Big oil, and big banks. No difference.
Big US banks rake in near $50bn profit as Iran war shakes markets | Banking | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/apr/15/big-us-banks-profit-iran-war-markets-morgan-stanley-jp-morgan
Big oil, and big banks. No difference.
Big US banks rake in near $50bn profit as Iran war shakes markets | Banking | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/apr/15/big-us-banks-profit-iran-war-markets-morgan-stanley-jp-morgan
Gunman: Gimme all your money!
Robber Barron: But I’m a republican!
Gunman: Okay, gimme all MY money!
#politics #money #robbery #RobberBarons #fascism #NaziAmeriKKKa
Una taxa? Insuficient!!
"On creation of IP, it is important that the wellsprings of human creativity be nourished. AI “scrapers” should be compelled to compensate the owners of the copyright they use. I would go further. A tax on big AI businesses should be dedicated to supporting the creative commons — arts, sciences, journalism — on which their health and that of free societies rests.
What to do when the ‘public good’ of information goes bad
https://www.ft.com/content/c1af9258-a77d-469c-8b8b-b455321786b3?syn-25a6b1a6=1
I did read and review his book, #ICYMI
> Book Review: Barons
https://itinerantlibrarian.blogspot.com/2024/07/book-review-barons.html
#BadEconomy #corruption #exploitation #BigAg #BigBusiness #RobberBarons #books #reading #BookReview #review #ItinerantLibrarian #Bookstodon #writing
> Naming and Shaming Food Barons: A Q https://ips-dc.org/naming-and-shaming-food-barons-a-qa-with-austin-frerick/
Interview with the author of the book 'Barons.'
#BadEconomy #corruption #exploitation #BigAg #BigBusiness #RobberBarons #books #reading #Bookstodon
All of this is just a pretext,
but also: a precedent.
The way #progressives can weaponize this is by targeting school books for children that whitewash the #history of #slavery, #colonization, #genocide, the #RobberBarons & texts glorifying the #American #elite.
In a common law system, all this is fair game. I just so happen to think that common law is a rickety Rube Goldberg machine.
A Nationwide Book Ban Bill Has Been Introduced in the House of Representatives
https://bookriot.com/hr7661-book-ban-legislation/

“Well Doctor, what have we got a republic or a monarchy?” asked Elizabeth Willing Powel of Benjamin Franklin.
“A republic,” replied Franklin. “If you can keep it.”
#democracy #freedom #trump #robberbarons #oligarchy
https://spawningfish.substack.com/p/the-freedom-twins?r=473d8h