|
Brian Holmes via nettime-l on Thu, 25 Jul 2024 23:57:57 +0200 (CEST)
|
[Date Prev] [Date Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Date Index] [Thread Index]
|
Re: <nettime> EU wealth tax petition
|
- To: "<nettime> is a moderated mailing list for net criticism, collaborative text filtering and cultural politics of the nets" <nettime-l@lists.nettime.org>
- Subject: Re: <nettime> EU wealth tax petition
- From: Brian Holmes via nettime-l <nettime-l@lists.nettime.org>
- Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2024 16:57:05 -0500
- Authentication-results: nettime.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key; unprotected) header.d=lists.nettime.org header.i=@lists.nettime.org header.a=rsa-sha256 header.s=default header.b=IoVmtrfm; dkim=fail reason="signature verification failed" (2048-bit key; unprotected) header.d=gmail.com header.i=@gmail.com header.a=rsa-sha256 header.s=20230601 header.b=jgAC7RAY; dkim-atps=neutral
- Cc: Brian Holmes <bhcontinentaldrift@gmail.com>
- Dkim-filter: OpenDKIM Filter v2.11.0 lists.servus.at C6B04100591A
- Dkim-signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=lists.nettime.org; s=default; t=1721944672; bh=Xxd7X6rvKY63NaV+KOWfhDNIqRAoNv7KYoZdbOXxmTo=; h=References:In-Reply-To:Date:To:Subject:List-Id:List-Unsubscribe: List-Archive:List-Post:List-Help:List-Subscribe:From:Reply-To:Cc: From; b=IoVmtrfmcfHLAgRI+g1UA9Ru5K2MltX4M74NMNi8n7K/5vRjmDyWa2toupaWpjrwM wb9A8kSh5V46RUYoQGR89gwLMtqp8EUvGVbEctJydwtw6PbEAm5x4z68uy/BEAj9ET bdCEStMBbVEppvYyvA6UU09RoRR+gJmyd4qPnV3k=
- Dkim-signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20230601; t=1721944662; x=1722549462; darn=lists.nettime.org; h=cc:to:subject:message-id:date:from:reply-to:in-reply-to:references :mime-version:from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:reply-to; bh=acwSqOc37z40cl4TUzE73juRN1QUUrdUDMDf7/strbk=; b=jgAC7RAYOQ8TxN9BSpHCl0IvRCfYdWkeyEQg8YhIBfcj36sR5pFPH6QHnSPz+SzMjX xF4zISGrAD41jguKO5NQkq+Nhqtja08c1DE+Rig4kY+Cptwa9ZB/2Nz8vjhmnZvg952n lCAQRqsy9qew8BgUrTkTGPEv1dPRVVYsE2STtXGm+F95qryG+ajm4f88m87Eic5ZhrQB 7LJIfwzib6/SiQotzGT71T9YVa5T+FKBVHAgkgMPc62z49MTenF86jbsgzmaU7ySPQuz DIycbqmT7zhRrKjauW5HJJkh4RuNwQjUA3rmh40cAFIQXSLraeChP2gVYzyMVIrNG0fZ 7w1w==
- In-reply-to: <Zp4dY0cGzk06UHc-@mond.at>
- References: <f18455d6-6748-43e3-9745-1e787a657cac@riseup.net> <Zp4dY0cGzk06UHc-@mond.at>
- Reply-to: "<nettime> is a moderated mailing list for net criticism, collaborative text filtering and cultural politics of the nets" <nettime-l@lists.nettime.org>
On Mon, Jul 22, 2024 at 3:59 AM franz schaefer via nettime-l <
nettime-l@lists.nettime.org> wrote:
>
> i signed it already. but one thing that bothers me a bit is that all the
> left wing initiatives still focus so much on the "redistribution" while
> makeing very little afford to educate people about the madness of the
> capitalist production.
>
> as a rough guestimate: about 50% of jobs today are bullshit jobs. wasted
> work in the burocracy of corporate structures but even more: creating
> artifical scarcity and jobs that (just alone by their ecologic
> footprint) create more harm then good. products with planed obsolescence.
> advertising which has just one product: to trick us into buying things we
> did not know we even need, etc...etc..
>
Hear hear! At least half of what capitalism now distributes is not goods,
but harms.
The point of taxing the rich is to get rid of the billionaire class, not to
become part of it...
best, Brian
--
# distributed via <nettime>: no commercial use without permission
# <nettime> is a moderated mailing list for net criticism,
# collaborative text filtering and cultural politics of the nets
# more info: https://www.nettime.org
# contact: nettime-l-owner@lists.nettime.org