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1. Strypey (strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz)'s status on Tuesday, 18-Dec-2018 06:38:44 EST Strypey

   "There are 7 1/2 times the number of people working in solar energy as mine coal, but you never hear about solar energy in a Presidential campaign, because those people live in California and Texas, they don't matter to the Presidential election."
   - #LawrenceLessig interview on the Joe Rogan podcast.

   1. Strypey (strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz)'s status on Tuesday, 18-Dec-2018 06:42:02 EST Strypey

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      Along similar lines, I heard an interview today on #RadioNZ with pioneering economist and former National Party MP Marilyn Waring, who pointed at that the voluntary sector - if you include all unpaid work including in the home - is larger than any other sector of the economy, in every country where it's been studied. But who cares about our "jobs" when election time rolls around?