@DrALJONES

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Writer, psychologist & educator here to learn & share info on politics, psych, education, history &, especially, structural power. Antifascist, anti-oligarchy, atheist. I boost what I find interesting, regardless of whether I agree with it. Resisting fascism includes countering disinformation with facts. I prefer evidence, not evidence-free opinion. Image: Rothko #61
Political censorshipMany websites are unavailable to Australians unless they submit to facial recognition. Occasionally, I just refer to source name & date.

@theothersimo

I'm no expert, but on the surface the touted Iranian-Omani pact seems even stronger & tighter...

@DrALJONES
"Totalitarianism in power invariably replaces all first-rate talents, regardless of their sympathies, with those crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is still the best guarantee of their loyalty." - Hannah Arendt, *Origins of Totalitarianism*

@craignicol

Yes, the poor in Australia are also treated cruelly. "Robodebt" exemplified government sadism.

@DrALJONES the way it's practiced in UK (and I believe USA) is very much talking about "the undeserving poor" so making people jump through hoops to show they're looking for work, and adding a lot of red tape to prove they deserve food and a roof over their head, because Murdoch printed a story once that someone on benefits made more than the queen, and everyone believed it.

And of course, they're the ones that mean we can't afford anything, but the billionaires in the Panama papers 🤔

Report: The US war on Iran has prompted Gulf sovereign wealth funds to review their US investments.

The "planned merger between Paramount Skydance & Warner Brothers Discovery, made possible as a result of Gulf financing," is under review.

"Financing underpinning the artificial intelligence bubble is also on the table for reconsideration."

Source: Ryan Grim, Drop Site News, 5 April

#USPol #EUPol #IranWar #ParamountMerger #GulfWealthFunds .

@craignicol

Sorry, not sure I understand. Afaik, means testing is about not allocating public money to those who have plenty of their own. (in Australia at least).

@RiaResists

I think they explained the reference

@craignicol

They miss the point that no human beings are "useless". Only fascists and psychopaths think that.

More Iranian war satire

#USPol #EUPol #IranWar .