billionaires should not exist. ______________________________ It is impossible to *earn* a billion dollars. Take any exorbitant salary you like — let’s say $500,000 per year — and calculate how many years you would have to work, spending nothing, to earn your first billion. At $500k/year, it would take 2,000 years. Or, if you simply steal $3 from every single American, you can make a billion in a single year. Billionaires’ wealth comes only from wage theft from workers. It is never earned. It is estimated that ~5% of deaths in the US are attributable to poverty, making every billionaire a de-facto mass murderer. No one becomes a billionaire because they are intelligent or talented; people become billionaires because they are able to rob millions of other people into poverty, destitution, and early death — and still sleep soundly at night. These are the people determining our future. They are brain-damaged by power. [See https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/07/power-causes-brain-damage/528711/] Billionaires are, by definition, psychopaths. They believe they are chosen by the universe to live as gods. If you are counting on billionaires to save the planet because “it’s in their best interest,” you misunderstand their interests. ______________________________ That's an excerpt from a long and very informative piece by Sam Hall (@SamYourEyes). FULL ARTICLE -- https://medium.com/@samyoureyes/the-busy-workers-handbook-to-the-apocalypse-7790666afde7 #Environment #Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #ClimateJustice #Capitalism
Graphic shows head shots of Bloomberg, Bezos, Musk, and Zuckerberg. Text says: The billionaire is not your friend. He is, however, an enemy of his workers, a defender of the corrupt status quo, a leech, and not a self-made man.
The Busy Worker’s Handbook to the Apocalypse
FuturoVegetal: ¿Sabes lo que nos depara el futuro a medida que aumenta la temperatura? 🍂 Perdida de ecosistemas y especies 👣 Migración masiva forzosa 🌊 Subida del nivel del mar 🌾Disminución de cultivos 😷Enfermedades Etc...¿Vamos a permitir que nos lleven a esto? Únete a Futuro Vegetal 👉 www.futurovegetal.org/participa#climate #climatecrisis #climatechange #vegan #weather #climateemergency #globalwarming #ecocide #drought #ipcc #co2 #cop28 #capitalism #oil #gas #actnow #climaterefugees #government #un
FuturoVegetal's status on Sunday, 30-Jul-2023 08:55:29 UTC
¿Sabes lo que nos depara el futuro a medida que aumenta la temperatura? 🍂 Perdida de ecosistemas y especies 👣 Migración masiva forzosa 🌊 Subida del nivel del mar 🌾Disminución de cultivos 😷Enfermedades Etc... ¿Vamos a permitir que nos lleven a esto? Únete a Futuro Vegetal 👉 www.futurovegetal.org/participa #climate #climatecrisis #climatechange #vegan #weather #climateemergency #globalwarming #ecocide #drought #ipcc #co2 #cop28 #capitalism #oil #gas #actnow #climaterefugees #government #un
ariadne: ‘It’s pillage’: thirsty Uruguayans decry Google’s plan to exploit water supply - Country suffering its worst #drought in 74 years, with government even mixing saltwater into drinking supply.A plan to build a Google data centre that will use millions of litres of water a day has sparked anger in #Uruguay, which is suffering its worst drought in 74 years.Water shortages are so severe in the country that a state of emergency has been declared in #Montevideo and the authorities have added salty water to the public drinking water supplies, prompting widespread protests.Critics claim that the government is prioritising water for transnationals and agribusiness at the expense of its own citizens. Daniel Pena, a researcher at the University of the Republic in Montevideo, said: “Only a tiny proportion of water in Uruguay is used for human consumption. The majority is used for big agro industries, such as soya, rice and wood pulping. Now we have #Google planning to use enormous quantities of water.”https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jul/11/uruguay-drought-water-google-data-center#Water #WaterRights #SouthAmerica #LatinAmerica #Capitalism #CapitalismKills
ariadne's status on Sunday, 16-Jul-2023 13:55:09 UTC
‘It’s pillage’: thirsty Uruguayans decry Google’s plan to exploit water supply - Country suffering its worst #drought in 74 years, with government even mixing saltwater into drinking supply. A plan to build a Google data centre that will use millions of litres of water a day has sparked anger in #Uruguay, which is suffering its worst drought in 74 years. Water shortages are so severe in the country that a state of emergency has been declared in #Montevideo and the authorities have added salty water to the public drinking water supplies, prompting widespread protests. Critics claim that the government is prioritising water for transnationals and agribusiness at the expense of its own citizens. Daniel Pena, a researcher at the University of the Republic in Montevideo, said: “Only a tiny proportion of water in Uruguay is used for human consumption. The majority is used for big agro industries, such as soya, rice and wood pulping. Now we have #Google planning to use enormous quantities of water.” https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jul/11/uruguay-drought-water-google-data-center #Water #WaterRights #SouthAmerica #LatinAmerica #Capitalism #CapitalismKills
albertochimal: What's the difference between #Mastodon and #Threads? Next time someone tells you they're both not-#Twitter and that's it, #recommend them to read this #article by @pluralistic. It's about #capitalism, #monopolies and the way #corporate #SocialMedia has locked us in their #VirtualSpaces, without right to appeal. https://doctorow.medium.com/let-the-platforms-burn-6fb3e6c0d980 #AbolishFacebook #AbolishMeta #AbolishZuckerberg #AbolishMusk
albertochimal's status on Monday, 10-Jul-2023 03:38:11 UTC
What's the difference between #Mastodon and #Threads? Next time someone tells you they're both not-#Twitter and that's it, #recommend them to read this #article by @pluralistic. It's about #capitalism, #monopolies and the way #corporate #SocialMedia has locked us in their #VirtualSpaces, without right to appeal. https://doctorow.medium.com/let-the-platforms-burn-6fb3e6c0d980 #AbolishFacebook #AbolishMeta #AbolishZuckerberg #AbolishMusk
breadandcircuses: For those who haven’t seen it before, here is my review of The Climate Book, by Greta Thunberg… ____________________________I've read dozens of books about climate change, and this one is easily the best. It's packed with information, written to be accessible for anyone from high school (or a bright middle school student) on up, and most importantly it does NOT shy away from the true severity of our situation and the imperative need not only for individual action but for system change.It's stunning to me that a young woman who just turned twenty years old was able to pull together such a massive project — coordinating the submissions of more than a hundred scientists, activists, and educators — while also writing a large part of the content herself. A truly amazing accomplishment. This essential work should be in every school library and in every home. It will remain relevant for years to come, I believe, because although there certainly is plenty of data, mostly it's about *ideas* which will never age. ____________________________https://bookwyrm.social/user/BreadAndCircuses/review/1196642/s/essential-reading#anchor-1196642#Environment #Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency #CO2 #Emissions #Capitalism #BusinessAsUsual #ClimateAction #ClimateJustice
breadandcircuses's status on Tuesday, 04-Jul-2023 22:14:58 UTC
For those who haven’t seen it before, here is my review of The Climate Book, by Greta Thunberg… ____________________________ I've read dozens of books about climate change, and this one is easily the best. It's packed with information, written to be accessible for anyone from high school (or a bright middle school student) on up, and most importantly it does NOT shy away from the true severity of our situation and the imperative need not only for individual action but for system change. It's stunning to me that a young woman who just turned twenty years old was able to pull together such a massive project — coordinating the submissions of more than a hundred scientists, activists, and educators — while also writing a large part of the content herself. A truly amazing accomplishment. This essential work should be in every school library and in every home. It will remain relevant for years to come, I believe, because although there certainly is plenty of data, mostly it's about *ideas* which will never age. ____________________________ https://bookwyrm.social/user/BreadAndCircuses/review/1196642/s/essential-reading#anchor-1196642 #Environment #Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency #CO2 #Emissions #Capitalism #BusinessAsUsual #ClimateAction #ClimateJustice
Greta Thunberg, holding a copy of The Climate Book, showing the front cover.
FuturoVegetal: 🔥Más acción y menos blablabla.🎶PIB - Excusas.#antispeciesism #speciesism #vegan #freedom #capitalism #anticapitalism #murder #burgerking #actnow #climatechange #climatecrisis #climate #spain #drought #animalrights #humanrights #ecologist #globalwarming #activism #rebellion #animals #ecocide #massacre
FuturoVegetal's status on Thursday, 29-Jun-2023 16:32:22 UTC
🔥Más acción y menos blablabla. 🎶PIB - Excusas. #antispeciesism #speciesism #vegan #freedom #capitalism #anticapitalism #murder #burgerking #actnow #climatechange #climatecrisis #climate #spain #drought #animalrights #humanrights #ecologist #globalwarming #activism #rebellion #animals #ecocide #massacre
breadandcircuses: Rebecca Solnit (@RebeccaSolnit) suggests we need a large-scale change in perspective... ___________________________"What if climate change meant not doom — but abundance?"Much of the reluctance to do what climate change requires comes from the assumption that it means trading abundance for austerity, and trading all our stuff and conveniences for less stuff, less convenience. But what if it meant giving up things that we are well rid of, from deadly emissions to nagging feelings of doom, and complicity in destruction? What if the austerity is how we live NOW — and the abundance could be what is to come?Look closely, and you can see that by measures other than goods and money, we are impoverished. Even the affluent live in a world where confidence in the future, and in the society and institutions around us, is fading — and where a sense of security, social connectedness, mental and physical health, and other measures of well-being are often dismal.This is the world we live in *with* fossil fuels — the burning of which makes us poorer in many ways. We know that the fossil fuel industry corrodes our politics. We know that worldwide, breathing air contaminated by fossil fuel kills more than 8 million people a year and damages many more, particularly babies and children. And we know that as fossil fuel fills the upper atmosphere with carbon dioxide that destabilizes temperature and weather, it increases despair and anxiety.What if we imagined “wealth” consisting not of the money we stuff into banks or the fossil-fuel-derived goods we pile up, but of joy, beauty, friendship, community, closeness to flourishing nature, to good food produced without abuse of labor? What if we were to think of wealth as security in our environments and societies, and as confidence in a viable future? ___________________________FULL ESSAY -- https://archive.is/XUUg7#selection-259.0-259.54#Environment #Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #Capitalism #BusinessAsUsual
breadandcircuses's status on Wednesday, 28-Jun-2023 14:22:57 UTC
Rebecca Solnit (@RebeccaSolnit) suggests we need a large-scale change in perspective... ___________________________ "What if climate change meant not doom — but abundance?" Much of the reluctance to do what climate change requires comes from the assumption that it means trading abundance for austerity, and trading all our stuff and conveniences for less stuff, less convenience. But what if it meant giving up things that we are well rid of, from deadly emissions to nagging feelings of doom, and complicity in destruction? What if the austerity is how we live NOW — and the abundance could be what is to come? Look closely, and you can see that by measures other than goods and money, we are impoverished. Even the affluent live in a world where confidence in the future, and in the society and institutions around us, is fading — and where a sense of security, social connectedness, mental and physical health, and other measures of well-being are often dismal. This is the world we live in *with* fossil fuels — the burning of which makes us poorer in many ways. We know that the fossil fuel industry corrodes our politics. We know that worldwide, breathing air contaminated by fossil fuel kills more than 8 million people a year and damages many more, particularly babies and children. And we know that as fossil fuel fills the upper atmosphere with carbon dioxide that destabilizes temperature and weather, it increases despair and anxiety. What if we imagined “wealth” consisting not of the money we stuff into banks or the fossil-fuel-derived goods we pile up, but of joy, beauty, friendship, community, closeness to flourishing nature, to good food produced without abuse of labor? What if we were to think of wealth as security in our environments and societies, and as confidence in a viable future? ___________________________ FULL ESSAY -- https://archive.is/XUUg7#selection-259.0-259.54 #Environment #Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #Capitalism #BusinessAsUsual
Opinion | How to meet the climate crisis? Redefine ‘abundance.’ - The…
FuturoVegetal: 👊 Mientras la clase política se dedique a polarizar a la población para abusar de sus preocupaciones y utilizarla con fines electoralistas, no pensamos callarnos.¡Amor y Furia! ❤️🔥Cancionaza de Lova Lois - Grita Shout Vídeo de Miguel Ángel Bauset#climate #climatechange #climatecrisis #actnow #globalwarming #activism #ecologist #antifascism #lgbt #feminism #vegan #capitalism #spain #rebellion #politics #fascism #cambioclimatico #drought #repression #police #freedom #mutualaid #humanrights
FuturoVegetal's status on Sunday, 25-Jun-2023 22:02:21 UTC
👊 Mientras la clase política se dedique a polarizar a la población para abusar de sus preocupaciones y utilizarla con fines electoralistas, no pensamos callarnos. ¡Amor y Furia! ❤️🔥 Cancionaza de Lova Lois - Grita Shout Vídeo de Miguel Ángel Bauset #climate #climatechange #climatecrisis #actnow #globalwarming #activism #ecologist #antifascism #lgbt #feminism #vegan #capitalism #spain #rebellion #politics #fascism #cambioclimatico #drought #repression #police #freedom #mutualaid #humanrights
dcjohnson: "Marxism" (Marx's analysis of how the 19th-century economy worked) and socialism just say regular people should have more control over society's economic priorities, in order for regular people to receive the benefits of society's economic priorities.That's really all it says.Currently ... /1#economics #democracy #marxism #socialism #capitalism
dcjohnson's status on Thursday, 08-Jun-2023 08:16:28 UTC
"Marxism" (Marx's analysis of how the 19th-century economy worked) and socialism just say regular people should have more control over society's economic priorities, in order for regular people to receive the benefits of society's economic priorities. That's really all it says. Currently ... /1 #economics #democracy #marxism #socialism #capitalism
dcjohnson: the wealthiest make the decisions about where society should apply its resources. That is literally what "capitalism" means. The wealthy (capital) decide where investment goes, instead of government ("We the People"). So those investments are make to benefit the wealthy instead of We the People.Democracy "We the People") should decide how we run our economies, and where we invest.#economics #democracy #marxism #socialism #capitalism
dcjohnson's status on Thursday, 08-Jun-2023 08:16:27 UTC
the wealthiest make the decisions about where society should apply its resources. That is literally what "capitalism" means. The wealthy (capital) decide where investment goes, instead of government ("We the People"). So those investments are make to benefit the wealthy instead of We the People. Democracy "We the People") should decide how we run our economies, and where we invest. #economics #democracy #marxism #socialism #capitalism
aral: Elon Musk is a fascist… Peter Thiel is a fascist… Donald Trump is a fascist…Isn’t it weird how those most successful at capitalism are fascists? It’s almost as if capitalism is entirely compatible with and possibly even favours fascism or something…🤔 #capitalism #fascism
aral's status on Tuesday, 28-Mar-2023 23:59:32 UTC
Elon Musk is a fascist… Peter Thiel is a fascist… Donald Trump is a fascist… Isn’t it weird how those most successful at capitalism are fascists? It’s almost as if capitalism is entirely compatible with and possibly even favours fascism or something… 🤔 #capitalism #fascism
ChrisMayLA6: Two centuries of #bankfailures in a single chart... and the extraordinary period of stability between 1950 & 1970.Whatever #bankers may claim about the 'problem' of regulation & the hand of the state, as @RichardJMurphy pointed out this morning - this is the period where Kenynsianism shaped public policy & delivered financial stability... If you wanted an illustration of why #capitalism works best when it is regulated carefully, this would be it.
ChrisMayLA6's status on Tuesday, 28-Mar-2023 07:39:46 UTC
Two centuries of #bankfailures in a single chart... and the extraordinary period of stability between 1950 & 1970. Whatever #bankers may claim about the 'problem' of regulation & the hand of the state, as @RichardJMurphy pointed out this morning - this is the period where Kenynsianism shaped public policy & delivered financial stability... If you wanted an illustration of why #capitalism works best when it is regulated carefully, this would be it.
Chart: Bank Failures [from 1800]; Countries with a banking crisis (% weighted by GDP, 3-year moving average_ Chart shows from 1800 regular spikes of banking crisis except for the two decades starting in 1950
aral: Folks: So what browser do you recommend, then?Me: the post-capitalist one we haven’t built yet.#web #browsers #capitalism
aral's status on Wednesday, 15-Mar-2023 10:13:26 UTC
Folks: So what browser do you recommend, then? Me: the post-capitalist one we haven’t built yet. #web #browsers #capitalism
albertochimal: More on the #TwitterMigration and #Mastodon's growth by @pluralistic. It's hard, being older and set in many ways, to change. But it's necessary to at least understand the need for change. #technology #Twitter #birdchan #capitalism https://doctorow.medium.com/of-course-mastodon-lost-users-c48ef8102891
albertochimal's status on Sunday, 12-Feb-2023 21:28:23 UTC
More on the #TwitterMigration and #Mastodon's growth by @pluralistic. It's hard, being older and set in many ways, to change. But it's necessary to at least understand the need for change. #technology #Twitter #birdchan #capitalism https://doctorow.medium.com/of-course-mastodon-lost-users-c48ef8102891
Jedigirl: #capitalism #billionaires #inequality #socialinequality
Jedigirl's status on Wednesday, 08-Feb-2023 02:15:39 UTC
#capitalism #billionaires #inequality #socialinequality
Tweet from Melissa McEwan @Shakestweetz Text: "Billionaire" isn't a qualification. It's the description of a person who is hoarding more resources than they could use in 100 lifetimes while other people are starving. It's the name for a human dragon sleeping on its pile of rubies and gold.
santiago: Wow! @molly0xfff Great piece of speech! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGsllEF7w_g #web3 #crypto #capitalism
santiago's status on Monday, 05-Dec-2022 16:52:43 UTC
Wow! @molly0xfff Great piece of speech! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGsllEF7w_g #web3 #crypto #capitalism
Is Web3 bullshit? | Molly White at Web Summit 2022
santiago: Por suerte yo me compré una máquina de escribir y un par de cintas, para cuando la impresora imprima según el estado de tu cuenta bancaria... ahh no, eso yo ocurre! #corporate #surveillance #capitalism #capitalismo #vigilancia
santiago's status on Friday, 29-Jul-2022 00:33:37 UTC
Por suerte yo me compré una máquina de escribir y un par de cintas, para cuando la impresora imprima según el estado de tu cuenta bancaria... ahh no, eso yo ocurre! #corporate #surveillance #capitalism #capitalismo #vigilancia
maxeddy: I never did an #introduction!Hi, I'm Max. I live in #NYC and do #journalism at PCMag where I cover #infosec, #security, and #privacy. I also write reviews of #VPN and professionally complain about #capitalism. I'm the Unit Chair of the ZDCG #union and moonlight as a #labor organizer. If you want to learn about how to unionize your workplace, plz DM me. I play #banjo badly and think about #medieval literature. I'm spending too much money on #fountainpens.
maxeddy's status on Saturday, 30-Apr-2022 01:07:30 UTC
I never did an #introduction! Hi, I'm Max. I live in #NYC and do #journalism at PCMag where I cover #infosec, #security, and #privacy. I also write reviews of #VPN and professionally complain about #capitalism. I'm the Unit Chair of the ZDCG #union and moonlight as a #labor organizer. If you want to learn about how to unionize your workplace, plz DM me. I play #banjo badly and think about #medieval literature. I'm spending too much money on #fountainpens.
louce: #introduction Hello! I’m an #academic interested in how tech firms impact our social, political, economic & environmental world. I’m currently researching digital vulnerabilities surrounding unsecured consumer credit (i.e. buy now pay later platforms), & the political implications of #bigtech practices . Very concerned re #sustainability and #data & #surveillance #capitalism. New to Mastodon, come say hi & talk irresponsible business 🤓#responsibletech needs #responsiblefirms👏
louce's status on Tuesday, 26-Apr-2022 16:13:19 UTC
#introduction Hello! I’m an #academic interested in how tech firms impact our social, political, economic & environmental world. I’m currently researching digital vulnerabilities surrounding unsecured consumer credit (i.e. buy now pay later platforms), & the political implications of #bigtech practices . Very concerned re #sustainability and #data & #surveillance #capitalism. New to Mastodon, come say hi & talk irresponsible business 🤓 #responsibletech needs #responsiblefirms👏
xosem: #capitalism at work almost one week after transport strike ended we still suffer some shortages, mostly due to people's unrational behaviour and greed 😑🙄
xosem's status on Thursday, 31-Mar-2022 08:44:52 UTC
#capitalism at work almost one week after transport strike ended we still suffer some shortages, mostly due to people's unrational behaviour and greed 😑🙄
arbocenc: dianea schrieb den folgenden Beitrag Wed, 16 Mar 2022 21:42:31 +0100 For profit #capitalism
arbocenc's status on Thursday, 17-Mar-2022 21:09:57 UTC
dianea schrieb den folgenden Beitrag Wed, 16 Mar 2022 21:42:31 +0100 For profit #capitalism
rek2: Documental con Shoshana Zuboff sobre el capitalismo de vigilancia - https://odysee.com/@Hackernol:7/Shoshana-Zuboff-sobre-el-capitalismo-de-vigilancia:6?r=Hsz5vhH84ZwSG8WebARqFiL3i25iFC8F #capitalism #capitalismvigilancia #privacidad #cyberguerra
rek2's status on Thursday, 10-Mar-2022 14:32:09 UTC
Documental con Shoshana Zuboff sobre el capitalismo de vigilancia - https://odysee.com/@Hackernol:7/Shoshana-Zuboff-sobre-el-capitalismo-de-vigilancia:6?r=Hsz5vhH84ZwSG8WebARqFiL3i25iFC8F #capitalism #capitalismvigilancia #privacidad #cyberguerra
Documental con Shoshana Zuboff sobre el capitalismo de vigilancia
arh's status on Friday, 18-Feb-2022 01:03:01 UTC
This is how #capitalism works:
lydiaconwell: #Landlord #capitalism#AAV #AnotherAngryVoice https://anotherangryvoice.blogspot.com/2021/10/landlordism-is-even-more-exploitative.html?fbclid=IwAR0gfcFmksU1AVSiNDT_KMVtaB_lqh4XW1j2bH1ZNxSUpbLSKmTAjs2UAnY
lydiaconwell's status on Monday, 17-Jan-2022 08:44:00 UTC
#Landlord #capitalism #AAV #AnotherAngryVoice https://anotherangryvoice.blogspot.com/2021/10/landlordism-is-even-more-exploitative.html?fbclid=IwAR0gfcFmksU1AVSiNDT_KMVtaB_lqh4XW1j2bH1ZNxSUpbLSKmTAjs2UAnY
Landlordism is even more exploitative than capitalism!
jeroenpraat@todon.nl: The Intercept with Naomi Klein: *Coronavirus Capitalism — and How to Beat It*https://invidio.us/watch?v=niwNTI9Nqd8"Governments around the world are busily exploiting the coronavirus crisis to push for no-strings-attached corporate bailouts and regulatory rollbacks.“I've spent two decades studying the transformations that take place under the cover of disaster,” writes Naomi Klein. “I’ve learned that one thing we can count on is this: During moments of cataclysmic change, the previously unthinkable suddenly becomes reality.”In recent decades, that change has mainly been for the worst — but this has not always been the case. And it need not continue to be in the future.This video is about the ways the still-unfolding Covid-19 crisis is already remaking our sense of the possible. The Trump administration and other governments around the world are busily exploiting the crisis to push for no-strings-attached corporate bailouts and regulatory rollbacks. …"#Coronavirus #Covid19 #capitalism #antiCapitalism #Trump #ClimateCrisis
jeroenpraat@todon.nl's status on Wednesday, 18-Mar-2020 23:17:26 UTC
The Intercept with Naomi Klein: *Coronavirus Capitalism — and How to Beat It* https://invidio.us/watch?v=niwNTI9Nqd8 "Governments around the world are busily exploiting the coronavirus crisis to push for no-strings-attached corporate bailouts and regulatory rollbacks. “I've spent two decades studying the transformations that take place under the cover of disaster,” writes Naomi Klein. “I’ve learned that one thing we can count on is this: During moments of cataclysmic change, the previously unthinkable suddenly becomes reality.” In recent decades, that change has mainly been for the worst — but this has not always been the case. And it need not continue to be in the future. This video is about the ways the still-unfolding Covid-19 crisis is already remaking our sense of the possible. The Trump administration and other governments around the world are busily exploiting the crisis to push for no-strings-attached corporate bailouts and regulatory rollbacks. …" #Coronavirus #Covid19 #capitalism #antiCapitalism #Trump #ClimateCrisis
xanbaldaio: « ...That’s why we want to make a call for #decentralizedaction to point the responsible of #environmentaldestruction. Politicians won’t act against the #Capitalism interests, but we do. Against #climatechange; #directaction. » htt… https://todon.nl/@xanbaldaio/103216151153335316
xanbaldaio's status on Thursday, 28-Nov-2019 15:09:28 UTC
« ...That’s why we want to make a call for #decentralizedaction to point the responsible of #environmentaldestruction. Politicians won’t act against the #Capitalism interests, but we do. Against #climatechange; #directaction. » htt… https://todon.nl/@xanbaldaio/103216151153335316
muehlfield: "It wasn't depression, it was capitalism" Santiago, Chile#depression #capitalism #santiago #chile
muehlfield's status on Thursday, 31-Oct-2019 00:00:50 UTC
"It wasn't depression, it was capitalism" Santiago, Chile #depression #capitalism #santiago #chile
tuxom@mastodon.at: Fossil fuel big five 'spent €251m #lobbying #EU' since 2010 The five biggest #oil and #gas companies, and their #industry groups, have spent at least €251m (£217m) lobbying the #European #Union over #climate #policies since 2010, research has revealed.https://www.theguardian.com/business/2019/oct/24/fossil-fuel-big-five-spent-251m-lobbying-european-union-2010-climate-crisis#ClimateCrisis #Capitalism
tuxom@mastodon.at's status on Friday, 25-Oct-2019 09:20:41 UTC
Fossil fuel big five 'spent €251m #lobbying #EU' since 2010 The five biggest #oil and #gas companies, and their #industry groups, have spent at least €251m (£217m) lobbying the #European #Union over #climate #policies since 2010, research has revealed. https://www.theguardian.com/business/2019/oct/24/fossil-fuel-big-five-spent-251m-lobbying-european-union-2010-climate-crisis #ClimateCrisis #Capitalism
freemo: Just a reminder, wealthy people arent responsible for you or anyone not having money simply because they do.Money isnt like pie, just because some people have more doesn't mean you have less.Money/wealth isnt a zero-sum game#capitalism
freemo's status on Thursday, 17-Oct-2019 10:42:38 UTC
Just a reminder, wealthy people arent responsible for you or anyone not having money simply because they do. Money isnt like pie, just because some people have more doesn't mean you have less. Money/wealth isnt a zero-sum game #capitalism
xanbaldaio: #Capitalism is dying because the new #digitalcommons 🌬 https://medium.com/coinmonks/decentralised-autonomous-co-operatives-dac-and-the-rise-of-the-new-commons-721f5e1a7d3 #DAC #DAO #DecentralisedGovernance
xanbaldaio's status on Monday, 16-Sep-2019 19:05:56 UTC
#Capitalism is dying because the new #digitalcommons 🌬 https://medium.com/coinmonks/decentralised-autonomous-co-operatives-dac-and-the-rise-of-the-new-commons-721f5e1a7d3 #DAC #DAO #DecentralisedGovernance
Decentralised Autonomous Co-Operative’s (DAC) and The Rise Of The New ‘Commons’
victorhck's status on Wednesday, 11-Sep-2019 16:55:57 UTC
#Capitalism
xosem's status on Saturday, 07-Sep-2019 06:16:39 UTC
this ⬇️ #capitalism #capitalismo
anprim: Amazônia,África central, Sibéria,representam áreas significativas em que os incêndios florestais estão atualmente queimando em todo o mundo.#mudancaclimatica #climatchange #climatealarm #capitalism
anprim's status on Monday, 02-Sep-2019 16:32:12 UTC
Amazônia,África central, Sibéria,representam áreas significativas em que os incêndios florestais estão atualmente queimando em todo o mundo. #mudancaclimatica #climatchange #climatealarm #capitalism
jeroenpraat@todon.nl: *Firestarter*By: Jean Gouders Source: https://joop.bnnvara.nl/cartoons/firestarter#Bolsonaro #Brazil #Amazonia #Amazonas #AmazonFire #fascism #capitalism %%%
jeroenpraat@todon.nl's status on Monday, 02-Sep-2019 15:03:42 UTC
*Firestarter* By: Jean Gouders Source: https://joop.bnnvara.nl/cartoons/firestarter #Bolsonaro #Brazil #Amazonia #Amazonas #AmazonFire #fascism #capitalism %%%
telesuren: #Argentina | Two leading businessmen are offering large sums of money to their workers if President #MauricioMacri succeeds in reaching the second round, and ultimately, wins. #Neoliberalism #Capitalism https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/Argentina-Capitalist-Offers-Payouts-To-Staff-If-Macri-Succeeds-20190829-0005.html
telesuren's status on Thursday, 29-Aug-2019 16:40:03 UTC
#Argentina | Two leading businessmen are offering large sums of money to their workers if President #MauricioMacri succeeds in reaching the second round, and ultimately, wins. #Neoliberalism #Capitalism https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/Argentina-Capitalist-Offers-Payouts-To-Staff-If-Macri-Succeeds-20190829-0005.html
Argentina: Capitalist Offers Payouts To Staff If Macri Succeeds
telesuren: "Capitalism threatens to end human life definitely." Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, December 2009.#Venezuela #HugoChavez #Capitalism #ClimateChange
telesuren's status on Wednesday, 28-Aug-2019 19:30:11 UTC
"Capitalism threatens to end human life definitely." Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, December 2009. #Venezuela #HugoChavez #Capitalism #ClimateChange