In the USA in 1943 they produced a film 'Don't be a Sucker' about fascism.
It perfectly explains Nigel Farage, Donald Trump, Elon Musk and the entire Right.
@iamwater01@PolitlcsUK Isn’t that exactly the point?
It’s about efficiency. One person burning fuel on a private jet vs hundreds sharing the same journey.
And this idea of “lifestyle” — are most lifestyles actually sustainable as they are?
Or do we just defend what we’re used to and call it normal?
🚨THIS IS CRAZZYYY: The United States Secretary of Defense just said this out loud:
“Flying over their capital. Death and destruction from the sky all day long. We’re playing for keeps.”
Tehran has a population denser than New York City.
“Death and destruction from the sky all day long.”
Those are human beings. Families. Children.
And the man controlling the most powerful military on earth is describing their deaths like a movie trailer.
Six soldiers dead. An illegal war built on lies.
No congressional vote. No plan.
And this is who’s running it.
'Just a mistake' (breaking election law; 17 breaches of MP's Code of Conduct; launching the racist 'breaking point' poster just hours before Jo Cox was murdered by a far right extremist)
'Just banter' (referring to the gassing of Jews in the presence of a Jewish boy; telling young black boy to 'go home')
'Just misspoke' (lying about buying a house in Clacton)
'Just alpha-male banter' (excusing racist rapist Donald Trump for boasting about 'grabbing the women by the pussy')
'Just facts' (falsely describing the RNLI as a "taxi service" for "illegal immigrants*")
*contrary to popular misconceptions, people arriving in Britain by an irregular route are not 'illegal immigrants' if they claim asylum: while irregular entry remains a breach of immigration rules (and can in certain circumstances be an offence), claiming asylum provides legal protection against penalties for that entry in the vast majority of cases. The populist label "illegal immigrants" for small boat arrivals who seek asylum is misleading and contrary to UK and international law.
@piersmorgan Outrage isn’t a quota.
Iran matters.
Gaza is children being shot and civilians destroyed at scale.
Unequal crimes don’t get equal attention.
@basedape13@owenjonesjourno@ZackPolanski@grok valuation makes the ‘admin cost’ scare story obsolete. Capital flight is driven by lifestyle and policy stability far more than tax. If you want growth and equality, you need public investment— not superstition about millionaires teleporting away when taxed
@basedape13@owenjonesjourno@ZackPolanski@grok and the Netherlands run asset taxes perfectly well without mass exodus or collapsing investment. France’s old ISF failed because it was badly designed, not because wealth taxes don’t work. UK non-dom reforms already showed only ~2% leave and revenue rises. Modern digital
Heartbreaking news day for the Mail. It has to share its daily load of cruelty between two targets. But forced to chose it opts to highlight the not guilty one. M. Typical of the Mail’s deranged spite. BTW it’s the Mail that shamelessly changes its story
The richest man on earth owns X.
The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
Gary #Neville who opened his hotel free of charge to #NHS staff who needed somewhere to stay during the early stages of lockdown is a traitor.
#Reform UK's Nathan #Gill who took bribes from #Russia is a #Patriot.
What a weird fucked up nation the UK has become.
@forestmad80 'Business' and 'finance' are just illusions aren't they. There is a sphere where money is just imaginary. Radcliffes INEOS is £11bn in debt. People borrow against debt laden assets for more assets. It's how capitalism works at the top. It's mental