#reconnectingconsequencestocauses — Public Fediverse posts

RE: https://timeloop.cafe/@alienghic/116755786196743629

A very good point that Australia & UK are both affected by News (Murdoch empire legacy media). In fact, Caroline De Cock, author of this piece, explicitly ties the Murdoch-y campaigning to the loss of their revenue stream from Meta, as she says, the timeline was not subtle:

“The timeline of Australia's ban for under-16s is not subtle. In March 2024, Meta declined to renew its commercial agreements with Australian news outlets under the News Media Bargaining Code, a mechanism that had generated over $200 million for publishers in the preceding three years. The "Let Them Be Kids" campaign launched by News Corp Australia across its national mastheads followed closely on the heels of that decision, collecting over 54,000 petition signatures. Nova Radio, owned by Lachlan Murdoch's Illyria Pty Ltd, ran a simultaneous campaign declaring a ban would win the vote of every parent.

“By November 2024, legislation had passed both chambers of parliament after a committee inquiry of three hours, following a 24-hour public submission window. Prime Minister Albanese thanked News Corp by name in his announcement: "I do want to single out News Corp for the campaign that they've run, Let Them Be Kids."

“The remark was striking. A head of government credited a media company, publicly and by name, when announcing legislation affecting millions of children. The legislation that the media company had campaigned for. The legislation whose primary targets were the digital competitors of that same company.

“Not a conspiracy but commercial logic… operating in plain sight.”

#SocialMediaAgeRestrictions #SocialMedia edia #AusPol #LegacyNewsMedia #NewsCorpAustralia #NewsMediaBargainingCode #politicalLobbying #conflictOfInterest #reconnectingConsequencesToCauses

RE: https://mstdn.social/@JugglingWithEggs/116678848891070301

Neat facts & personal story leading to GREAT question:
“ More than a million jobs are in the green economy - I have one in domestic retrofit.

“Why would a country seek to destroy a sector worth £100 billion that improves all our lives? ”

#UKPol #mediaBias #fossilFuelIndustry #greenEconomy #politicalLobbying #corruption #reconnectingConsequencesToCauses

@GNUmatic
No one observes so accurately as an observer who’s an outsider. As well as the “irrational madness” quote, there’s this: “MAGA is a backlash by white, evangelical forces seeking to return the United States to its pre-1960s civil rights era. Its core supporters are low-income, low-educated whites and evangelical Protestants. Trump has channeled the anxiety of these groups, whose status has been shaken by job losses, deepening polarization, and the surge in immigration due to globalization, and has incited their anger toward the established elite and "outsiders" (people of color, undocumented immigrants, Muslims, etc.).”

And this, with wider applicability: “Declining industries are destined to be passed on to developing countries over time. Even in our case, reviving a declining industry is difficult. The situation is even more dire in the United States, where production costs are at least 30% higher than ours and the industrial ecosystem has collapsed due to over 20 years of manufacturing hollowing out. Trump is dreaming of using his imperial power to mobilize allies to reverse this trend. To make matters worse, if the empire treats allied workers, who are willing to help, as if they were vassal slaves, then nothing will work. The United States is now shooting itself in the foot with foolishness.”

#ReconnectingConsequencesToCauses #USPol #RepublicOfKorea #Editorial

@DemocracyMattersALot