"You'll own nothing and like it", #tech people have said for decades.

It's only when the #neoliberal parties of the world realized that #LineGoUp would jux the numbers to show "growth" that we see companies become even more emboldened.

#Ubisoft says you "cannot complain" it shut down #TheCrew because you never actually owned it, and you weren't "deceived" by the lack of an offline version "to access a decade-old, discontinued video game" | GamesRadar+
https://www.gamesradar.com/games/ubisoft-says-you-cannot-complain-it-shut-down-the-crew-because-you-never-actually-owned-it-and-you-werent-deceived-by-the-lack-of-an-offline-version-to-access-a-decade-old-discontinued-video-game/

#TheAmericanFascist uttered this morning.

“I’m proud to be the President for the workers, not the outsourcers; the President who stands up for Main Street, not Wall Street; who protects the middle class, not the political class; and who defends America, not trade cheaters all over the globe.”

The left wing social democratic forces of the world (including the #Liberals and #NDP in Canada) have been so neutered and brow beaten into incrementalism and neo-Liberal corporate capture, that a right wing, billionaire-wannabe, near-Nazi fascist, and politicians who want to be like him (Pierre Poillievre) have stolen the rallying cries of working men and women (but mostly men).

These were the warnings working people and socialist forces screamed when Free Trade and privatization was born by Reagan and Mulroney, Thatcher and Chirac. The de-unionization of western economies, the decimation of public infrastructure for private “partnerships”…

Now here we are, it all got so bad that the regular person, struggling to put inflated food on the table, or put their children through inflated college, are so fed up that they submit to the regressive, racist, anti-human, bloviations of populist tyrants.

A pox on you, “Liberals” and “Democrats” of the world.

You chose corporations while you placated people with false promises and false hopes.

You enabled the worst of the human condition through complacency and greed.

Your limp, unconvincing defence of Liberalism and Democratic values destroyed both.

What will you do to win back the podium to speak for working people? Perhaps you don’t deserve to.

And then, suddenly, #ElonMusk realizes that #Trump 's tariffs may possibly be an end in themselves, to simply generate #budget #revenue for the #USA #state ,and not a means of pressuring other #countries into bilateral #negotiations for the complete mutual elimination of all #tariffs as well as a drastic reduction in non-tariff barriers, which is the #neoliberal #dream .He starts to understand that, as far as his own #business is concerned, he may have bet on the wrong #horse .

#YanisVaroufakis: "Many refer to this world — the one in which #GenX grew up — as the #neoliberal era, others associate it with #globalisation, some identify it with #financialisation. It’s all the same thing — the world the #NixonShock begat and which the 2008 financial crash shook to its foundations. After the 2009 bailouts, although US hegemony continued unabated, it lost much of its dynamism. Today, the Nixon Shock has run out of steam — at least from the perspective of the Trumpists who want to give #UShegemony a second (or is it a third?) wind. This is the whole point of the #TrumpShock and its masterplan, including tactical moves such as enlisting #crypto to their cause."

https://unherd.com/2025/04/will-liberation-day-transform-the-world/

These Ugly Big Box Stores are Literally Bankrupting Cities
#NotJustBikes #Culture #Politics #Economics #Taxes #PropertyTaxes #UrbanPolicy #Neoliberal #Capitalism
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7-e_yhEzIw

Dette : le système #néolibéral met VOLONTAIREMENT en grande difficulté les finances de l’État pour justifier la destruction de ce qu'il nous reste de biens communs & mettre les gens modestes en coupe réglée... mais pas touche aux milliardaires
#Insoumis #LFI #GiletsJaunes !

It was only last century when things had settled in #Europe, when post colonial, #NeoColonial, #Neoliberal Europe looked up with glee at the peaceful and prosperous future. The promise was simple: #WW2, never again.

Now however we need Germany to #militarize and do so quickly, because the #US is falling apart in terms of being a #democracy, and all the #authoritarians are are getting ready at their marks.

#Germany decides to leave history in the past and prepare for war
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cdjyjlkewr2o

#Commodification and the #speculation of the #PropertyMarket has lead us down this path.

A #market run by a bunch of opportunists means that they hold majority and can set the standards, like ensuring property development stays low and that rent prices stay high.

This also ensures that even if the quality and standards of living go down, the price won't - because people need roofs.

Welcome to #NeoLiberal heaven.

Studio flat for rent in Sour Mead- Frenchay , BS16
https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/159036347#/?channel=RES_LET

Struggling for a Real Alternative

https://hamishcampbell.com/struggling-for-a-real-alternative/

#neoliberal Denke ist hier am Zug: ich zuerst, der Rest kann verrecken. Aber
Vom #appeacement /Hurra- #pazifismus profitiert Putin. Und
Vom #Neokolonialismus profitiert China
wenn wir China als Wettbewerber verstehen, dürfen wir nicht kolonialistischer sein als sie, sondern weniger #kolonialistisch
Die Stichkarte #Europa 's sind die #europäischeWerte
#Entwicklungshilfe ist Türöffner und #politik Werkzeug.

https://www.deutschlandfunk.de/debatte-ueber-die-kuenftige-deutsche-entwicklungshilfe-106.html

The #GeekProblem: Why Open Development Is Stuck in a Dead End

https://hamishcampbell.com/the-geekproblem-why-open-development-is-stuck-in-a-dead-end/

Dette : le système #néolibéral met VOLONTAIREMENT en grande difficulté les finances de l’État pour justifier la destruction de ce qu'il nous reste de biens communs & mettre les gens modestes en coupe réglée... mais pas touche aux milliardaires
#Insoumis #LFI #GiletsJaunes !

The opposition leader has made clear he will push to deport dual nationals and non-citizens over what he sees as ‘antisemitic conduct’.

https://www.sydneycriminallawyers.com.au/blog/dutton-is-set-to-go-on-a-deportation-rampage-potentially-targeting-pro-palestinians/

https://t.me/AntifascistSolidarity/53844

Trump and the tools of the old world order

https://hamishcampbell.com/trump-and-the-tools-of-the-old-world-order/