Loud noises heard in Venezuela capital, southern area without electricity
#HackerNews #LoudNoises #Venezuela #Capital #Electricity #Outage #Noise #Pollution #SouthAmerica
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#US companies are vying for contracts to rebuild #Gaza. This is what a lot of people don't grasp about #war & #climatechange. Their destructive effects always open new avenues of #capital accumulation.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/14/gaza-rebuild-us-contractors
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#US companies are vying for contracts to rebuild #Gaza. This is what a lot of people don't grasp about #war & #climatechange. Their destructive effects always open new avenues of #capital accumulation.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/14/gaza-rebuild-us-contractors
#Politics #Democrats #Republicans #Liberals #Conservatives #Vote #Election #DemocraticParty #RepublicanParty #DonaldTrump #Trump #JoeBiden #Biden #KamalaHarris #Harris #TimWalz #Walz #Democracy #USA #Musk #Fascism #Fascist #BernieSanders #AOC #FraudSquad #Progressive
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The richest 10% control 94% of total #capital ownership assets in the United States.
They determine how to use our #labor & #resources, what we produce & how our #surplus is deployed.
They determine the direction of our #civilization. It is the antithesis of #democracy.
https://brill.com/view/journals/hima/31/4/article-p90_3.xml
#Politics #Democrats #Republicans #Liberals #Conservatives #Vote #DemocraticParty #RepublicanParty #DonaldTrump #Trump #JoeBiden #Biden #KamalaHarris #TimWalz #Democracy #USA #Musk #Fascism #Fascist
The richest 10% control 94% of total #capital ownership assets in the United States.
They determine how to use our #labor & #resources, what we produce & how our #surplus is deployed.
They determine the direction of our #civilization. It is the antithesis of #democracy.
https://brill.com/view/journals/hima/31/4/article-p90_3.xml
#Politics #Democrats #Republicans #Liberals #Conservatives #Vote #DemocraticParty #RepublicanParty #DonaldTrump #Trump #JoeBiden #Biden #KamalaHarris #TimWalz #Democracy #USA #Musk #Fascism #Fascist
Dilution vs. Risk taking: Capital gains taxes and entrepreneurs
https://www.nber.org/papers/w34512
#HackerNews #Dilution #Risk #Taking #Capital #Gains #Taxes #Entrepreneurs
Norway's Wealth Tax Unchains a Capital Exodus
https://citizenx.com/insights/norway-wealth-exodus/
#HackerNews #Norway #Wealth #Tax #Capital #Exodus #Finance #News #Economy
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Yet these #progressive demands inherently threaten #capital itself because they raise #production costs, empower #workers & weaken the endless drive for #accumulation that #capitalism depends on.
#Politics #Democrats #Republicans #Liberals #Conservatives #Vote #Election #DemocraticParty #RepublicanParty #DonaldTrump #Trump #JDVance #Vance #JoeBiden #Biden #KamalaHarris #Harris #TimWalz #Walz #Democracy #US #USA #ElonMusk #Musk #Fascism #Fascist #BernieSanders #AOC #FraudSquad #Progressive
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It manages the contradiction not by overcoming it but by exporting its #costs. Through #imperialism, social #democratic states extract cheap #labor & natural #resources from the #globalSouth, allowing them to sustain prosperity, high #wages, & #welfare systems at home while keeping #capital #accumulation intact.
#Politics #Democrats #Republicans #Liberals #Conservatives #Vote #Election #DemocraticParty #RepublicanParty #Trump #Biden #KamalaHarris #TimWalz #Democracy #USA #Musk #Fascism #Fascist
It manages the contradiction not by overcoming it but by exporting its #costs. Through #imperialism, social #democratic states extract cheap #labor & natural #resources from the #globalSouth, allowing them to sustain prosperity, high #wages, & #welfare systems at home while keeping #capital #accumulation intact.
#Politics #Democrats #Republicans #Liberals #Conservatives #Vote #Election #DemocraticParty #RepublicanParty #Trump #Biden #KamalaHarris #TimWalz #Democracy #USA #Musk #Fascism #Fascist
Yet these #progressive demands inherently threaten #capital itself because they raise #production costs, empower #workers & weaken the endless drive for #accumulation that #capitalism depends on.
#Politics #Democrats #Republicans #Liberals #Conservatives #Vote #Election #DemocraticParty #RepublicanParty #DonaldTrump #Trump #JDVance #Vance #JoeBiden #Biden #KamalaHarris #Harris #TimWalz #Walz #Democracy #US #USA #ElonMusk #Musk #Fascism #Fascist #BernieSanders #AOC #FraudSquad #Progressive
Ulrike Hahn
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"The Pipeline Made Visible
Unlike old #authoritarianism built on fear and force, this new system rules through code, capital, and infrastructure — making resistance feel architecturally impossible.
It’s a self-reinforcing loop: #Ideology fuels venture capital → #capital captures the state → #thestate feeds the same private systems that built it. A new model of power — #privatizedsovereignty."
https://www.authoritarian-stack.info/
"The Pipeline Made Visible
Unlike old #authoritarianism built on fear and force, this new system rules through code, capital, and infrastructure — making resistance feel architecturally impossible.
It’s a self-reinforcing loop: #Ideology fuels venture capital → #capital captures the state → #thestate feeds the same private systems that built it. A new model of power — #privatizedsovereignty."
https://www.authoritarian-stack.info/
CPC-CG's Bernice Kuang, a research fellow in #demography at the University of #Southampton, claimed #Londoners still wanted to have an average of two #children, but that this was not feasible for many in the #capital.
She blamed a shift from #socialhousing to private #renting in inner #London, adding that "private rented accommodation is not seen as the place to start a #family".
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0l7pzx6602o
If you missed CPC-CG member Bernice Kuang at the #Economy, #Culture and #Skills Committee's investigation into current and projected trends relating to #birthrates and the number of #children in #London, and the causes for lower numbers of children in the #capital, you can now watch the meeting (Bernice speaks from 40:16) ⬇️⬇️
https://www.youtube.com/live/xKQZh1nE_rk?si=WsdA7RwmjmfLuCSa&t=2412
CPC-CG's Bernice Kuang, a research fellow in #demography at the University of #Southampton, claimed #Londoners still wanted to have an average of two #children, but that this was not feasible for many in the #capital.
She blamed a shift from #socialhousing to private #renting in inner #London, adding that "private rented accommodation is not seen as the place to start a #family".
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0l7pzx6602o
Gert V 🇵🇸
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And for #capital, the purpose of #production is not to meet #human needs, or to achieve #social progress, but to maximize & accumulate #profit. That is the overriding objective.
#Politics#Democrats#Republicans#Liberals#Conservatives#Vote#Election#DemocraticParty#DNC#RepublicanParty#RNC#GOP#DonaldTrump#Trump #JDVance#Vance#JoeBiden#Biden#KamalaHarris#Harris#TimWalz#Walz#Democracy#US#USA#ElonMusk#Musk#Fascism#Fascist#BernieSanders#Sanders#AOC#FraudSquad#Progressive