Peter
@cloudynetwork.bsky.social
🇬🇧 in NZ 🇳🇿. Random commentary on politics and econ. Mostly econ. Used to tweet about tech in the distant past.
Neoliberal bullshit. They have been shoveling this for 40 years. It's failed. Proven failed..and keeps failing.
December 10, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Neoliberal bullshit. They have been shoveling this for 40 years. It's failed. Proven failed..and keeps failing.
His mission should have been to make things better for the majority of Brits starting with the bottom 20%. Alas, no, everybody is seemingly a neoliberal if they realise it or not.
December 9, 2025 at 12:25 PM
His mission should have been to make things better for the majority of Brits starting with the bottom 20%. Alas, no, everybody is seemingly a neoliberal if they realise it or not.
Nothing new though is it. Insurance companies have been "scoring" and using opaque algorithms for decades to try and absolve themselves of the personal decision making over life and death. AI and Algorithms are not the issue. The lack of a proper Healthcare system is the issue.
December 8, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Nothing new though is it. Insurance companies have been "scoring" and using opaque algorithms for decades to try and absolve themselves of the personal decision making over life and death. AI and Algorithms are not the issue. The lack of a proper Healthcare system is the issue.
Of course they will. I suspect significant numbers of them rather like Putin's approach to things. There is nothing patriotic about these people.
December 7, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Of course they will. I suspect significant numbers of them rather like Putin's approach to things. There is nothing patriotic about these people.
They will never realise that. They truly beleive rentiers are a GDP engine that can only be a good thing. 🤦♂️
December 6, 2025 at 3:03 AM
They will never realise that. They truly beleive rentiers are a GDP engine that can only be a good thing. 🤦♂️
Very true. But for readers benefit: the tax itself isn't the important thing, it's the sign that the take is reducing points to reduced economic activity.
Less money in...less money out.
Less money in...less money out.
December 6, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Very true. But for readers benefit: the tax itself isn't the important thing, it's the sign that the take is reducing points to reduced economic activity.
Less money in...less money out.
Less money in...less money out.
Chomping at the bit for whatever makes them richer...
December 4, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Chomping at the bit for whatever makes them richer...
It is very unsettling. All part of the plan. The promise of wealth for all from deregulation and tax breaks for the rich, the lie of "trickle down" has failed. They can't keep banging that drum. The "cause" must now be "the other". Altas etc are very clear they are out to shift the Overton window.
December 3, 2025 at 5:12 AM
It is very unsettling. All part of the plan. The promise of wealth for all from deregulation and tax breaks for the rich, the lie of "trickle down" has failed. They can't keep banging that drum. The "cause" must now be "the other". Altas etc are very clear they are out to shift the Overton window.
It really didn't take much for Elon's white supremacist mode to be revealed ....🤦♂️
December 3, 2025 at 5:09 AM
It really didn't take much for Elon's white supremacist mode to be revealed ....🤦♂️
19 phone snatches a day? Must be a nice break from 90 MURDERS a day in JoBerg. 🤪.
December 3, 2025 at 4:06 AM
19 phone snatches a day? Must be a nice break from 90 MURDERS a day in JoBerg. 🤪.
It's quite a worry the people turning up. Even on LinkedIn these days where people used to restrain themselves a bit.
I understand where these attitudes are coming from. The Peters, Seymours, Jones and less overtly the Luxons of the world 'Green Light' these behaviours without directly endorsing
I understand where these attitudes are coming from. The Peters, Seymours, Jones and less overtly the Luxons of the world 'Green Light' these behaviours without directly endorsing
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December 3, 2025 at 4:02 AM
It's quite a worry the people turning up. Even on LinkedIn these days where people used to restrain themselves a bit.
I understand where these attitudes are coming from. The Peters, Seymours, Jones and less overtly the Luxons of the world 'Green Light' these behaviours without directly endorsing
I understand where these attitudes are coming from. The Peters, Seymours, Jones and less overtly the Luxons of the world 'Green Light' these behaviours without directly endorsing
That's the late stage Atlas/neoliberalism right there. Seymour doesn't expect to have to live in the world he wants to create. Him and his ilk imagine themselves in a bubble, where what they do and say is a game without consequences or effects on real lives. School meals is a prime example.
December 3, 2025 at 2:59 AM
That's the late stage Atlas/neoliberalism right there. Seymour doesn't expect to have to live in the world he wants to create. Him and his ilk imagine themselves in a bubble, where what they do and say is a game without consequences or effects on real lives. School meals is a prime example.
Appalling really. Seymour and company hate unemployment benefits, but handing millions over to private businesses, with no track record or real obligation is just fine. These Charter schools seem to have free reign.
December 3, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Appalling really. Seymour and company hate unemployment benefits, but handing millions over to private businesses, with no track record or real obligation is just fine. These Charter schools seem to have free reign.
This contributed to the loss of the industrial base in countries that neoliberalised heavily in the 80s like the UK. Same for NZ?
December 2, 2025 at 5:25 AM
This contributed to the loss of the industrial base in countries that neoliberalised heavily in the 80s like the UK. Same for NZ?