@pluralistic : "'Now the whole country gets the experience of what it’s like when private equity buys the place you work'. That's exactly it. We are witnessing a private equity-style plunder of the entire US government – of the USA itself."
https://pluralistic.net/2025/02/07/broccoli-hair-brownshirts/#shameless
@grheavyroller @pluralistic "drove into the ground / 'til your factory’s cold / then they tear it all down / and the parts get sold / come the bankers now / pickin’ over the bones / I got three more neighbors now / 'bout to lose their homes"
-- slaid cleaves, "rust belt fields"
And that big ol' building was the textile mill
That fed our kids and it paid our bills
But they turned us out and they closed the doors
'Cause we can' t make it here anymore
You see those pallets piled up on the loading dock
They're just gonna sit there 'til they rot
'Cause there's nothing to ship, nothing to pack
Just busted concrete and rusted tracks
-- James McMurtry, "We Can't Make It Here"
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Gilbert Pilz