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[–] zante@lemmy.wtf 15 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Capital is dead labor, which, vampire-like, lives only by sucking living labor, and lives the more, the more labor it sucks.

[Karl Marx]

I’d be interesting in hearing any defence of what I believe is indefensible.

I’d love the few paragraphs preceding that.

The sentence makes sense on its own, and i agree with it, but I’d love the surrounding context.

[–] Mex@feddit.uk 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Good, why could they not have also done this with the ferries though?

[–] gnutrino@programming.dev 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

AFAIK it was due to the slightly weird jurisdiction that ships fall under due to moving between countries.

[–] HumanPenguin@feddit.uk 4 points 2 months ago

Sorta. Legal jurisdiction on a ship is the nation it is registered in. IE its flag nation.

Shipping companies etc register ships in nations that give them advantages legally.

Then hilariously enough mark ownership. In different nations as the 2 are not related. This allows tax advantages.

[–] NKBTN@feddit.uk 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I do love it when a big company has to spend hundreds of thousands on Barristers fees AND loses.

[–] apis 1 points 2 months ago

Getting fees out of clients is like getting blood out of a stone.

Those barristers may not get paid by Tesco for years & not without a fight - they're prohibited from taking retainers and from turning down cases, and though they can refer cases on to other barristers, the circumstances in which they can do this are very limited.