RE: https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/116056780900371801
This is what I mean when I say that politicians are supposed to be lobbyists for the people: Not only should they not be so easily swayed by corporate marketing blitzes - it's literally their job to stand firm on the public's interests in face of such efforts.
Corporate lobbyists are - again, quite literally - their adversaries & we have to start yeeting every pol who doesnt't treat them as such.
If you don't pay close attention, you might think the most grotesque, indefensible aspect of Starmer's Labour government turning over NHS patient records to the American military contractor Palantir is that Palantir are Trumpist war-criminals, "founded to kill communists":
https://www.thecanary.co/trending/2026/01/07/palantir-kill-communists/
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