"There [used to be] regionalism in music. You knew where your band was from the same way you knew your sports team. We knew The Cars were from Boston. We knew R.E.M. was from Athens. We knew The Ramones were from New York. When you went to Minneapolis, Soul Asylum would be on the radio."
Time to admit it, US deregulation didn't work. It was a huge mistake.
Not only because it didn't deliver anything promised - lower prices, etc, but because it misled the public into thinking government has no business telling companies what to do.
Markets in antiquity started out with standard measurements.
From the 1970s until the #EU agreed upon the disastrous #deregulation of retail box and container sizes in May, 2007*, consumers were protected from this kind of shenanigans, to put it mildly.
Hitler deregulated the economy and acted against labour unions.
Trump wants to fire tens of thousands of federal employees and replace with with loyalists.
Trump has a history of using executive actions to bypass the legislature and, frankly, departments within the executive administration.
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"Thousands of union members and activists took to the streets of Argentina’s capital Wednesday to protest a decree from President Javier Milei that imposes sweeping deregulation and austerity measures.
"Unions had asked a court for a prior injunction to block measures lifting some labor protections, but a judge rejected the appeal, noting the decree had not yet entered into effect. It does so on Friday.
"Argentine labor activists question whether Milei, a self-described anarcho-capitalist who has long railed against the country’s 'political caste,' can impose the measures by way of an emergency decree bypassing the legislature where his party has few seats.
"Since taking office on Dec. 10 following a landslide election victory, Milei has devalued the country’s currency by 50%, cut transport and energy subsidies, said his government won’t renew contracts for more than 5,000 recently hired state employees and proposed repealing or modifying about 300 laws."
Tesla workers report explosions, concussions, & grisly robot injuries at Texas factory. As Tesla begins building Cybertrucks, new reports of increased worker injury are unearthing at the Austin Gigafactory.
In the Gigafactory in Austin, TX: 1 out of every 21 workers were reportedly hurt in 2022. The data is derived from the required injury reports Tesla submits to OSHA.
Republicans, who Musk supports, want more #deregulation.
"Continued oil & gas dev. in the Gulf reps. a clear, existential threat to the whale's survival & recovery," a group of 100 scientists said in a letter to the Biden admin last yr. "The govt's Nat. Res. Damage Assessment on the Deepwater Horizon oil spill ests. that ~20% of Gulf of MX whales were killed, with additional animals suffering reproductive failure & disease."
@atrupar IMO a big reason many fall for this BS is that the #DemocraticParty chose to adopt a rightwing ideology of #Neoliberalism and #Deregulation while courting #CorporateOligarchy donors and PMC minions of oligarchy that very much helped destroy #Unions. In my county the union manufacturing jobs that allowed comfortable lives for many disappeared with this #Clintonian betrayal. At the same time the MSM became increasingly the propaganda ministry for the #CorporateOligarchy.
An excellent article about the #EU European Commission's #GMO#deregulation proposal, by the journalist, former #MEP, and expert on GMOs Benedikt Haerlin
Maybe I'm just overtired, but I'm getting exasperated with all the discourse about whether some other R can get nominated instead of #Trump. The media narrative question of "Can some other R dethrone Trump?!" is irrelevant.
Maybe someone can, probably they can't, but WHO FUCKING CARES? Whoever they are, they will still be a #GOP candidate and therefore will be promoting #racism, #bigotry, #sexism, inaction on #climate, wealth inequality, #deregulation, #VoterSuppression, immunity for cops and the wealthy, and outright #fascism.
It's not like if DeSantis gets the nom somehow the GOP will stop working towards any of those goals. It's all just thumbsucking centrists asking a question that doesn't matter. As per usual. #USPol#ACAB#EatTheRich
Chicago area residents flee from senior community after 300% increase in costs (www.cbsnews.com)