Show threadPeter Riley4d ago

Techno-Autocracy

Entering a Golden Age for War Profiteers
(2025) Trump's Washington Breathes New Life into the Military-Industrial Complex
https://portside.org/2025-08-02/entering-golden-age-war-profiteers

#Capitalism #militaryIndustrialComplex #Oligarchs #Palantir #Plutocrats #Trumpocracy #WarProfiteers

Entering a Golden Age for War Profiteers

When, in his 1961 farewell address, President Dwight D. Eisenhower warned of the dangers of the unwarranted influence wielded by a partnership between the military and a growing cohort of U.S.

Portside
alapakalaMar 16

Israel reserves bomb shelters for rich Jews

https://quokk.au/c/world/p/756041/israel-reserves-bomb-shelters-for-rich-jews

Israel reserves bomb shelters for rich Jews

> How much evidence does the world need that Israel is an apartheid state? That is a rhetorical question, those who can't see choose not to [🗃…

Scott LettMar 13

RE: https://mas.to/@dmacphee/116222549711563491

#plutocrats #kleptocrats

Show threadTinJarMar 9
2/ In my #book, "A New Faith", the bad guys are #plutocrats who are trying to keep control of the world, democracy be damned. tinjar.ghost.io/a-new-faith #booksky #books #climatefiction #hopepunk #scifi #women #climate #novel #fiction #mystery #thriller #sciencefiction #climatechange #adaptation

A New Faith
A New Faith

DOWNLOAD "A New Faith" OR Read each Chapter online (links below). Part 1 Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Chapter 11 Chapter 12 Chapter 13 Chapter 14 Chapter 15 Part 2 Chapter 16 Chapter 17 Chapter

TinJar
TinJarMar 9

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/09/us/billionaires-federal-campaign-contributions-takeaways.html

This ain't a #democracy any more if these folks keep subverting it with cash. Make #billionaires obsolete through #tax - support the laws that do so #California #US #Europe #UK #Canada everywhere.

In my #book, "A New Faith", the bad guys are #plutocrats who are trying to keep control of the world, democracy be damned.

https://tinjar.ghost.io/a-new-faith

#bookstodon #books #climatefiction #hopepunk #scifi #women #climate

4 Takeaways on How Billionaires Are Donating to Federal Elections

300 billionaires and their families spent more than $3 billion on federal elections in 2024. Here’s a snapshot of how a surging class of ultrawealthy people is spending money on political change.

The New York Times
TinJarMar 2
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026... Let's go! Vamos! #tax the #billionaires #plutocrats #oligarchs into obsolescence

Bernie Sanders and Ro Khanna p...
Bernie Sanders and Ro Khanna propose bill to impose wealth tax on billionaires

Make billionaires pay their fair share act would apply to those with a net worth of $1bn or more

The Guardian
TinJarMar 2

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/02/bernie-sanders-ro-khanna-billionaires-wealth-tax-bill

Let's go! Vamos!

#tax the #billionaires #plutocrats #oligarchs into obsolescence

Bernie Sanders and Ro Khanna propose bill to impose wealth tax on billionaires

Make billionaires pay their fair share act would apply to those with a net worth of $1bn or more

The Guardian
TinJarFeb 24
www.law.berkeley.edu/article/prof... Very useful discussion about taxing #wealth #democracy #elections #voters #billionaires #plutocrats #oligarchs #justice #humanrights #equality #healthcare #housing #food #water #education #tax

Professor Brian Galle on taxin...
Professor Brian Galle on taxing the ultrarich

He just published a book outlining a plan for fairer taxation at the federal level and is involved with an effort to put a billionaire tax on the ballot in California.

UC Berkeley Law
TinJarFeb 24

https://www.law.berkeley.edu/article/professor-brian-galle-how-to-tax-the-ultrarich-billionaires-california/

Very useful discussion about taxing #wealth

#democracy #elections #voters #billionaires #plutocrats #oligarchs #justice #humanrights #equality #healthcare #housing #food #water #education #tax

Professor Brian Galle on taxing the ultrarich

He just published a book outlining a plan for fairer taxation at the federal level and is involved with an effort to put a billionaire tax on the ballot in California.

UC Berkeley Law
TinJarFeb 24
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/24/o... An excellent summary of the rapidly growing #inequality now being turbocharged by the current #US administration. #billionaires #plutocrats #oligarchs #justice #democracy #humanrights #elections #voters #democrats

Opinion | The Donald Trump 1 P...
Opinion | The Donald Trump 1 Percent Fan Club

There are some elites the president likes.

The New York Times