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 @43d7c4ea @b1e188c5 

That sounds fun 
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Its a good question... bu... 
 @43d7c4ea @b1e188c5 

IMO  - Making companies a legal entity may  turn out to be a terminal move for humanity. 

It gave corporations the rights of ownership, and right to employ people to serve it's ends,  without any real level of culpability. 

Companies are amoral entities, with no conscience, no morality, and driven by pure profit. 

It's speculative of course,  private capitalism might had also brought humanity to the brink of extinction. 

But I don't think so. 
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 @deffdab9 @43d7c4ea 

I agree. My experience is there's a culture of wealth and many rich people just see the rest of society as objects to be used. Just look at Tim Gurner and his talk about increasing unemployment. 

But this is translated into actual policy by institutions often with the tactic approval of even quite liberal press and politicians. The liberals might whine about the impact but they accept the basic premise. 

Summary : workers need discipline

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/jun/22/rba-reserve-bank-australia-unemployment-inflation 
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#Labour had a rubber duck... 
 @0f342e77 

Read the 2019 manifesto. 
 @0f342e77 

No, he hasn't committed to 28bn for green economy. The promise is 28bn by end of administration subject to finances. 

And Starmers promises aren't worth a great deal tbh 
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I think that's a good poi... 
 @43d7c4ea @c82a2a7f 

Also maybe climate panic is setting in. 

It is hard to get motivated about a future career on a dead planet. 

The UK has very high climate awareness compared with other countries.  

#ukpolitics #climate #green #work 
 Wow what a story

One thing that struck me about it was how one of these guys left Nigeria after his farm had been washed away in a flood. Natural disasters push people into desperate measures. 

#immigration 

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-66450500?utm_source=pocket-newtab-en-gb

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