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‘It feels like I’m at a firefighters conference and no one’s allowed to speak about water.’ — This historian wasn’t afraid to confront the billionaires at Davos about their greed

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'It feels like I'm at a firefighters conference and no one's allowed to speak about water.' - This historian wasn't afraid to confront the billionaires at Davos about their greed https://t.co/TiXSJZd89M

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  1. NaraVara
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    This is almost burying the lede. Winne Byanyima, from OxFam, directly confronted this CFO telling them he didn't want to hear about taxation or inequality. (Starts at about 2:00)

    This is almost burying the lede. Winne Byanyima, from OxFam, directly confronted this CFO telling them he didn't want to hear about taxation or inequality. (Starts at about 2:00)

    5 votes
  2. harrygibus
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    This is hilarious. And the Michael Dell thing was just plain sad. They are so far removed from reality it's absurd.

    This is hilarious. And the Michael Dell thing was just plain sad. They are so far removed from reality it's absurd.

    3 votes
  3. CrazyOtter
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    Reminds me of a talk given at google recently, maybe not so focused on the tax element but also about elites deciding what 'causes' to support. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_zt3kGW1NM

    Reminds me of a talk given at google recently, maybe not so focused on the tax element but also about elites deciding what 'causes' to support.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_zt3kGW1NM