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‘Yes, they are here to dominate all aspects of your life, but they are doing so with the best interests of humanity in mind.’ Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images

InternacionalEconomía

Has there ever been a “meeting that should have been an email” so glaring as Davos? Each year, the world’s masters of politics and finance ride carbon-spewing jets to the World Economic Forum in a lavish Swiss resort town bristling with armed guards, where they opine somberly about solving poverty and climate change. The very act of attendance exposes all the subsequent dialogue as hypocrisy. The event serves primarily as a rare point of unity for political right and left wings, both of whom agree that everyone there should be in jail. If all of these professional decision-makers were really good at decision-making, they would replace the whole farce with an annual quick chat.…  Seguir leyendo »

‘For those who don’t have Bezos-sized wallets, owning a news outlet can be a painfully expensive way to get party invitations.’ Photograph: Dado Ruvić/Reuters

ReflexionesSocial

Twitter is free. You can go on there and type your embarrassing little thoughts for the whole world to see any time you like. Millions of us have been doing this for years. Revealing to everyone how dumb your inner thoughts are may cost you your reputation, sure, but it won’t cost you any money. Not even if you’re the richest man in the country.

So why spend $44bn to buy it? That’s a fair piece of change, even to someone whose net worth hovers above $200bn. It’s also much more than the company is actually worth, as evidenced by Elon Musk’s desperate attempt to get out of the deal almost as soon as he had gotten irretrievably into it.…  Seguir leyendo »

La reina Isabel de Gran Bretaña en el desfile Trooping the Color de 2019. Credit Peter Nicholls/Reuters

Europa,  

Una entrevista reciente de la que tal vez hayas oído hablar revela que la monarquía británica es una madriguera tóxica de murmuros y racismo. ¿Y quién podría dudarlo? No hay nada más fácil de creer que la idea de que una institución creada para ser la encarnación física del clasismo rebose de inhumanidad. En lo que la respuesta pública a esta revelación tan poco sorprendente ha errado es en la convicción generalizada de que debemos mejorar la monarquía. No es así. No se puede convertir una botella de veneno en una bebida refrescante por mucho azúcar que se le agregue.

Una respuesta justa y adecuada a lo que hemos descubierto sería que todo el Reino Unido se uniera para tomarse de las manos, formar un gran círculo alrededor de la institución de la monarquía y quemarla hasta los cimientos mientras canta “Sweet Caroline” para mantener un espíritu positivo.…  Seguir leyendo »

Britain’s Queen Elizabeth in the 2019 Trooping the Colour parade. Credit Peter Nicholls/Reuters

Europa,  

A recent interview you may have heard about revealed that the British monarchy is a toxic den of backbiting and racism. And who would doubt it? There is nothing easier to believe than that an institution created to be the physical embodiment of classism is awash in inhumanity. Where the public response to this humdrum revelation has gone astray is in the widespread conviction that we should make the monarchy better. Not at all. You cannot turn a bottle of poison into a refreshing drink, no matter how much sugar you pour into it.

A just and proper response to what we have learned would be for the entire United Kingdom to come together, join hands in a great circle around the institution of the monarchy and burn it to the ground, while singing “Sweet Caroline,” to maintain a positive spirit.…  Seguir leyendo »