Will Chris win?

  • HappycamperNZ@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Clarification - economic strength, (business) investment, population and tech. Soft power, not hard power, but saying that I’m in Defense studies and the asia-pacific region is having significant concerns with hard power and we have a massive EEZ. Moot point though, back to mine.

    Our country needs significant financial investment - we love this country but we are soo far behind in soo many ways. Labour has tried to offset things like cost of living, housing, health but there is soo much to do.

    • Mojojojo1993@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Business in my opinion. My very very controversial opinion. Business is a cancer. It’s the worst thing to happen to humanity since money was invented.

      Business looks to squeeze everything to profit the few. Maybe stop looking to greed and start getting the basics. Housing food security.

      You can rape pillage and destroy the planet for profit. Won’t help.yhe majority though.

      But that’s just my incorrect opinion

      • schzztl@lemmy.nz
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        1 year ago

        While I believe private business has its use, this is a refreshing take to see. I’m sick of the constant idolisation of small business owners.

      • evanuggetpi@lemmy.nz
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        1 year ago

        Yep, totally agree. Business is concerned with profit for shareholders. Infinite growth. Don’t worry about externalities like pollution, ecosystem collapse and gross inequality. Those are for society to deal with, or ignore. Business doesn’t care.

        The fact that billionaires exist, and are idolised, is incomprehensible to me.

      • HappycamperNZ@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        10 years ago I would agree with you. The changes of the last 10 years (and my non-youtube education) is giving me some hope. Any business is bound by societys ethics, norms and expectations (including the law) - we just have to demand our ethics and norm are followed.

        • Mojojojo1993@lemmy.world
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          Hard disagree. The ethics is bound by how much they can get away. Banks are constantly getting fined for breaching their own rules. Big multi conglomerates run on how much they can get away with. Looking at America’s deficit of a trillion. No way to pay it back. Money is worthless. Fed can print more at any point and banks can magic it out of nowhere.

          We have no sat over Exxon we have no say over how most multi billion dollars operate. We can’t even push back against planet killing policies.

          You are naive to think the public have much power. We are given the illusion of democracy but a two party system that can change policies on a whim, with zero accountability.

          No country is holding up their population. They don’t care. That is the issue. The closer we get to annihilation the more they won’t even pretend about the pure creed.