<![CDATA[One of the defining beliefs of the political class is that what's good for business is (by extension) good for society.]]>One of the defining beliefs of the political class is that what's good for business is (by extension) good for society.

As water privatisation, the Horizon IT scandal, the Grenfell fire & numerous other corporate actions from water depleting data centres to the impact of the supermarket oligopoly on the UK's food system attest, this is not (likely never was) true.

Only when Govt.'s are more sceptical of the business interest will we be able to build a good & just society!

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Antony Fisher's model of pernicious influence peddling is still being used to this day, to kill people en masse from tobacco & fossil fuel pollution.
https://www.theguardian.com/books/article/2024/may/29/the-invisible-doctrine-by-george-monbiot-and-peter-hutchison-review-neoliberalisms-ascent

It turns out that fake "free markets", privatization, & financialization is profoundly evil, as the planet fries.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/alejandrochafuen/2013/11/27/the-fisher-recipe-for-successful-think-tanks-2/

Running a planet "like a business" is killing it & democracy.

From broke chicken farmer to world-ending oligarch.

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The hypocrites & criminals behind climate denial by Brendan Montegue
https://theecologist.org/2018/aug/10/day-thatcher-met-hayek-and-how-led-privatisation

https://theecologist.org/2018/sep/11/britains-first-climate-denier-was-bag-carrier-oil-baron-charles-koch

People like Antony Fisher and Charles Koch & their right wing think tanks.
https://theecologist.org/2018/aug/30/how-us-oil-billionaire-charles-koch-sent-his-emissary-london-launch-climate-denial

The Atlas Network and climate denial.
https://www.desmog.com/2014/09/19/quite-chain-consequences-chicken-farmer/

https://theecologist.org/2018/aug/01/you-must-start-beliefs-yes-always-beliefs

https://www.desmog.com/2014/09/24/second-hand-dealers-ideas-who-sold-us-neoliberalism/

Hayek & his hatred of science because it might lead to "socialism"
https://theecologist.org/2018/aug/22/how-traditionalist-hayek-feared-science-would-lead-socialism

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Thanks, just corrected; got caught up in my own parenthesis - thanks for pointing it out.

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oops, indeed - now corrected - got caught up in my own parenthesis... thanks for pointed that out; greatly appreciated

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Perhaps their skepticism is overridden by all those nice donations and the promise of future directorships

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mas.to/users/cmsdengl/statuses/117143916788173388https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mas.to/users/cmsdengl/statuses/117143916788173388Sun, 23 Aug 2026 08:38:36 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to One of the defining beliefs of the political class is that what's good for business is (by extension) good for society. on Sun, 23 Aug 2026 08:30:04 GMT]]>@ChrisMayLA6 Missing a "not"? "This is [not] (and likely never was) true."

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.scot/users/RussCheshire/statuses/117143883249638569https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.scot/users/RussCheshire/statuses/117143883249638569Sun, 23 Aug 2026 08:30:04 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to One of the defining beliefs of the political class is that what's good for business is (by extension) good for society. on Sun, 23 Aug 2026 08:29:13 GMT]]>@ChrisMayLA6

You're missing a "not"!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://scicomm.xyz/users/unchartedworlds/statuses/117143879933261184https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://scicomm.xyz/users/unchartedworlds/statuses/117143879933261184Sun, 23 Aug 2026 08:29:13 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to One of the defining beliefs of the political class is that what's good for business is (by extension) good for society. on Sun, 23 Aug 2026 08:24:47 GMT]]>@ChrisMayLA6 yes. What's the aim of business? First and always, make a profit. Whatever else it's in the business of doing, it will always come second. Maybe other considerations might enter into it, but profit first.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://c.im/users/capnthommo/statuses/117143862450936094https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://c.im/users/capnthommo/statuses/117143862450936094Sun, 23 Aug 2026 08:24:47 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to One of the defining beliefs of the political class is that what's good for business is (by extension) good for society. on Sun, 23 Aug 2026 08:15:31 GMT]]>@ChrisMayLA6 There is a related misunderstanding of risk - that businesses will take risks, which may include with the lives of others, in order to maximise profits.

Coupled with this is a failure to understand long-term consequences of actions/ inactions. Under invest in part of the system and no-one will notice for a while. But as things slowly and inexorably decline, the risk of failure increases until it can no longer be hidden - think pothole on UK highways.

The cost of failure is born by society, not the businesses. At worst, they go bust, but we all still end up picking up the pieces.

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