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Mar :🌻<p>One more for <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/JukeboxFridayNight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JukeboxFridayNight</span></a> simply because I love AC/DC</p><p>Money Talks <br>AC/DC</p><p><a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Money" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Money</span></a> <br><a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Wealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wealth</span></a></p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/2lqdErI9uss?si=0xH5AYzmZlAVfiBU" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">youtu.be/2lqdErI9uss?si=0xH5AY</span><span class="invisible">zmZlAVfiBU</span></a></p>
Nigel Pugh (he/him/they)<p>In 5 years the UK could raise £115bn with a windfall levy on the excess profits of fossil fuel producers; redirecting the current subsidies to fossil fuels; taxing luxury travel such as private jets &amp; super-yachts; &amp; imposing a small tax on the super-wealthy. </p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/may/20/only-strong-action-on-emissions-can-restore-economic-stability-un-climate-chief-says" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/environment/20</span><span class="invisible">25/may/20/only-strong-action-on-emissions-can-restore-economic-stability-un-climate-chief-says</span></a></p><p>#<a href="https://toot.wales/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/Wealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wealth</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/FossilFuels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FossilFuels</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a></p>
Global Museum<p>How to Disappear.</p><p>Inside the world of extreme-privacy consultants, who, for the right fee, will make you and your personal information very hard to find</p><p><a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/05/extreme-personal-data-privacy-protection/682867/?gift=201cWZnM2XBz2eP81zy0pNQmVUbkEoRhVbNYae_fh8Y" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/</span><span class="invisible">2025/05/extreme-personal-data-privacy-protection/682867/?gift=201cWZnM2XBz2eP81zy0pNQmVUbkEoRhVbNYae_fh8Y</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Technology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/wealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wealth</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>security</span></a></p>
Steve Thompson PhD<p>Rich foreigners with $5 million to spare can soon register to buy Trump's 'Gold Card' visa, says Lutnick</p><p><a href="https://www.firstpost.com/world/rich-foreigners-with-5-million-to-spare-can-soon-register-to-buy-trumps-gold-card-visa-says-lutnick-ws-d-13890682.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">firstpost.com/world/rich-forei</span><span class="invisible">gners-with-5-million-to-spare-can-soon-register-to-buy-trumps-gold-card-visa-says-lutnick-ws-d-13890682.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/wealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wealth</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/goldcard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>goldcard</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/press" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>press</span></a></p>
Mark<p>Tax the super rich to stop cuts to public services</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> is the 6th largest economy in world. But huge amount of wealth is held by very small proportion of the population</p><p>Average wealth of top 10 richest people UK is now £21 billion, up nearly 50% in 5 years</p><p>If you earn £3600 every hour, it would take you over 665 years to save this amount</p><p>2% <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/wealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wealth</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/tax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tax</span></a> on assets over £10 million could raise up to £24 billion/yr - just 20k of wealthiest </p><p><a href="https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/tax-the-super-rich-to-stop-cuts-to-public-services-1" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions</span><span class="invisible">/tax-the-super-rich-to-stop-cuts-to-public-services-1</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/PeopleNotProfits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PeopleNotProfits</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/WealthTax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WealthTax</span></a></p>
Nando161<p>Neil deGrasse Tyson: "If a foreign adversary snuck into our <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/Federal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Federal</span></a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/budget" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>budget</span></a> and cut <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> research and <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>education</span></a> the way we’re cutting it ourselves — strategically undermining <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/America" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>America</span></a>’s long-term <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>health</span></a>, <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/wealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wealth</span></a>, and <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>security</span></a> — we would likely consider it an act of <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/war" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>war</span></a>."<br><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/neildegrassetyson.com/post/3lpkcz2l3ys2c" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bsky.app/profile/neildegrasset</span><span class="invisible">yson.com/post/3lpkcz2l3ys2c</span></a></p>
Emeritus Prof Christopher May<p>Gabriel Zucman's global 2% tax on billionaires is slowly gaining traction.</p><p>As he points out, to publicly reject the 2% means Govts would effectively be saying they support billionaires paying no tax; an uncomfortable political position in an age of austerity.</p><p>But he may be underestimating how politics has been corrupted by the wealthy &amp; the idea billionaires are a necessary part of economic success (they aren't!)</p><p>Lets hope Zucman's project continues to gain support!</p><p><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/wealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wealth</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <br>h/t FT</p>
Emeritus Prof Christopher May<p>Priya Sahni-Nicholas, co-executive director, Equality Trust:</p><p>'The obscene growth in wealth of the UK’s richest is due to them profiting from society’s struggles while causing them additional harm &amp; undermining successive governments’ goals of decarbonisation, spreading more wealth &amp; growth out of London, ending the housing crisis, encouraging the growth of new – and frequently greener – industries, and encouraging stronger communities'!</p><p><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/inequality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inequality</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/wealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wealth</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/news/2025/may/19/uk-50-richest-families-hold-more-wealth-than-50-of-population-analysis-finds" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/news/2025/may/</span><span class="invisible">19/uk-50-richest-families-hold-more-wealth-than-50-of-population-analysis-finds</span></a></p>
Emeritus Prof Christopher May<p>More proof that the UK is used as a (property based) store house for illicit wealth.</p><p>Over £64bn worth of property in England &amp; Wales, despite a move towards greater transparency of ownership, is still owned via Trusts that keep beneficial ownership secret;</p><p>the information now available also demonstrates how the property market is deployed to both store &amp; launder illicit capital flows.</p><p>We are effectively a savings scheme for global crooks!</p><p><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/property" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>property</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/wealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wealth</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a><br><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/19/property-england-wales-hidden-behind-opaque-trusts" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/world/2025/may</span><span class="invisible">/19/property-england-wales-hidden-behind-opaque-trusts</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Ogle said he has no real motive for attending <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s event beyond curiosity over “who…is moneyed enough to attend.” He hopes “some dignitary comes, or a sheikh.”
<br>A longtime <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/crypto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crypto</span></a> enthusiast, Ogle said he “got into it for the cypherpunk ideology” &amp; sometimes dislikes how the industry has evolved…into just “making cash.” But while he said he hopes the industry returns to its old values, like privacy &amp; decentralization, he’s also not above enjoying the perks of crypto <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/wealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wealth</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/elite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>elite</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/access" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>access</span></a>.</p>
Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸<p>We can’t strip O’Leary of his citizenship, but can we at least strongly suggest he never return to Canada or be near a Canadian flag again?</p><p>What a corrupt toad. No one with a shred of morality respects this guy.</p><p>“Even CNN’s token Republican Scott Jennings sat back and laughed when the Canadian-born businessman went into full meltdown on Tuesday’s NewsNight.”</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/tags/mapleMAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mapleMAGA</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/tags/MAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MAGA</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/tags/Corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Corruption</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/tags/wealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wealth</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.chrisalemany.ca/tags/whitefragility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>whitefragility</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/oleary-ducks-key-question-on-trumps-400m-free-jet-to-attack-cnn-host-instead/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">thedailybeast.com/oleary-ducks</span><span class="invisible">-key-question-on-trumps-400m-free-jet-to-attack-cnn-host-instead/</span></a></p>
Nando161<p><a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/Billionaires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Billionaires</span></a> Don’t <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/Work" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Work</span></a> for Their <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/Wealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wealth</span></a>—We Do</p>
Ken Thompson<p>Eurotrash. By Christian Kracht; trans. by Daniel Bowles.</p><p>You are a late middle aged Swiss/German man, figuring out to do with his unloving, moderately senile but terrifically rich mother; your family wealth is in part due to a Nazi past, so you grapple with all this by taking her on a road trip.</p><p>4 of 5 library cats 🐈 🐈 🐈 🐈.</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bookstodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/reading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>reading</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/switzerland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>switzerland</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/wealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wealth</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/nazis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nazis</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/dementia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dementia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/translation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>translation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/readingcommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>readingcommunity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/roadtrip" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>roadtrip</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/MothersDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MothersDay</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/mother" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mother</span></a></p>
Zach Everson<p>👀 "How The Ultra-Wealthy Are Protecting Themselves Against Arson Attacks, Kidnapping And Worse"</p><p>Monica Hunter-Hart for <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://newsie.social/@Forbes" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Forbes</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://journa.host/tags/wealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wealth</span></a> <a href="https://journa.host/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a> <a href="https://journa.host/tags/crime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crime</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/monicahunter-hart/2025/05/09/how-the-ultra-wealthy-are-protecting-themselves-against-arson-attacks-kidnapping-and-worse/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">forbes.com/sites/monicahunter-</span><span class="invisible">hart/2025/05/09/how-the-ultra-wealthy-are-protecting-themselves-against-arson-attacks-kidnapping-and-worse/</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The women &amp; girl, who are not named in the indictments, represent only a fraction of the dozens of women federal prosecutors say the brothers used their <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/wealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wealth</span></a> &amp; status to lure, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/drug" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>drug</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SexuallyAssault" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SexuallyAssault</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/rape" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rape</span></a> going back 2 decades to their high school years.</p><p>The 3 men pleaded not guilty to the initial charges &amp; are expected to soon be taken back into Manhattan federal court to be arraigned on the new charges.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AlexanderBrothers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AlexanderBrothers</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SexualPredators" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SexualPredators</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SexTrafficking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SexTrafficking</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ViolenceAgainstWomen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ViolenceAgainstWomen</span></a></p>
Coach Pāṇini ®<p>Is it true that real <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/wealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wealth</span></a> is not just about money; but in knowledge, beauty, and purpose?</p><p>Is true that the kind of <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>education</span></a> which truly enriches our lives cannot be purchased?</p><p>Is that something only poor people say? </p><p>Asking for a friend.</p>
The Japan Times<p>The world's wealthiest 10% of individuals are responsible for two thirds of global warming since 1990, a new study finds. <a href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2025/05/08/climate-change/richest-two-thirds-global-warming/?utm_medium=Social&amp;utm_source=mastodon" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">japantimes.co.jp/environment/2</span><span class="invisible">025/05/08/climate-change/richest-two-thirds-global-warming/?utm_medium=Social&amp;utm_source=mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>environment</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/climatechange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>climatechange</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>environment</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/climatechange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>climatechange</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/wealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wealth</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/globaleconomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>globaleconomy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fossilfuels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fossilfuels</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/deforestation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>deforestation</span></a></p>
boksy<p>"Sociologist Brooke Harrington says that for the world's wealthiest people, many of the laws and rules followed by the rest of us simply don't apply. The lives of the richest people in the world are so different from those of the rest of us, it's almost literally unimaginable. National borders are nothing to them. They might as well not exist. The laws are nothing to them. They might as well not exist."</p><p><a href="https://www.npr.org/2016/10/25/499213698/whats-it-like-to-be-rich-ask-the-people-who-manage-billionaires-money" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">npr.org/2016/10/25/499213698/w</span><span class="invisible">hats-it-like-to-be-rich-ask-the-people-who-manage-billionaires-money</span></a></p><p><a href="https://c.im/tags/Billionaires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Billionaires</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Broligarchs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Broligarchs</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Wealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wealth</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/TechBros" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TechBros</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/RichPeople" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RichPeople</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Laws" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Laws</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Democracy</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/HiddenBrain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HiddenBrain</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/NPR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NPR</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/NetworkState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NetworkState</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/CryptoPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CryptoPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a></p>
earthling<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://climatejustice.social/@breadandcircuses" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>breadandcircuses</span></a></span> </p><p>Global wealth distribution</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/inequality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inequality</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/wealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wealth</span></a></p>
Earthworm<p>And one of the major issues for freedom of press is economic independence.</p><p>“Guaranteeing freedom, independence and plurality in today’s media landscape requires stable and transparent financial conditions. Without economic independence, there can be no free press. When news media are financially strained, they are drawn into a race to attract audiences at the expense of quality reporting, and can fall prey to the oligarchs and public authorities who seek to exploit them. When journalists are impoverished, they no longer have the means to resist the enemies of the press — those who champion disinformation and propaganda. The media economy must urgently be restored to a state that is conducive to journalism and ensures the production of reliable information, which is inherently costly. Solutions exist and must be deployed on a large scale. The media’s financial independence is a necessary condition for ensuring free, trustworthy information that serves the public interest.”</p><p>- Anne Bocandé -<br>RSF Editorial Director</p><p>Thus, if somebody reads this who has too much money lying on their bank accounts (of course, the 1% or 0.1% is here in the fediverse!):</p><p>You can be part of the solution. We all know rich oligarchs buying media in order to turn the world into a fascist hell, no?</p><p>So, why not financing independent media while committing to their independence?</p><p>There is a very interesting media fund, called MDIF:</p><p>"MDIF provides debt and equity financing supported by strategic advice to independent media in countries where access to reliable news and information is under threat."</p><p><a href="https://www.mdif.org/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">mdif.org/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>You won't make a lot of profit with this investment. But at least your money on the bank doesn't make the world worse.</p><p>(yes, personally I believe more in radical media collectives, but the scale here is a different one).</p><p> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://dair-community.social/@Meron" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Meron</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Finance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Finance</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SustainableFinance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SustainableFinance</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Investment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Investment</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WealthManagement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WealthManagement</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FinancingMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FinancingMedia</span></a> <br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ImpactInvestment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ImpactInvestment</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ImpactInvesting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ImpactInvesting</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MDIF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MDIF</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Wealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wealth</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IndependentMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IndependentMedia</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RealPolitik" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RealPolitik</span></a></p>