A lot of young people don't remember this, but once upon a time, the six cash registers at the last store you were in, were manned.

Every counter, a smiling face, paid fairly, every trip to a retail store, clean, eventful, full of life and people. A walk down the street, shops open, not boarded up. Small coffee shops, diners, people coming and going, vendors on the side selling nicnacks and flowers.

You know, way back in 2012.

When they say they took the middle class from you, they didn't just take the money. They took everything else with it. They call it optimization and change but what it really is, is narrowing down the aperture of your freedom and abilities until you're a prisoner, rather than a participant.

I hope, for your sake and those you love, that you protect what you appreciate about your world right now, as it is. You might not see it tomorrow.

#America #wealthinequality #99percent

I went for a walk an listened to a couple of episodes of #99percent which really struck me.

https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/644-your-call-is-important-to-us/ is all about "sludge" the barriers to entry and progress that companies choose to implement because it's better for the bottom line than providing good customer service.

https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/643-the-new-jungle/ is all about the economics and social impact of hiring setups designed to make the most of the most desparate people, a legal form of indentured labour.

Capitalism, especially that American form of insidious capitalism, is the biggest driver of misery.

Your Call Is Important to Us - 99% Invisible

We have all been there. You’ve got a problem with your car or your internet or your flight, so you call customer service. And then you get routed, rerouted, and then re-rerouted – for hours. The call gets dropped, and after a few minutes of screaming into the void, you start the whole thing all

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Found this working class song this morning:

Chaka Demus & Pliers, 1993, Tease Me -- Nuh Betta Nuh Deh

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqcCIrWvEJM

#workingclass #99percent #solidarity #chakademus #chakademusandpliers #nuhbettanuhdeh #1993music #1990smusic #music

Nuh Betta Nuh Deh

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The album cover of 𝟗𝟗% 𝐛𝐲 𝐒𝐤𝐚-𝐏 depicts a caricature-style protest scene, capturing the band’s fierce political edge. In the foreground, a policeman with a sneer violently strikes a protester with his baton, embodying state power and brutality. The backdrop shows shadowy rows of riot police advancing, emphasizing mass oppression. With exaggerated cartoon features, fiery text reading 99%, and a chaotic atmosphere, the cover symbolizes the clash between the people and authority, reflecting Ska-P’s anti-capitalist, anti-police, and pro-worker message.

#albumartwork #albumcover #AlbumArt #MusicArtwork #vinyl #buyvinyls #nowlistening #art #drawing #SkaP #99Percent #AlbumArt #PoliticalArt #ProtestArt #PunkArt #SkaPunk #AntiCapitalism #AntiAuthoritarian #ConceptualArt #AlbumCoverDesign #CartoonArt #RebellionArt #UndergroundArt #VisualResistance #ska #skapunk

✨ Horizon 99 ✨
A free digital nation for the 99%.

We believe in:
🌍 Radical equality – no borders, no races, no hierarchies.
🔒 Digital freedom – encryption, privacy, decentralization.
🤝 Commons – no accumulation, everything shared.
⚡ Agility – adapt, evolve, never stagnate.

This is an open call:
How do you imagine a society beyond control, where freedom is real and digital tools empower everyone?

#Fediverse #Decentralization #99Percent #FOSS #Privacy

A New Supreme Court Case Could Give the Wealthy Even More Political Power

https://truthout.org/articles/a-new-supreme-court-case-could-give-the-wealthy-even-more-political-power

A GOP court challenge could lead to the biggest erosion in campaign spending limitations since “Citizens United.”…

#Plutocracy #USA #NoLimits #Corruption #Bribery #Disenfranchise #99Percent #Billionaires #Control #ToxicEnvironment #Impoverishment #Gentrification #DeathPanels

'Potheads all over this country': Trump supporter flees CNN interview when asked about Musk

A supporter of President Donald Trump walked out of an interview with CNN when he was pressed about Elon Musk in a segment that aired Tuesday. CNN’s Elle Reeve was visiting a pro-Trump Georgia county to ask residents about their satisfaction with the president. She sat down with three men at a resta...

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Wanted to share here for anybody interested, the #PoliticalAction Committee I am a part of- #AJustThis -will be having a Discord town hall (as well as on YouTube and Twitch for others) to present our demands and vision for the future of our country. There's tons of opportunities to get involved, and we want to try to coordinate nationwide protest efforts in solidarity with our allies in #NewYorkCity protesting the hearings of #LuigiMangione.

https://discord.gg/wDNUG2Qr?event=1326675649376550962

https://www.ajustthis.org/about
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https://www.youtube.com/@a_just_this_pac
https://www.twitch.tv/adjustthis

Think for yourself and question authority.   

#AJustThisPAC #HealthcareJustice #HealthcareReform #Inauguration #Solidarity #99Percent #WorkingClass #DemandHealthcareNow #PrivatizedHealthcareIsACrimeAgainstHumanity

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#Violència extrema contra els pobres.
Estem en una #GuerraMundial (a casa en tenim un altra de #nacional) que no serà la tercera, car aquesta no és ideològica, és la dels #pobres contra els #rics i la podríem anomenar #PrimeraGuerraMundialSocial.

#impostos #wearethe99percent #99PerCent
https://www.vilaweb.cat/noticies/els-impostos-dels-rics-i-altres-contes-de-nadal/
Els imposts dels rics i més contes de Nadal

Vivim en un sistema polític en què la violència s’exerceix entre els exèrcits. A nosaltres, els civils, ens deixen en pau. Aquesta creença, que tants porten dins, es desmenteix amb dades oficials: a nosaltres, els civils, no ens deixen en pau. A les guerres no moren soldats, hi mor la població civil. Àvies, mares, fills, […]

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#Finance #99percent #Social #Inequality

Personally, I think the distribution of #wealth over #population should never be a convex function. Always concave.