mastodon 4.7.2Pro democracy,
Pro compassion,
Pro critical thinking,
Pro habitable planet
⬆️ those qualities make me
anti fascist, anti colonialist, anti patriarchy, anti racist, anti war, anti surveillance, anti oligarchy, anti capitalist (etc)
Tax the wealthy until there are no more billionaires. Fascism is preventable, and its existence is the result of many policy failures, and people believing in incredibly stupid superstitions.
Generally kind to folks who aren't jerks
Is anyone surprised that the CEO of Shopify is all in for restricting voting rights?
If so, consider:
Right wingers want to uphold “traditional” social hierarchies (the bigoted ones, not social hierarchies based on things like subject matter expertise).
Fascists do this at "extra spicy" levels.
Billionaires thrive in social hierarchies.
And, by their very existence, they *create* "extra spicy" levels of wealth inequities…
still have questions?
Tax or ____ the ultra wealthy
So the people tearing the world apart are so shallow they think being able to own 4 Lamborghinis proves they are top big boys!!!, and not greedy, shallow fools good at math and ruthless exploitation.
I mean how -emotionally stunted- they have to be to chase after and so fully -substitute- status symbols for character. Who does that?
But the main problem is…the systems allow/demand those super shallow people be able to control important directions in the way the world works… ya know?
Oh how I wish more people understood this.
Especially around sciences- what gets funded, what doesn’t, what directions knowledge goes in are choices.
And they all have political consequences. Some incredibly harmful things are deemed “a priority” to know about (building weapons of destruction, ways to further relentless growth on a finite planet ex: developing technologies for fracking) while other really important and useful things are seen by some as frivolous or even dangerous.
re last boost: and here’s the full piece.
every single thing this regime does is just corrupt to the bone
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2026/jul/27/john-oliver-trump-family-crypto-schemes
and a second piece from substack today that I’m not gonna link to. Imo: the first one was worth reading, but this one is Krugman (who has a -large- audience) and as is often case, his framing often still lags: he says climate scientists should be applauded but are “reviled”
Thing is they are not at all reviled by folks with critical thinking skills intact, ya know? They have been demonized by…stunted people, chasing money and power over others. which again, just isn’t emotionally healthy.
RE: @cdarwin@c.im
With framing with like: extremism has ”crept into” the Heritage Foundation.
it looks like the NYT is helping the Heritage Foundation staffer try to sane-wash earlier actions…I SUPPOSE some folks just didn’t realize how nutty they were? and despite -tons- of warnings, they didn’t believe (and now can't admit) that their policies really paved the roads that led us ...here?
IOW: None of this insanity started with Project 2025, their recommendations have always been reactionary and greed based
against women and children…
these are criminal CONVICTIONS on actions
1) that we know of
2) on crimes that have notoriously low convictions rates.
Another aspect that I had lost track of is: these inhumane POS are also kidnapping brutalizing and killing people for ...civil infractions.
for not having correct papers.
Abolish ICE is really the minimum.
Arrest prosecute and convict the abusers.
until her acts in June, she was the NM GOP party’s official Treasurer. Not shocking by now...But tell me more about why anyone would want or need a strong Republican party.
Just reading the story: the harmful level of entitlement is evident: She was issued a warning for -exhibition driving?! - as a 50 something woman in 2025?!!
I like how justice systems often work as advertised for women who do shitty acts, but why do they so often fail to hold shitty men accountable? (Rhetorical question)