Postcards from the Death of the American Dream..
(warning, these are not comfortable viewing)
Since 1965 (everyones working memory) wages have not risen in real terms. Its an endless hamster wheel of despair...
THREAD: Photos, videos, and news reports about the train derailment and toxic chemical release in East Palestine, Ohio.
This may be the largest environmental disaster in U.S. history.
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In 1995, U.S. and Canadian wildlife officials released 14 wolves in Yellowstone National Park. No one expected the miracle that the wolves would bring. Video by Nat Geo Wild / Appreciate.
Normalize sitting outside a café with your boys all day, tanning, siestas, swimming and boating, living the Mediterranean lifestyle. The Protestant work ethic and it’s consequences have been a disaster for the human race.
Your taxes are not going to Nationalized healthcare, The homeless, The hungry, Clean water, Public transportation.
Your taxes are going to the weapons industry and Ukrainian pensions.
Corporations: highest profits since 1950
Oil companies: highest profit in 7+ years
Shipping companies: record profit, grew 7x in one year
CEO pay: highest ever, up 1,322% in four decades
Stock buybacks/dividends: record $1.5 trillion a year, doubled in a decade
open your eyes