Show threadPaul Wermer, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0May 1

Or is it a firehouse streaming up?

"The analysis also found billionaires were paid $2,500 a second in dividends in 2025, according to the investment portfolios of more than 1,000 billionaires. For every two hours in the 2025, the average billionaire received more in dividends than the average worker earned in annual pay."

#WealthGap #Greed #Unearned

Paul Wermer, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0May 1

And is it trickling down?

CEO pay soared in 2025, 20 times faster than workers’ pay
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/may/01/ceo-pay-workers-minimum-wages?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

#WealthGap #Greed #Unearned #LivableWage

CEO pay soared in 2025, 20 times faster than workers’ pay

Analysis finds real wages fell 12% since 2019, with inequality widening in the US beyond global levels

The Guardian
Show threadNonilexSep 16, 2024

“…#Conservatives have taken to referring to #DEI as ‘didn’t earn it.’ But to the extent that the candidates are running on #unearned #advantages related to personal bio, this better describes #Trump & #JDVance than it does #Harris, who #worked her way up from local to state to federal office over the course of decades.

“Trump was born a #multimillionaire who drove one business after another into the ground, & his reputation as a brilliant businessman is largely due to him playing one on TV.

Show threadSusan Larson ♀️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🌈Aug 22, 2024

#MichelleObama: Yes, We Have #AffirmativeAction for the #Wealthy

There are #unearned #advantages available only to the #few—but #Republicans won’t talk about that.

— Protecting it is the very basis of their existence. It is called #WhiteSupremacy

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/08/michelle-obama-affirmative-action-rich-generational-wealth-democratic-convention-speech/

Michelle Obama: Yes, we have affirmative action for the wealthy

There are lots of unearned advantages available only to the few—but Republicans won't talk about that.

Mother Jones
PJ "Vote Green" CoffeyJul 8, 2023

Completely forgotten about this banger of an article by Dr Muna Abdi, from Sheffield Uni, a connection lost in the Twitter Diaspora.

Addresses the inherent problems around the language of "allyship" and "privilege" and, even better offers alternatives, such as "solidarity" and "unearned structural advantage". Very much worth a read (even a boost or tag a friend?)

https://ma-consultancy.co.uk/blog/language-is-important-why-we-will-no-longer-use-allyship-and-privilege-in-our-work?

#Allyship #Ally #a11y #IntersectionalFeminism #Solidarity #Unearned #UnearnedStructuralAdvantage

Language is important: Why we are moving away from the terms ‘allyship’ and ‘privilege’ in our work — MA Consultancy

By Dr Muna Abdi The impact of systemic oppression is that it is all around us. It is part of our social world and we are all affected by it. The casual, insidious attitudes and behaviours that we often do not notice, play a pivotal role in upholding these systems. Even in our attempts to disman

MA Consultancy
Gemma ⭐️🔰🇺🇸 🇵🇭 🎐Jun 22, 2023

I contend that if you wish me to respect the "common humanity" of a #billionaire and his paid lackeys languishing at the bottom of the #abyss, you are morally obligated to first prove the #humanity of the billionaire, who assuredly did not become a billionaire by respecting the "common humanity" of the people he exploited to gain his #wealth.

No living billionaire created the #privilege that granted them #unearned riches, but they made a conscious #choice to perpetuate it.

#OceanGate

dicewarebotApr 11, 2021

#letsroll

⚅ ⚂ ⚃ ⚅ ⚃→#underfeed
⚀ ⚀ ⚃ ⚄ ⚂→#although
⚂ ⚁ ⚅ ⚅ ⚁→#grinning
⚅ ⚂ ⚄ ⚄ ⚅→#unearned
⚃ ⚁ ⚂ ⚄ ⚁→#obsolete
⚃ ⚄ ⚅ ⚁ ⚃→#publisher

underfeed-although-grinning-unearned-obsolete-publisher

Roll your own @ https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2016/07/new-wordlists-random-passphrases

EFF's New Wordlists for Random Passphrases

Joe Bonneau dives deep into systems using dice to generate random passphrases and introduces EFF's three new wordlists.

Electronic Frontier Foundation
dicewarebotDec 26, 2020

#letsroll

⚂ ⚀ ⚂ ⚁ ⚁→#football
⚂ ⚀ ⚃ ⚄ ⚀→#freeness
⚂ ⚅ ⚂ ⚃ ⚀→#lunchbox
⚄ ⚄ ⚃ ⚀ ⚀→#speed
⚅ ⚂ ⚄ ⚄ ⚅→#unearned
⚀ ⚂ ⚅ ⚂ ⚁→#bootie

football-freeness-lunchbox-speed-unearned-bootie

Roll your own @ https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2016/07/new-wordlists-random-passphrases

EFF's New Wordlists for Random Passphrases

Joe Bonneau dives deep into systems using dice to generate random passphrases and introduces EFF's three new wordlists.

Electronic Frontier Foundation
dicewarebotNov 11, 2020

#letsroll

⚄ ⚂ ⚃ ⚂ ⚁→#secular
⚅ ⚂ ⚄ ⚄ ⚅→#unearned
⚃ ⚃ ⚅ ⚄ ⚃→#portly
⚁ ⚅ ⚅ ⚃ ⚄→#financial
⚅ ⚅ ⚄ ⚂ ⚂→#written
⚁ ⚃ ⚄ ⚄ ⚄→#economy

secular-unearned-portly-financial-written-economy

Roll your own @ https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2016/07/new-wordlists-random-passphrases

EFF's New Wordlists for Random Passphrases

Joe Bonneau dives deep into systems using dice to generate random passphrases and introduces EFF's three new wordlists.

Electronic Frontier Foundation
dicewarebotOct 31, 2020

#letsroll

⚅ ⚂ ⚄ ⚄ ⚅→#unearned
⚃ ⚃ ⚅ ⚁ ⚄→#pope
⚅ ⚃ ⚂ ⚅ ⚅→#unplug
⚄ ⚃ ⚀ ⚃ ⚀→#shine
⚄ ⚁ ⚂ ⚂ ⚃→#roast
⚁ ⚃ ⚁ ⚀ ⚃→#drearily

unearned-pope-unplug-shine-roast-drearily

Roll your own @ https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2016/07/new-wordlists-random-passphrases

EFF's New Wordlists for Random Passphrases

Joe Bonneau dives deep into systems using dice to generate random passphrases and introduces EFF's three new wordlists.

Electronic Frontier Foundation