Mastodawn

It's great that our current government has finally realised that many people are doing it tough. However, the underlying cause is massive, planned #inequality. The fix should involve capital gains taxes, higher taxes for the rich, lower taxes for the #poor, closing #tax loopholes, and ultimately better wages for the poor. #nzpol

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Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️3h ago

... record warming m/w these idiots: U.S. to pay French company $1B to scrap offshore wind projects
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/trump-administration-totalenergies-offshore-wind-9.7139677

TotalEnergies will Instead invest instead in Texas LNG plant

🇺🇲 🇬🇧 #Christofascism #antiLGBTQ+ #transgenocide #tyranny
🇨🇦 #Poilievre #DanielleSmith #Trumpism

#capitalism #billionaires #inequality
vs.
#DemocraticSocialism #equality #sustainability

Capitalism + fossil fuels lobby = anthropogenic climate change

New York, North Carolina slam Trump administration's deal to kill offshore wind projects | CBC News

The Trump administration will pay $1 billion to a France's TotalEnergies to walk away from two U.S. offshore wind leases as the administration ramps up its campaign against offshore wind and other renewable energy.

CBC

Voteinorout 🇺🇸13h ago

#SaikatChakrabarti advocates for taxing billionaires and centimillionaires to address inequality and unaffordability, stating, "We absolutely need to tax the billionaires." #WealthTax #Inequality #Politics⁠
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Saikat emphasizes the need to "claw back" wealth transferred to the rich through tax and Fed policies, arguing that current systems inflate asset bubbles and benefit a small wealthy group. He... https://instagr.am/p/DWQdZPDlnpB/

voteinorout on Instagram: "#SaikatChakrabarti advocates for taxing billionaires and centimillionaires to address inequality and unaffordability, stating, "We absolutely need to tax the billionaires." #WealthTax #Inequality #Politics⁠ ⁠ Saikat emphasizes the need to "claw back" wealth transferred to the rich through tax and Fed policies, arguing that current systems inflate asset bubbles and benefit a small wealthy group. He stresses that this inequality leads to unaffordable products and services, urging democratic politicians to address these issues directly.⁠ —⁠ ⁠ We’ve transferred tens of trillions of dollars from working people to the wealthy, so yes, it’s time we tax the billionaires a lot more. Follow @saikatforcongress for more.⁠ ⁠ Help this information get to more voters. 🇺🇸 A well-informed electorate is a prerequisite to Democracy.—Thomas Jefferson"

15 likes, 0 comments - voteinorout on March 23, 2026: "#SaikatChakrabarti advocates for taxing billionaires and centimillionaires to address inequality and unaffordability, stating, "We absolutely need to tax the billionaires." #WealthTax #Inequality #Politics⁠ ⁠ Saikat emphasizes the need to "claw back" wealth transferred to the rich through tax and Fed policies, arguing that current systems inflate asset bubbles and benefit a small wealthy group. He stresses that this inequality leads to unaffordable products and services, urging democratic politicians to address these issues directly.⁠ —⁠ ⁠ We’ve transferred tens of trillions of dollars from working people to the wealthy, so yes, it’s time we tax the billionaires a lot more. Follow @saikatforcongress for more.⁠ ⁠ Help this information get to more voters. 🇺🇸 A well-informed electorate is a prerequisite to Democracy.—Thomas Jefferson".

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Ry Chaz 14h ago

I seriously question humanity being the highest species on the ladder.

90 per cent of it fixates on a ball in a match more than sorting kindness for other lives, and many vote for narcissistically advantageous politics devoid of altruism which has been observed in other species.

Put a ball in a field or court, and people obsess just like a dog.

Put a minority or disenfranchised person of any kind in a field or court, and it will either be ignored or be a legal one to restrict or scapegoat it.

And instead of labeling things cruel if they cost animal lives, we have to label them cruelty-free, vegan or plant-based. These should be the default, but no, instead extreme societal conditioning redirects to fear of kinder paths to genuine health, and promotes acceptance of industry bloating from harm and exploitation based profits.

#inequality #humanity #psychology #isms #sport #politics #plantbased #vegan #crueltyfree

edafe 17h ago

"Any change must start with resisting the catastrophic direction we have collectively taken. War, environmental and climate collapse, racism and xenophobia and ever deteriorating living conditions for the majority are not inevitable: they are the price we pay to enrich the few, and impoverish everyone else – be they migrant or Europe-born."
Yanis Varoufakis & Erik Edman

https://novaramedia.com/2026/03/23/europes-credibility-is-in-tatters-over-iran/

#europe #war #solidarity #accountability #inequality

Europe’s Credibility Is in Tatters Over Iran

The Iran war has shown once again how Europe’s head honchos can’t be relied on to hold the US and Israel to account. It’s high time that decades of weak leadership were challenged, argue Yanis Varoufakis and Erik Edman.

Novara Media

Didier Ruedin 22h ago

Max Planck: #Postdocs: Full-time for 3 years, start as soon as possible, latest 1 Sept 2026
# Doctoral Researchers: Full-time for 3 years, start 1 Sept 2026
Deadline: 20 April 2026. #inequality #conflict #migration #borders #jobs

https://www.ips.mpg.de/30315/Ausschreibung_Research-Fellow_Postdoctoral-Researcher_ITC_03_2026

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TinJar 1d ago

2/ "The broader question is who participates in the gains. When #market #capitalisation rises but ownership remains narrow, prosperity can feel increasingly distant to those on the outside.” - Larry Fink, CEO Blackrock #inequality #LLM #GenAI #Tax

TinJar 1d ago

www.ft.com/content/5860... 1/ “The massive #wealth created over the past several generations flowed mostly to people who already owned #financial #assets. AI threatens to repeat that pattern at an even larger scale." #inequality #LLM #GenAI #Tax

BlackRock’s Larry Fink warns A...

BlackRock’s Larry Fink warns AI may intensify wealth inequality

CEO of world’s biggest asset manager says rich backers of artificial intelligence could reap most of the rewards

Financial Times

TinJar 1d ago

https://www.ft.com/content/58602814-8138-4a14-a32e-d82dec2d472c?syn-25a6b1a6=1

“The massive #wealth created over the past several generations flowed mostly to people who already owned #financial #assets. AI threatens to repeat that pattern at an even larger scale. The broader question is who participates in the gains. When #market #capitalisation rises but ownership remains narrow, prosperity can feel increasingly distant to those on the outside.” - Larry Fink, CEO Blackrock

#inequality #LLM #GenAI #Tax

BlackRock’s Larry Fink warns AI may intensify wealth inequality

CEO of world’s biggest asset manager says rich backers of artificial intelligence could reap most of the rewards

Financial Times

Andii אַנדִֽי 1d ago

"Pension funds and life assurance funds are critically dependent upon the existence of the UK government's national debt because it is the safest form of savings available to these funds who save for the long term.
So you, probably, have hung your future security on the back of the UK government debt, whether you know it or not. Without that national debt, savings and finances in this country would not work."
https://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2026/03/22/the-national-debt-is-not-what-you-think/
#NationalDebt #UKpolitics #inequality #MMT

The national debt is not what you think

We have just published this short video on YouTube and many other channels. This is the transcript: The national debt is not what you think. We’re told it’s debt, and it has to be repaid, but what if repaying it would crash the economy? That is what would actually happen. The point is, the...

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