"The answer 'we have to fix capitalism' doesn't help. It might be true, but it doesn't help.

So here's where I think there are some ... interventions that would require a change in political will to enable. But there's very little stopping them other than a lack of political will, which is largely a result of capture of political power by economic interests."

#ShannonVallor, 2025

https://www.ppfideas.com/episodes/the-history-of-bad-ideas%3A-value-free-tech

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Lest we forget, because it needs to be a priority for a post-NatACT government;

"A tax on tech revenue would have been one way of disincentivising techbro money-laundering. But National has cancelled it in order to grovel to Trump. But in the process, they've shown us a truth they'd rather deny: when they claim 'there is no money', it is a choice, and a lie."

@norightturnnz, 2025

https://norightturn.blogspot.com/2025/05/national-grovels-to-trump.html

#NZPolitics #DST #DigitalServicesTax #TechRegulation #TaxAvoidance

Colin Peacock did a good segment on the bill proposed by National MP Catherine Wedd, aping the Australian government's attempt to ban under-16s from social media (with the head-scratching exemption for YouTub);

https://www.rnz.co.nz/podcast/mediawatch?share=3ad7cf4e-6f76-4fcc-8d74-de5fc080f878

Like all such laws, it would require anyone using social media to identify themselves to service hosts, so they can verify age. Corporate DataFarmers would love to have this information.

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