"Capitalism is driven by failure.
Industrialization is about eliminating the risk of failure.
'Too big to fail' is the goal of every industrialist,
but 'too big to fail' means that capitalism is no longer functioning."
— Seth Godin
#Capitalism
Elon Musk Wealth
2012: $2 billion
2023: $234.3 billion
Mark Zuckerberg Wealth
2009: $2 billion
2023: $105 billion
Federal Minimum Wage
2009: $7.25
2023: $7.25
The cage match we should pay attention to is the one the billionaire class is waging against the working class.
Anthony Bourdain died on this day 5 years ago.
His genius was not in the kitchen. His genius was in knowing which side he was on.
https://t.co/H6gPI3Nzqr
Amazon just fired the union organizer behind the effort to unionize the first Amazon facility in Alabama. The details of her firing are insane:
https://t.co/HbSpedRCjD
How am I only learning about this now?
Ethan Schmidt—the notorious anti-LGBTQ troll who harassed retail workers in Arizona—was already caught on gay dating apps.
They’re so goddamn predictable holy shit.
Today, two Democrats voted with Republicans to say that not only should student debt relief be repealed, not only should the pause on payments end, but that you should make *retroactive* payments from previous months.
Introducing Jared Golden and Marie Gluesenkamp Pérez:
States where child beauty pageants are most popular:
TX, FL, GA, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV, KY
All allow minors to get married.
All proposed anti-drag show laws.
How does child sexualization, exploitation and rape not harm a child, but drag queens reading books to them does?