I will die on this hill: Angela Merkel broke Germany and probably Europe. In the wreckage of post-2008, she was uniquely positioned to choose social welfare over austerity. She chose austerity. Centrists loved her. But the fascists are now stronger than they’ve been in decades.
jeden morgen ohne schluck wasser vorher eine ladung bialetti espresso installieren dann eine rauchen dabei fast umkippen danach zittrig duschen dann so diffus getrieben in den tag starten beste
🇺🇸📁 This is bleak.
From the Epstein Files. February 3, 2014. The day after the Super Bowl.
Jes Staley, CEO of Barclays, one of the largest banks in the world, emails Jeffrey Epstein:
"you want to know why we are not São Paulo, watch the TV adds on the Super Bowl. Its all about hip blacks in hip cars with white women. The group that should be in the streets, has been bought off. by Jay Z"
In 2013, millions of Brazilians took to the streets against corruption and inequality. Staley is telling Epstein: that won't happen here. Americans are too distracted. Pop culture has done its job.
A banking CEO, writing to a child sex trafficker, explaining why neither of them will ever face consequences. They think you're bought, they think you're asleep, they think the commercials worked. Were they right?
“Israeli families and the people of Gaza” - this wasn’t a deliberate demarcation of humanity; it’s reflex. A masterclass in seven words on how Palestinians are rendered faceless and nameless when slaughtered, while Israelis are granted empathy - especially when they are the butchers.