Booking.com gives €28m in bonuses to three top execs; Took €65m in State aid

Re:Booking.com gives €28m in bonuses to three top execs; Too... by andrepd on Friday May 28, 2021 @05:05PM (#27320492)

>government is doing the steering

That under capitalism those who accumulate massive amounts of wealth can use that wealth to “buy” the state institutions to do their bidding, is precisely (one of the) problems in capitalism.

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Re:Booking.com gives €28m in bonuses to three top execs; Too... by trentnix on Friday May 28, 2021 @06:02PM (#27321039)

One way to address that problem is to prevent "state institutions" from being so powerful as being able to do anyone's bidding.

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Re:Booking.com gives €28m in bonuses to three top execs; Too... by anigbrowl on Friday May 28, 2021 @06:11PM (#27321126)

Dysfunctional states aren't exactly thriving oases of enterprise and mutual aid, are they now? In practice they're dominated by warlords and rich people buy security and contract enforcement is a function of economic leverage, so poor people have very little economic mobility or opportunity.

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Re:Booking.com gives €28m in bonuses to three top execs; Too... by trentnix on Friday May 28, 2021 @06:48PM (#27321422)

A state’s dysfunction is not diminished by the relative largesse and power of its government.

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Re:Booking.com gives €28m in bonuses to three top execs; Too... by anigbrowl on Friday May 28, 2021 @08:52PM (#27322193)

I think you know quite well what I meant.

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Re:Booking.com gives €28m in bonuses to three top execs; Too... by neonological on Tuesday June 08, 2021 @12:14AM (#27430574)

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Re:Booking.com gives €28m in bonuses to three top execs; Too... by dang on Tuesday June 08, 2021 @12:20AM (#27430610)

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