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Nathaniel Gregory

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Nathaniel Gregory

@Faithslayer202@mastodon.social · 4 days ago

Nathaniel Gregory

@Faithslayer202@mastodon.social · 4 days ago

Nathaniel Gregory

@Faithslayer202@mastodon.social · 4 days ago

William Lindsey :toad:

@wdlindsy@toad.social · 4 days ago

"Because they are inside a grift bubble, they push for authoritarianism in their own interest, without reckoning with the possibility that their actions can wreck the country. For them, America is a limitless passive resource. ...

The president and vice-president do not know the history of people like themselves, or that of other republics that were needlessly brought down by men of their particular sort."

#Trump #JDVance #ElonMusk #PeterThiel #TechBros #broligarchy #grift #corruption
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@wdlindsy@toad.social replied · 4 days ago

"They think that the magic of words will always save them, that there will always be a next grift, that no crisis is so great that it cannot be turned to personal profit. This is true right up until the moment when it is not."

#Trump #JDVance #ElonMusk #PeterThiel #TechBros #broligarchy #grift #corruption
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William Lindsey :toad:

@wdlindsy@toad.social · 4 days ago

"How does a country burst? To answer this questions, it helps to see matters as do the president and the vice-president: from inside a grift bubble. ...

This end of the United States is possible, in part, because our president and vice-president think that it is impossible."

~ Timothy Snyder

#Trump #JDVance #ElonMusk #PeterThiel #TechBros #broligarchy #grift #corruption
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https://snyder.substack.com/p/the-grift-bubble

William Lindsey :toad:

@wdlindsy@toad.social replied · 4 days ago

The president and vice-president do not know the history of people like themselves, or that of other republics that were needlessly brought down by men of their particular sort."

#Trump #JDVance #ElonMusk #PeterThiel #TechBros #broligarchy #grift #corruption
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William Lindsey :toad:

@wdlindsy@toad.social · 4 days ago

"Information flows through platforms owned and controlled and manipulated for their ends by these same men. And shocks to the system are exactly what the disaster surveillance capitalists want."

#broligarchy #AI #economy #media #corruption #TechBros
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William Lindsey :toad:

@wdlindsy@toad.social replied · 4 days ago

"How does a country burst? To answer this questions, it helps to see matters as do the president and the vice-president: from inside a grift bubble. ...

This end of the United States is possible, in part, because our president and vice-president think that it is impossible."

~ Timothy Snyder

#Trump #JDVance #ElonMusk #PeterThiel #TechBros #broligarchy #grift #corruption
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https://snyder.substack.com/p/the-grift-bubble

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@Faithslayer202@mastodon.social · last week

After an #economic crash you always see headlines like What Was Everyone Thinking? What do you mean everyone, most of us are waving our arms & screaming every day, it's a handful of insanely #rich assholes who aren't listening.

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@Faithslayer202@mastodon.social · last week

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@Faithslayer202@mastodon.social replied · last week

The problem of course is we have a #political & #economic system that has eliminated the downsides of insane behavior & risk taking. You can burn down the world, then shrug & walk away with billions. Seems like a problem

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@Faithslayer202@mastodon.social · last week

Nathaniel Gregory

@Faithslayer202@mastodon.social · 2 weeks ago

Nathaniel Gregory

@Faithslayer202@mastodon.social · 2 weeks ago

"In this video, The Intellectualist examines whether #economicinequality in the #US today is worse than pre-revolutionary #France. Using #FederalReserve, #CBO data, & #economic #history, we reveal a shocking answer: the #wealth gap in America is worse."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0uXYPa3WX3g

RE: https://mastodon.social/@Faithslayer202/115521217072431745

At this point in the long cycle, when the concentration of #wealth & #power has reached a historical extreme, those at the top always try to overthrow the system to cement their dominance & control for eternity.

Same place as 1920's/1930's, 1850's/1860's, late 1700's.

Nathaniel Gregory

@Faithslayer202@mastodon.social · 2 weeks ago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0uXYPa3WX3g

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@Faithslayer202@mastodon.social · 2 weeks ago

" #Socialdemocracy cannot serve as a true alternative to #capitalism. It appears attractive on the surface but is built upon deep contradictions that eventually collapse under their own weight.

https://x.com/nyeusi_waasi/status/1986429589518704666

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@Faithslayer202@mastodon.social · 2 weeks ago

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.

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@Faithslayer202@mastodon.social · 2 weeks ago

There are two ways to address this contradiction. One is to reject the logic of #accumulation altogether & move toward a #postcapitalist system organized democratically around #human needs & #ecological balance. #Socialdemocracy, however, remains loyal to #capitalism.

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@Faithslayer202@mastodon.social · 2 weeks ago

This #imperial outlet is not available to nations on the periphery. When #workers & #environmental movements in the #South demand #justice, their ruling classes cannot offset those demands through external #exploitation.

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@Faithslayer202@mastodon.social replied · 2 weeks ago

With no outside to draw from, they turn to coercion. #Repression becomes the only means to preserve #accumulation, often with the direct or indirect support of the core powers.

#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

Nathaniel Gregory

@Faithslayer202@mastodon.social · 2 weeks ago

Even those states often praised as moral examples, such as the #Scandinavian countries, rely on vast transfers of value from the #globalSouth through unequal exchange. Their #social stability is built on the hidden #exploitation of others.

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Nathaniel Gregory

@Faithslayer202@mastodon.social replied · 2 weeks ago

#Politics #Democrats #Republicans #Liberals #Conservatives #Vote #Election #DemocraticParty #RepublicanParty #DonaldTrump #Trump #JDVance #Vance #JoeBiden #Biden #KamalaHarris #TimWalz #Democracy #US #USA #Musk #Fascism #Fascist #BernieSanders #AOC #FraudSquad #Progressive

Nathaniel Gregory

@Faithslayer202@mastodon.social · 2 weeks ago

Nathaniel Gregory

@Faithslayer202@mastodon.social · 2 weeks ago

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

Nathaniel Gregory

@Faithslayer202@mastodon.social · 2 weeks ago

" #Socialdemocracy cannot serve as a true alternative to #capitalism. It appears attractive on the surface but is built upon deep contradictions that eventually collapse under their own weight.

https://x.com/nyeusi_waasi/status/1986429589518704666

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@Faithslayer202@mastodon.social replied · 2 weeks ago

At its core, #socialdemocracy seeks a balance between #capitalist #profit motives & #socialist calls for fair #wages, quality #public services & #ecological protection.

#Politics #Democrats #Republicans #Liberals #Conservatives #Vote #Election #DemocraticParty #DNC #RepublicanParty #DonaldTrump #Trump #JDVance #Vance #JoeBiden #Biden #KamalaHarris #Harris #TimWalz #Walz #Democracy #US #USA #ElonMusk #Musk #Fascism #Fascist #BernieSanders #Sanders #AOC #FraudSquad #Progressive #Progressives