@literallysofie There's no moral obligation for me to use language that others want me to use because it helps structure their reality, a reality that is based on assigned socially constructed gender roles and behaviours that embody patriarchal hierarchy...gender? I'm against it
Given the subs that #reddit left up, it looks like we'd have been more likely to survive if we had actually been a subreddit about child porn rather than #radicalfeminism#RedditHatesWomen
It's funny how I should be happy with the final results of Finland’s basic income experiment, but I'm angry. Basic income works. Over and over again, it works. Across so many dimensions important to human existence, IT WORKS. And yet, it's still a debate instead of a reality.
THREAD: The Nasdaq is now 1% away from turning to positive territory for 2020.
There has never been a clearer moment to see how the stock market is NOT the economy.
Why does this matter & why is it concerning?
Let me get this straight:
Big corporations are free to hide their taxes offshore.
But then when things get rocky they deserve our tax money as a bailout.
Occasionally someone asked me why I was running for President as opposed to some other smaller office. I responded that I didn’t think we had the time.
@TheAtlantic@AndrewYang We have been allowed to molder in our complacency about youth’s future advancement, infrastructure decay & devaluing scientific facts. Our nation struggles as leaders divide us for fund raising. Vital products manufactured overseas. Stuff is really broken. It is why I’m #Yanggang
One of the weirdest and worst asymmetries in policy right now is that banks and big corporations can get fast, basically unlimited help from the Fed, while small biz and individual help is limited and slowed by congressional process and dysfunction.
A competitor, Toast, just raised $400M + is worth $5B. It's laying off half its staff
We're worth far less & raised $0 ever but we're laying off 0 people
It's about priorities. I took a $0 wage, staff volunteered pay cuts & we're all hustling for new biz
https://t.co/KEWSjiNl4G
Marriott has furloughed most of its American workers.
In the last two years it made $3.1 billion in profits and spent $5 billion on stock buybacks.
Even now, it just paid $160M in dividends to shareholders and is giving its CEO a 8% raise and 200% bonus
https://t.co/NaaPymz6VT
1-#HumanCenteredCapitalism & Revitalizing local communities & #SmallBusiness, aka #TrickleUp. #UBI encourages & supports new entrepeneurs.
2- VaT will only “hurt” the wallet of indiv’s spending $120k+/yr on luxury goods... Much easier 2 stomach vs “cough up some of your wealth”
Bernie is out, but Justice Dems are still around. Applying the Roberto Unger ideas:
1- deep freedom> shallow equality
2- Raise the floor> Lower the ceiling
1- #UBI >FJG.
Human value>economic value
2- VaT>Wealth tax...Tax wealth via spending (+jobs automated), NOT wealth itself