• Ex Nummis@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    Revolving door politics. Politicians retire as members of several boards of directors, while former industry plants become civil “servants”. Should be outlawed in every halfway decent democratic society. Which unfortunately means none nowadays.

    • makingStuffForFun@lemmy.ml
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      Oh man, you should see this in Australia’s mining industry. Our top miners pay ZERO tax. Zero. The politicians just happen to also score top jobs in the mining sector once they finish.