#capitalismfail — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #capitalismfail, aggregated by home.social.
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#UK & #US sunk to new lows in global #corruption index, amid worrying trend of #democratic institutions being eroded by political donations, cash for access, state targeting of #campaigners & #journalists
Experts & businesspeople rated 182 countries based on perception of corruption levels in public sector. Bookended by #Denmark at the top with lowest levels of corruption and South Sudan at the bottom.
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Tax the super-rich
Are you done watching #billionaires hoard #wealth and power while the world drowns in growing #inequality and #climate chaos? Add your name today to #TaxTheSuperRich!
https://www.greenpeace.org/international/act/tax-the-super-rich/
#tax #wealthy #poverty #ClimateChange #ClimateEmergency #CapitalismFail
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Investigation also reveals previously undisclosed contracts between Palantir & AWE #Nuclear Security Technologies, agency that underpins Britain’s #nuclear deterrence programme
#corruption #USAggression #USThreats #RoyalNavy #UnitedKingdom #VassalState #outsourcing #privacy #Military #CapitalismFail
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Number of people in very deep poverty in UK hits record high
Hardship in #UK has worsened, with about 6.8 million people living in "very deep #poverty" — highest level in more than 30 years — a #charity said on Tuesday
Very deep poverty is defined as earning less than 40% of the UK median household #income after #rent. For a couple with two children, this amounts to £16,400 (€18,900) per year or less.
#austerity #ToxicTories #ToxicLabour #CapitalismFail #UnitedKingdom
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Recent survey of 20k Dutch people found 96% are NOT confused by such terms, which is probably a higher percentage than those who can distinguish left from right. The #consumer must at all costs be protected from an imaginary threat.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/dec/20/sausage-meat-lobby-europe-plant-based-name
The #livestock lobby is immensely powerful. Its campaigns are reinforced by rightwing influencers, who wage war against a wide variety of plant products. Therein is the problem.
#bribes #lobbying #Corporate #profits #CapitalismFail
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#Scottish ski firm responds to influencer seeking £1700 free holiday
#Ski hire business has been praised after owner shared their response when #influencer tried to get £1700 holiday for #free
Our reply? ‘Sure — let us know when you’re coming and we’ll get everything ready’
“Simple. Friendly. Local business vibes”
The post added: “Then came the invoice. Accommodation – £727, travel – £456, ‘various expenditure” – £500
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Bernie Sanders criticizes #AI as most consequential technology in humanity
#BernieSanders amplified criticism of AI, explicitly linking #financial ambition of richest people to economic insecurity for millions
If there are no #jobs, #humans won’t be needed for most things. How do people get money to
- Feed family
- Get healthcare
- Pay the rent?There’s not been one serious word of discussion in the Congress about that #reality
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Ministers signalled imminent crackdown on so-called for-profit #litter enforcement arrangements in #England
Under long-awaited statutory guidance, #councils will end contracts allowing private enforcers to receive between 50% & 100% of each #fine they serve
Govt indicated that it will implement statutory guidance banning fining for profit to “help local authorities to consistently and appropriately exercise these powers”.
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#Privatisation: billions from #UK #energy #bills taken in profits
Common Wealth thinktank found 24.2% of energy bill went to profits of electricity generators, networks, household suppliers in 2024
Also revealed: Scale of cash extracted from bill payers since privatisation of #UK’s energy system
Shareholders of #Britain’s #privatised energy corporations took over £70.7bn #payouts between 2010 & 2025, rather than #reinvesting or reducing bills
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Staggering energy bill hike sparks calls for overhaul of market
#NotLabourAsWeKnowIt (Jim)
#Electricity #bills rose by staggering 101% between 2010 & 2024, figures from House of Commons library show
But the rate of inflation over the period was just under 48%
Dave Doogan, the SNP’s #energy spokesperson, pointed out that #Labour had given a “cast-iron guarantee” during the election that they would cut bills by £300.
https://www.thenational.scot/news/24916749.staggering-energy-bill-hike-sparks-calls-overhaul-market/
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What is driving the massive rise in #UK shoplifting?
Asking security #guards when & how the #police get involved - they laugh
Reasons given for shoplifting increase:
“It’s all part of a mentality of feeling like you’re being screwed and that you’re a commodity,”
A tech-industry manager says “corporate mentality” increasing profits, raising prices well above inflation, not caring how it affects people, “has never seemed more prevalent than it is now
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Donors raise $233,000 to give #US shopping cart pusher, 90, chance at retirement
Dillon #McCormick, an air force veteran, had been supporting himself by pushing #shopping carts in #Louisiana’s triple-digit temperatures
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/jun/01/louisiana-go-fund-me-veteran-cart-pusher
#America #retirement #SocialSecurity #poverty #pension #OAP #WageSlaves #ModernSlavery #Capitalism #CapitalismFail
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Mystery man chops wood to keep his neighbors from freezing
For many #Americans, warmth is another unattainable luxury. A New York woodsman is easing the suffering
He delivers seasoned hardwoods often to elderly people, the ill, or both
His soft voice hardens when discussing America’s insufficient safety net: “Heat in the winter,” he said. “It’s a human right”
#heating #winter #HumanRights #NewYork #America #CapitalismFail #elderly #retired #OAP #pension #sick
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Not sure why they need a specific app for the workplace ;)
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82-year-old #Luccombe resident refuses to leave home despite five-foot drop caused by landslide
He’d repeatedly complained to #SouthernWater about a water leak in his garage over 2 years ago, which he eventually fixed with a friend.
However, a burst water main in 2022, he says, coincided with new large cracks appearing on his home.
#ToryCorruption #IsleOfWight #PrivatisationFail #CapitalismFail #homes #ToryFascistDictatorship
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Clean Air for Them, None for You
The elite at the Davos forum are enjoying EVERY possible protection including
PCR testing
Air filtration
UVGI light
Special Covid testsSick? No access - Your badge deactivates.
Why isn’t this being offered to EVERYONE else?
Every school, every workplace should have the same protections as the wealthiest 1%
https://jessicawildfire.substack.com/p/clean-air-for-them-none-for-you
#CorporateTerrorism #propaganda #Davos #Covid19 #pandemic #CovidIsNotOver #CapitalismFail #LongCovid #sick
