Slavery was a capitalistic system
“In order to understand the brutality of American capitalism, you have to start on the plantation.”
— Matthew Desmond
so mad having grown up in the “we really can stop climate change!” era to now being firmly in the “hmm i guess we gotta figure out how to live alongside climate disaster 🥴” era. good stuff !!
Dear white women. The Handmaids Tale did not "predict the future," it is without exaggeration based on the real treatment of Black and Indigenous people thru history. It HAS happened, its BEEN happening, its just for the first time it is happening to YOU. Get it together.
Africans lived on the land for millennia and never hunted an animal species to extinction.
Then the Europeans arrived to bring civilisation, and within a few years they erased the quagga zebra, the bluebuck antelope, and the Cape lion, alongside countless plant species.
y’all have no respect for the ppl who make your life easier. the person making your morning coffee deserves a livable wage. the person stocking the groceries you buy deserves a livable wage. the person cleaning the restrooms in the office you work at deserves a livable wage.
Do you remember when radio stations used to give away concert tickets and backstage passes? I just heard a midday radio giveaway, and now the prizes are groceries, a year of gas, or rent paid. It’s a strange reminder that survival has become the prize. That’s pretty sad.
Israeli soldiers use young boys for "target practice." As in, Mondays, we shoot the stomach, Tuesdays, the knees, etc.
This was reported last year by the BBC and now corroborated by the United Nations' report.
The wealthy elite will fight tooth and nail against free college for two reasons:
1. it will be harder to fill the ranks of the military with poor people if college is free.
2. starting off workers with enormous debt is the greatest innovation that capitalism ever came up with
Palantir is building Trump’s mass surveillance state, and they’re snatching up Democratic lobbyists and donating to Dems so they can continue spying on Americans long after Trump’s gone.
Big money in politics is not compatible with democracy, but it is with fascism.
This is your friendly reminder that data centres don’t actually need water. They need a cooling system and are using water because it’s the cheapest way to do it.