"I live under a GOP Supermajority. I have lived under their boot for two decades. They have economically damaged my state and it wasn’t by accident. They did it to sell off the state and workers and land to the wealthy. They created a desperate situation in Missouri and that desperation equates to bounty for the oligarchs." ~ Jess Piper

Make America desperate again. #NewGildedAge
https://open.substack.com/pub/jesspiper/p/i-know-exactly-what-they-are-doing?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&shareImageVariant=overlay&r=2rqgi

#Standby… everything happens within “two weeks”. Then again… maybe not.

#Trump #TwoWeeks #NewGildedAge #Nonsense #Lies #Propaganda #policy #politics #promises

https://apnews.com/video/times-president-trump-promised-policy-solutions-in-two-weeks-0e523791451a4528891b346e828f7222

#Money #Wealth #Billionaires #NewGildedAge #Neofeudalism #Inequality: "If unaccountable billionaires already wield too much undue social, cultural, and political influence, the last thing we should want is to give them even bigger public forums – for example, in the form of their own social network as Musk now has through his ownership of X. Instead, we should pursue stronger institutional means of limiting the power and influence of those who are already privileged, as well as reconsider the tax, regulatory, and spending policies that created such massive disparities in the first place.

But the most important step will also be the most difficult. We need to start having a serious conversation about what we should value, and how we can recognize and reward the contributions of those who do not command vast fortunes. While most people would agree that there are many ways to contribute to society, and that excelling in one’s chosen vocation ought to be a source of individual satisfaction and the esteem of others, we have disregarded this principle, and are at risk of forgetting it altogether. That, too, is a symptom of the problem."

https://www.project-syndicate.org/onpoint/wealth-inequality-billionaires-undue-influence-bad-for-society-by-daron-acemoglu-2024-09

"Tonight on The Daily Show, #JonStewart offered a view into his own tussle with #Apple related to his Apple TV+ comedy show The Problem With Jon Stewart.

“I wanted to have you on a podcast and Apple asked us not to do it,” the Daily Show host said to his guest, Federal Trade Commission Chair #LinaKhan, referencing the podcast that was an extension of the Apple show, which the tech giant canceled in October."

https://deadline.com/2024/04/jon-stewart-apple-ftc-chair-lina-khan-1235873644/

#FTC #NewGildedAge #SurveillanceCapitalism #Regulation

https://youtube.com/watch?v=Nmq7QqqY4vo&si=iphG4C7Q0l0fEdEM

It's time to bust #trusts and tax the hell out of billionaires until there aren't any billionaires. Form #unions. And more.

#Trumpism is a threat for many reasons, but perhaps the biggest threat is how it distracts us from the #NewGildedAge that is upon us. We should be arguing about the evils of #monopolies instead of #culturewar bullshit.

Democratic Party in 2023 shit-talking populism has dusted off some venerable politics:

"Marching lepers followed rank on rank
Lurching bravos from the ditches dank
Drabs from the alleyways
Drug fiends pale
Minds still passion ridden
Soul powers frail"

Vachel Lindsay (1913) hilariously satirizing Gilded Age fear of the unwashed mob.

#NewGildedAge
#Democrats
#MobAction
#Liberalism