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michaelmattin.bsky.social
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It is not exactly a revelation that the roots of repressive and vindictive laws run deep in America, especially in the South Nazis studied our racist laws as a role model for their genocide

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And of course the kleptocrat regime will oppose this because they aren't profiting from it

submitted 27 days ago • 0 comments

Voltaire: "The comfort of the rich depends upon an abundant supply of the poor".

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I love historians

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This is how the Civil Service was established - it took a president getting assassinated by a disgruntled office-seeker to make folks decide that maybe it's a bad idea for every single government job to be a political patronage appointment. Well timed, Netflix. Well-timed indeed.

submitted 31 days ago • 5 comments

The big reveal is that this - what you’re seeing right now - is in fact *exactly* how businesses are run; chaotically and at the whims of sociopaths who think they know everything, actually know nothing, and run away with a golden parachute to leave others to clean up their mess.

submitted 31 days ago • 42 comments

FREEDOM✊🏾

submitted 33 days ago • 93 comments

Leave the gorillas alone. They’re not the ones hoarding all the land, resources, energy, power, and money.

submitted 34 days ago • 1 comment

Elon Musk is living proof that having all the money in the world doesn’t make you smart, cool, loved, liked, admired, talented, clever, witty, interesting, tough, coordinated, creative, artistic, compassionate, athletic, handsome, classy, kind, graceful, eloquent, nice, or funny.

submitted 33 days ago • 5 comments

Wow! The more things change, the more they stay the same.

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The richest 0.1% of Americans control $22 trillion in wealth. The bottom 50% control $3.8 trillion in wealth. Read that back. Folks, this is what oligarchy looks like.

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I highly Recommend "The Grift Society" on the Liberal Currents Substack.

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If deporting US citizen children with cancer isn’t your redline, it’s time to reassess your priorities.

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"Revolution happens when there is a transformation of common sense" David Graeber

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The problem with science hating, government aid hating, neighboring compassion hating MAGA republicans: When they’re really in need of help, they’re the first to complain about lack of government support or healthcare. Their Flying Monkeys are all over Social Media bitshing 24/7

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Actually MAGA world is not satisfied with this death toll and is working on disease, starvation, and toleration of abuse to up the death toll

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