Micha6d ago
“The most important message is this: The fact that the #super-rich are getting richer and richer—and thereby exerting excessive #influence on society—is not a #law
of nature. It is a #problem caused by #people.
And people can solve it.”

#Poverty #Fascism #Wealth #TaxTheRich & guys like #Thiel!

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:4oafn6w3zilmohub72dvedy3/post/3mohjpmoass27

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:4oafn6w3zilmohub72dvedy3/post/3mohjpmoass27
Slow MoverJun 12

Tanka “Celebrity Row”

Fairweather fandom
When superrich celebrate
Watch party riots
Outsiders are arrested
The real winner is Manna #arenaCulture #basketballCulture #bigBasketball #breadAndCircuses #celebrityWorship #classDivide #digitalIllustration #economicInjustice #editorialArt #fairweatherFandom #fanExclusion #highTicketPrices #Knicks #MadisonSquareGarden #manna #modernParable #NYPD #outsiders #peons #premiumSeats #publicSpectacle #realWinner #socialSatire #sportsCapitalism #sportsInequality #superrich #symbolicIllustration #urbanProtest #velvetRope #watchParty
Kevin StevensJun 1
https://www.contrariannews.org/p/paradise-lost
#Miller #stephenmiller #lies #alllies #approvalrating #polls #economy #economics #econ #inflation #federalreserve #fed #interestrates #centralbank #pce #expeditures #sockpuppet #warsh #kevinwarsh #maga #sexualabuse #epstein #epsteinfiles #sexualharassment #hoffman #adamdeanhoffman #paxton #kenpaxton #texasag #superrich #taxcuts #taxfairness #incominequality #taxation #taxes #whitesupremacist #afrikaners #incompetent #media #lackeys #republican #trump #trumpcrimefamily
Jen Rubin: Stephen Miller claims we are living in paradise

Stephen Miller stated that Trump has created paradise. But for everyday Americans, according to recent polls, this economy has made their lives hell.

The Contrarian
LSE South Asia CentreMay 27

#Wealth disparity in #India is acute, with the #superrich distinct by their affluent behaviour. Aejaz Ahmad Wani (Krea University, India) analyses the #social and #economic cadence of unabashed display.

https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/southasia/2026/05/27/the-spectacle-of-wealth-as-cultural-reproduction-in-india/

LM LittleMay 23

RE: https://mastodon.social/@PatrickoftheG/116625022234526095

Good call! The arrogance of the #superRich who think they can wreck the natural world without permits or consequences.

James Tweedie  May 22

Another great #Krugman article.

"Public discourse about #taxes and #inequality is, even more than discussion of other #economic topics, infested with #zombies — ideas that should be dead, having been proved wrong again and again, but that keep #shambling along, eating people’s brains. What sustains the zombies is, of course, #billionaire money, which keeps #false claims in circulation as long as they seem to justify low taxes on the #superrich.“
https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/bezos-backlash-and-zombies
#bezos
#MadKingDonald

Bezos, Backlash and Zombies

What we can learn from an unintentionally revealing interview

Paul Krugman
Don Curren 🇨🇦🇺🇦May 11
“More important than the #stinginess of the #superrich, however, is the fact that their #wealth has brought great #politicalpower, arguably more than the #robberbarons ever possessed — power that they abuse on an epic scale.”

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:5zca2ola2zxpkw37w4f3wxtu/post/3mllfbgwpxk2n
Show threadsix_grandfathers_mountainMay 5

@CStamp
RE
$15 million necklace looks clunky and tacky. And why would you want something like that? Not like you can go anywhere wearing it without a lot of security

I heard yesterday on one of the #bbcnews podcasts that one of the #superrich families in #india put on a $500 million USD wedding last year

You're right, what about security? One definitely needs full insurance because the most likely thief is going to be a staff member of your home or your brother.
#MetGala #MetGala2026

Gerd_BrodowskiApr 28

#russia #usa #israel #iran #oman #uae : #warofaggression / #blockade / #straitofhormuz / #superrich

(A small favor among friends…)

„The 142m-long (465 ft) multi-deck luxury boat, named Nord, is linked to sanctioned Russian billionaire Alexei Mordashov. It travelled from Dubai to Muscat, Oman, over the weekend - one of few private vessels to transit through the strait in recent months.“

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cm2pn8zdxdjo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

Russian superyacht Nord sails through Strait of Hormuz despite blockade

The 141m-long vessel, linked to a close ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin, cleared the waterway despite an ongoing blockade.

William Lindsey Apr 22

Michael Podhorzer and Lisa Graves discuss the recent New York Times blockbuster exposé of the corruption of John Roberts' Supreme Court. They focus on "why people should be enraged about not just the Roberts Court, but also its billionaire backers — and the media that erases the influence of those backers while giving institutional cover to an illegitimate, captured body."

#SupremeCourt #JohnRoberts #corruption #EconomicElites #SuperRich
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https://www.weekendreading.net/p/the-roberts-court-memos-fool-me-150

The Roberts Court Memos: Fool Me 150 Times, Shame on Me

Lisa Graves on the latest NYT SCOTUS exposé

Weekend Reading