#5yrsago Trade negotiators are increasingly unwilling to entertain “#CorporateSovereignty” clauses https://www.techdirt.com/2018/09/13/corporate-sovereignty-wane-as-governments-realize-more-trouble-than-worth/

#1yrago Survival of the Richest: Douglas Rushkoff on the eschatology of libertarian exit https://pluralistic.net/2022/09/13/collapse-porn/#collapse-porn

#1yrago #Spotify steals from artists, a Spotify exclusive https://pluralistic.net/2022/09/12/streaming-doesnt-pay/#stunt-publishing

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eof/ 

 @b92dcc07 just a small clarification about the #PuertoRico post: in 2017 the electric grid was still managed by the PREPA, part of the PR government. 

Privatization officially came later on in 2021. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/puerto-rico-private-company-takes-power-utility-service-rcna1091