robbie

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A screenshot of text that reads "Dumenil and Levy have gone so far as to argue that neoliberalism was from the very beginning an endeavor to restore class power to the richest strata in the population. They showed how from the mid-1980s onwards, the share of the top 1 percent of income earners in the United States soared rapidly to reach 15 percent by the end of the century. Other data show that the top 0.1 percent of income earners increased their share of the national income from 2 percent in 1978 to more than 6 percent by 1999. Yet another measure shows that the ratio of the median compensation of workers to the salaries of chief executive officers increased from just over thirty to one in 1970 to more than four hundred to one by 2000. Almost certainly, with the Bush administration’s tax cuts now taking effect, the concentration of income and of wealth in the upper echelons of society is continuing apace."
Photo of a book that reads "Trips to the lavatory: 1.62 minutes. It is computer precise; not 1.6 or 1.7 but 1.62! For fatigue: 1.3 minutes. Sitting down after standing too long: 65 seconds. For monotony: 32 seconds—and so the grotesque litany goes on."
Screenshot of text that reads: 2.64 Similarly, the ARC Centre of Excellence for the Digital Child stated: "In regulatory terms, the government’s plan to focus on a Digital Duty of Care, which requires platforms to evaluate the potential risks of their tools before they release them, is a much more productive legislative direction, placing the initial burden on platforms, not parents"
Text that reads: "The proposal to apply limits to the powers of the Treaty of Waitangi is a mark of shame for the country. I feel humiliated by the fact that any of our national representatives would vote in favour of the Bill, let alone a majority. The Bill is a blight on Māori-Pākehā relations, showing tremendous disrespect to our nation's history. It is hard to read the Bill as anything other than a cruel and provocative insult to Māori. I wish to express my strident opposition to the Bill. The Bill should be rejected in the strongest possible terms."
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“When people see a label that says something was made in the US, they assume it was made in First World conditions, not Third World conditions…but the reality is that many of these brands are robbing us,”