Mostly cause I'm curious about @SocialBlade and how accurate their future predictions are I've decided to post a picture and see if its accurate or how close it is too being accurate after about a year
This time of year, I am always reminded of the Thanksgiving scene painted by one of my favorite artists, Norman Rockwell. Many people don’t know this, but Rockwell actually lived for a time in Arlington, Vermont, and painted some of his most well-known pieces there, including his “Four Freedoms.” He even used many of his Vermont neighbors as models and inspiration in his work.
Rockwell’s “Four Freedoms” series was published in the Saturday Evening Post in 1943. They were paintings that reflected the vision that President Franklin Delano Roosevelt articulated in his 1941 State of the Union speech: Freedom of Speech, Freedom of Worship, Freedom from Want, and Freedom from Fear.
In that speech Roosevelt stated:
“In the future days, which we seek to make secure, we look forward to a world founded upon four essential human freedoms.
“The first is freedom of speech and expression—everywhere in the world.
“The second is freedom of every person to worship God in his own way—everywhere in the world.
“The third is freedom from want—which, translated into world terms, means economic understandings which will secure to every nation a healthy peacetime life for its inhabitants—everywhere in the world.
“The fourth is freedom from fear—which, translated into world terms, means a world-wide reduction of armaments to such a point and in such a thorough fashion that no nation will be in a position to commit an act of physical aggression against any neighbor—anywhere in the world.
“That is no vision of a distant millennium. It is a definite basis for a kind of world attainable in our own time and generation. That kind of world is the very antithesis of the so-called new order of tyranny which the dictators seek to create with the crash of a bomb.”
In my view, Roosevelt’s vision from 1941 remains relevant today.
On behalf of Jane, my children, and my grandkids, let me take this opportunity to wish everybody a very happy Thanksgiving and a wonderful holiday season.
How come we don't talk about class in America?
Because when you talk about class, you risk working people coming together and taking back power from the top 1% of our society.
Atlanta Amazon workers are now organizing a union with the @Teamsters. This follows a wave of worker organizing at the corporate giant in New York, California, Illinois and beyond. Each step take to unionize at Amazon is a massive victory for the working class.
“If even a small percentage of what the United States allocates to war were instead dedicated to building peace and fostering development, it would address the underlying causes of human mobility.”
—Claudia Sheinbaum, Mexico’s new President, fired back at U.S. President-elect Donald Trump in a statement today. She suggested that Mexico would retaliate with its own tariffs after Trump blamed Mexico for the flow of drugs and migrants across the border and threatened to impose a 25% tariff on Mexican goods. She also addressed Trump’s threat to deport “millions of illegals,” a term he uses for undocumented immigrants.
➤ Sheinbaum’s full response is in the linked tweet below. Here are some excerpts that stood out to us:
“Dear President-elect Donald Trump,
I am writing to you regarding your statement on Monday, November 25, concerning migration, fentanyl trafficking, and tariffs.”
“If even a small percentage of what the United States allocates to war were instead dedicated to building peace and fostering development, it would address the underlying causes of human mobility.”
“You must also be aware of the illegal trafficking of firearms into my country from the United States.
Seventy percent of the illegal weapons seized from criminals in Mexico come from your country. We do not produce these weapons, nor do we consume synthetic drugs. Tragically, it is in our country that lives are lost to the violence resulting from meeting the drug demand in yours.”
“President Trump, migration and drug consumption in the United States cannot be addressed through threats or tariffs. What is needed is cooperation and mutual understanding to tackle these significant challenges.”
Billionaires and special interest groups spent a record-breaking $1 billion in dark money this election cycle. It's sick.
Billionaires cannot continue to buy our elections. We need to end Citizens United.
Will give you 3
Bernie Sanders has a track record of actions that align with the fight for Black liberation:
1️⃣ He was arrested in the 1960s protesting racist segregation policies and marched with Dr. King—putting his body on the line for civil rights.
2️⃣ His fight for universal healthcare and a $15 minimum wage directly addresses systemic economic oppression that disproportionately impacts Black people.
3️⃣ He has pushed to abolish private prisons, end cash bail, and dismantle systems of mass incarceration rooted in slavery.
71% of Americans believe the economy is rigged against them. They’re not wrong.
1973: Top 1% took home 9% of the income in the US
2023: Top 1% took home 26.5% of the income in the US
Wealth created by millions of people greatly benefits a tiny group of extremely rich people.
Unless Medicare demands that Big Pharma substantially reduces the prices for anti-obesity drugs, Medicare premiums for all seniors will skyrocket.
We cannot allow Medicare and Medicaid to simply be a cash cow for Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly.
I gotta say, it's pretty fucking funny to me that people are crying that they're not welcome at their family's house for Thanksgiving after voting for trump.
Like no, you're NOT entitled to a nice, pleasant dinner with decent folks after you voted for a fucking adjudicated rapist whose policies will jack up prices, break up families, end Healthcare coverage, and more.
I have ZERO sympathy for you Googling "can I change my vote" dumbasses after you saw the same January 6th that we did.
He's the same irresponsible dick who botched the response to covid, only he's much worse now, physically and mentally.
Go take your ass to McDonald's.
Both political parties in America are dominated by billionaires and corporate money.
Real change in this country will come about when an organized working class leads the fight for justice.
We need working class candidates to help us do that. https://t.co/uw7WRxcxKD