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#privateEquity #crapitalism
https://www.wired.com/story/megan-greenwell-bad-company-private-equity-interview/

Hey, we’re charging you more for less utility. Deal?
#crapitalism

(For a fkn behemoth you should wean yourself off anyway) https://geeknews.chat/@theregister/114701048448024368

Crapitalism
noun

an economic and political system in which property, business and industry are owned by a vanishing few, who demand ever increasing productivity and profits, while simultaneously cutting down salaries and automating people out of jobs.

#crapitalism #politics

#Climate #Auspol #Crapitalism #BlamingFutureVictims

<<The boss of Australian gas giant Woodside, Meg O’Neill, has attacked young people who take an ideological stand against fossil fuels, suggesting they are hypocrites for ordering cheap online consumer goods “without any sort of recognition of the energy and carbon impact of their actions”.>>

🤔 gee, who has been telling young people about the link between consumerism and fossil fuels? have our political leaders been warning them to cut back? have the CEOs of fossil fuel companies been urging them to cut back? has popular culture started to reflect more sensible values? have our media been starting balanced conversations about urgent issues, or are they still just churning out click-bait stories about inconsequential BS?

for anyone not planning to read the linked article, i should quote some more here:

<<O’Neill was speaking during the gas industry’s annual conference in Brisbane, where the resources minister, Madeleine King, said the government was working to enhance exploration for gas while improving the approvals process for companies.

Climate advocates and the Greens leader, Larissa Waters, criticised the statement, saying it was “laughable” that a fossil fuel executive should blame young people for the climate crisis.>>

could not agree more.

yet another female showing that women are sometimes <old white men in suits> in disguise. trojan women.

the women in question are not the problem — the problem is tokenism instead of true diversity.

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/may/27/woodside-boss-meg-oneill-young-people-fossil-fuels-temu-comments

When you think about It, the end state of capitalism is also gray goo.

#capitalism #climatechange #crap #crapitalism

@randahl

Why would you buy food items from a country that does not regulate the amount of feces or chlorine in food?

#tariff or no tariff?

#CRAPitalism indeed, accent on CRAP

@sidereal

I'm totally on board with the luddite ethos.

They were the first to rise up against the programmed machines, which the Jacquard loom was.

When you start smashing data centres, you will have my attention.

Otherwise, the fact that the AI data centres "Don't make money" is more of an indictment of #crapitalism rather than efficacy.

Happy loom smashing!

@thenarwhal This fills me with rage 🤬

#BCNewDeathParty #BCpoli #BCNDP #CDNpoli #Neoliberals #crapitalism #CorporateGreed #GreedKills #FossilFuelsKill #BCNDPFails #StopEcocide #ThisIsNotProgress #DegrowthNeeded #StopFundingEcocide #EcoJustice #Environmental #Ecological #EarthFirst #OneEarth #ProtectTheWild

…how could a system which generates more waste than value, and which intentionally prices its most valuable resources and assets as close to zero as possible, follow any other path?

#crapitalism

#eattherich #crapitalism

#Crapitalism:

A system under which very bright and talented people work tirelessly to innovate new technologies in the hope that someday, a robber baron will pay them billions for the tech in order to use it to continue raping humanity and the environment for maximum profit to enjoy fleeting carnal pleasures and the abuse of innocents before they die.

@existentialcomics is existentialing hard today.

#OOF #LateStage #Crapitalism #aVeryBoringDystopia #Enshittification

Actually the correct way to pronounce it is:

Crap-it-ol-ism

#Crapitalism

@ianrogers I’ve started taking to calling bullshit like this corporate kung fu. Companies don’t compete on price they compete on how much information they prevent you from having. This behavior is everywhere and I hate it and I’m trying to document it.

#enshittification #crapitalism #latestagecapitalism

https://misaligned.markets/corponomics-lethal-econ-kung-fu/

Make services accessible for EVERYONE.
Use of a smartphone (or the internet) should not be necessary to access basic services in modern society.

P.S. I saw this posted on by another user without alt text and wanted to share.
If anyone knows the source, let me know.
#accessibility #accountability #crapitalism #ensh1tification

An illustrated comic panel set inside a train station.
An elderly woman holding a walking stick is facing a man at a service counter. There are two signs above the counter, one which reads "Tickets" has a cross through it. The second sign below it reads "Info Hub". To the right of the counter is a machine that has "Out Of Order" showing on the screen.

The text below the illustration reads "OK, one more time: Go home and log on to our website from your computer, create an account with your credit or debit card, download the ticket to a smartphone, then come back at the allocated time... Just what part of 'easier and more convenient' don't you get?"

Trump allies circulate #MassDeportation plan calling for ‘processing camps’ and a private citizen ‘#army’

The group, led by #Blackwater veteran #ErikPrince, has close #Trump ties.

By Dasha Burns and Myah Ward
02/25/2025 05:55 AM EST

"Prince declined to comment, and the other contractors and former immigration officials listed as key personnel in the document also declined to comment or could not be reached.

"The founders of the new special entity called #2USV have a long history with the U.S. government. Blackwater was formed by Prince in 1996 to provide training services to law enforcement, military personnel and other government agencies. It gained widespread attention for its work in Iraq and Afghanistan, providing security services for U.S. officials and military personnel, with critics viewing its rise as a result of the U.S. military’s overextension in the Middle East.

The military contractor came under scrutiny in 2007 following the #NisourSquareMassacre, when #Blackwater contractors opened fire and killed 17 Iraqi civilians and wounded 20 others — raising questions about oversight and accountability of private contractors. Several contractors were charged with manslaughter, and four were convicted in 2014. Trump pardoned them at the end of his first term in December 2020.

"Trump’s pardon was just one example of the influence of Prince’s family during the first Trump administration. #BetsyDeVos, Prince’s sister, served as the president’s #Education secretary, while Prince used his Trump connections as he chased business ventures in the U.S. and abroad.

"In 2018, he reportedly helped raise money for an effort to spy on progressives and Democratic organizations opposed to Trump." [As well as #DAPL #WaterProtectors!]
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/25/documents-military-contractors-mass-deportations-022648
#Blackwater
#ErikPrinceColonialism
#SilencingDissent
#USPol #Project2025 #CriminalizingActivism
#ClimateActivists #NoDAPL #Crapitalism
#Fascism #Trump #ChristoFascist
#CorporateFascism #SilencingDissent #ClimateActivists #Activists #NoDAPL #CriminalizingDissent
#CrackdownOnProtests #AntiProtestLaws #CorporateFascism #CorporateColonialism
#CharacteristicsOfFascism #ErikPrinceColonialism #Academi #TripleCanopy #SilencingDissent #ErikPrinceIsAWarCriminal