@buermann

If we could just force a public discussion of why a company, any company, that is making money hand-over-fist needs ANY government susidy, that would be useful.

But then especially one that the government itself has committed to phasing out because its actions are injuring humanity's chance to survive...

(At minimum, any such subsidy should be tied to specific goals of reduced net revenue due specifically to diminished market share against non-carbon-based renewables.)

Ah, to hear those arguments aloud...

#capitalism #subsidy #FossilFuels #renewables #sustainability #PublicDebate #oil #taxation #externalities

Enough of experts?

The authority of ‘experts’ to exercise power and influence in society is increasingly being questioned from many sides. #publicdebate

https://www.openforum.com.au/forums/enough-of-experts/

#CraigMurray | Intolerance

Craig Murray spoke at the #Assange event on Saturday. He said some enlightening things. This article about mentions some of the censoring tricks being used on free speech by #Media and the abysmal quality of #PublicDebate.

Ukraine: The "outcome could have been agreed without war... All the death and destruction and weapons systems will achieve nothing – except massive profits for the wealthy."

https://www.craigmurray.org.uk/archives/2023/01/intolerance/

#SocialMedia #CorporateMedia

#CraigMurray | Intolerance

Craig Murray spoke at the #Assange event on Saturday. He said some enlightening things. This article about Ukraine mentions some of the censoring tricks being used on free speech and to abysmal quality of #PublicDebate.

Ukraine: The "outcome could have been agreed without war... All the death and destruction and weapons systems will achieve nothing – except massive profits for the wealthy."

https://www.craigmurray.org.uk/archives/2023/01/intolerance/

What would you say about a govt (and a country indeed) that proposes modifications in the reform of the Procurement Code that (almost) eliminate the #PublicDebate on new infrastructures? And if I told you that these changes had to be amended by associations, committees, professionals but that the ministry has not publicized the consultation, then opened
it for comments for 24 hours and then extended until "Friday 1st December" (yeah, check your calendar)?

The Mastodon-Twitter comparison highlights the societal impacts of profit-oriented #technology design.

Twitter was born social and evolved quickly into an emotion-behavior-triggering platform for hire. That pleased shareholders and affected #publicdebate and deliberative #democracy.

Mastodon was structurally designed to stay social. Capitals will find more difficulties conquering it for profit, but they will.

Takeaway lesson:
Never let an engineer tell you that technology is not #political.

The Mastodon-Twitter comparison highlights the societal impacts of profit-oriented #technology design.

Twitter was born social and evolved quickly into an emotion-behavior-triggering platform for hire. That pleased shareholders and affected #publicdebate and deliberative #democracy.

Mastodon was structurally designed to stay social. Capitals will find more difficulties conquering it for profit, but they will.

Takeaway lesson:
Never let an engineer tell you that technology is not #political.

The Mastodon-Twitter comparison highlights the societal impacts of profit-oriented #technology design.

Twitter was born social and evolved quickly into an emotion-behavior-triggering platform for hire. That pleased shareholders and affected #publicdebate and deliberative #democracy.

Mastodon was structurally designed to stay social. Capitals will find more difficulties conquering it for profit, but they will.

Takeaway lesson:
Never let an engineer tell you that technology is not #political.

#DeanBaker : « The fact that #BillGates and many others have gotten hugely rich as a result of [#copyright and #patent] protections is a result of #GovernmentPolicy, not an inevitable outcome of #TechnologicalProgress.
[…]
It is understandable that the people who have gotten rich from our #policies on #patent and #copyrights would not want to see them at the center of #PublicDebate. But what is the excuse for everyone else who is not talking about them? »
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/how-rich-would-bill-gates-be-without-his-copyright_us_59642f89e4b0deab7c646b4d