#Capitalism

Dan Stern

danstern_

1/ @DouthatNYT book "The Decadent Society" is one of the most interestingly researched books on our current state of societytakes many disparate ideas and welds them together in a surprising

Nicholas Guyatt

NicholasGuyatt

I read Michael Gove’s big FDR speech so you don’t have to. TL;DR - I think FDR would sue. (Thread) The speech has Gove’s customary grandiloquence and rhetorical excess. The

Dana Fried

leftoblique

Okay my (very serious) explanation of the GameStop thingamajig:Say you are a Very Smart Investor with a lot of [other people's] money and you live in Late Capitalism, the defining

Bikrum Gill

realDrcabbie

It is understandable that, when confronting an oppressive 'domestic' state-capital alliance, protesters and their supporters find solace in support from Western celebrities and politiciansHowever, there is a danger in such

seeshell

Tentoads4truth

The Atlas Network, funded by the Kochs and other billionaire rightwing Republicans, are involved in Canadian political groups and supposedly non-partisan think-tanks:https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1043957692782514177.html https://twitte

Uphold Bordigism-Ceausescuism

posadistsankara

Okay so in this thread I'm gonna outline how China is an imperialist country. This probably won't convince any dengists but for my own satisfaction So let's familiarise ourselves with

Pelagia

Ljiljana1972

Happiness: Appendix or who got what right and what wrong about our well-being So Aristotle got it right that we need some material basics. Some food, shelter to cover for

Justin Warren ⬡

jpwarren

I wrote a backgrounder on the ACCC vs Google and Facebook stoush last year, if you're just catching up now: https://www.eigenmagic.com/2020/09/07/a-deep-dive-into-google-facebook-and-australian-news/ Some quotes and links to follow. Acc

🚩Shepherd🏴

NeolithicSheep

If you want someone who will wait and see and uncritically praise the fucking government you should not be following an anarcho-communist who thinks borders are violence and the Democratic

Jigar Shah 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

JigarShahDC

We are talking about this on @TheEnergyGang important article on Thursday. I would love your thoughts? Like Exxon and the other oil companies, I wonder if all of us would

NYC Angry Mom - #OpenSchools

angrybklynmom

In a renewed rage, I just allowed myself to remember that Daycare in NYC reopened in June, w/ minimal fanfare. Search for "Daycare NYC Safe" and you get a tiny

Robert Merki

robmerki

I'm not a Stock Guy™, but it's worth looking at the events of the past few days with GameStop stock ($GME).Basically, a subreddit bought a bunch of this otherwise crappy

Gabriel Ojeda-Sagué

hadeejasouffle

some thoughts on personal responsibility in the climate apocalypse: at the same time that personal sustainability choices (their election and the diversity of options) are at an all-time high of

Emily D. Warfield

EmilyDWarfield

To close out National Human Trafficking Awareness Month, I just want to share the main thing I became aware of as both an RA and an intern doing support work

Brittani Nichols

BisHilarious

The recent WGA win made me realize people think all writers are Audi-driving Nobu-devouring maniacs. The pay disparity between TV writers can be quite a lot and working conditions aren't

Matthew Sheffield

mattsheffield

The next few weeks will be historic in this country. You will remember them. Plenty of people at Fox News are doing the right thing. But the far right wants

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