Robert ReichSince the word ‘socialism’ is apparently so terrifying, let me be clear: Every advanced country on planet earth pools resources for the common good.
This is how a society functions.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xq02yuY4wDQ&ab_channel=RobertReich
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365-to-1: The CEO-worker pay ratio at Stellantis
362-to-1: The CEO-worker pay ratio at GM
281-to-1: The CEO-worker pay ratio at Ford
The Big Three CEOs keep pretending they can't afford to pay workers fairly while they themselves are raking in millions off of workers' labor.
We’re now in America’s second Gilded Age, and that’s not good.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nmq7QqqY4vo&ab_channel=RobertReich
From Robber Barons to Bezos: Is History Repeating Itself? | Robert Reich
This is how our government has been corrupted:
1) Donors give huge sums to elect politicians to office.
2) Elected officials rewrite the rules in the donors' favor.
3) Donors make a huge profit.
4) Repeat.
For the sake of democracy, we must get Big Money out of politics.
Bailouts for banks? Fine! Tax cuts for the rich? Sure thing! $800B for the military? No problem! Student debt relief for middle-class and working Americans? But... but... how will we ever pay for it?
Bread and CircusesOur capitalist rulers, and the politicians they own, are playing the long game. Since the 1950s they have been working steadily to shift the Overton window, to reduce the influence of labor unions, to boost consumerism, and to concentrate wealth and power in the hands of a few.
A large part of that strategy involves privatizing services that used to be (and should be) public.
They're playing the long game, and they are winning — much to the detriment of you and me and the environment we live in.
It appears that #Inflation is surging higher again in the US. It is not under control.
Jed Hartman“One year old, US climate law is already turbocharging [investment in and use of] clean energy technology”
Laure“Following #elonmusk ‘s lead, Big #Tech is surrendering to #disinformation
#Facebook and #YouTube are receding from their role (lol as in doing the bare minimum) as watchdogs against #conspiracy theories ahead of the 2024 presidential #election”
the #democrats have no plan to track and counter it as most #journalism #journalists have no clue how to investigate it.
#siliconvalley #democracy
Dan GillmorWill Bunch (@willbunch, but he's unfortunately not active here) is probably the best currently working Big Journalism commentator on where we are headed as a nation.
In this must-read piece, he expresses the contempt for his contemporaries -- who are utterly refusing to do their jobs in the face of incipient American fascism -- that they so richly deserve.
https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/commentary/media-2020-election-trump-authoritarianism-20230827.html
