Notices tagged with capitalism, page 7

#SermonOnTheMount #Atheism #Atheist #Capitalism #NoBillionaires #ChristianNationalist #ChristianDominionism #TaxTheRich #EatTheRich #FlipTheTables #WhipTheBankers #Matthew25 #lgbtq #lgbtqia #trans #EqualRights

we who understand how high the stakes are, know that we are in a pivotal moment in the history of, not just the United States but the world.

we know what the stakes are, not just for ourselves but our friends, neighbors and all of Humanity.

and the oligarchs who have stoked the fires of MAGA, know the real death cult isn't the one fronted by Trump. they know, and have known for decades, it's #capitalism. but they don't care.

you and i, on the other hand, love life and we do care.
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[thread] Fossil fuels/climate change | Exxon|Chevron|ConocoPhillips|Shell

Exxon min. climate change internally after conceding fossil fuels cause it
https://www.npr.org/2023/09/14/1199570023/exxon-climate-change-fossil-fuels-global-warming-oil-gas

Exxon’s Strategy to Downplay Climate Change
Public statements v. diff. f. practice, Tillerson era
https://www.wsj.com/business/energy-oil/exxon-climate-change-documents-e2e9e6af

#Exxon #ExxonMobil #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #corporations #FossilFuels #GreenhouseGas #CO2emissions #EcologicalDestruction #ClimateChangeDenial #FossilFuelsLobby #capitalism #HumanRights #Tillerson

Addendum 1

https://persagen.com >> search: exxonmobil
exxon* AND "climate change"
exxon* AND ecolog* AND destruction
exxon* AND tillerson
...

Oregon County Sues BP, Chevron, Shell, Exxon for $51B Climate Damages
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/110645499062622887

#Exxon #ExxonMobil #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #CorporateEthics #corporations #DefundCorporations #FossilFuels #GreenhouseGas #CO2 #CO2emissions #EcologicalDestruction #ClimateChangeDenial #FossilFuelsLobby #capitalism #HumanRights #Tillerson

Fossil Fuel Donors Give Record Amount to Congressional GOP Super PACs
https://readsludge.com/2024/10/17/fossil-fuel-donors-give-record-amount-to-congressional-gop-super-pacs

* Chevron, ConocoPhillips donate record sum in 2024 election cycle to giant spending groups tied to Sen. Mitch McConnell & Speaker Mike Johnson

#Exxon #ExxonMobil #Chevron #ConocoPhillips #Shellplc #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #ExtremeWeather #corporations #FossilFuels #EcologicalDestruction #ClimateChangeDenial #FossilFuelsLobby #capitalism #GOP #libertarianism #MitchMcConnell #MikeJohnson #superPAC

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith Pledges to “Triple Down” on Her Climate Denial
https://www.desmog.com/2024/11/02/alberta-premier-danielle-smith-pledges-to-triple-down-on-her-climate-denial

Alberta Conservatives Pass Climate Denial Resolution 12 to Celebrate CO2 Pollution
https://www.desmog.com/2024/11/02/alberta-conservatives-pass-climate-denial-resolution-12-to-celebrate-co2-pollution

#Alberta #DanielleSmith #FarRight #ConspiracyTheorists #ClimateDenial #GlobalWarming #FossilFuels #capitalism #libertarianism #corporations #transphobia #discrimination #ignorance

Alberta government proposing additional restrictions on wind & solar energy
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/danielle-smith-alberta-ruiping-luo-ucp-renewables-wind-1.7351877

* AB to prohibit wind & solar farms on irrigated land
* could rule out 40% of AB for renewable energy
* conservationists: plan more about limiting renewable energy than protecting environment

#Canada #Alberta #DanielleSmith #FarRight #ConspiracyTheorists #ClimateDenial #FossilFuels #FossilFuelsLobby #capitalism #libertarianism #conservatism #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #EcologicalDestruction

Why Elon Musk predicts the Federal Trade Commission chair will be 'fired soon'

#Antitrust #Capitalism #LinaKhan #Government #Billionaires

https://www.alternet.org/why-elon-musk-predicts-lina-khan-will-be-fired-soon/

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Homelessness in Burnaby increased by 69% in 3 years
https://bc.ctvnews.ca/homelessness-in-burnaby-increased-by-69-in-three-years-1.6958167

* Every year more people find themselves struggling w. housing insecurity: losing housing, living in vehicles, couch surfing w. relatives/friends, or completely unsheltered (living rough)

Mayor’s Task Force on Unsheltered Community Members
https://burnabybeacon.com/p/burnaby-homelessness-task-force-recommendations-2024

#Canada #BritishColumbia #Burnaby #housing #RentalUnits #apartments #inflation #AffordableHousing #corporations #PrivateEquity #capitalism #homelessness

Average asking rents in Canada reached $2,185 in June as growth slows to 7%
https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/average-asking-rents-in-canada-reached-2-185-in-june-as-growth-slows-to-seven-per-cent-report-1.6957225

* overall, asking rents for purpose-built rental apartments in June 2024 jumped 11% compared with a year earlier to reach an average of $2,121
* led by Saskatchewan with a 22.1 per cent gain to reach $1,339. Ontario

#Canada #housing #RentalUnits #apartments #rent #inflation #AffordableHousing #corporations #PrivateEquity #capitalism #homelessness

Lululemon billionaire Chip Wilson posts 3rd large sign criticizing NDP ahead of BC election
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/113289630097773079

#billionaires #Lululemon #ChipWilson #TakeBackAlberta #PacificProsperityNetwork #capitalism #libertarianism #WealthTax #VancouverIsDying #copaganda
#BCconservatives #JohnRustad #conservatism #antiLGBT #FarRight #ConspiracyTheorists #disinformation #populism #misogyny #discrimination #InstitutionalRacism #StructuralViolence #ProtoFascism #poverty #deception #addiction #homelessness

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These populist shills ramp up toxic/divisive rhetoric, demonizing vulnerable populations with no solutions/ability to pay for those programs if they magically materialize (usually corporate).
The ploy is to outsource to private groups (e.g. Cicero Institute in the USA - billionaire Joe Lonsdale). On the back end Cicero writes anti-homelessness model legislation.
B.C.: Chip Wilson, Pacific Prosperity Network, "Vancouver Is Dying" copaganda.

#billionaires #capitalism #libertarianism #WealthTax

Vancouver quietly proclaimed Chip Wilson Day as billionaire installed sign calling BC NDP ‘communist’
https://bc.ctvnews.ca/vancouver-quietly-proclaimed-chip-wilson-day-as-billionaire-installed-sign-calling-b-c-ndp-communist-1.7096391

* 2024-Oct-03 proclaimed Summer & Chip Wilson Day
* after Lululemon co-founder displayed political message outside waterfront mansion

#billionaires #ChipWilson #Lululemon #capitalism #libertarianism #meritocracy #WealthTax
#FarRight #TBA #TakeBackAlberta #disinformation #KenSim #ABCvancouver #VancouverIsDying #propaganda #copaganda #CultureWars #PacificProsperityNetwork

Addendum 8 cont'd

* Bridge Project: https://bridgeproject.org
* NYC–based program launched in 2021 by Monarch Foundation: https://themonarchfoundation.org
* $1,000/mo to pregnant people across NYC & Rochester for 36 mo
* belief that cash can disrupt intergenerational poverty at a specific juncture that exacerbates inequality: childbirth

#poverty #homelessness #BasicIncome #WealthInequality #socialism #HumanRights #inflation #capitalism #GuaranteedIncome #BridgeProject

Addendum 5 cont'd

Vancouver | British Columbia political indifference, inaction

Homelessness in Canada has reached a humanitarian crisis level, experts warn
‘Many Canadians, especially renters, are closer to homelessness than they might imagine’
https://ricochet.media/en/3983/homelessness-in-canada-has-now-reached-the-level-of-a-humanitarian-crisis-experts-warn

[Canada] Fraser Institute
https://persagen.com/docs/fraser_institute-neoliberal_exemplars.html

#Canada #Vancouver #homelessness #HumanRights #RightToExist #AffordableHousing #capitalism #PrivateEquity #neoliberalism #FraserInstitute

Addendum 9

The Billionaire & the Mayor
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/110543467219717686

#ChipWilson #PPN #PacificProsperityNetwork #TBA #TakeBackAlberta #neoconservatism #neofascism #FarRight #populism #CultureWars #capitalism #DefundBillionaires #poverty #homelessness #socialism #HumanRights #inflation #KenSim #ABCVancouver #DefundPolice #VPD #VancouverIsDying

Addendum 8 cont'd 2/

* unconditional cash assistance is a common anti-poverty intervention in low- and middle-income countries, e.g. Indonesia & Zambia
* U.S. has largely shied away from unconditional cash assistance

#poverty #homelessness #BasicIncome #WealthInequality #socialism #HumanRights #inflation #capitalism #GuaranteedIncome #BridgeProject

Addendum 8
See also Addendum 7

What Happens When You Give New Parents Cash Aid?
Cash transfer programs forging path for guaranteed income
https://www.thenation.com/article/society/cash-transfer-programs-pregnant-postpartum

* cash transfer programs for pregnant & postpartum people
* lifeline to low-income families
* reviving discussion on afterlife of pandemic-era expanded earned income & child tax credits

#poverty #homelessness #BasicIncome #WealthInequality #socialism #HumanRights #inflation #capitalism #GuaranteedIncome #BridgeProject

A Marxist Critique of #Liberalism: On #Capitalism and Individual Freedom -- Prabhat Patnaik looks at the notion of “#freedom” in the context of the integrated political and economic framework that we have come to call “liberalism.
https://economicsociology.org/2024/10/25/a-marxist-critique-of-liberalism-on-capitalism-and-individual-freedom/

I know I’m not the first to make this connection, but yesterday as I was shopping for groceries, I saw that a box of cereal was $8.00. Now imagine an adult going home after work and telling their children, “Good news, kids! Today, I earned almost eight boxes of cereal!”

Income inequality is inherently unstable, untenable and inhumane.

#random #capitalism