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Chaque milliardaire est un échec politique.


Les milliardaires ne devraient pas exister. Ils devraient être taxés jusqu’à ce qu’ils disparaissent.
L’État sécuritaire se développe et devient de plus en plus fasciste.
Les banques, qui investissent encore dans les énergies fossiles, ont besoin d’être embarrassées.
Les manifestations ne semblent rien changer. Il faut changer les lois. Comment changer les lois ? Par l’action politique.
Nous sommes à un point critique : soit nous allons vers l’utopie, soit nous tombons dans la catastrophe.


#politique #capitalisme #finance #climat #littérature


Venture capitalists are parasites that deploy harmful technologies in the name of profit and control. Now they’re fueling AI hype not to improve the world, but to make a quick buck.

On #TechWontSaveUs, Edward Ongweso Jr. outlines why we need to abolish venture capital if we have any hope of creating better technology and actually improving people’s lives.

https://www.buzzsprout.com/1004689/13377584-abolish-venture-capital-w-edward-ongweso-jr

#tech #ai #vc #finance


#Zuckerberg’s #Meta comes under #attack from human rights campaigners


source: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2023/08/02/zuckerbergs-meta-under-attack-from-human-rights-campaigners/
#Internews said complaints about #misinformation on conflicts, such as the #Tigray #War in #Ethiopia, sometimes went unanswered for months, although warnings about content spreading in #Ukraine were typically dealt with quickly.

#economy #media #socialMedia #software #fail #politics #finance #problem #hate #fake #news #facebook


‘Greedflation’: profit-boosting mark-ups attract an inevitable backlash

Some companies seized on widely reported disruptions to raise prices and increase margins at the expense of consumers

#news #finance #economy

https://www.ft.com/content/731e38d9-821d-4a6d-b9fd-22a5c6c0c0fd


If someone calls claiming to be from your financial institution - even if they sound very much like what you'd expect from a bank and say that it's an urgent matter - ask them for a case reference number and tell them you'll call them back at the 1-800 number on the bank's website.

The fraudsters are really out in force at the moment.

#fraud #financialcrimes #bankfraud #personalsecurity #finance #selfprotection


Asking Diaspora… While everybody speaks about the #pandemic, there seems to be another major social issue in the way… collective financial hardship!
  • In Peru, where I live, the USD - PEN exchange rate is devaluing the sol (Peru national currency) a little. This means imported products, and everything derived from them, will increase their price sooner rather than later.
  • In the United States, two professionals claim they expect a raise of up to 20 million tax debt cases this year. One of them is the owner of PitBullTax, a company that maintains a software for tax debt professionals.
How is your country doing lately? Do you also see winds of economic hardship where you live?

#society #finance #money