When the Elites Sell You Your Own Tap Water
Remember when water used to just… fall from the sky? Cute, right? These days, the world’s most basic necessity is being gift-wrapped and sold back to us, sometimes literally in plastic bottles, other times as futures contracts on Wall Street. Because nothing screams “refreshing” like knowing your next sip has been monetized six ways before it touches your lips. The right to water, or the right to profit? Back in 2010, the United Nations bravely declared water a human right. Inspirational, really. Too bad the fine print didn’t include “unless a hedge fund gets there first”. Since then, private investors…
