Unions are the only way to protect workers. The wealth extraction class only cares about numbers. Collective action can threaten their bottom line and force them to the negotiating table.
If I understand correctly, they were trying to get funding to put nuclear plants back online. There are legitimate, scientific, climate-friendly arguments for investing in nuclear, especially on existing infrastructure.
They could have made that argument. Instead, they bribed everyone in sight. Probably cheaper. The cost of shaping the narrative must be justified to the shareholders.
You see, with Effective Altruism, we'll destroy the world around us to serve a small cadre of ubermensch tech bros, who will then somehow in the next few centuries go into space and put supercomputers on other planets that run simulations of people. You might actually be in one of those simulations right now, so be grateful.
We are very smart and not just reckless, over-indulged douchebags who jerk off to the smell of our own farts.
Bobby Kennedy will take even more votes from Trump as time goes on. The reason is simple. He's been entirely locked out of the left wing information sphere by being labeled anti-vax. That's a plus in the right wing sphere.
Prabhakar Raghavan and the McKinsey-inspired management class forced the real tech people out and shit all over the search engine intentionally to squeeze out more short-term profits. Google: An Enshittification Tale
Trump is trying to get thrown in jail. His court appearance donation bumps are slowing, and he can’t campaign or fundraise properly. His only chance to avoid prosecution is to win the election. Throwing Trump in jail for tweeting will energize his base.
Meanwhile, letting him rant on “Failing” Truth Social every night then get fined $1,000 by the judge every morning makes him look petty.
Some of you may lose your minds to a dystopian nightmare fictional reality, but that's a sacrifice I'm willing to make.