People get upset about other people stealing consumer goods in order to live, but don’t bat an eye when their boss steals their wages in order to get rich.
You're not a "temporarily embarrassed millionaire", you're a worker who's exploited for profit and brainwashed into thinking that the people who oppress you want to share some of the pie with you. Quit sipping the kool-aid and realize that they only see you as a wage slave.
Today we mourn the countless freedom fighters from Ireland, India, Kenya, and other former colonies who lost their lives struggling for independence from the British government and monarchy. In their honor, we are sharing some threads summarizing the crimes of this empire 🧵
An incomplete list of British crimes across the world under the reign of Elizabeth II
In 1952 Churchill argued Kenyas fertile highlands should only be for white ppl and and approved the forcible removal of the local pop. Hundreds of thousands of Kenyans were forced into camps.
It's politically inconvenient to acknowledge the massive amount of Long Covid patients in need of treatment and financial assistance in the US because once you acknowledge its magnitude, public policies, institutions and workplaces have to do something about it.
A thread.
In coming months, you will hear a lot from the news media about how "fear of rising crime" means Democrats need to boost police and prisons. This is like saying fear of climate change means people must donate to Exxon.
"Why is gas so expensive?
2022 Q1 profits:
ExxonMobil - $5,480,000,000 (a 100% increase compared to 2021 Q1)
BP - $6,200,000,000 (highest quarterly profit in a decade)
Chevron - $6,260,000,000 (a 400% increase compared to 2021 Q1)
135 UNION STORES!! Workers in New York, Washington, Oregon, Kansas, Tennessee, Illinois, California, Michigan, Alabama, Louisiana, Minnesota, and Texas have won their unions (and that’s just from Friday)!!!