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What is Capitalism and why are we doing it?
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The concentration of wealth in the hands of an elite few isn't just bad for our economy. It's corrosive to our democracy. When the wealthy and well-connected control our political system, the American people don't have a voice. The result is demagoguery and corruption.

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Right now, this moment, our glorious big labor unions already control: The ports, Many hospitals, many grocery stores, car manufacturing, public education, civil/government operations, many major city vital infrastructures.....

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A number of federal agencies, from HHS to the USDA, have laid off employees only to rescind those terminations days later. An expert says it "suggests something about mismanagement of government."

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I talked to Spectrum News about Elon Musk and OWNED

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Sen. Padilla and I will be supporting Governor Newsom’s request for federal aid to recover and rebuild from the Eaton and Palisades fires. To deny it – or place conditions on it – would be to abandon people in their time of most need. People need help. We must act urgently.

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Are all greatest atrocities today a "spiritual crisis" of sorts which ultimately boils down to those who retain control of resources and power as "worthy," and everyone else as "parasites"? The belief that oneself/a certain group are "more valuable" than everyone is the crisis that must be resolved.

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Isn't poverty porn the most deranged and evil shit online? Aside from the literal massacre of entire communities indiscriminately by the fascist zionist movement, I can't think of anything more repulsive than INFLUENCERS "saving" poor people. That is so fucked up, it makes me ill.

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This is how many hours per week a person needs to work in order to escape poverty. The US is dead last. #Poverty #USA

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wearing sunglasses inside and following an event where he at times had a hard time speaking coherently, Elon Musk walks off the CPAC stage waving around a chain saw. this is the guy currently running our government. Congrats, America!

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Instead of dreaming of a revolution, we must become what the revolution is dreaming of!

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I'm sorry but I can't help but LOVE how fucking whackadoo he is. There is an element of absurdist comedy which he's (unfortunately) just so good at. If only Democrats would be willing to be as fucking insane but for people, but maybe this kind of comedy only works by being a piece of shit? Idk.

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Appearing today in The Week:

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this four-frame comic is like a modern loss dot jpg. it transcends race, religion, creed and culture.

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Do you think that the people of Indianapolis know that no one knows they exist?

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Maybe Maddow wasn't too crazy on the incessant Russiagate bullshit 😅😆 The message delivery of the mainstream Dems will never break through, because it comes from the position of "I know, you don't, I'm an expert, you are dumb." Descartes intervenes here: skepticism without becoming a skeptic.

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States rights are the most sacred things when conservatives don’t want to adhere to federal guidelines, when they have power states rights are irrelevant bc it’s payback for lib overreach

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“This is truly a national tragedy and one that is being executed by people who do not understand the value of scientific research.” 🧪 from @science.org

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When I talk with the many people who are having a justifiable existential crisis in this moment of tumult, I make sure to tell them this: What you're experiencing now is simply the truth of what has *ALWAYS BEEN* Any semblance of "peace" and "stability" you felt was built on pain, slavery, and death

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