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#oligarchs

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Kierkegaanks regretfully

Nothing is new under the sun

Critias, a prominent student of #Socrates, was one of the leaders of the Thirty Tyrants, a group of #oligarchs who briefly took control of Athens after the Peloponnesian War in 404 BCE. The Thirty Tyrants were infamous for their oppressive rule, during which they executed or exiled many democratic supporters. Critias' involvement in this regime, and his role in the purges, made him a highly controversial figure. After the fall of the Thirty Tyrants, Critias was killed, and his actions led to a negative view of Socrates by some Athenians, who associated him with the tyrants.

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Foodie Kenobi 🇨🇦

Plato:

They do it because they know they can get away with it,
because they know, if they don’t change it too much, they can change it all they want.
And we let them do it because we think they never actually would.

#trump #us #usa #oligarchs #rome #history

open.substack.com/pub/robertch

Poetics with Robert Charboneau · Misfortune blinds us like the driven snowBy Robert Charboneau
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Ramesh #NotGoingBack

⬆️ @keithwilson

>> #Brexit gave #UK citizens an education in why being a member of the EU was in fact a good thing. I fear that #Trump and #DOGE are giving #US citizens a similar lesson in the benefits of federal government and rule of law by dismantling them piece by piece.

I #hope, not #fear.

And let the lesson be 2-way. #Oligarchs should learn that they need us too. By starving and killing us, they only diminish the market for whatever they try to sell.

Many clouds have a silver lining 😉

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nemo™ 🇺🇦

People always think that big oligopolies like #Facebook, #Amazon, #Tesla, #Microsoft, #Google and others are omnipotent and unbeatable. Just remember, folks, Musk also assumed this, and now his stock is plummeting in a free fall. I have no good example, but you know what I mean. People just shouldn't put pressure on Tesla only; the same heat should also be shared with the other #oligarchs. #eatem #imho

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Kim Perales

“Privatization costs more, is less efficient, has worse outcomes, and people get less.

#DOGE has never been about finding fraud and waste. Its goal is to privatize essential government functions and give contracts to Trump and Elon’s circle of #oligarchs.”
-M D’Arrigo

If the #TrumpMusk regime succeeds in their goal of privatizing most of the fed govt, it’ll exacerbate health inequalities & destroy
the social safety net.

#Privatization #Musk #Trump #HHS #Resist #USPol
theguardian.com/us-news/2025/m

The Guardian · Gutting US health agency will allow for private sector takeover, experts warnBy Robert Tait
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