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JWcph, Radicalized By Decency @jwcph@helvede.net
· 3d ago
Boosted by @gvenema@fairmove.net

RE: https://techhub.social/@fedipete/117380946866839875

I'm pushing 60 but that's still young enough that, barring an accident, I will get to see the post-oligarchy world. The current clusterfuck doesn't have generations of life in it - you can see the cracks widening in real time...

  • and like @pluralistic@mamot.fr I am hopeful. Remember, hope is not optimism; hope is looking what needs doing & making a plan.

The worst in us rules right now, but the best in us has overcome worse. Pop the bubble & let's get to work.

#oligarchy #future #humanity #hope

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fedipete
@fedipete@techhub.social
@pluralistic@mamot.fr 's latest post https://pluralistic.net/2026/10/03/full-employment/#make-sarsaparilla The cautious optimism about the opportunities in rebuilding post collapse, gave me the same feeling as reading the brilliant N. K. Jemisin's short story "Emergency Skin, " which you should read immediately!
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fedipete: "@pluralistic@mamot.fr 's latest post https://plur…" - TechHub

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DrALJONES @DrALJONES@mastodon.social
· 2w ago
Report: "How Zohran Mamdani Helped Germany’s Left Party, Die Linke, Win in Berlin". “The success of a democratic socialist in NY, the heartland of capitalism, is a huge achievement," said Die Linke. The party adopted Mamdani's "massive ground game", "lashings of social media flare" & "keep it simple & keep it real" motto. Die Linke's campaign was laser focused on Berlin’s housing crisis: "The rent is too damn high." https://novaramedia.com/2026/09/21/how-zohran-mamdani-helped-germanys-left-party-win-in-berlin/ #USPol #EUPol #Germany #news #oligarchy #democracy .
How Zohran Mamdani Helped Germany’s Left Party Win in Berlin | Steven Methven
Novara Media

How Zohran Mamdani Helped Germany’s Left Party Win in Berlin | Steven Methven

Die Linke’s victory in Berlin comes off the back of a laser-focused campaign on the city’s mounting housing crisis, writes Steven Methven.

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DrALJONES @DrALJONES@mastodon.social
· 2w ago
Report: Nobel Prize-Winning Economists Back Billionaire Tax in California Economist Joseph Stiglitz said that "a one-time 5% tax on billionaire residents of California could kickstart wealth distribution in the US & across the world." During the 2000 federal election cycle, billionaire political donations made up only 1% of the total - compared to 19% by 2024. https://novaramedia.com/2026/09/21/nobel-prize-winning-economists-back-first-billionaire-tax-in-us/#USPol #EUPol #CAElection #WealthTax #news #oligarchy #democracy .
Nobel Prize-Winning Economists Back First Billionaire Tax in US
Novara Media

Nobel Prize-Winning Economists Back First Billionaire Tax in US

The economists say that a one-time 5% tax on billionaire residents of California could kickstart wealth distribution in the US and across the world.

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JWcph, Radicalized By Decency @jwcph@helvede.net
· 2w ago
Boosted by @gvenema@fairmove.net
RE: https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/117313716231482340 Like Stoller I too feel strange pangs of hope - certainly helps having several different convos today hearing ppl from unemployed person to management being fed up to the point of genuine anger over AI, war for profit, surveillance capitalism, lack of environmental responsibilitiy & action... basically all the shit foisted on us by the oligarchy. Not torches & pitchforks yet, but it's getting less improbable every day 🤞 #oligarchy #capitalism #resist
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Cory Doctorow
@pluralistic@mamot.fr
Well, *fuck*. California AG Bonta just surrendered to the Trump-aligned Ellison billionaires who want to take over and destroy Warners, merging it with the chudded out husk they've made of Paramount, leaving these two useless assholes to control Warners, Paramount and Tiktok: https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/paramount-settles-with-california-other-states-clearing-major-hurdle-warner-bros-2026-09-21/ - If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this thread to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog: https://pluralistic.net/2026/09/22/happy-chudmas/#baloney-in-our-slacks 1/
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Cory Doctorow: "Well, *fuck*. California AG Bonta just surrendere…" - Mamot - Le Mastodon de La Quadrature du Net

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ADHDBard @rogerc2738@social.vivaldi.net
· 2w ago
White House shredded for promoting its own news app after Trump’s media ban: ‘State run media’ The White House promoted its official app as a way to receive ‘the news that matters most. #news #trump #media #monopoly #oligarchy https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-white-house-press-ban-media-app-b3053825.html
White House shredded for promoting its own news app after Trump’s media ban
The Independent

White House shredded for promoting its own news app after Trump’s media ban

The White House promoted its official app as a way to receive ‘the news that matters most’

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DrALJONES @DrALJONES@mastodon.social
· 2w ago
Boosted by @trending@homestead.social
Report: "How Zohran Mamdani Helped Germany’s Left Party, Die Linke, Win in Berlin". “The success of a democratic socialist in NY, the heartland of capitalism, is a huge achievement," said Die Linke. The party adopted Mamdani's "massive ground game", "lashings of social media flare" & "keep it simple & keep it real" motto. Die Linke's campaign was laser focused on Berlin’s housing crisis: "The rent is too damn high." https://novaramedia.com/2026/09/21/how-zohran-mamdani-helped-germanys-left-party-win-in-berlin/ #USPol #EUPol #Germany #news #oligarchy #democracy .
How Zohran Mamdani Helped Germany’s Left Party Win in Berlin | Steven Methven
Novara Media

How Zohran Mamdani Helped Germany’s Left Party Win in Berlin | Steven Methven

Die Linke’s victory in Berlin comes off the back of a laser-focused campaign on the city’s mounting housing crisis, writes Steven Methven.

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cauZation @cauZation@mastodon.social
· 2w ago
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@Tutanota@mastodon.social Tuta, we are on the ledge... Do we need Tuta-ledge in Root Cause Analysis, or should we barely survive, #BackIntoCaves, while the #TechBros and #FossilFuels #Oligarchy render us extinct?
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DrALJONES @DrALJONES@mastodon.social
· 2w ago
Boosted by @trending@homestead.social
Interview: “End Times Fascism” Billionaires, Bunkers, AI, Gaza & the Far Right Naomi Klein & Astra Taylor on the current fascist sequel, where dehumanization, othering, racial supremacy & hierarchy are now being applied in a time of global existential crisis. https://www.democracynow.org/2026/9/15/klein_taylor_end_times_fascism#Fascism #Democracy #News #Oligarchy #USPol #EUPol #Gaza #AI #racism .
democracynow.org

“End Times Fascism”: Naomi Klein & Astra Taylor on Billionaires, Bunkers, AI, Gaza & the Far Right | Democracy Now!

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joriki :cascadia: @joriki@infosec.exchange
· 3w ago
choose your own adventure (to hell) "The Revolving Door Project (RDP) scrutinizes executive branch appointees to ensure they use their office to serve the broad public interest, rather than to entrench corporate power or seek personal advancement." one of their 3 main focus areas is: "how the Trump administration’s corrupt governance is helping oligarchs and hurting ordinary people." here's the nicely organized catalog of harms: https://therevolvingdoorproject.org/tag/trumpwatch/ #uspol #corruption #oligarchy
Trump Watch Archives | Revolving Door Project
Revolving Door Project

Trump Watch Archives | Revolving Door Project

Revolving Door Project is continuously updating resources on the Trump administration's assault on everyday people and the law.

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aburtch @aburtch@shakedown.social
· 3w ago
Boosted by @trending@homestead.social
“Rules for thee, but not for me.” North Carolina company fined half a mil for dumping forever chemicals into the Cape Fear River goes “oops, we’re broke, can’t pay” and gets away with it. No jail time, no repercussions. Do you need any more proof we live in an #oligarchy where rich corporations pollute as they please? Imagine if you had a court fine and said you weren’t able to pay…you’d be locked up so fast it would make your head spin. #corporatocracy
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cauZation @cauZation@mastodon.social
· 1mo ago
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@Tutanota@mastodon.social Remove #TechBros and #FossilFuels #Oligarchy from power
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The Climate Historian @Climatehistories@mastodon.social
· 1mo ago
Boosted by @trending@homestead.social
989 people in the U.S., out of 340 million, are billionaires. 3,428 people, out of 8.3 billion, worldwide as of March 2026. That's roughly one in every 2.4 million humans. A tiny group of the human population and yet they do disproportionate damage to the planet and its people. We are destroying the Earth to create wealth for these men. It doesn't have to stay this way. We can change this. https://www.forbes.com/sites/pr/2026/03/10/forbes-40th-annual-worlds-billionaires-list-elon-musk-is-worlds-richest-person-ever-recorded/ #inequality #oligarchy #democracy
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Broadwaybabyto @broadwaybabyto@zeroes.ca
· 1mo ago
Boosted by @MaryAustinBooks@mstdn.social
Gary, Indiana is 77% percent Black. Tens of thousands of people have been without power for nearly two weeks. Many are without safe water as well. Yet every data center is up and running. Using enormous amounts of both power and water to enrich the billionaire owners. This is what oligarchy looks like. Everyone suffers so the 1% can make even more. #uspol #oligarchy #poverty #abolishbillionaires #indiana #gary #datacenters
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janhoglund @janhoglund@mastodon.nu
· 2mo ago
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”…the intelligence community, as well as the military and other major aspects of the federal government, contract extensively with these same big tech companies and are arguably largely dependent on them. While at the same time, a lot of these big tech oligarchs are major donors to our politicians.” —Whitney Webb #usa #bigtech #oligarchy
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janhoglund @janhoglund@mastodon.nu
· 2mo ago
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”…during Trump’s inauguration last year, behind him was a line of Who’s Who of Big Tech CEOs… And he has obviously, so far, been generously repaying their patronage.” —Whitney Webb #trump #oligarchy #bigtech
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