MMA fighter Bryce Mitchell called Elon Musk a 'rat b\*stard' for not using his money to help people, just days before Musk became the first ever to surpass $400 billion in wealth
Oligarchy is not just a Russian phenomenon. It exists right here in the USA.
In 2024, just 150 billionaire families spent nearly $2 billion to purchase candidates.
We must stand together to save democracy.
Winters are getting warmer but punctuated by periods of extreme cold
When this happens ignorant morons like Trump come out and say this is proof global warming does not exist when in fact it proves the opposite - how Arctic warming is weakening the Polar Vortex Jet Stream
Capitalism is about 400 yo, 500 tops. It's only been the dominant economic system of the world for about 40 years, 50 tops.
Humanity is ~200-250,000 yo.
The claim that capitalism is human nature, let alone inherent to physical reality is laughably ridiculous on it's face.
Ohio Dem Sen Sherrod Brown in final remarks to Senate Banking Committee he chairs:
"When I was growing up, the CEO-to-worker pay ratio was 20-to-1. That was still good money
Today, that ratio is 344-to-1
When the economy fundamentally does not reward work, while Wall Street...