we must speak for those who no longer can
1d 2h ago by quokk.au/u/Deceptichum in mop@quokk.au from quokk.au
In Australia our further right government (the Liberal party) used automated systems to collect ‘debt’ from welfare recipients who they tried to say had lied to get it.
Mostly innocent people got caught up in this whole fiasco and after being harassed ruthlessly by these systems and the legal threats going their way led to many suicides. They are arguing here that because they’re dead that you can’t say it was because of the automated debt collection.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robodebt_scheme
... robo...debt?
In Australia our further right government (the Liberal party) used automated systems to collect 'debt' from welfare recipients who they tried to say had lied to get it.
Mostly innocent people got caught up in this whole fiasco and after being harassed ruthlessly by these systems and the legal threats going their way led to many suicides. They are arguing here that because they're dead that you can't say it was because of the automated debt collection.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robodebt_scheme
What
Sorry I explained it in a comment below, I'll add it to the post body as well.
Evil mother fuckers.
Who says capitalism never innovates
Is this how the purge gets legalized?