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FTC's rule banning fake online reviews goes into effect
(abcnews.go.com)
Now enforce it?
Oh look, Lina Khan bringing the heat again. My god, she's like a bureaucratic superhero. Lemmy loves bagging on capitalism, but capitalism ain't the problem. The problem is our spineless, bought and paid for government. Action like this can turn us around, wrest power away from the monopolists.
Losing her to a Trump administration is yet another horror we may face.
People who vote for Trump like to blame democrats and woke people, but what they really and truly hate is capitalism. They just can't see that what makes them unhappy is the natural effect of a fully capitalistic society.
Well, I suppose you have a genius economic system where the haves don't take advantage of the have nots. Tell us all about it!
(FFS, do they not teach history in schools any more?!)
There are other alternatives to capitalism besides Authoritarian Marxist-Leninist states. An example would be Georgist economic democracy. Some policies in such an economy:
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All firms would be legally mandated to protect the inalienable right to worker democracy by structuring as democratic worker coops. There would thus be no haves appropriating 100% of the fruits of the have nots' labor
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100% land tax and carbon tax
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PCO for all capital
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Guaranteed minimum income
Communism envisions a society where there are no haves and have nots (classless) and socialism is put forward as the economic system that will get us there eventually. There are criticisms to be made about the method but the vision is good.
Capitalism does what you're doing here, snarkily talk down to anyone who dares suggest such a society might be possible and is worth working towards, and puts forward instead that there must be haves taking advantage of have nots for society to function and that no other way is possible.
Capitalism is why our govt is bought and paid for. They are inextricable.
Corruption will exist in every government, regardless of economic system. Power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely.
Try not to fixate on the corruption- that's essentially a smokescreen; the whole point is that the system itself is designed to concentrate wealth.
Since we're bandying about well-trodden quotes, how about this one:
"A bad system will beat a good person every time." -E. Deming
Well what's an ethical alternative? Central planning?
capitalism may not be "the problem" but it is a problem.
Sounds like this is primarily to punish companies for purchasing fake reviews. I'm a fan
Is this retroactive because I really don't want to have to delete my review of the cyber truck where I called it a used toilet paper recepticle on wheels. I admittedly do not have a head trauma history, so I did not actually buy a cyber truck.
But your review was still accurate. I wipe my ass on every cybertruck I see because of it. A++++ highly recommend!
With all the ugly angles that sounds dangerous
I live life on the edge(s)
I mean, it can be used as a toilet paper receptacle. Just because you didn't buy it, doesn't mean you can't review it. People review and return stuff all the time. I do not see anything wrong here.
It's not actually possible to return one of these cyber trucks due to rules involving sale after purchase.
There is however over 200 Cybertrucks for rent on Turo. I guess all the owners got bored of them already.
Anti-consumer corporations right now:
How is this even enforced tho?
I appreciate the sentiment though. Recruiters add so much girft into the process... All to wear done the wagie
They'll likely rely on reports from the public. I don't imagine this is intended to go after individuals, but rather,, companies that buy fake reviews by the hundreds.
Probably via some attempt to force everyone to verify who they are online by providing their identification documents. It will probably be managed by some company specialized in handling that data, and of course willing to share the data with police and other gov organizations. Data that will be used to track citizens.
Just another endless battle to keep net neutrality alive.
Anyone believes in it?
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