#greedflation — Public Fediverse posts

Time for governments at all levels to get off their corporate donor sponsored arses and start doing the right thing for the population.

#auspol #Greedflation

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-31/grocery-prices-up-more-pain-expected-at-supermarket-check-out/107093756?utm_campaign=abc_news_web&utm_content=link&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_source=abc_news_web

🚨Oh, look! The latest economic strategy: create a shortage, pretend it's a genius move, and watch everyone suffer! 😱 Who knew "greedflation" could be this exciting? 🙄 But hey, at least credit card companies are living their best lives. 💳💸
https://nooneshappy.com/article/when-the-shortage-is-the-strategy/ #greedflation #economicstrategy #shortages #creditcards #financialcrisis #HackerNews #ngated

Also worth noting from his @pluralistic post:

"Trump's authoritarianism is a function of his misrule, and his misrule is enabled by his authoritarianism. The more he steals, the more he destroys with wars of choice, and incoherent tariff policies, and official pronouncements linking autism and vaccinations, the more he needs spy cameras, internet surveillance, vehicle tracking, and facial recognition. Every time Trump talks about a third term in office, or canceling elections, or suppressing the vote, he creates demand for mass surveillance to catch and imprison the people this drives into the streets. The more mass surveillance there is, the safer it is for him to commit unpopular, corrupt acts. It's the world's worst self-licking ice-cream cone.

It's not just Trump, of course. Trump is the vanguard of a movement of orifice lottery winners whose delight in stealing, cheating, maiming and despoiling gives rise to political instability and requires them to divert some of their yacht money to mercenaries:

https://theintercept.com/2026/06/25/police-luigi-mangione-wealthy-ceos-threat/

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https://pluralistic.net/2026/08/11/tragedy-of-the-commoners/#piketty-snowden

#Trump #GOP #Corruption #Congress #Greedflation #Pluralistic

Worth quoting from his insightful Aug 11 post @pluralistic:

"The Trump administration is the most unpopular in more than a century. Trump has stolen more money in office than any president in history. Trump presides over spiraling greedflation and collapsing buying power. The Trump administration has also presided over a titanic increase in state-aligned, privatized surveillance. The Trump years are the Flock years:

https://newrepublic.com/article/206992/flock-safety-cameras-alpr-deflock-resistance-nationwide

The Trump years are the Palantir years:

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/technology/trump-palantir-data-americans.html

The Trump years are the facial recognition years:

https://www.aclu.org/news/privacy-technology/ice-face-recognition

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https://pluralistic.net/2026/08/11/tragedy-of-the-commoners/#piketty-snowden

#Trump #GOP #Corruption #Congress #Greedflation #Pluralistic

Britain once rioted over the price of bread. What would it take for us to confront greedflation today?
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/apr/28/british-bread-greedflation-profiteering-poor?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
#AndyBeckett
#Greedflation
#Excuseflation