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Absolutely a recipe for terrible working conditions and company stores as we had for coal miners before the UMW came along.
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Chilling open letter from former Palantir employees on the ways Trump and Peter Thiel are weaponizing the data Palantir provides.
Footnote: NPR provides a critical unbiased view of the world and is under attack by Trump for that reason. US citizens please write to your congressional repesentstives and, if you are able, provide financial support to this critical voice of truth.
https://www.npr.org/2025/05/05/nx-s1-5387514/palantir-workers-letter-trump
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I see where you're coming from and embrace your sarcasm but...I can't help myself...
I think your prediction has a bit of rosy colored glasses syndrome.
Most people in the US are not willing or able live the way we do today paying US manufactur ing costs. So lifestyle will be cut back and more costly.
If those jobs get here they will be diluted by low wages and automation.
Trump wants a return to generational jobs, company stores and serfdom.
"Trump Grants Carmakers Some Relief From His Punishing Tariffs"
Is it just me or is this stuff making everyone dizzy?
What I know from my own business life is that I don't like unreliable erratic partners. I would sooner work with a smaller, less well established company, or country in this case, if I think I can trust them.
Could this behavior be why so many Trump businesses filed for bakruptcy?
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/29/us/politics/trump-auto-tariffs-executive-order.html
The New York Times · Trump Signs Executive Order Walking Back Some Auto Tariffs
Sorry to be reposting from Instagram. For those not comfortable clicking through, it is a proud & sad commentary on the resignation of Bill Owens who led CBS' 60 Minutes and had been with CBS for 40 years. Owens resigned over unacceptable interference from CBS' parent company, Paramount, which is trying to merge with another company and needs to curry favor with Trump for approval of the deal.
#corpocracy #trump #censorship #CBS #Paramount #corruption #news #journalism
Instagram60 Minutes on Instagram: "And now, a note on Bill Owens who, until this past week, was the executive producer of 60 Minutes. We’ll be back next week with another edition of 60 Minutes."152K likes, 5,386 comments - 60minutes on April 27, 2025: "And now, a note on Bill Owens who, until this past week, was the executive producer of 60 Minutes. We’ll be back next week with another edition of 60 Minutes.".
Hang on, I know I have another surprised look around here somewhere...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/18/trump-space-employees-musk
The Guardian · Doge cuts spark questions as employees supporting Musk space launches spared
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CET The role of commercial policy in politics is to keep private companies under control not to do them favors. That's to ensure, that #capitalism is not unleashed. That's the duty of the state towards its citizens. Because capitalism, at its core, is an Ouroboros that would devour itself if given the chance.
"EPA accused of faking criminal investigation to claw back climate funds"
Kudos to #SenatorWhitehouse for standing up to the #corrupt #Trump administration.
Ars Technica · EPA accused of faking criminal investigation to claw back climate funds
"Will Musk’s Ties to Trump & DOGE Lead to Long-Term Problems for Tesla?"
#Trump calling #Musk a"great patriot" rings totally hollow. What has he risked other than a few million of his billions? What has he done for the country other than throw it into further disarray? Trump's hollow praise will not long protect Tesla stock.
#Tesla will be forever scourged by what Musk has done & what he stands for: #whitesupremacy #Nazism #corruption #oligarchy #corpocracy #arrogance
TechRepublic · Will Musk's Ties to Trump & DOGE Lead to Long-Term Problems for Tesla?While Trump’s support for “great patriot” Musk this week bumped up Tesla’s share price, the benefits may not be felt long term.
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We have a huge swath of the older generation who are not online or if they are can only use simple social media apps, some are visually impaired, some just need to talk through their #lifeline with a real human being. This will cost lives.
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#PoliticalDonations should be allowed *ONLY* from *individual* *citizens* of the country the politician is competing in (*no* companies, #corporations or #politicalactioncommittees should be able to contribute or #influence ). Donations from each individual should be capped to prevent the #superwealthy and #billionaires from having undue influence.
Anything else is a threat to #democracy.
"Stocks slump yet again as fears grow about tariffs — and a recession"
Because #Trump is a #stablegenius....
Did anyone ever consider that the "stable" part might have to do with horse manure?
Maybe his minders on #wallstreet will reel him in? (Don't count on it...)
#economy #recession #tariffs #idiocracy #corpocracy #401k #retirement
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...and thus...#oligarchy...which has now come home to roost.
Oh my gosh, I am stunned with this thought.
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Indeed!
We have gotten sadly distracted from the good of the public.
Government is not a business. We do not fire low performing citizens nor expect children or the elderly to produce a profit & so on.
On this slippery slope of expecting public services to turn a profit we eventually end up with nightmares like for #profit #prisons as are found in the #USA. Think about that momentarily, why would a for profit prison ever seek to #reform inmates?
Almost every person in the US has had their information stolen from a corporation that forces people to share that information. I'm sick of paying for the corporation's carelessness and criminality.
Each time a person's identity is stolen and used by malicious characters, each corporation that allowed the harmed individual's information to be stolen should have to pay back the harmed individual, plus damages and interest.
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I think the book Cloud Atlas foresaw this when the author wrote of #corpocracy.
"According to the new guidelines “avoiding reputational risk” is a new benchmark for EU funding of NGOs. And according to the commission, that risk is particularly stark if a grant is used for “sending letters, organising meetings or providing advocacy material to EU institutions or specific members of an institution; or identifying specific members or officials of an institution to evaluate or describe their positions, or to discuss specific political content or outcome.”
Should an NGO cross the vaguely and broadly described line, which most likely has no legal basis, a grant can be denied or suspended.
This can or will clearly have chilling effects and limit the democratic action space for civil society, and it will tip the balance even further towards the corporate lobby groups that already dominate the lobbying scene."
EUobserver · Defunding NGOs that lobby the EU will be profoundly undemocraticThe EU Commission’s new policy guidelines state EU money can no longer be used for civil society’s advocacy work. It’s clear this could have a huge impact, not just for so-called ‘green NGOs’, but for all in the civil space in EU policymaking.