| I believe in every person's right to dignity, shelter, health and childcare, and many other "radical" positions | Meritocracy is a lie we tell ourselves to dismiss the luck, privilege, and nepotism that plays a much larger role in "success" under capitalism. |
| Opposed to fascism in all forms. | Abortion is a right, not a choice. the government should not insert itself between the doctor and patient on such decisions. |
the problem with celebrating girl bosses is at the end of the day you are celebrating bosses. society oriented around hierarchy is not feminist because it requires inequality.
let's think about this! the problem with patriarchy is not that some humans are born with dicks. the problem is structuring society around the unequal distribution of power. placing women within that architecture doesn't level it. but re-orienting around lateral movement building & collective organizing can! imo!
For anyone who is considering it for their own org, I shifted my org to a four day workweek several months ago, just as others globally are starting to (including, civil servants in Scotland!)
100% endorse. We are getting the same amount of work done because we are less bored, stressed and tired. We all take off Fridays. Everyone’s pay remained the same.
Some people use the time for a paid second gig. Others to volunteer or like me, to read a book with a cat snuggled near by.
At a music festival and the ad they just ran for the US border patrol used the tagline “Secure your future”.
14 words, anyone? Motherfuckers aren’t even pretending anymore.
Fetterman becomes first Democratic senator to demand Bob Menendez resign over corruption charges
#BusinessInsider #Fetterman #DemocraticSenator #BobMenendezResign #CorruptionCharges #PoliticalScandal #Politics #News
Too many news orgs feel the need to present “both sides” equally, even when “both sides” are not at all equal.
Using the concept of “balanced coverage” as an excuse to create FALSE equivalence is not good journalism.
Scales are meant to measure the weight of facts, not to be kept in an artificial state of perfect balance.
Neutral is NOT the same as factual.
Journalism should NOT strive to be neutral, it should strive to be factual.
Latest cartoon on the right's plans to destroy the "administrative state" and replace government workers with cronies under the next Republican president
#authoritarianism #climatechange #climatecrisis #corruption #cartoon #uspol
What I always hear: “We can’t afford to pay our workers $15 an hour.”
What I never hear: “We can’t afford to pay our CEO millions of dollars a year.”
Funny how that works.
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