Ben Briones

Life is amazing, it's capitalism that's rotten.

[Ben Briones @BasilRRMaximus]

Most of the time when people say life sucks they're really talking about capitalism. Life doesn't suck. Existence doesn't suck. Life and existence are both incredible things. What sucks is having our labor exploited and having to live and compete in this capitalist hellscape.

[𝕷𝖚𝖈𝖎𝖋𝖊𝖗 @LucifersTweetz]

I’ve never seen rich people fighting among themselves to defend the poor, but I have seen poor people fighting among themselves to defend the rich.

[Rakesh Kumar @Rakeshhkumaar]

After Guatemala (1954), Iran (1953), Congo (1961), Chile (1973), and Venezuela (2026), any socialist who thinks the West will allow socialism through liberal democracy is dreaming.

The West loves democracy until people vote against the interests of capital.

Then come the coups, sanctions, and “humanitarian” lies.

And they still ask, “Why don’t socialists come to power democratically?”

[Ϟ @XqiuzX]

Capitalism really convinced people that working yourself into burnout, missing your kids grow up, and never taking a vacation is somehow more honorable than wanting to actually enjoy the one life you get.

[J.S. Park 박준 @jsparkblog]

Children are expected to have a level of self-control that’s rarely seen in police, politicians, pastors, billionaires, and the president.

[Mohamad Safa @mhdksafa]

Believing that billionaires and trillionaires are fighting for the working class requires an almost comical level of delusion.

[‏ً @omgsidewalks]

The wealthy elite will fight tooth and nail against free college for two reasons:

1. it will be harder to fill the ranks of the military with poor people if college is free.

2. starting off workers with enormous debt is the greatest innovation that capitalism ever came up with

[Ben Briones @BasilRRMaximus]

@benshapiro Shapiro you say the dumbest shit and act like it’s profound. Or that it makes any sense at all

[Marco Foster @MarcoFoster_]

John C. Reilly: “Why aren’t people on the right wing concerned about human rights? They’re human too. Elon Musk says don’t be fooled by the empathy trap. Empathy is not a trap, empathy is a superpower. It’s what makes human beings exceptional, our ability to look outside ourself”

[🚶🏾‍♀️ @chrskte]

europe spent 400 years using slave labour in colonies to build their wealth, rebranded this extraction model in the 20th century and somehow their citizens still believe their social conditions is a result of some superior intellect rather than inhuman violence

[‏ً @omgsidewalks]

Y’all stop acting like simple pleasures are keeping people in poverty. People aren't poor because they get a $2 iced coffee a few times a week.

People are poor because capitalism keeps them poor with inflation, stagnant wages, no insurance, while the 1% ruin the environment and evade taxes.

[‏ً @omgsidewalks]

The older generations say, “We also struggled in our 20s.”

Nah, you didn’t. You didn’t even pay rent that consumes half your entire paycheck. You didn’t work 2 jobs just to cover basics. You didn’t apply to 200 jobs and face silent rejections. Gen Z isn’t dramatic. They’re drowning.

[‏ً @omgsidewalks]

Now 52% of young adults live with their parents, the highest rate ever, surpassing even the Great Depression. The most-educated and most in debt generation in history did everything they were supposed to and got this.

The system. Does. Not. Work

[Uzi @UziCryptoo]

“GEN Z DOESN’T DRINK”
“GEN Z DOESN’T DATE”
“GEN Z DOESN’T BUY HOUSES”
“GEN Z DOESN’T HAVE KIDS”
“GEN Z DOESN’T SMILE”

Maybe because:

• They graduated into a pandemic

• Job hunted into an AI apocalypse

• Entered the housing market when rates hit 8%

• Watched a world war start before they turned 25

• Got their first paycheck and lost 30% to taxes they’ll never see benefits from

• Student loans kicked in the same month rent doubled

• Were told to “just network” during two years of lockdown

• Grew up on social media designed to make them feel worthless

• Watched billionaires add trillions during COVID while they lost their jobs

• Inherited a planet that’s literally on fire

• Were promised the American Dream and handed the American Bill

But yeah.

It’s the avocado toast.

[Ben Briones @BasilRRMaximus]

@peterdaou A terrorist is any leader, county, or group who won’t bow down to American imperialism.

Otherwise they are called freedom fighters.

[Jeremy @jeremyct]

My boomer uncle keeps sending me articles about how Gen Z doesn’t want to work hard.

He retired at 58 with a pension, a paid off house, and a boat.

I asked him what his first job paid.

$6.50 an hour in 1979.

That’s $28 an hour adjusted for inflation today.

Most entry level jobs near me start at $16.

He didn’t work harder than us.
He just got paid like it mattered.

[Ben Briones @BasilRRMaximus]

@peterdaou A terrorist is any leader, county, or group who won’t bow down to American imperialism.

Otherwise they are called freedom fighters.

[Jaybefaunt🏳️‍🌈 @Jaybefaunt]

I can list terrorist organizations:
Klu Klux Klan
Proud Boys
Neo Nazis
Israeli Defense Force
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Central Intelligence Agency
United States Department of Defense
Blackwater
ISIS
United States Police Departments
United States House of Representatives
United States Senate
United States Executive Branch
United States Supreme Court
International Monetary Fund
World Bank
United States Federal Reserve

Shall I go on?

[‏ً @omgsidewalks]

While we're on it, there’s no such thing as “unskilled labor.” The concept does not exist. You cannot take a boardroom CEO and dump them at a dock and call them a longshoreman and expect them to perform flawlessly. It is a fake idea designed to depress your wages

[‏ً @omgsidewalks]

The idea of having to “earn a living” implies that, by default, you don't actually deserve to be ałive.