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That already happened with the raw sewage dumping combined with huge dividend payouts to shareholders and bonuses for directors. The crisis is real. But it's e
by TheOtherHobbes 3y ago
That already happened with the raw sewage dumping combined with huge dividend payouts to shareholders and bonuses for directors.
The crisis is real. But it's essentially a crisis of greed and shortsightedness which is trashing the one common ecosystem we have and impoverishing most of the population in search of short-term profit - just numbers on a ledger "owned" by a tiny minority, which will never be turned into anything tangible, never mind beneficial.
- bishopsmother 3y ago"An analysis for the Financial Times suggests that since privatisation the companies have taken on a combined £51bn in debt, and paid out £56bn in dividends."[0] [0] https://www.bbc.com/news/business-50802783 https://www.bbc.com/news/business-50802783 (2019)