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Replacing teachers with computers

mardi 17 juillet 2018 à 02:00

Students from disadvantaged backgrounds are the ones that most need the help of a teacher in order to learn. Naturally, the plutocrats want to replace their teachers with computers.

The students won't learn as much that way, but the plutocrats don't think a well-educated populace is important.

Macron to cut spending for the poor

mardi 17 juillet 2018 à 02:00

Macron plans to reform programs that help people who are poor, unemployed, old, and ill, so as to cut spending. The spending cuts are necessary because of the shortfall resulting from his tax cuts for the rich.

Macron has also adopted the standard plutocratist line that welfare programs keep people poor. The only time that is true is when the welfare programs keep people from dying.

Southern Ocean marine reserve

mardi 17 juillet 2018 à 02:00

The companies that fish for krill in the Southern Ocean have given support to a giant marine reserve to keep that fishery sustainable.

Imprisonment of refugee families

mardi 17 juillet 2018 à 02:00

Imprisonment of refugee families has hit a snag: there is no way to get such prisons licensed.

Nestlé loses sustainability certification

mardi 17 juillet 2018 à 02:00

Nestlé has lost its sustainability certification for palm oil.

The certification process is not strict enough to fully protect against deforestation, but failure to qualify implies being even worse.