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1. Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Sunday, 16-Apr-2023 17:14:50 JST Aral Balkan

   On the one hand we have douchebag billionaires…

   On the other, teachers who cannot afford to house themselves and are forced to leave teaching.

   This is capitalism functioning exactly as designed.

   https://m.independent.ie/videos/teacher-who-faces-eviction-may-have-to-leave-profession-42431212.html

   #capitalism #ireland #housingCrisis

   • Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Sunday, 16-Apr-2023 17:27:42 JST Aral Balkan

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     • European Commission

     More:

     “I have tried buying a house, but I have a single income teacher’s salary and I have not found anything that the banks will support me buying.”

     https://www.msn.com/en-ie/money/other/i-m-facing-eviction-in-may-i-won-t-be-able-to-teach-teacher-31-on-52k-can-t-afford-to-rent-or-buy/ar-AA19P0rm

     Teachers back call for restoration of eviction ban

     https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/education/2023/04/13/teachers-back-call-for-restoration-of-eviction-ban/

     This government is an abject failure and an embarrassment and the housing situation in Ireland is untenable. I’d say it’s at the point where the #EU should be getting involved on #HumanRights grounds.

     CC @EU_Commission

     #ireland #housingCrisis

   • Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Sunday, 16-Apr-2023 17:32:07 JST Aral Balkan

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     Shackle people to the whims of banks and landlords… what’s the worst that could happen?

     Ireland in 2023, that’s what.

     #ireland #housingCrisis #capitalism #theMarketWillFixIt

   • Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Sunday, 16-Apr-2023 17:45:19 JST Aral Balkan

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     • Kevin Karhan :verified:
     • European Commission

     @kkarhan @EU_Commission Not only overpriced but also practically unavailable.

     I just checked the Daft app (yes, the main property app/site here is called “daft”) and this is the one and only property currently available for rent in the city of Kilkenny. We have a population of over 26,000.

     #ireland #housingCrisis #kilkenny

   • Kevin Karhan :verified: (kkarhan@mstdn.social)'s status on Sunday, 16-Apr-2023 17:45:20 JST Kevin Karhan :verified:

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     • European Commission

     @aral @EU_Commission #Husing in #Ireland is just absurdly overpriced.

     A friend of mine pays like €1.500 p.m. for a room in a suburb.

     For comparison: You might get 2 vedroom rooftop apartment in the Center of Cologne for that.

   • Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Sunday, 16-Apr-2023 17:49:08 JST Aral Balkan

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     • smallcircles (Humanity Now 🕊)

     @smallcircles Those people can take their gaslighting and shove it up their asses.

     Capitalism is the capitalism we have, not some mythical capitalism that’s got nothing to do with the lived experience of what capitalism actually is for those of us toiling under it.

     *smh*

   • smallcircles (Humanity Now 🕊) (smallcircles@social.coop)'s status on Sunday, 16-Apr-2023 17:49:10 JST smallcircles (Humanity Now 🕊)

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     @aral I use the word #Hypercapitalism to avoid the annoying rant of people arguing "No! #theMarketWillFixIt .. if only #capitalism was implemented properly".

   • smallcircles (Humanity Now 🕊) (smallcircles@social.coop)'s status on Sunday, 16-Apr-2023 17:49:12 JST smallcircles (Humanity Now 🕊)

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     @aral

     #RobberBarons #Hypercapitalism

   • Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Monday, 17-Apr-2023 00:45:49 JST Aral Balkan

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     • this.ven

     @this The situation in the UK isn’t much better. Not to mention the Tories…

   • this.ven (this@ven.uber.space)'s status on Monday, 17-Apr-2023 00:45:58 JST this.ven

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     @aral
     As an research assistant at the beginning of my journey to pursue a career in #Teaching and #Researching #CyberSecurity reading such a "success" story is just great. 🤑
     
     I wish I'd live in the UK. 🇬🇧 Somehow my considerations about a lack of control of #BigTech companies regarding #Privacy and #DataProtection (which are the 7th and 8th #HumanRight) constantly keep me from leaving the #EU.
     
     I wonder which implications #DataCapitalism has on #HumanRights and when UK respects them. 🤔