Anais do capitalismo mais-que-tardio

TRT World 21-02-2026
https://www.trtworld.com/article/51a0af83a11b

(..) During the sit-down at Ben Gurion Airport on Wednesday, Carlson pressed the ambassador on the geographic boundaries of land grants described in Genesis 15, which include the territory from the Nile to the Euphrates.

Montagem: Avebarna

When asked if Israel would have the right to take over the entire region based on this "original deed," Huckabee responded: "It would be fine if they took it all. (..) Israel is a land that God gave, through Abraham, to a people that he chose," Huckabee said, describing the Jewish people's connection to the land as a combination of "a people, a place, and a purpose." (..)

2026-02-22

Anais do capitalismo mais-que-tardio

Tecmundo 12-02-2026, por Nilton Cesar Monastier Kleina
https://www.tecmundo.com.br/mercado/410673-empregos-na-frente-do-pc-acabarao-ate-2028-preve-chefe-da-microsoft.htm

2026-02-17

O capital no s. XXI: a financeirização de tudo

Geddry 08-02-2026, por Shanley Hurt
https://marygeddry.com/p/barcode-diplomacy-trumps-guide-on

"(..) in practice, global capitalism is basically one big corporate nesting doll. You think you’re buying a friendly little Danish cookie, and surprise, its parent company is headquartered in the U.S., incorporated in Delaware, and spiritually owned by a private-equity firm that would monetize oxygen if it could. (..)"

2026-02-09

Bob Field III, fiscal geral da fuzarca

Montagem: Avebarna

2026-02-02

A indústria do século XXI: alienação digital

The Guardian 29-01-2026, por Priya Bharadia e Aisha Down
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/jan/29/millions-creating-deepfake-nudes-telegram-ai-digital-abuse

Millions of people around the world are creating and sharing deepfake nudes on the secure messaging app Telegram, a Guardian analysis has shown, as the spread of advanced AI tools industrialises the online abuse of women.

The Guardian has identified at least 150 Telegram channels – large encrypted group chats popular for their secure communication – that appear to have users in many countries, from the UK to Brazil, China to Nigeria, Russia to India. Some of them offer “nudified” photos or videos for a fee: users can upload a photo of any woman, and AI will produce a video of that woman performing sexual acts. Many more offer a feed of images – of celebrities, social media influencers and ordinary women – made nude or made to perform sexual acts by AI. Followers are also using the channels to share tips on available deepfake tools. (..)

2026-01-31

Anais do capitalismo mais-que-tardio

The Guardian 28-01-2026, por Joanna Partridge
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jan/28/amazon-global-job-cuts-email-error-workers-sent

Amazon tells workers it will cut 16,000 jobs worldwide in second big wave of layoffs

(..) It is the second big wave of job cuts at the US online retail company, and comes just three months after the company said it was slashing 14,000 roles. Amazon employs about 1.5 million workers worldwide. (,,) The company said the “additional organisational changes” were designed to “strengthen our organisation by reducing layers, increasing ownership, and removing bureaucracy”, according to a blogpost to staff from Beth Galetti, the senior vice-president of people experience and technology. (..)

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Perguntado pela reportagem de Avebarna Herald sobre o futuro do emprego e as perspectivas dos assalariados na era da IA, o patrão de um milhão e meio de trabalhadores espalhados pelo mundo - se formassem um sindicato seria quase uma nova Internacional - declarou: "Not my problem".

2026-01-29 

Anais do capitalismo mais-que-tardio

Neofeed 22-01-2026, por J E Barella
https://neofeed.com.br/economia/economia-dos-eua-amplia-dependencia-dos-gastos-dos-mais-ricos-o-que-e-um-problema/

Hoje, nos EUA, os 20% mais ricos são responsáveis por 59% de todos os gastos de consumo, com viés de alta. Minha interpretação é que a concentração da riqueza se tornou uma condição de sobrevivência da economia concorrencial, porque, na produção de bens e serviços industriais em geral, a começar da própria computação avançada, a lucratividade dos investimentos diminui cada vez mais depressa por força da incorporação acelerada de tecnologia e equipamentos. A solução são os bens e serviços supérfluos, exclusivos e monopolísticos - luxo, grifes, raridades em geral incluídos os craques da arte e do esporte, design, imóveis bem localizados, patentes, petróleo, etc. -, pelos quais os consumidores endinheirados não apenas consentem como fazem questão de pagar excedentes de valor, que, por sua vez, incentivam a fabricação em massa, no mercado financeiro, da montanha de papéis e títulos digitais que hoje constitui boa parte da riqueza dos oligarcas do planeta. 

Quanto tempo isso pode durar e aonde vai nos levar? Por enquanto só Deus sabe e pelo visto não contou pra ninguém!

2026-01-22

Anais do capitalismo mais-que-tardio

NYTimes 20-01-2026, por Editorial Board
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/01/20/opinion/editorials/trump-wealth-crypto-graft.html

Quanto mais alto o coqueiro, maior a queda. O fragor da derrocada das instituições políticas estadunidenses é ensurdecedor. Há quem pense que as próximas eleições poderão reerguê-las. Eu duvido. Acho que o Supremo Tribunal, o Congresso, a Presidência e a própria Constituição, tal como vinham funcionando desde o II Pós-Guerra, foram pro brejo. Quando Trump for defenestrado, o país vai precisar de um novo tipo de Congresso Nacional, eleito com base no voto proporcional e dotado de poderes constituintes. 

PS: Há quase 10 anos, mais exatamente 19-12-2016, o editorial do NY Times propunha o fim do Colégio Eleitoral. Ficou por isso mesmo. No meu entender, ele é um despropósito federativo que os vitoriosos da Guerra Civil deram aos derrotados como prêmio de consolação, junto com os direitos civis da população negra, somente reconhecidos um século depois.

2026-01-20

Anais do capitalismo mais-que-tardio

The Guardian 03-01-2026
https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2026/jan/03/caracas-explosions-venezuela-maduro-latest-news-updates-live

Montagem: Avebarna

A pilhagem das riquezas naturais da Venezuela é o motivo confesso dessa ação, razão pela qual os EUA não "capturaram" Maduro: por ordem direta manifestamente inconstitucional do candidato a führer da Américas e com a bênção dos trilionários que lhe fazem a corte, suas Forças Armadas INVADIRAM um país soberano e SEQUESTRARAM-LHE o chefe de Estado. A maior potência econômica e militar do planeta assim se torna, inapelavelmente, o que ela mesma houve por bem designar, a certa altura, um rogue state. Considerando, por outro lado, as reinações de Trump com Putin, Netanyahu e Bin-Salman, seu declarado desprezo pela Europa  Ocidental e suas ameaças explícitas ao Canadá, Groenlândia, México, Colômbia e Brasil, creio poder concluir que a Pax Americana do pós-II Guerra está morta e a crise da democracia plutocrática que atendia pelos nomes de Sonho Americano e Estado do Bem-Estar chegou a um ponto de não-retorno. O futuro cada vez mais nítido da civilização baseada na competição entre potentados econômicos e seus Estados nacionais associados é a barbárie imperialista. Só uma avalanche democrática transnacional poderá revertê-la.

2026-01-03

O capital no século XXI

The Economist 15-10-2025, por Gita Gopinath
https://www.economist.com/by-invitation/2025/10/15/gita-gopinath-on-the-crash-that-could-torch-35trn-of-wealth

Gita Gopinath on the crash that could torch $35trn of wealth

The world has become dangerously dependent on American stocks, writes the former IMF chief economist

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The American stockmarket has see-sawed lately amid a flare-up in trade tensions, but remains near its all-time high. The surge, fuelled by enthusiasm around artificial intelligence, has drawn comparisons to the exuberance of the late 1990s that culminated in the dotcom crash of 2000. Though technological innovation is undeniably reshaping industries and increasing productivity, investors have good reasons to worry that the current rally may be setting the stage for another painful market correction. The consequences of such a crash, however, could be far more severe and global in scope than those felt a quarter of a century ago.

At the heart of this concern is the sheer scale of exposure, both domestic and international, to American equities. Over the past decade and a half, American households have significantly increased their holdings in the stockmarket, encouraged by strong returns and the dominance of American tech firms. Foreign investors, particularly from Europe, have for the same reasons poured capital into American stocks, while simultaneously benefiting from the dollar’s strength. This growing interconnectedness means that any sharp downturn in American markets will reverberate around the world.

To put the potential impact in perspective, I calculate that a market correction of the same magnitude as the dotcom crash could wipe out over $20trn in wealth for American households, equivalent to roughly 70% of American GDP in 2024. This is several times larger than the losses incurred during the crash of the early 2000s. The implications for consumption would be grave. Consumption growth is already weaker than it was preceding the dotcom crash. A shock of this magnitude could cut it by 3.5 percentage points, translating into a two-percentage-point hit to overall GDP growth, even before accounting for declines in investment.

The global fallout would be similarly severe. Foreign investors could face wealth losses exceeding $15trn, or about 20% of the rest of the world’s GDP. (..)

2025-12-31

A indústria do século XXI: alienação digital

The Guardian 27-12-2025, por Aisha Down
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/dec/27/more-than-20-of-videos-shown-to-new-youtube-users-are-ai-slop-study-finds

More than 20% of the videos that YouTube’s algorithm shows to new users are “AI slop” – low-quality AI-generated content designed to farm views, research has found. The video-editing company Kapwing surveyed 15,000 of the world’s most popular YouTube channels – the top 100 in every country – and found that 278 of them contain only AI slop.

Together, these AI slop channels have amassed more than 63bn views and 221 million subscribers, generating about $117m (£90m) in revenue each year, according to estimates. The researchers also made a new YouTube account and found that 104 of the first 500 videos recommended to its feed were AI slop. One-third of the 500 videos were “brainrot”, a category that includes AI slop and other low-quality content made to monetise attention. (..)

2025-12-28

Anais do capitalismo mais-que-tardio

Bloomberg Línea 19-12-2025, por Ben Stupples e Devon Pendleton
https://www.bloomberglinea.com.br/2025/11/19/familias-bilionarias-investem-mais-no-setor-de-defesa-com-risco-geopolitico-em-alta/

Com conflitos militares se intensificando em várias frentes e erosão da ordem mundial tradicional liderada pelos Estados Unidos, o setor de defesa se tornou um dos grandes negócios do ano.

O índice S&P 500 Aerospace & Defense, que inclui empresas do segmento listadas na bolsa americana, subiu 34% no ano, enquanto o índice equivalente europeu disparou 75%. No segundo trimestre de 2025, mais de US$ 19 bilhões em venture capital foram destinados a startups ligadas à defesa, segundo dados da Pitchbook — um salto de 200% em relação ao ano anterior.

Family offices têm sido uma fonte essencial desse capital, já que costumam ter liberdade de ação maior, tolerância ao risco e, com frequência, um viés nacionalista. Pelo menos um quinto dos 500 indivíduos mais ricos do mundo hoje têm um family office, encarregado de preservar fortunas que somam mais de US$ 4 trilhões, segundo o Bloomberg Billionaires Index.

Entre eles está Peter Thiel, cujo family office adquiriu uma participação na startup alemã de drones de defesa Stark neste ano, em uma rodada liderada pela gigante do Vale do Silício Sequoia Capital. (..)

2025-12-21

O capital no século XXI

Expresso 09-11-2025
https://expresso.pt/internacional/2025-11-09-yanis-varoufakis-decreta-fim-do-capitalismo-agora-e-o-tecnofeudalismo-854770a5

Varoufakis tem boas ideias, mas me parece redondamente equivocado em sua conclusão. O capitalismo não acabou, o seu declínio inexorável é que vai ressuscitando os cadáveres que deixou insepultos pelo caminho: o imperialismo, o nazifascismo, o nacionalismo, o racismo, o colonialismo, o patriarcalismo, o mercantilismo, o feudalismo - não necessariamente nessa ordem e em hipótese alguma íntegros, como é próprio dos zumbis.

Falando nisso, não estaria na hora da Internacional Progressista, de que Varoufakis é Conselheiro, mostrar que serve para alguma coisa?

2026-01-06

Aviso de Incêndio: democracia planetária

The Guardian 01-12-2025, por Richard Luscombe
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/01/new-york-city-ice-raid

Demonstrators blocked the exit of ICE vehicles from a parking lot using garbage bags and metal barriers

A raid by federal immigration authorities on Saturday in New York City was thwarted by about 200 protesters, several of whom were arrested after scuffles with police officers.

The episode was the latest in which citizen activists have stood up to agents enforcing Donald Trump’s aggressive immigration agenda through targeted raids in various cities across the country after his second presidency began in January.

Similar recent actions by federal authorities elsewhere, including in Charlotte and Chicago, have been met with resistance by citizens opposed to the administration’s escalating program of detentions and deportations.

According to the New York Times, Saturday’s confrontation took place on the edge of Manhattan’s Chinatown neighborhood, where US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents were assembling with counterparts from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). (..)

2025-12-14

Anais do capitalismo mais-que-tardio

The Guardian 12-12-2025
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/10/us-forces-reportedly-seize-oil-tanker-off-venezuela-coast

Footage uploaded to X by US attorney general shows its forces landing on the tanker in major escalation of Trump’s pressure campaign

Pirataria, extrativismo e recolonização. Ou não?    

2025-12-12

A indústria do século XXI: alienação digital

Bloomberg 03-12-2025, por Emily Nicolle
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-12-03/young-founders-rush-into-prediction-market-startups

"Gambling startups are proliferating, ­aiming to piggyback on the success of Polymarket and Kalshi, platforms that let customers bet on sports, elections and just about everything else. These prediction markets are taking off as President Donald Trump removes the previous administration’s roadblocks to sports betting and his Truth Social network prepares to enter the business.

At least a dozen fledgling startups have sprung up over the past year to offer new products—often tools that help traders leverage their bets or gain an edge on the competition. These ventures expect to profit from clients such as hedge funds, cryptocurrency firms and brokerages that will be looking for information and new ways to craft bets. (..)"

2025-12-03

A indústria do século XXI: alienação digital

Reuters 06-11-2025, por Jeff Horwitz
https://www.reuters.com/investigations/meta-is-earning-fortune-deluge-fraudulent-ads-documents-show-2025-11-06/

Meta projected 10% of its 2024 revenue would come from ads for scams and banned goods, documents seen by Reuters show. And the social media giant internally estimates that its platforms show users 15 billion scam ads a day. Among its responses to suspected rogue marketers: charging them a premium for ads – and issuing reports on ’Scammiest Scammers.’ (..)

A cache of previously unreported documents reviewed by Reuters also shows that the social-media giant for at least three years failed to identify and stop an avalanche of ads that exposed Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp’s billions of users to fraudulent e-commerce and investment schemes, illegal online casinos, and the sale of banned medical products.

On average, one December 2024 document notes, the company shows its platforms’ users an estimated 15 billion “higher risk” scam advertisements – those that show clear signs of being fraudulent – every day. Meta earns about $7 billion in annualized revenue from this category of scam ads each year, another late 2024 document states. (..)

2025-12-04

A indústria do século XXI: alienação digital

The Guardian 22-11-2025
https://www.theguardian.com/world/ng-interactive/2025/nov/22/free-birth-society-linked-to-babies-deaths-investigation

A year-long investigation reveals how mothers lost children after being radicalised by uplifting podcast tales of births without midwives or doctors 

2025-11-22

Anais do capitalismo mais-que-tardio

 

2025-11-16

A indústria do século XXI: alienação digital

CNBC 06-11-2025, por Jonathan Vanian
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/11/06/meta-reportedly-projected-10percent-of-2024-sales-came-from-scam-fraud-ads.html

Meta projected that 10% of its overall sales in 2024, or about $16 billion, came from running online ads for scams and banned goods, according to a Thursday report from Reuters.

Those kinds of ads included promotions for “fraudulent e-commerce and investment schemes, illegal online casinos and the sale of banned medical products,” according to the Reuters report, which was based on internal company documents. Those documents showed the company’s attempts to measure the prevalence of fraudulent advertising on its apps like Facebook and Instagram.

Meta brought in more than $164.5 billion in overall sales for 2024. Last week, the company said that third-quarter sales rose 26% year-over-year to $51.24 billion and that it lifted the low end of its total expenses for the year by $2 billion as part of its massive investments into artificial intelligence.

The Reuters report cited a December 2024 document that showed how Meta each year generates roughly $7 billion in annualized sales from so-called “higher risk” scam ads, which are promotions that are clearly deceptive. Each day, Meta shows users an estimated 15 billion of these higher risk scam ads, the Reuters report said, citing a separate document.

Although some of the documents show that Meta aims to reduce the amount of bogus ads on its platform, the Reuters report also said that other documents suggest the company is concerned that its business projections could be impacted by any abrupt removal of the fraudulent promotions. (..)

2025-11-09