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Category Archives: Capitalism
Bank of England: stop funding the climate crisis!
tl;dr: Here are the links to the petitions by Positive Money, 350.org and SumOfUs; please pick just one and add your name before 24Feb2021. These three organisations are running the same petition; current signature counts as I write this are … Continue reading
Alternatives to Killing People for the Economy
Originally posted on Cynthia Kaufman:
As the U.S. begins to reopen after being shut down to protect us from spreading Covid-19, many people are beginning to talk about a choice between what is good for the economy and what will…
Posted in ... wait, what?, balance, Business, Capitalism, Communication, Core thought, Economics, Education, Environment, GCD: Global climate disruption, Health, Reblogs
Tagged Spaceship Earth
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Are corporations psychopaths?
In my reblog of Paul Handover’s post a couple of days ago I made a comment about the ‘psychopathic creed of the corporations: profit at any cost‘. I’d like to back that up with some facts…. Here’s a definition of … Continue reading
Posted in ... wait, what?, Business, Capitalism, Core thought, Culture, History, Strategy
Tagged cognitive dissonance, corporate responsibility, corporation, ethics, habituation, injustice, morals, stupid
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What on earth are we going to do?
Originally posted on Learning from Dogs:
A very powerful essay from George Monbiot. Today and tomorrow I am posting essays that have nothing to do with dogs! Today, I am sharing George’s gloom about the future, tomorrow I am sharing…
Posted in balance, Business, Capitalism, Climate, Communication, Core thought, crowdsourcing, Economics, Education, Energy, Environment, GCD: Global climate disruption, Reblogs
Tagged George Monbiot
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What are the top three risks to business this year?
Originally posted on Learning from Dogs:
Another essay that is nothing to do with dogs! I have long been a subscriber to The Conversation. They seem to be politically neutral as well as giving permission for their essays to be…
Posted in ... wait, what?, balance, Business, Capitalism, Core thought, Culture, Economics, Education, Environment, News and politics, Phlyarology, Reblogs
Tagged growthmania, stupidity
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What goes around, comes around
Who controls the money supply? This is a fascinating subject. Incredibly, while people believe that they understand how money works, the vast majority don’t appreciate the reality. The documentary ‘97% Owned‘ (below) highlights the fact that if we continue as … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Capitalism, Communication, Core thought, Culture, Economics
Tagged 97% Owned, banking, banks, banksters, cognitive dissonance, concretization, crisis, debt, Democracy, finance, monetary system, money, people before profits, positive money, private ownership, schizophrenic thinking
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Truth, honesty, and loss
Dear Paul, A few days ago, you asked: Wherein lays the truth? I believe that the crux of the matter lies in one of the quotations you offer: “… we are in a generational struggle to defend the principles of … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Capitalism, Communication, consciousness, Core thought, Economics, Environment, History
Tagged activism, Armistice Day, Democracy, First World War, freedom, George Monbiot, Great War, poppy, Poppy Day, Remembrance Day, TPIP, WWI
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