@georgetakei
Back when #DOGE starting firing thousands for no reason, I explained to a friend:
"They're trying to prove we don't need government, and for the few things we DO need government for, those things can be #Privatized."
When they #Shutdown the government, I made the point again.
Defunding medical research is just the latest extension of this extreme RW push to #privatize everything. đ€Ź
Seen thru that lens, it all starts to make sense.
@paul I guess we see "#Gleichschaltung", but #privatized here...
I was at #USPSBishopStChicago yesterday. A woman screaming âPrivatizeâ. I told her our #USPS is a service to ALL citizen here in #USA, so go to private FedEx / UPS / RPS if she doesnât like the #Service. I told her #Republicans have been destroying the #USPS to privatize since 50 years past. âI canât #Afford to send my Mail #Privatizedâ, I said. She replied âI canâ. I replied, âThen go to #FedEx to #Send your mail forever. Our USA provides us with things WE shouldnât complain about.
What happens if #Amtrak gets #privatized?
@lauren @lauren That is what they want. Since every public service will be privatized, work and workplaces will be unregulated.
#slavery #privatized #deregulation
#Amtrak CEO Stephen Gardner is stepping down after #DOGE leader #ElonMusk called for the #transit service to be #privatized.
Amtrak, also known as the National Railroad Passenger Corporation, is the national passenger #rail service for the #US. It is nationally chartered, meaning the federal government is the majority stockholder. It also means Amtrak board members are nominated by the president & confirmed by the Senate.
@funnymonkey
The Xenophobic #RacistInChief's extreme anti-#immigration policies have created a lucrative new industry of building/running #privatized ICE Detention Centers (born out of the Private #Prison Industrial Complex.)
Everything that was always a "gov't only" service is being privatized. Private armies. Private prisons. Etc.
I FIRST NOTICED UNDER BUSH when they privatized laundry & food services for troops in Iraq. #AndTheGriftGoesOn
#Policy and #Law being captured through #lobbying to promote the will of the investors above the will of the people just makes for #privatized #aristocracy at this point.
It's not about democracy or law, but to game it and the constituency along with it in order to inject sweet, sweet #capital directly into the groin.
The body harmed being mother #earth, as the #petroleum and #oil industry have so aptly proven. For how many decades have they manipulated narratives to lie about #climatechange?
in the spirit of the (thanks god the witch is dead) #Thatcher: #hell will soon be #privatized: #senatormurphy droped a new vid: they want to sell our middle schools and elementary schools to billionaires #privateequity #US #education system for sale? to funnel even more money into private pockets
#solutions? some #reform ideas for #inspiration https://infosec.exchange/@Linknation/114043622593027250
#SicSemperTyrannis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sic_semper_tyrannis
" In this conversation with RevDem editor Ferenc LaczĂł, Ben Tarnoff â author of the new book #Internet for the #People. The Fight for Our #Digital #Future â discusses how the internet was created and how it has been #privatized; how its current version fuels #inequality and the #rise of the #political #Right; why finding the right metaphors is crucial; and why the ongoing anti-monopoly push is not enough. ... https://revdem.ceu.edu/2022/10/26/why-waste-our-data-in-online-malls-ben-tarnoff-on-democratizing-the-internet/ ".
Update. "The #Trump administration and Elon #Musk are reportedly taking aim at #NOAA, the agency responsible for the National Weather Service and many other crucial functions."
https://www.fastcompany.com/91274927/trump-wants-to-dismantle-the-agency-that-provides-weather-forecasts-it-will-make-your-life-worse
"#Project2025 specifically noted NOAA as a target, as well. The Heritage Foundationâs 900-page right-wing playbook called the agency âone of the main drivers of the #climate change alarm industryâ and recommended it be âdismantled and many of its functions eliminatedâ and instead #privatized. Itâs not clear what that would look like, though experts have said it isnât a good ideaâand that private weather companies wouldnât even want that change because theyâd have to bear the cost of collecting weather data thatâs currently given to them for free."
#Censorship #DefendResearch #OpenData #Takedowns #Trump #USPol #USPolitics
*Well, it's a nice town, let's be fair here #cyberwar #privatized #mercenaries
#Militarized Tech: The Future Kills Itself
Drones. Killer Ai. Private security firms. It's a cyberpunk warzone out there. Militaries don't need soldiers anymore. They've got machines. In some neighborhoods, the police are #privatized, turning your local beat cop into a rent-a-cop with a corporate logo.
@libya Communities in #peripheral areas are disproportionately excluded from public sector opportunities compared to coastal cities like Tripoli, Misrata, and Benghazi. Public services across sectors, including healthcare and education, keep deteriorating, with more tribal and political biases in hiring as well as the recent rise of #privatized management of state assets further undermining socio-economic balance.
While the #IrishTimes insists on hiding this pronouncement behind their #paywall, it needs to be discussed openly. #IrishReunification and #ScottishIndependence go hand in hand. They are the (final) #tippingpoints in the dismantlement of the #BritishEmpire once and for all. Both are long past due. The #Royals know this better than anyone. That franchise will be #privatized as well.
https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2024/09/26/irish-unification-should-be-an-election-pledge-from-all-dail-parties-varadkar-says/
" #Policymaking has long #socialized the #risks and #privatized the #gains of economic activity. Until we rethink the conventional narrative about value creation, innovation will continue to benefit only shareholders, rather than all stakeholders â from workers and taxpayers to the communities where businesses operate. "
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https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/collective-intelligence-calls-for-sharing-rewards-from-innovation-for-the-common-good-by-mariana-mazzucato-2024-08
@forthy42 @pluralistic in fact, the #USA with it's #ForProfitPrisons and #privatized #PrisonIndustry does in fact have prisons with lockup quotas up to 100%...
#Medicare #Advantage
#GOP #privatized #Healthcare
Now, Republicans are saying that if they retake the White House they will change the Medicare rules so that people newly turning 65 will enroll by default into Medicare Advantage rather than real, traditional Medicare.
With real Medicare, if your doctor says you need a test or procedure, you get the test or procedure.
No questions, no delays, no hassles.
No pre-approvals.
With Medicare Advantage, though, because itâs run through giant insurance companies who have to figure out a way to skim billions off to top to satisfy their shareholders, virtually everything you do will require pre-approval by your insurance company.
https://hartmannreport.com/p/the-deadly-new-gop-plan-to-rapidly-be9
