Tag: capitalism
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Food watchdog lodges complaint over Nestle mineral water ‘fraud’
Paris, France – Consumer watchdog Foodwatch said it was filing a legal complaint Wednesday against food giant Nestle and another group over them allegedly fraudulently treating water for their top mineral water brands. A government probe reported by media last month said about 30 percent of mineral water sold in France had undergone purification treatment only…
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American entrepreneur paying $4 per hour criticised for exploiting Pakistanis
A video shared on X (formerly Twitter) on Sunday is being criticised by users. The video, which features an X user named Christian, says that he remotely hires people from Pakistan to work for him. He has a marketing agency and he stated he pays his employees $4 an hour and “they’re extremely grateful to…
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The Common Good
“Pure capitalism is basically selfish in nature and it leads to a particular attitude in the rich — that they deserve to be wealthy and the poor are poor because they are either lazy or stupid or both — or else because they are just an ‘inferior species’.” A friend in Karachi describes the unease…