Post AJZImqV7qP8v96jWUa by mrbitterness@mstdn.social
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 (DIR) Post #AJZIQeeRDkzs1WVWyG by gabriel@mstdn.starnix.network
       2022-05-18T06:34:04Z
       
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       Just finished watching #Enron Here's my fresh reaction:It's now added to my personal "everyone should watch this" list.A large corporation straight up calling utilities to manipulate electricity prices is something that while I would have expected...definitely not on that scale. Accounting shenanigans were things I had already heard about, I hadn't actively thought that "buying ratings" would be as easy then as it is today.Unfortunately it's quite clear that nothing has improved. In fact despite fraud and corruption being no less common we really don't hear about large corporations going under anymore...they're being actively enabled. A great deal of parallels to the [redacted] industry. The documentary has a great segment devoted to referencing the milgram experiments which encompasses the problem a great deal.Why is accountability so hard? Is this all just part of the human condition? Are we simply doomed to continue an unending cycle of tyranny and abuse from those with too much power and little-to-no accountability?Why do we culturally accept corruption, waste and fraud?Everyone is worse off from allowing this and the spoils for ending it are immense.I'll admit I'm really a lot less opinionated these days when it comes to specific policies if we can simply hold the fraudsters and their enablers accountable.I'd love to see some grassroots cooperation (across the entire political spectrum) on this front. Nobody wins by enabling this.What can be done to make this a reality?
       
 (DIR) Post #AJZImqV7qP8v96jWUa by mrbitterness@mstdn.social
       2022-05-18T06:38:03Z
       
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       @gabriel I'll never believe that Ken Lay died when they said he did. He's probably dead now, but I never really bought that story. Not saying I can prove anything, but very skeptical.
       
 (DIR) Post #AJZJF5Bqp98eoOBM36 by koherecoWatchdog@freeradical.zone
       2022-05-18T06:43:10Z
       
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       @gabriel I think large corrupt corps get protected because the state fears massive job loss. So shitty corrupt/criminal companies are allowed to keep operating for the job security of everyone working down at the bottom in the trenches. It’s a shame. The unemployment system should be good enough to sustain killing off bad companies.
       
 (DIR) Post #AJZJdLOGFAiS0PYVCS by gabriel@mstdn.starnix.network
       2022-05-18T06:47:34Z
       
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       @koherecoWatchdog I think large corrupt corps get protected because the state fears massive job loss.That's a good point, I've heard that even walmart will hardball cities into paying their utilities (and all kinds of subsidies) for the privilege of having (another) one.The unemployment system should be good enough to sustain killing off bad companies.How many parents are subsidizing underemployment and terrible wages?A general strike would certainly make job losses disappear as a concern...but that's very difficult to pull off with little-to-no large-scale cooperation.Some are calling "the great resignation" (if it exists) a decentralized general strike...I have no way of knowing if that's actually how it's working out.
       
 (DIR) Post #AKAS5z3SJ7F6KKHjXM by dsfgs@activism.openworlds.info
       2022-06-05T04:46:39Z
       
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       @gabrielThe (#)GetNEOED doctrine, says Network, Educated, Organise, Engage with powerbrokers (from a position of strength but if you're a good communicator who can illustrate how everyone can win by your proposal you don't need to be very strong), and Disobey.Building alternatives can be a part of every step in NEOED.@koherecoWatchdog