If history is any guide the end of this period of oligarchy will likely lead to a more democratic period. When the people decide things that matter, about their economy, about their workplace, about going to war, that’s democracy. #history #hope
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There are actually scientific reasons to feel hope right now, despite also feeling completely overwhelmed by the state of the world. This post by Barry’s Economics explains why… loved this from start to finish:
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TikTok wouldn’t let me repost this from last year… probably because it clearly describes why communism won in China. It was a simple policy change: Ditch the landlords. See what TikTok’s new owners would prefer you didn’t…
#china #communism #landlords
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Why did the “worst of the worst,” once locked away in Alcatraz prison get a better deal from the US government than the American working class?
#capitalism #alcatraz #socialism #free
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I learned something from Gen Alpha the other day and I love it: Meanies are Weenies.
#meanies #weenies #kindergarten #politics
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Michael Parenti was a public intellectual, an iconoclast, antiauthoritarian, a brilliant writer and thinker, a dazzlingly articulate and passionate public speaker, and personal hero.
#parenti #radical #memorial
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If you’re looking for a way to protest the current state of our union, here is a concrete way to strike a blow against concentrated oligarchic power and help yourself at the same time: Join a credit union.
#protest #banks #creditunion
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Let’s face it, ICE agents suck. They are a bleeding lesion on the American body politic. The American public never agreed to have an unaccountable army of violent, armed psychopaths roaming our streets and killing people.
#minneapolis #ice #reneegood #alexpretti
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Revolutionary activist Kwame Ture (once known as Stokely Carmichael) on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “greatest contribution”…
#martinlutherking #mlk #kwameture #activism #hope
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Tiki is a very special pet.
Sometimes he moves his beak like he’s talking after I say something to him. “Mermermer.”
Sometimes I feel guilt for keeping a living creature in a cage for his entire life.
It reminds me of slavery.
#cockatiel #pets #slavery
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In light of what happened in Minneapolis yesterday this post seems more relevant than ever. One thing that figures in today’s power structure seem to forget, President Trump more than any, is that the people have immense power. The pushback is only just beginning.
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Thank you kindly!
The U.S. Constitution is dead. Blame President Trump and the honor system…
#constitution #goodfaith #blametrump
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Those who would argue that Jesus was actually a capitalist unintentionally prove that they don’t know anything about capitalism, nor do they know anything about Jesus.
#christian #capitalism #jesus #merrychristmas
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Why people say “the left begins with anticapitalism”
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Define Liberalism: What does it mean to be a liberal? Why aren’t liberals on the left? A brief history of how Populist defeat gave birth to the Liberal establishment
#liberal #democrat #populistparty #ushistory
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I got sick with a really nasty cold recently... knocked me right on my ass. But it really underscored to me how psychologically conditioned we are to keep working anyway.
#sick #work #pto
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Plague, "savages," and genocide... reflecting on lies our teachers taught us about the original Thanksgiving before we dig in this holiday...
#thanksgiving #propaganda #civilreligion
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How watching an old episode of The Sopranos helped me realize how AI threatens our entire legal system.
#artificialintelligence #law #evidence #AI
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Confronting fear, confronting your programming… how waking up to uncomfortable realities dismantles hierarchy… but thanks to Andre The Beast Crayton for having me on his show… watch “Scott Bennett HD Full Episode” on YouTube…
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When people ask me why I think it’s okay to use AI art in my posts, my response is that I believe it is valid to use the tools of our oppressors for liberation. I would never criticize a slave for grabbing the master’s pitchfork during an uprising.
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I know you’re scared. I am too. But the rich are really scared. And you want to know something really scary? They should be.
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Andre The Beast Crayton was kind enough to have me on his show to talk about class consciousness. I really enjoyed our conversation and I hope you will as well. Please check it out!
If someone with limited power is trying to push you around, tell them to shove it up their ass.
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Have you noticed that anybody with even a little authority seems emboldened to abuse their power these days? Resist petty tyrants!
#tyrants #pettytyrants #trump #maga #authority
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The Trump Administration hates it when people are “woke.”
But what does woke even mean?
Woke means awake, conscious. Class conscious…
#woke
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Why conservatives tend to agree that existing hierarchies are justified...
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The reason conservatism exists is to maintain hierarchy. It has always been this way.
#hierarchy #conservative #rightwing
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Trump’s ice goons pull guns on an unarmed guy on a bike in Rogers Park. Terrorizing neighborhoods
