@Primavera_Sound leaving the festival tonight I couldn't scan my ticket because my phone ran out of battery. At first they said I could have problems getting back in tomorrow, but they couldn't help me.
@dccommonsense I don't understand how the conclusion of your "Nazis and communists fighting in the streets" analogy isn't that the communists were right all along...
James K. Galbraith on what the U.S. must do in response to #COVID:
🏥 Finance the immediate production of medical supplies
💸 Give businesses interest-free loans to cover payroll
🏠 Stop all evictions & foreclosures
📞 Make phone, internet & cable free
https://t.co/IH25afDQex
I have never voted for a candidate in my life.
But I will be voting for Bernie Sanders in the democratic primary and the general election. If I’m doing that, there are probably tens of millions in that same position.
Let me explain why I’m doing this now:
@openargs Frankly, it's embarrassing. The weakest possible defense of the system. Just as weak as when the same general point was deployed against every other left movement in history.
@openargs I mean, let's say I believe American imperialism is the world's greatest producer of misery and I oppose it all costs. The fact that Russian imperialism (which I also oppose) also seeks to undermine US imperialism does not make me question my beliefs for even one second.
@seriouspod It doesn't matter where the pizza is actually made, but if you don't have opinions or preferences about different styles of pizza, you're probably a boring person. It just so happens that we associate pizza styles with their places of origin.
‘Some of that $3.8 billion should go right now into humanitarian aid in Gaza.’ — @BernieSanders would like to divert some of Israel’s military aid to help Palestinians