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Mix Mistress Alice💄"In early 1964, Jean Ziegler, a young Swiss politician, received a phone call from a man claiming to represent Ernesto Che Guevara, the Cuban revolutionary and minister of industry. Che would be in Geneva in March for a UN conference on trade policy, and some comrades had suggested Jean might be his chauffeur during his stay. Was Ziegler available for the gig?Today, in his tenth decade of life, Ziegler is Switzerland's most notorious public intellectual. That's because over the course of writing about 30 books, serving for close to three decades in the Swiss parliament, and relentlessly crusading for left-wing causes in his free time, Ziegler has made a career of unsparing criticism of his home country, and its outsize influence on the rest of the world.”—Atossa Araxia Abrahamian‘Here lives the Monster’s Brain’: the Man who Exposed Switzerland’s Dirty Secrets ><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/news/2025/feb/13/here-lives-the-monsters-brain-the-man-who-exposed-switzerlands-dirty-secrets" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/news/2025/feb/13/here-lives-the-monsters-brain-the-man-who-exposed-switzerlands-dirty-secrets</a><a href="https://todon.eu/tags/JeanZiegler" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#JeanZiegler</a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#history</a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/intellectual" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#intellectual</a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#politics</a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/Switzerland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Switzerland</a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/author" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#author</a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/UN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UN</a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/TradePolicies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TradePolicies</a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/coups" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#coups</a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/Marxism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Marxism</a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/revolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#revolution</a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#capitalism</a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/criticism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#criticism</a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/secrets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#secrets</a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/mission" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mission</a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/Congo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Congo</a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/DRC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DRC</a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USA</a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/kleptocrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#kleptocrats</a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/wealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#wealth</a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/Geneva" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Geneva</a>

The 🇨🇦 Resistance<a href="https://kolektiva.social/@MHowell" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@MHowell</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/@arrrg" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@arrrg</a> The problem is that other <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/billionaires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#billionaires</a> (especially <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/foreign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#foreign</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#government</a> or <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/kleptocrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#kleptocrats</a>) will happily spend billions to prop up <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Tesla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Tesla</a> in exchange for political favours from <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/SpaceKaren" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SpaceKaren</a> -- or to extort him by threatening to tank the stock and trigger a margin call, collapsing the house of cards.

Silkester<a href="https://mastodon.social/@Bandersnatch" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@Bandersnatch</a> <a href="https://flipboard.com/@AssociatedPress" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@AssociatedPress</a> <a href="https://flipboard.com/@associatedpress/u.s.-news-lhl4uphvz" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@u-s-news-AssociatedPress</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fascists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fascists</a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/kleptocrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#kleptocrats</a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/propertySupremacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#propertySupremacy</a> According to Buchanan's economic theory and to outmaneuver politicians, you have to destroy any and all social contracts and demolish the nation, so you can rebuild a new feudal system where property owners hold all power and the masses are locked in into wage slavery.

Gladwyn d’Souza <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/bipartisan" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#bipartisan</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/desertificationspecies" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#desertificationspecies</a> designing <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/failedstates" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#failedstates</a> for corporate <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/kleptocrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#kleptocrats</a> at the center of American <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/foreignpolicy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#foreignpolicy</a>, the <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/MiddleEast" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#MiddleEast</a>, since the 60s, by managers from <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/newworldorder" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#newworldorder</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/BushTheElder" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#BushTheElder</a> to <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/regimechanger" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#regimechanger</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/DickCheney" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#DickCheney</a>, exporting <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/IndianCountry" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#IndianCountry</a> from the <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/ColoradoRiver" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#ColoradoRiver</a> Basin and <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Mississippi" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Mississippi</a>.<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/29/world/middleeast/iraq-water-crisis-desertification.html?unlocked_article_code=bhBvwxlBe2BFM-OVAqGbaVfwxy0QtYxU7S6QXRymRfyCqg5gL-3E9NQU9aHcz03TZ9_F_fyG4sf51WsABOFk34A65SJYpBeT4Pd8jOh0TCcYF4mSnsYSrg0ZWAqYCyXKdhT8c2I504_TKJFEqDZSkNC7eIY1dtR-iVa0OfngKhdZuX921PGY38HkXElYU-idnZf-4Aor-4eroLO9-dgBgCKXcvgFZdoq9Zb_bn2CFqqYiSpNv_BQM1Z2RxC4quoPxx7oqU9ORfYdylv-K4yCQKNQBSKnN2H0RZTX5s8oe1go6nqyJXyNrfKRs2rab9cwzipbVFjN5EmkWiPaRh1xXxtCPHNksvkZ-vlODLJAYjixp5V3" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no">https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/29/world/middleeast/iraq-water-crisis-desertification.html?unlocked_article_code=bhBvwxlBe2BFM-OVAqGbaVfwxy0QtYxU7S6QXRymRfyCqg5gL-3E9NQU9aHcz03TZ9_F_fyG4sf51WsABOFk34A65SJYpBeT4Pd8jOh0TCcYF4mSnsYSrg0ZWAqYCyXKdhT8c2I504_TKJFEqDZSkNC7eIY1dtR-iVa0OfngKhdZuX921PGY38HkXElYU-idnZf-4Aor-4eroLO9-dgBgCKXcvgFZdoq9Zb_bn2CFqqYiSpNv_BQM1Z2RxC4quoPxx7oqU9ORfYdylv-K4yCQKNQBSKnN2H0RZTX5s8oe1go6nqyJXyNrfKRs2rab9cwzipbVFjN5EmkWiPaRh1xXxtCPHNksvkZ-vlODLJAYjixp5V3</a><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/RecordOfThePaper" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#RecordOfThePaper</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/JudithMiller" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#JudithMiller</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/KeepItInTheGround" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#KeepItInTheGround</a>

Gladwyn d’Souza<a href="https://sfba.social/tags/kleptocrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#kleptocrats</a> unmasked: The world’s 500 richest people added $852 billion to their fortunes in the first half of the year—$14 million a day on average. Elon Musk led, amassing an additional $96.6 billion through June 30, while potential cage-match opponent Mark Zuckerberg weighed in with $58.9 billion.<a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-07-03/musk-zuckerberg-lead-852-billion-wealth-surge-among-world-rich" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-07-03/musk-zuckerberg-lead-852-billion-wealth-surge-among-world-rich</a><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/TaxBillionairesOutOfExistence" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#TaxBillionairesOutOfExistence</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/semifascists" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#semifascists</a>

Gladwyn d’Souza<a href="https://fediscience.org/@dsacer" class="u-url mention">@dsacer</a> 2 <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Scotus" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Scotus</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/kleptocrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#kleptocrats</a> positively id’d, 3 more to go, over <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/stolenland" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#stolenland</a> use changes, 25% of global <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/emissions" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#emissions</a>, 50 if we count <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/CattleWrecked" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#CattleWrecked</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/landscapes" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#landscapes</a>. Because it’s always been <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/BigAg" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#BigAg</a>, <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/violentcowboys" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#violentcowboys</a> and <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/corruptgovernment" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#corruptgovernment</a>!<a href="https://sfba.social/tags/restore" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#restore</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/CarbonSinks" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#CarbonSinks</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/LandBack" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#LandBack</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/BringBackTheBuffalo" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#BringBackTheBuffalo</a>

Gladwyn d’SouzaFormer colonial powers grew rich by exploiting and plundering <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/NaturalResources" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#NaturalResources</a> all over the world. Now home grown <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Kleptocrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Kleptocrats</a>, using natural resources for the growth of their swiss bank accounts, bristle at being told to preserve some resources in the name of <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/GlobalConservation" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#GlobalConservation</a>. <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/19/climate/biodiversity-cop15-montreal-30x30.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no">https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/19/climate/biodiversity-cop15-montreal-30x30.html</a>

Gladwyn d’Souza<a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Kleptocrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Kleptocrats</a> remain in charge with <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/DictatorLove" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#DictatorLove</a> : oil-rich stans like Russia, Saudi Arabia and Egypt had “influence… across the board” and watered down the <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/COP27" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#COP27</a> agreement to phase down <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/fossilfuels" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#fossilfuels</a>. <a href="https://heated.world/p/how-fossil-fuel-influence-choked" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no">https://heated.world/p/how-fossil-fuel-influence-choked</a>

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