Chewie
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A billionaire landlord is attempting to censor the media, to cover up his crimes
A billionaire landlord is attempting to censor the media, to cover up his crimes
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Megalomanics can do nothing without corporate power.
Big Money was watching from at least 2016 to see how far Trump would be willing to go.
Many oligarchs switched from Dems to Trump in 2024 after making a deal (incl Vance as VP).
Heritage had spent 8 yrs finalising project24. They'd already employed 1000s of magas for the new monarchy.
Fascism can't happen without a vast support network.
Megalomanics can do nothing without corporate power.
Big Money was watching from at least 2016 to see how far Trump would be willing to go.
Many oligarchs switched from Dems to Trump in 2024 after making a deal (incl Vance as VP).
Heritage had spent 8 yrs finalising project24. They'd already employed 1000s of magas for the new monarchy.
Fascism can't happen without a vast support network.
Cory Doctorow
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« You see, America's businesses – large and small – are victims of Big Tech's extraction. »
That's so true.
Your work might most probably interest the Fight the Oligarchy crowd.
I have discovered you a few weeks ago and now your work seems to be everywhere. Probably some selection bias on my part.
Still, why don't you use some hastags? Your work would travel farther in the fediverse.
Today's threads (a thread)
Inside: A winning trade war strategy for Canada; and more!
Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2026/01/11/disenshittification-nation/
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« You see, America's businesses – large and small – are victims of Big Tech's extraction. »
That's so true.
Your work might most probably interest the Fight the Oligarchy crowd.
I have discovered you a few weeks ago and now your work seems to be everywhere. Probably some selection bias on my part.
Still, why don't you use some hastags? Your work would travel farther in the fediverse.
Musk will probably become the first trillionaire ever in 2026.
Can you imagine what one trillion is? Me neither.
Well, maybe there is a way to make it easier. Check is out (you need to subscribe to read the entire post, but it's free):
Chewie
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"The world’s 500 richest people added a record $2.2 trillion to their collective fortunes last year."
"About a quarter of that went to just eight Big Tech billionaires: Jeff Bezos, Sergey Brin, Michael Dell, Larry Ellison, Jensen Huang, Elon Musk, Larry Page, & Mark Zuckerberg."
"In New York, Mamdani has proposed raising the state corporate tax rate from 8.85% to 11.5% & hiking taxes for individuals who make more than $1 million a year."
https://www.juancole.com/2026/01/mamdani-freedom-belonged.html
"The world’s 500 richest people added a record $2.2 trillion to their collective fortunes last year."
"About a quarter of that went to just eight Big Tech billionaires: Jeff Bezos, Sergey Brin, Michael Dell, Larry Ellison, Jensen Huang, Elon Musk, Larry Page, & Mark Zuckerberg."
"In New York, Mamdani has proposed raising the state corporate tax rate from 8.85% to 11.5% & hiking taxes for individuals who make more than $1 million a year."
https://www.juancole.com/2026/01/mamdani-freedom-belonged.html
🌏 The current state of affairs—where wealth and influence are increasingly concentrated in the hands of a few oligarchs— reminds me of this:
🎯"We know that no one ever seizes power with the intention of relinquishing it. Power is not a means; it is an end. One does not establish a dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes the revolution in order to establish the dictatorship." — from George Orwell's 1984
Jamey Sharp
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Analysis: "Zohran’s Millionaire Tax Will Raise Revenue"
"Worries about an exodus of millionaires from New York City are not supported by economics."
"Existing evidence makes Mamdani’s proposed increase look like a modest and conservative step in the right direction."
"We should be clear that opponents of the increase are the ones with fringe views."
https://jacobin.com/2025/12/mamdani-nyc-millionaire-tax
#Mamdani #NYC #USPol #Europol #oligarchy #NYCTaxes #DemocraticSocialism .
Analysis: "Zohran’s Millionaire Tax Will Raise Revenue"
"Worries about an exodus of millionaires from New York City are not supported by economics."
"Existing evidence makes Mamdani’s proposed increase look like a modest and conservative step in the right direction."
"We should be clear that opponents of the increase are the ones with fringe views."
https://jacobin.com/2025/12/mamdani-nyc-millionaire-tax
#Mamdani #NYC #USPol #Europol #oligarchy #NYCTaxes #DemocraticSocialism .
Weird thing is, searching on the word "corruption" yields one hit but then I fail to find it. I know The Times would argue they lay it all out; it's up to us to judge. But again, such show-don't-tell abrogates the journalistic duty to explain, whether corruption or fascism.
@jeffjarvis Perhaps journalism hasn't had the persistent, sheer proximity to root infrastructure power, that most policy makers have had throughout the rise of the US. And while it was often the onus of the Democrat side of the duopoly to be the resistance points to *pure* profit Capitalism, the private sector squeezing the majority distributions of wealth, down to an all-powerful minority, was effectively funneled by said overextended duopoly, into the current #oligarchy #TechBros abuses we have today.
Media is suffering oppression from the duopoly, which can only be worsened by a burgeoning monarchy. Welcome to today's America.
I always thought that #JRRTolkien's #Smaug was a metaphor for the #IndustrialAge and #WealthHoarding. It seems I'm not alone! #Tolkien was actually an #environmentalist and possibly a #socialist (though he describes himself as an #anarchist). Does that mean #LOTR will be banned by #Fascistic #Capitalists? Hmmmm...
#Dragonomics: Smaug and #ClimateChange
Posted on February 22, 2019 by Richard Fahey
Excerpt: "Today, we talk about dragons. I refer specifically to the greedy, northern (often fire-breathing) variety as described in Beowulf and featured in Tolkien’s #Hobbit, and I will consider how these monsters present #EnvironmentalCatastrophe as a direct result of #hoarding and #greed.
"My discussion of dragons and climate change continues my recent series of blogs interested in placing medieval literature (and in this case also modern medievalism) in conversation with current crises. This blog develops an earlier argument made in a paper at a 'Tolkien in Vermont' conference (2014), titled 'Dragonomics: Smaug and #Pollution on Middle-Earth,' in which I argue that pollution in Tolkien’s Hobbit is linked to both the literal destruction by the dragon, and the rampant greed that motivates Smaug and ultimately initiates the plunder and violence at the Battle of Five Armies."
#MiddleEarth #Capitalism #ClimateCrisis #Oiligarchy #Oligarchy #CapitalismMustDie
der.hans
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Latest comic: A hot new startup
#corporations #deregulation #economy #oligarchy #WallStreet #cartoon #comic
joene 🏴🍉
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Saulo Jacques
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Analysis: "Don't worry, be happy. All those who feared a dystopian future got it wrong"
"A world where corporations run the politicians, promote endless war & secretly manipulate public opinion through the media. Thankfully, these bleak visions never materialised."
"I hadn’t realised I would need to spell out what this piece is saying. It is not a description of some possible future, as some appear to think"...
~Jonathan Cook
https://jonathancook.substack.com/p/dont-worry-be-happy-all-those-who