#fairness — Public Fediverse posts

What are the consequences of unfulfilled promises for nature conservation? A new study highlights how #fairness in decision-making and profit distribution can determine the success of incentive-based #agroforestry programs in Ghana’s Juaso Forest District. 🌳🤝
https://www.zalf.de/en/aktuelles/Pages/PB2/2026_08_20_ZALF-NEWS_AgroforstprogrammGhana.aspx

#Sustainability

🌱Welche Folgen hat es für den #Naturschutz, wenn Versprechen nicht gehalten werden? Eine neue Studie zeigt die Bedeutung von #Fairness bei Entscheidungsprozessen und der Gewinnverteilung für den Erfolg anreizbasierter Agroforstprogramme im Juaso Waldbezirk, Ghana. 🌳🤝
www.zalf.de/de/aktuelles/Seiten/PB2/2026_08_20_ZALF-NEWS_AgroforstprogrammGhana.aspx

#Agroforst #Nachhaltigkeit

No matter what the subject is, Purists are:

1. a religious cult
2. extremists
3. #ableists
4. terrorists
5. they are the only "correct" side
6. selfish

They also:
7. don't care about #equality and #fairness
8. don't want to meet halfway to find win-win-win solutions
9. are also rude

Ah, Apple! The company that preaches #transparency while giving its own #apps a ✨ VIP pass✨ through the #privacy velvet rope. Meanwhile, competitors are left out in the cold like peasants trying to get into the castle. 🍏💁‍♂️ #FairPlayNotFound
https://www.bundeskartellamt.de/SharedDocs/Meldung/EN/Pressemitteilungen/2026/08_17_2026_Apple_ATTF.html #Apple #Competition #Fairness #HackerNews #ngated

“No society can surely be flourishing and happy, of which by far the greater part of the numbers are poor and miserable”*…

Progressives have been fighting on the neoliberals’ terms. Nick Hanauer and Eric Beinhocker propose a flip, an approach that is more humane– and that promises a far more prosperous country…

In 1962, the historian of science Thomas Kuhn published a short book that changed how educated people think about intellectual progress. The Structure of Scientific Revolutions argued that knowledge does not advance through the steady accumulation of better facts. It advances through ruptures—moments when a prevailing framework, or paradigm, collapses under the weight of anomalies it cannot explain, and a new one takes its place. The Ptolemaic model of the solar system gave way to the Copernican. Newtonian mechanics gave way to relativity. The shift is rarely smooth or purely rational. People resist. Institutions resist. The old framework doesn’t simply yield to better evidence; it has to be displaced by an alternative that can explain not just the anomalies but everything the old model explained, plus more.

We are living through one of those moments now. The prevailing economic paradigm—the neoliberal consensus that dominated policymaking across the Western world from roughly the mid-1970 to 2020—has collapsed. It has not collapsed quietly, in the pages of academic journals, where it was already in serious disrepute. It has collapsed loudly, publicly, and catastrophically, in the lived experience of hundreds of millions of people who were told the model would deliver prosperity. Instead, they watched it deliver stagnation and insecurity and drew the obvious conclusion: The people running the system either do not know what they’re doing or do not care about them, or both. The democratic consequences of that conclusion are now visible everywhere.

This essay argues three points. First, that the democratic emergency we face—the rise of authoritarian populism across the developed world—is not primarily a political failure but an economic one. It is the result of a failed set of economic ideas: When the neoliberal paradigm lost its intellectual and popular support after the 2008 crisis, there was no credible alternative, and the resulting vacuum was filled by populism. Second, progressive responses—while valuable—have not filled the paradigm vacuum because they have operated largely within the neoliberal frame rather than replacing it. Third, that an emerging modern economic consensus we call Market Humanism has the potential to replace neoliberalism—not by proposing a new set of policies, but by constructing a new paradigm grounded in twenty-first-century science. This new paradigm can not only to help us create an economy that is fair, prosperous, and sustainable, but also repair our broken democracy…

[The authors explain how neoliberalism broke the social contract (and democracy) and why the progressive response has failed. They explain the “scientific revolutions” that set the stage for Market Humanism: “From Selfish Homo Economicus to Cooperative Homo Sapiens,” “From Markets as Efficient Allocators to Markets as Evolutionary Innovators,” “From Value Is Market Price to Value Is Solutions to Human Problems,” and “From Inequality Is Meritocratic to Inequality Is Created by Structure and Power.” They then outline the steps necessary– the four imperatives of Market Humanism: “Grow the economy by making it fairer,” “Grow the economy by supporting the middle class,” “Measure what matters—human flourishing,” and “Make the state a partner in prosperity.” And they explain how Market Humanism can help democracy succeed. They conclude…}

… It is useful to recall what happened during a previous time a major paradigm changed. For most of recorded history—thousands of generations—people looked up at the sky and saw what seemed obvious: the sun moved, the earth stood still. Entire systems of knowledge, theology, and political authority were built on that foundation. Then, in the early seventeenth century, Galileo Galilei perfected the telescope and turned it on the heavens. What he saw—moons rotating around Jupiter and the phases of Venus—was inconsistent with a universe organized around a stationary earth at the center of the universe. Galileo’s theory actually had evidence you could see with your own eyes.

He brought that evidence to the most powerful institution of his day. He showed the Church’s leaders what the telescope revealed. They looked. They understood what they were seeing. And then they told Galileo to shove his telescope where the sun did not shine. He was tried by the Inquisition and spent the rest of his life under house arrest.

Why? Not because they couldn’t see the evidence. But because if the earth was diminished, so were they. The geocentric paradigm was not just a theory of astronomy. It was a foundation of institutional authority, and the people whose power rested on that foundation were not interested in whether it was true. They were interested in whether it was useful—to them.

This is the situation we are in now. The evidence against the neoliberal paradigm is not ambiguous—we can see it right in front of our eyes. But the paradigm has made a small number of people very wealthy, and they have spent decades building the infrastructure that keeps it alive in policy long after it died in the academy. They will not abandon it. They will call the alternative radical, un-American, dangerous. The rich and powerful will circle the wagons and spend whatever it takes.

They will still lose. Not because they suddenly see the light. Because a paradigm that is empirically wrong cannot indefinitely outrun one that is empirically right—not when ordinary people are the ones living the difference and noticing it. The defenders of the old paradigm will lose because stagnant wages, predatory healthcare, and hollowed-out communities are not abstract to the Americans paying their costs. They will lose because ordinary people pick up the telescope, look through it, and refuse to look away.

That is what Market Humanism is. It is not the property of the academics who built it or the policymakers who will implement it. It belongs to the people whose lives it describes—workers, small business owners, teachers, nurses, scientists, young people told their whole lives that the rules of the neoliberal economy are incontestable facts of nature, and who now are beginning to suspect, rightly, that they were scammed.

This paradigm does not need permission from the people in power to take hold. It needs only to be claimed by the people who have been waiting for it. That is how every paradigm that ever displaced a wrong one has won—not because the powerful changed their minds, but because enough ordinary people stopped accepting a story that no longer matched the world they lived in.

That is what is being asked of us now. The telescope is pointing at the sky. The evidence is clear. The alternative is built. What remains is the work of ordinary people, in extraordinary numbers, refusing to live inside a story that no longer explains the world. The people told for 50 years there is no alternative are about to discover that there is—and that it has been theirs all along.

Fascinating, provocative, and eminently worth reading in full: “Market Humanism: A New Paradigm for a New Era,” from @nickhanauer.bsky.social and @ericbeinhocker.bsky.social.

* Adam Smith, Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, 1776

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As we cultivate change, we might recall that it was on this date in 1991 that Nickelodeon premiered its first three original animated series– “Nicktoons“– Doug, Rugrats, and Ren & Stimpy. One of these was not like the other two.

Ren & Stimpy follows the misadventures of Ren Höek, an emotionally unstable (indeed, psychotic) chihuahua; and Stimpy, a good-natured and dimwitted Manx cat. But while Doug and Rugrats were clearly family fare, Ren & Stimpy featured a surreal blend of dark humor, sexual innuendo, violence, and shock. It’s producers had trouble with Standards and Practices; it’s creator was fired after the first year… but kids loved it. It ran for five seasons and 52 episodes (93 segments).

https://youtu.be/dlEqWvFH9Jg?si=i17ySxC5uqtm8IBs

@Attac_Norden

"Ich bin links, natürlich. Eher links als Mitte. Ich glaube an den Sozialstaat. Ich bin nicht privat versichert. Ich würde niemals für eine Partei stimmen, weil sie verspricht, den Spitzensteuersatz zu senken.

Wenn es mir gut geht, will ich, dass es Anderen auch gut geht. Wenn es etwas gibt, was ich nie im Leben tun werde, ist es rechts zu wählen!"

Jürgen Klopp"

#alttext #socialDemocracy #fairness

Rubik’s Cube (Elimination of Bad Thoughts)

The arrogance of youth…
The world is not a machine for generating fairness;
Other people especially not so.

If you want to drain everything out of your life?
You are no king or aristocrat:
Your life will never be filled with people dedicated to your happiness.

Uninstall the past 20, 25 years-
Uninstall me-

Emotions come and go with great rapidity

How?
Expect Less.
Expect Less.
Demand Less.
Demand Less.
Expect Less.

Regret Less.
There has been plenty of that…

Always seeking a solution-
But there is no solution-
That IS the solution

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"Socialism, many say, would bring fairness. Economic justice. More equality.... And they [younger folks] see little hope of that coming under the present crop of Boomer leaders....

Sure, the young can now – as always – make a better life by being industrious, but today’s challenges are unique. We’d better listen."

#socialism #fairness #justice

https://www.greaterfool.ca/2026/07/31/comrades/

Ist Nachhaltigkeit out? Der Rückgang ist deutlich. Aber bedeutet das wirklich, dass Nachhaltigkeit den Menschen egal geworden ist?
Die letzten Jahre waren geprägt von Pandemie, Krieg, Inflation und wirtschaftlicher Unsicherheit. Viele Menschen haben aktuell andere Sorgen, die unmittelbarer erscheinen als die Klimakrise. Das heißt aber nicht, dass Nachhaltigkeit verschwunden ist. Sie konkurriert heute nur stärker mit anderen Themen um unsere Aufmerksamkeit. Vielleicht ist die eigentliche Frage deshalb nicht: „Ist Nachhaltigkeit out?“
👉 Wie schaffen wir nachhaltige Lösungen, die in den Alltag der Menschen passen, bezahlbar, einfach und ohne erhobenen Zeigefinger?
Wenn ihr dem Thema, genauso wie wir, mehr Sichtbarkeit geben wollt, dann liked, kommentiert und shared diesen und andere Beiträge von Menschen, die sich für mehr Nachhaltigkeit einsetzen.
Quelle: https://www.tagesschau.de/wissen/klima/klimaschutz-druck-100.html
#WEtell #Verantwortungseigentum #Gemeinwohl #Nachhaltigkeit #Fairness #NewWork #Sinnstiften #Mobilfunk #Klimaschutz

"A pair of bills introduced by Sen. Adam Schiff on Monday seek to set stricter boundaries around AI-generated campaign ads, and paid posts from influencers supporting specific political candidates. Schiff’s bills would rein in how social media and AI can be used during campaigns": https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/adam-schiff-campaign-influencers-bills-22361964.php #ethics #democracy #fairness #AI #deepfakes #tech copy: @renewedresistance #politics #standards #reform #PromotingAuthenticityWithInfluencerDisclaimersAct

WTA Institutes Genetic Testing To Ensure Fair Competition In Women’s Category

Another big victory for women in sports and common sense happened as the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) officially updated its policy requiring applicants for competition to take a genetic test that screens for the SRY gene, according to a report by Breitbart News. The newly enacted rule effectively bans men who identify as women from joining women’s competition.

For insight, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) implemented its own policy on the protection of the female category in Olympic sports.

To put things in perspective, posted below is the excerpt of the Breitbart report. Some parts in boldface…

The Women’s Tennis Association has enacted a new rule banning men who identify as women from competition by requiring genetic testing to qualify to play in the women’s sport.

The WTA’s updated policy requires applicants for competition to take a genetic test that screens for the SRY gene, which is found on the male Y chromosome, according to the New York Post.

Potential players who test negative for SRY are immediately qualified to play in the women’s category. A positive result will trigger closer scrutiny before any possibility of becoming eligible, the tennis organization ruled.

Players who refuse testing will be required to sign a document acknowledging that their refusal could result in disciplinary action after any investigation into their application.

“The WTA’s women’s eligibility policy is designed to promote equal athletic opportunities in women’s professional tennis and maintain fair competition for all players participating in WTA tournaments,” the policy states.

“The WTA recognizes that this is a sensitive and complex issue and is committed to treating all players with dignity and implementing the policy in a respectful and thoughtful way,” the organization added after releasing the news.

The sport governing body said the change came after discussion with current members and a review of actions by other international women’s sport organizations.

The new rule seems to be a replacement for previous rules that allowed transgender athletes to compete if their testosterone was below 2.5 nmol/L for at least two years before competing.

Tennis legend Martina Navratilova hailed the WTA’s move, calling it a “step in the right direction.”

In another post on X, Navratilova wrote that she is “very happy that we at the WTA are clear that we are a women’s association and only women, as in females, can compete at the highest level of women’s tennis.”

Let me end this piece by asking you readers: What is your reaction to this development? Do you agree with the WTA’s new policy on ensuring fair competition in women’s category? Were there any women’s tennis competitions in your locality that allowed transgendered women to participate with the real women? Do you wish to see all sports competitions be free from identity politics and the toxic agenda of the woke, the social justice warriors (SJWs) and the LGBTQIA+ mob?

You may answer in the comments below. If you prefer to answer privately, you may do so by sending me a direct message online.

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Warum investieren wir in Windenergie?
Weil wir überzeugt sind, dass Verantwortung nicht beim eigenen Produkt endet.
Mit unserer Investition von 100.000 Euro beteiligen wir uns am Windpark Freiburg und finanzieren damit 4,3 % des Projekts. Das entspricht 860 Tonnen Windkraftanlage und einer jährlichen Stromerzeugung von rund 860.000 kWh genug, um den Strombedarf von etwa 860 Haushalten zu decken. Für uns ist das mehr als eine Investition. Es ist ein Beitrag zu einer Energieversorgung, die erneuerbar, regional und zukunftsfähig ist. 🔋
 
Mehr zu unseren Klimaschutzmaßnahmen findest du in unserem Newsblog 👉 https://www.wetell.de/community/newsblog/unser-neues-windkraft-projek/
 
#WEtell #Verantwortungseigentum #Gemeinwohl #Nachhaltigkeit #Fairness #NewWork #Sinnstiften #Mobilfunk #Klimaschutz #Werteprojekte #Windenergie #Energiewende #Klimaschutz #Impact #Erneuerbareenergien

„Nachhaltig“, „umweltfreundlich“, „klimaneutral“ diese Begriffe begegnen uns täglich. Doch unter der neuen EmpCo-Richtlinie dürfen sie künftig nicht mehr pauschal verwendet werden.

Die neuen EU-Regeln sollen Greenwashing erschweren und uns dabei helfen, nachhaltige Produkte besser einzuordnen. Für Unternehmen bedeutet das: Nachhaltigkeitsaussagen müssen künftig klar, nachvollziehbar und belegbar sein.

Unser Fazit: Nachhaltigkeitskommunikation bleibt wichtig. Sie braucht künftig nur noch mehr Transparenz und Substanz.

Mehr Informationen und Quellen findest du hier 👉 https://www.wetell.de/community/newsblog/empco-das-ende-von-greenwashing/

Was hältst du von der neuen EU-Richtlinie?

#wetell #WEtellcommunity #nachhaltigkeit #empco #nachhaltig #gemeinwohl #fairness #transparenz

Gabe Ortiz: "Kids deserve to be protected at all times, no matter their legal immigration status. Two recent analyses of federal data reveal that hundreds of thousands of children – including many kids who arrived in the United States without their parents or legal guardians – are currently facing immigration court alone."
#HumanRights #fairness copy: @renewedresistance #politics

Zu Trumps jüngsten Ideen bezüglich ‚fairer Maut‘ für die Straße von Hormuz muss ich doch einfach mal fragen: was hat der Typ geraucht und wo gibt’s das Zeug?!

#trump #hormuz #fairness #maut

I understand that many politicians are generally #corrupt as fuck, but just running roughshod over every shred of #decency and #fairness is today's hallmark of the #Republican Party.

If you're not a #hypocritical sneering, #lying cheat and #crook, you're simply not good enough for today's #gop.

Vor einigen Jahren war Nachhaltigkeit überall. Heute dominieren andere Themen die Nachrichten:
Krieg, Inflation, Energiepreise, wirtschaftliche Unsicherheit.

Trotzdem erleben wir, dass viele Menschen weiterhin nachhaltig handeln möchten, allerdings ohne Perfektionsdruck und mit Blick auf ihren Alltag. Deshalb interessiert uns eure Perspektive. Schreibt eure Antwort in die Kommentare 👇

#WEtell #Verantwortungseigentum #Gemeinwohl #Nachhaltigkeit #Fairness #NewWork #Sinnstiften #Mobilfunk #Klimaschutz #Gemeinwohloekonomie
 

@energisch_ @KoPPeR

▫️ Privateigentum an den Produktionsmitteln,
▫️ Vertragsfreiheit,
▫️ Freie Märkte.

Da Sie das verwerfen, was bleibt . . . ?

Worin besteht Ihre Vision einer gerechteren Gesellschaft, wie kann sie umgesetzt werden? Womit sollte man beginnen?

. . . #Gemeinwohl #Demokratie #Fairness

@energisch_ @KoPPeR

Vorraussetzungen für Kapitalismus:
Privateigentum an den Produktionsmitteln,
Vertragsfreiheit,
Freie Märkte.

Gesetzliche Regelungen sind kein Widerspruch.

Ein moralischer, nachhaltig wirtschaftender Kapitalismus ist durchaus möglich!

Unendliches Wachstum ist kein Erkennungszeichen des Kapitalismus.

Und Kapitalismus ist auch kein einheitliches System.

. . . #Gemeinwohl #Demokratie #Fairness

@energisch_ @KoPPeR

Wenn der Kapitalismus auf Raffgier programmiert ist, dann kann man ihn auch anders programmieren.

Was ist denn der Kern des "Kapitalismus", die Bedingungen um ein System Kapitalismus nennen zu können? Gibt es Kapitalismus ohne Raffgier? Jeder der arbeitet ist auf Profit aus seiner Arbeit angewiesen.

Was gehört zu einer "guten" Gesellschaftsordnung? Moral/Ethik, Mitgefühl und keine Ausbeutung von nichts und niemand?! . . . . .
. . . #Gemeinwohl #Demokratie #Fairness

Politicians are listening to voters angry about dramatic and well-publicised crimes—and you can understand why. Indonesians were horrified when a 12-year-old stabbed her mother 26 times, killing her. In Colombia a 15-year-old boy last year shot and killed a senator campaigning to be president. In Sweden and elsewhere, gangs use children to attack properties or people.
#legal #crime #punishment #sociology #criminology #police #justice #Fairness
https://www.economist.com/leaders/2026/07/09/who-is-capable-of-evil

@KoPPeR @energisch_

Es ist die Ausgestaltung die etwas "böses" daraus macht.

Derzeit ist es eher so wie beschrieben.

Es wäre auch anders möglich!

#Gemeinwohl #Demokratie #Fairness

If the world were fair, everyone would be paid the same for the same type and amount of work, not according to how much they are valued by other people.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ph-8G_ZkK28

#randynewman #music #america #usa #fairness #work #equality #value #people

Dürfen Unternehmen bald überhaupt noch über Nachhaltigkeit sprechen?

Ab September gelten neue EU-Regeln gegen Greenwashing. Begriffe wie „nachhaltig“, „umweltfreundlich“ oder „klimaneutral“ dürfen künftig nicht mehr einfach verwendet werden, sie müssen nachvollziehbar belegt werden.

Das finden wir gut. Denn glaubwürdige Nachhaltigkeitskommunikation schafft Vertrauen und hilft Verbraucher*innen, wirklich nachhaltige Produkte besser zu erkennen.

Gleichzeitig stellt die neue EmpCo-Richtlinie Unternehmen vor neue Herausforderungen, auch uns. Sie zwingt dazu, Aussagen kritisch zu prüfen und transparent zu belegen.

Wie seht ihr das?
Wird EmpCo Greenwashing wirksam eindämmen oder führt sie eher dazu, dass Unternehmen aus Angst gar nicht mehr über Nachhaltigkeit sprechen (Greenhushing)?

#WEtell #Verantwortungseigentum #Gemeinwohl #Nachhaltigkeit #Fairness #Mobilfunk #Empco #Klimaschutz #WEtellmobilfunk #Gemeinwohloekonomie