@TCatInReality

As Ananda Giridharadas writes, philanthropy is being used to disguise a billionaire funded attack on democracy. He accurately describes the problem.

The rich launched a malign influence campaign called neoliberalism to evade taxation. They did it to subvert democracy & climate action. They substituted good public policies with fake charity instead.

anand.ly/winners-take-all

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winner…

His next book discusses solutions.
theguardian.com/books/2022/oct…

The Persuaders by Anand Giridharadas review – why it pays to talk in a polarised world

The US journalist and TV pundit has written an engaging and provocative study of the dangers of political purity

^{Emma Brockes (The Guardian)}

@Npars01 @cdarwin

This is how you get stupid people in government. These shit bag billionaires keep paying for useful idiots to get elected. Like I said before idiots in government are like turtles on fence post. You know that turtle didn't get on top that fence post by itself.

@Npars01 @cdarwin

And the whole Koch family and Sacklers family needs to be encouraged to leave for Russia.

@quoidian @cdarwin

It should.

The post 9/11 legislation against foreign threat funding doesn't seem to cover acts of terrorism where there is a domestic ally.

When pro-oil advocates are co-opted and become quislings for hostile foreign state actors... the 9/11 statutes are insufficient.

@quoidian @Npars01

The Commission was established by the Government of Canada on September 7, 2023, to “examine and assess” two things:

🔸“interference by China, Russia, and other foreign states or non-state actors” in Canada’s 2019 and 2021 federal elections.

🔸 “the flow of information to senior decision-makers, including elected officials” and others, during and in the weeks following those two elections, and what actions these decision-makers took in response.

On January 24, the Commission added India to the scope of its inquiry; however, the exact nature of the allegations vis-à-vis India remains unclear.

asiapacific.ca/publication/bri….

Briefing Note: Canada’s Public Inquiry into Foreign Interference

An APF Canada analysis of the preliminary hearings and ongoing process behind Canada's 2024 public inquiry into foreign interference.

^{Chloe Yeung (Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada)}