#cronyism — Public Fediverse posts

I must confess that the auhor *Lost* me when he advocated for major increases in the remuneration of politicians based on the falsifiable premise that higher salaries attracts more competent *managers*. False premises and undisclosed assumptions is the killer blow to any quazy-academic postulate, and the author fell for both of them IMO.

Happy to be criticized for my review.

#Managerialism #Politics #NeoLiberalism #FinancialDeregulation #RiskManagement #Cronyism #Corruption #RevolvingDoors #DemocraticInstitutions #MeritoriousMediocrity

I must confess that the auhor *Lost* me when he advocated for major increases in the remuneration of politicians based on the falsifiable premise that higher salaries attracts more competent *managers*. False premises and assumed assumptions is the killer blow to any quazy-academic postulate, and the author fell for both of them IMO.

Happy to be criticized for my review.

#Managerialism #Politics #NeoLiberalism #FinancialDeregulation #RiskManagement #Cronyism #Corruption #RevolvingDoors #DemocraticInstitutions #MeritoriousMediocrity

I must confess that the auhor *Lost* me when he advocated for major increases in the remuneration of politicians based on the falsifiable premise that higher salaries attracts more competent *managers*. False premises and undisclosed assumptions is the killer blow to any quazy-academic postulate, and the author fell for both of them IMO.

Happy to be criticized for my review.

#Managerialism #Politics #NeoLiberalism #FinancialDeregulation #RiskManagement #Cronyism #Corruption #RevolvingDoors #DemocraticInstitutions #MeritoriousMediocrity

I must confess that the auhor *Lost* me when he advocated for major increases in the remuneration of politicians based on the falsifiable premise that higher salaries attracts more competent *managers*. False premises and undisclosed assumptions is the killer blow to any quazy-academic postulate, and the author fell for both of them IMO.

Happy to be criticized for my review.

#Managerialism #Politics #NeoLiberalism #FinancialDeregulation #RiskManagement #Cronyism #Corruption #RevolvingDoors #DemocraticInstitutions #MeritoriousMediocrity

I must confess that the auhor *Lost* me when he advocated for major increases in the remuneration of politicians based on the falsifiable premise that higher salaries attracts more competent *managers*. False premises and undisclosed assumptions is the killer blow to any quazy-academic postulate, and the author fell for both of them IMO.

Happy to be criticized for my review.

#Managerialism #Politics #NeoLiberalism #FinancialDeregulation #RiskManagement #Cronyism #Corruption #RevolvingDoors #DemocraticInstitutions #MeritoriousMediocrity

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/bb-5Kw30yaQ?is=8lTsmc-ucwPdBfnv

#LizOyer #OyerLawyer #ToddBlanche #DOJ #ConsumerProtection #Law #Justice #Politics #USA #tRump #Republicans #GOP #Congress #Activism #Protest #Election #Vote #Corruption #Grift #Lobbyists #Corporatocracy #Oligarchy #EatTheRich #Senate #Cronyism #Mergers #Maga #Affordability #AntiTrust #Monopolies #Enforcement #MikeDavis #RealEstate #Investigations #Tax #Corporate #Prices

Link-tree inside:
https://www.contrariannews.org/p/a-collection-of-blanche-checks
#blanche #toddblanche #crooked #shyster #illegal #unlawful #fascism #cronyism #gop #maga #fuckmaga #trump #fucktrump #epstein #jeffreyepstein #pedophile #trumpstein #trumpsteinclass #epsteinclass #trumpcrimefamily #donold #donnydipshit #donaldvonshitsinpants #treason #crime #news #usnews #globalnews #policy #politics #uspol #uspolitics #globalpolitics #criminal #corrupt #traitor #corruption #history

#blanche #toddblanche #crooked #shyster #illegal #unlawful #fascism #cronyism #gop #maga #fuckmaga #trump #fucktrump #epstein #jeffreyepstein #pedophile #trumpstein #trumpsteinclass #epsteinclass #trumpcrimefamily #donold #donnydipshit #donaldvonshitsinpants #treason #crime #news #usnews #globalnews #policy #politics #uspol #uspolitics #globalpolitics #criminal #crime #corrupt #traitor #corruption #treason #history #ushistory #worldshitory

#Tr_mp family wants to massively spoliate #European #jeres.

IF YIU #DON'T# LOVE #EUROPE :
#GET THE #F_CK #OUT OF #EUROPE !

#EUROPEAN #RESISTANCE
#EUROPEAN #SOLIDARITY :

#FIGHT THE #TRUMP #KLEPTOCRACY #CRONYISM #OLIGARCHY

#CROOKS #RUFFIANS #SCUM

Two firefighters suffered chemical burns in a #BoringCo. tunnel. Then the #Nevada Governor’s office got involved, and the penalties disappeared

https://fortune.com/2025/11/12/elon-musk-boring-company-tunnels-injuries-osha-citations-fines-rescinded-nevada-governor-office-documents-altered/
https://archive.ph/JUevh
#BoringCompany #tech #Musk #USpol #USpolitics #OSHA #cronyism #copinage #techfutures #techBros #techOligarchs #corruption

Arresting protest leaders under the guise of legal procedure is a classic tactic to decapitate movements. This substitutes legal compliance for justice, protecting institutional abuse over human well-being.

https://kalvin.my/arresting-leaders-isnt-justice-its-a-tactic-of-control/

#activism #socialjustice #abuseofpower #malaysia #psm #housingrights #authoritarianism #control #cronyism #justice #humanrights #protest #legality #ethics #governance #politics #accountability #resistance #unity #dignity

As someone who’s wandered through the thick trunks of Vancouver Island his whole life, the Olympic Peninsula forest has been a bit of fantasy. I’ve never walked there. But I’ve seen pictures.
Now, with fascism rampant in the USA, I fear for those trunks. “Better in a mill or lumberyard, filling my pockets,” some logger crony is thinking or saying, right now.
I also fear for my safety. So I won’t be crossing the Juan de Fuca Strait anytime soon. I may never see these thick trunks in the bark, so to speak.

#thicktrunktuesday #olympicpeninsula #oldgrowth #forests #worthmorestanding #fascism #cronyism #economics

From: @memerman
https://mstdn.science/@memerman/115214472900639649

"#ElonMusk’s minions in the federal government have just fired key experts who regulate #Tesla"

https://newrepublic.com/post/193850/elon-musk-doge-tesla-firing-self-driving-car-experts
#USpol #USpolitics #MAGA #DOGE #NHTSA #DOGEbags #cronyism #CronyCapitalism #Musk #SiliconValleyRight

"People compare #Trump to Hitler or to Putin. But for us the closest historical comparison is Boris Yeltsin.

"So today we talk to #JacobSilverman about Trump’s #shitcoins and other #crypto schemes because they remind us so much of 1990s Russia and Yeltsin’s family corrupt deals."

#TheRussians pod w/ #EvgeniaKovda & #YashaLevine

https://www.nefariousrussians.com/p/shitcoins-for-shitocracy-wjacob-silverman
#USpol #MAGA #cronyism #cronyCapitalism #oligarchy #SiliconValleyRight #CryptoBros #tech #TechBros #DOGEbags #MoveFastAndLootThings

"Wealthy #crypto executives and investors supported #Trump and other Republicans with millions of dollars in campaign donations. Now, they aim to cash in."

https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/trump-crypto-bitcoin-corruption/
#USpol #USpolitics #TrumpCabinet #cronyism #CronyCapitalism #2024election #CryptoLobby #tech #SiliconValleyRight

@DaveyDelimbo
Sadly, these terrible collapses like the #MiamiTower are just a tip of the iceberg.

We wrote something recently on another device and will get it out in the days ahead.

In #Australia we've been struggling with our own #propertyDeveloper and #privateEquity craze since #Sydney2000, and yes, a lot of dodgy #construction.

The #realEstate and #propertyCouncil have been aggressively #lobbying #selfRegulation for as long as we can remember too.

#rentseeking #cronyism #assetInflation

“There is an inherent tendency in #capitalism towards cronyism, and democracy enhances it. That means that capitalism is not sustainable in a #democracy, and those of us who defend #markets need to take that part of the argument from the left seriously. #Cronyism is not the opposite of capitalism. It is something that capitalism turns into in a political system that allows #freedom, and we should be worried about that. We should credit that as legitimate #criticism.”

— #MichaelMunger, on the #FreeThoughts podcast

https://www.libertarianism.org/podcasts/free-thoughts/capitalism-and-its-critics