Cuckoos

Introduction

This is just a short piece to get off my chest about companies, which are usually exploitative of customers and employees, and have become part of everyday life.

What Are These Cuckoos

One of the worst are private health insurance companies that treat the sick as cash cows, like BUPA and any other similar organisation, and the whole of "healthcare" in the USA. All they are bothered about is money.

In the UK, we pay taxes and National Insurance, and that provides for our healthcare. There is no need for private health insurance.

Another big thing is privatisation, which is just an excuse for businesses to take taxpayer money to line their pockets in the form of dividends. When Water was sold off by the Tories in Britain, it had no debt and was building reservoirs and functioning reasonably well. Now, for one instance, Thames Water is asking for another £2.4 billion to satisfy the shareholders, while the water system falls apart because they have never invested in it.

Then you look at music, where paid streaming services (either directly or by adverts) are the norm for most people. Spotify would be fine if no new music were ever produced, or if it were just AI-produced dross. Amazon's music service is not much better; it seldom allows me to listen to the music I have purchased, so I listen to CDs, vinyl, and MP3s on my phone. Many think that Spotify is music.

I know I have used a YouTube video for this piece, but I believe that generates some income for the artist. The song is "Cuckoo" by Lissie, which has nothing to do with this piece bar the title, and it is a truly great song.

Then you look at food, and it's Deliveroo, Uber Eats and a million other gig economy cuckoos. While once in a while you will use a delivery system, I always use the source, not one of the cuckoos.

Deliveroo and Uber Eats are not food. Spotify is not music; BUPA is not healthcare; they are all leaching cuckoos.

Conclusion

I think we are stuck with these cuckoos, but it is unlikely that I will use any of them.

Thank you so much for reading.