Lyle Solla-Yates<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://threads.net/@philbuildthefuturenow/" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>philbuildthefuturenow</span></a></span> "A global tariff war reduces every country’s welfare, unemployment, and top-income inequality, whereas moving from a worldwide tariff war to free trade raises every country’s welfare, unemployment, and top-income inequality" <a href="https://cville.online/tags/TradeWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TradeWar</span></a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tariffs</span></a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/inequality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inequality</span></a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/inflation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inflation</span></a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/unemployment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>unemployment</span></a></p>
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#inequality
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Gabriel<p><a href="https://masto.pt/tags/BillionairePhilanthropy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BillionairePhilanthropy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.pt/tags/TaxTheRich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TaxTheRich</span></a> <a href="https://masto.pt/tags/FairTaxation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FairTaxation</span></a> <a href="https://masto.pt/tags/WealthInequality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WealthInequality</span></a> <a href="https://masto.pt/tags/Satire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Satire</span></a> <a href="https://masto.pt/tags/SocialCommentary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialCommentary</span></a> <a href="https://masto.pt/tags/Charity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Charity</span></a> <a href="https://masto.pt/tags/meme" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>meme</span></a> <a href="https://masto.pt/tags/memes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>memes</span></a> <a href="https://masto.pt/tags/funnyimage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>funnyimage</span></a> <a href="https://masto.pt/tags/funnyimages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>funnyimages</span></a> <a href="https://masto.pt/tags/funnymemes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>funnymemes</span></a> <a href="https://masto.pt/tags/funnymeme" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>funnymeme</span></a> <a href="https://masto.pt/tags/funnypicture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>funnypicture</span></a> <a href="https://masto.pt/tags/funnypictures" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>funnypictures</span></a> <a href="https://masto.pt/tags/funnypic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>funnypic</span></a> <a href="https://masto.pt/tags/funnypics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>funnypics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.pt/tags/funny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>funny</span></a> <a href="https://masto.pt/tags/futuramameme" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>futuramameme</span></a> <a href="https://masto.pt/tags/futuramamemes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>futuramamemes</span></a> <a href="https://masto.pt/tags/futurama" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>futurama</span></a> <a href="https://masto.pt/tags/TaxReform" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TaxReform</span></a> <a href="https://masto.pt/tags/EconomicJustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EconomicJustice</span></a> <a href="https://masto.pt/tags/PhilanthropyFail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PhilanthropyFail</span></a> <a href="https://masto.pt/tags/TaxEvasion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TaxEvasion</span></a> <a href="https://masto.pt/tags/Inequality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Inequality</span></a> <a href="https://masto.pt/tags/SocialSatire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialSatire</span></a> <a href="https://masto.pt/tags/Irony" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Irony</span></a> <a href="https://masto.pt/tags/Billionaires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Billionaires</span></a> <a href="https://masto.pt/tags/TaxJustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TaxJustice</span></a> <a href="https://masto.pt/tags/SocialIssues" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialIssues</span></a> <a href="https://masto.pt/tags/WealthGap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WealthGap</span></a> <a href="https://masto.pt/tags/TaxLoopholes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TaxLoopholes</span></a> <a href="https://masto.pt/tags/SocialResponsibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialResponsibility</span></a> <a href="https://masto.pt/tags/BillionaireTaxes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BillionaireTaxes</span></a> <a href="https://masto.pt/tags/Philantropy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Philantropy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.pt/tags/TaxFairness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TaxFairness</span></a> <a href="https://masto.pt/tags/FuturamaQuotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FuturamaQuotes</span></a></p>
Lee 🌏<p>Dismantling the myths surrounding social mobility, exposing the inconvenient truths hidden beneath. Explaining Nepo Babies, The Great Gatsby Curve, The Paradox of Inequality and what purpose rags-to-riches stories serve in today's society. <br><a href="https://aus.social/tags/Capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Capitalism</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Consumerism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Consumerism</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Inequality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Inequality</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Woke" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Woke</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Socialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Socialism</span></a> <br><a href="https://youtu.be/73YEFD89IuM" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/73YEFD89IuM</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Dianora (Diane Bruce)<p>"Our feelings of helplessness stem from the fact that for thirty years the tools of persuasion and coercion have been mobilized to wage an ideological war for capitalism, rather than to create conditions for capitalism to remain viable." -David Graeber</p><p><a href="https://ottawa.place/tags/Propaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Propaganda</span></a> <a href="https://ottawa.place/tags/Socialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Socialism</span></a> <a href="https://ottawa.place/tags/Inequality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Inequality</span></a> <a href="https://ottawa.place/tags/Philosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Philosophy</span></a> <a href="https://ottawa.place/tags/DavidGraeber" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DavidGraeber</span></a></p>
Dianora (Diane Bruce)<p>From *The ultimate hidden truth of our the world: David Graeber<br>From discussion between Piketty and Graeber.</p><p>THOMAS PIKETTY: "I am not sure that we are on the eve of a collapse of the system, at least not from a purely economic viewpoint. A lot depends on political reactions and on the ability of the elites to persuade the rest of the population that the present situation is acceptable."</p><p><a href="https://ottawa.place/tags/Propaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Propaganda</span></a> <a href="https://ottawa.place/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://ottawa.place/tags/Philosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Philosophy</span></a> <a href="https://ottawa.place/tags/Inequality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Inequality</span></a> <a href="https://ottawa.place/tags/Marxism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Marxism</span></a> <a href="https://ottawa.place/tags/DavidGraeber" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DavidGraeber</span></a></p>
Fight the Right<p>Working class tax rates now higher than billionaires'</p><p><a href="https://volewica.blogspot.com/2024/05/working-class-tax-rates-now-higher-than.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">volewica.blogspot.com/2024/05/</span><span class="invisible">working-class-tax-rates-now-higher-than.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Inequality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Inequality</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Billionaires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Billionaires</span></a></p>
The Bee Guy<p>Thread just posted previously will help you to help <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/bees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bees</span></a> in a very practical way in your locality.<br>Please <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/repost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>repost</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/share" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>share</span></a>.</p><p>If you want to help <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/bees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bees</span></a> together on a completely different level we’ve been working on something.</p><p>Check out<br>www.beesnotbillionaires.org</p><p>Let’s do good!<br>Together.<br>Now!<br><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/BeesNotBillionaires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BeesNotBillionaires</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/ecocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ecocide</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/inequality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inequality</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/planet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>planet</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nature</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/resist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>resist</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/enoughisenough" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>enoughisenough</span></a></p>
Want Ch🔁nge? W🔁rk T🔁gether☑<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://qoto.org/@freemo" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>freemo</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mstdn.ca/@chrismarkevich" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>chrismarkevich</span></a></span> I think it is a problem (if you really mean originally near-0 problems from it) because of what is related to wealth are just too MANY as I see it below:</p><p>Some may start good or seem giving but many start to damage or have limits / go cross the line.</p><p>Thanks for your thoughts on those main points with ➡️ </p><p>So some of those elements and extensions below are listed that surpass good (again even starting out as good quickly by design go bad with or with awareness) which are the points are around:</p><p>➡️ material extraction / earth's limits related to wealth <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/oil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oil</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/land" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>land</span></a> whatever</p><p>➡️ geo-political relativity is inevitable (can't have land etc with disruptions) which eventually wealth funds as war problems even if you didn't mean it.</p><p>➡️ tax related to wealth inequality funding States / power that naturally corrupts / is less humble (and many companies might pay very little 1% tax whereas people pay 50%+ directly if not indirectly which is unfair - we should all be living it up easy !)</p><p>➡️ <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/economical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economical</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/war" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>war</span></a> (<a href="https://qoto.org/tags/wealrth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wealrth</span></a> inequality creates feelings / encourages more control / take overs / monopolies etc)</p><p>➡️ the <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/ignorance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ignorance</span></a> which buying / selling automatically embeds (makes far too easy as any most 'wealth') and encourages naturally a short way but from longer <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/hidden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hidden</span></a> damage-chains more than understanding things a bit more by not using it and less importing it... and then having choice in being 'born into it' eventually means losing common sense and morality and skill as even more embedded and detached responsibility as <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/wealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wealth</span></a> / <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/externalization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>externalization</span></a> / distance itself becomes increasingly more.</p><p>➡️ just using banks - not cool - having wealth transacted and stored with those types of <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/cold" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cold</span></a> people and it's false <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/economics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economics</span></a>.</p><p>In my book the re-lending of this kind of wealth overnight (as the main type of <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/wealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wealth</span></a> let's say) dilutes all money (as man-made infinite numbers of "<a href="https://qoto.org/tags/growth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>growth</span></a>" rather than actually planetary and <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/social" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>social</span></a> measurements). </p><p>Banks as momentary positive numbers in exchange for negatives long term (Debt / <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Negative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Negative</span></a> society / <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/treadmill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>treadmill</span></a> society as result)</p><p>So my storage of wealth = more debt and make things dilute faster. Hence why people kept it under their mattress and effectively so as in banks has only gets worse apart from 'safe keeping of it'</p><p><a href="https://qoto.org/tags/War" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>War</span></a> of course provided by banks if most wealth needs storing "safely" (again to re-<a href="https://qoto.org/tags/loan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>loan</span></a> it to other behind your back).</p><p>Again other wealth but consider just <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/banks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>banks</span></a> as 1 <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/hornets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hornets</span></a> nest... and </p><p>➡️ If it's not geared towards Sharing then it's bad. <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Privatization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Privatization</span></a> / <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Gentrification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gentrification</span></a> / raising the bar always makes it a losing and inevitable power things as inequality with these <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/problems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>problems</span></a> above - almost total control on people individual life itself (no <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/food" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>food</span></a> or <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/shelter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>shelter</span></a>).</p><p>Quality of life can be that much better for poor people as modern times are based on using / leveraging the poor people or even countries for the upper class / authorities <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/ultimatums" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ultimatums</span></a> (not just 1 but continual) else face <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/death" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>death</span></a> /#turmoil... That is how wealth <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/inequality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inequality</span></a> works more I think that what you indicated as almost nothing...</p><p>Your next post is a bit confusing or confirming as mentions <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/unfair" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>unfair</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/advantage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>advantage</span></a> - I believe that's the whole point and existence of it or came to be at least..</p><p>➡️ Even highly <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/competitive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>competitive</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/markets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>markets</span></a> are bad / too <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/hyperactive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hyperactive</span></a> / duplicative / exhausting in all this as material or <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/society" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>society</span></a> even if seemingly 'giving' (damaging <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/planet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>planet</span></a> / <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/people" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>people</span></a> / being# ignorant overall). </p><p>Thanks for your thoughts on those main points with ➡️</p>
Miguel Afonso Caetano<p>"One week after the killing of UnitedHealthcare executive Brian Thompson, an intelligence report compiled by a regional intelligence center made an admission that’s shocking in its simplicity: Rising health care costs are correlated to threats against executives and civil unrest.</p><p>The two-page document obtained by the Prospect and compiled by the Connecticut regional intelligence center—one of dozens of fusion centers across the country that communicate intelligence between federal agencies and state law enforcement—is uncharacteristically forthright in its language and assessment that health care costs lead to instability, and that the reaction to suspect Luigi Mangione’s alleged action was largely positive.</p><p>According to the dossier, “Healthcare expenditure in the United States increased from $2.75Trillion (T) in 2004, to $4.09T in 2018, in inflation adjusted dollars. 2019 and 2020, saw expenditures of $4.2T and $4.6T respectfully, which represents a 10.6% increase year over year and was largely influenced by the COVID-19 pandemic. Historically, threats or actual acts of violence against those in the healthcare industry rose by more than 60% from 2011 to 2018.”</p><p>The dossier adds that the public “may view the ensuing manhunt and subsequent arrest of Mangione as NYPD, and largely policing as a whole, as a tool that is willing to expend massive resources to protect the wealthy, while the average citizen is left to their own means for personal security.”"</p><p><a href="https://prospect.org/justice/2025-03-27-intelligence-dossier-compares-luigi-mangione-robin-hood/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">prospect.org/justice/2025-03-2</span><span class="invisible">7-intelligence-dossier-compares-luigi-mangione-robin-hood/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Healthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Healthcare</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/HealthInsurance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HealthInsurance</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Inequality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Inequality</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Poverty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Poverty</span></a></p>
LM Little<p>"The wealth gap is even larger than the income gap." <a href="https://bcpolicy.ca/2025/03/27/wealth-housing/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bcpolicy.ca/2025/03/27/wealth-</span><span class="invisible">housing/</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/inequality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inequality</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cdnpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cdnpoli</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cdnElxn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cdnElxn</span></a></p>
Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️⚧️<p>The Trump Administration: Government by Billionaires, for Billionaires<br><a href="https://cepr.net/publications/the-trump-administration-government-by-billionaires-for-billionaires/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">cepr.net/publications/the-trum</span><span class="invisible">p-administration-government-by-billionaires-for-billionaires/</span></a><br><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wikiCenter_for_Economic_and_Policy_Research" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wikiCenter_fo</span><span class="invisible">r_Economic_and_Policy_Research</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/billionaires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>billionaires</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>capitalism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/inequality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inequality</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/plutocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>plutocracy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/meritocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>meritocracy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/oligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oligarchy</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/libertarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>libertarianism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/privatization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privatization</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Christofascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Christofascism</span></a></p>
Emeritus Prof Christopher May<p>Amy Booker (Women's Budget Group) is right; to counter the appeal of the Far Right we (the country) needs to invest in care & welfare... bu building a fairer economy that everyone feels they have a stake in, the appeal of the Far Right is undermined.</p><p>However, this is a message to which the current Labour party leader(s) seem to be either wilfully deaf to, or positively reject.</p><p>Time for a change of strategy!</p><p><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/inequality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inequality</span></a> </p><p>full statement:<br><a href="https://frompoverty.oxfam.org.uk/austerity-fertile-ground-far-right/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">frompoverty.oxfam.org.uk/auste</span><span class="invisible">rity-fertile-ground-far-right/</span></a></p>
&2i<p>"The [UK] government claims there is no money to lift people out of poverty, yet it finds billions for war and weapons. We believe there is an alternative. If you do too, please join other prominent figures across progressive politics, the trade unions and social movements by signing the Dignity Declaration"<br><a href="https://thedignitydeclaration.co.uk/#sign" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">thedignitydeclaration.co.uk/#s</span><span class="invisible">ign</span></a><br><a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/UKgovernment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UKgovernment</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/inequality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inequality</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/SocialJustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialJustice</span></a></p>
Paul Houle<p>Social media and playing at democracy</p><p><a href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/03/12/world/playing-at-democracy/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">japantimes.co.jp/commentary/20</span><span class="invisible">25/03/12/world/playing-at-democracy/</span></a></p><p>🆓 <a href="https://archive.ph/Hj2t3" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">archive.ph/Hj2t3</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>media</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/inequality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inequality</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/marginalization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>marginalization</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/politicalscience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politicalscience</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cornell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cornell</span></a></p>
MusiqueNow :pride: ✡️ 🇵🇸 :anarchismhebrew:<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_o0yD5gNQY" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=Y_o0yD5gNQ</span><span class="invisible">Y</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://todon.eu/tags/PoliticsJoe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PoliticsJoe</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://todon.eu/tags/DisabledPeople" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DisabledPeople</span></a> explain the real cost of <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/LIEBour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LIEBour</span></a>'s <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/welfarecuts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>welfarecuts</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://todon.eu/tags/TricommissionStarmer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TricommissionStarmer</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/KeirtStalin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KeirtStalin</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/RedTories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RedTories</span></a> <br><a href="https://todon.eu/tags/RachelTHIEVES" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RachelTHIEVES</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://todon.eu/tags/ClassWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClassWar</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/Austerity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Austerity</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/Inequality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Inequality</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/PIP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PIP</span></a> </p><p>The Labour Party HATES Humans</p>
Emeritus Prof Christopher May<p>Americans who voted for Trump while on Medicaid, Medicare or Social Security, as many poor Americans are, my find that Making America Great Again involves cutting their key source of income.</p><p>In 2022, people in over half of all counties in the US derived more that 25% of personal income from these three Govt. welfare schemes. In rural areas many of these people thought MAGA was the answer....</p><p>Trump may be about to show them the meaning of the term 'bait & switch'!</p><p><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/inequality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inequality</span></a><br>h/t FT</p>
Lyle Solla-Yates<p>"It is really disheartening to see this, and it links perfectly with the fact that it’s the well-being of youth in America that’s off a cliff, which is driving the drop in the rankings to a large extent" <a href="https://fortune.com/well/2025/03/20/americans-miserable-world-happiness-report/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">fortune.com/well/2025/03/20/am</span><span class="invisible">ericans-miserable-world-happiness-report/</span></a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/inequality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inequality</span></a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/trust" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trust</span></a> <a href="https://cville.online/tags/happiness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>happiness</span></a></p>
Science | The Guardian<p>Donald Trump’s ‘war on woke’ is fast becoming a war on science. That’s incredibly dangerous | Christina Pagel <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/26/donald-trump-war-on-woke-science-diversity" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/commentisfree/</span><span class="invisible">2025/mar/26/donald-trump-war-on-woke-science-diversity</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Trumpadministration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trumpadministration</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/DonaldTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DonaldTrump</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Inequality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Inequality</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Worldnews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Worldnews</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Science</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/UKnews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UKnews</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/USnews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USnews</span></a></p>
Miguel Afonso Caetano<p>"In summary, the first globalization saw the rise of the West, the second the rise of Asia; the first led to an increase of between-country inequalities, the second to their decline. Both globalizations tended to increase inequalities within nations. The unevenness of countries’ growth rates during Globalization I installed most of the Western populations at the top of the global income pyramid. It is rarely recognized just how highly placed even the poor deciles of the rich countries were in the global income distribution. Economist Paul Collier, in his Future of Capitalism, writes wistfully of the time when English workers were on top of the world. But for them to feel high, somebody else had to feel low.</p><p>The second globalization drove some of the Western middle classes from these perches and produced a great reshuffling of incomes as they were overtaken by a rising Asia. This relatively imperceptible decline occurred together with the Western middle classes’ far more perceptible one with respect to their own national elites. It caused political dissatisfaction that found its reflection in the rise of populist leaders and parties.</p><p>Finally, we should note that the convergence of worldwide incomes did not extend to Africa, which continued on its path of relative decline. If that is not changed — and the likelihood of such change seems low — the relative decline of Africa will, in the decades to come, overturn the forces currently pushing global inequality downward and usher in a new era of rising global inequality."</p><p><a href="https://jacobin.com/2025/03/what-comes-after-globalization/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">jacobin.com/2025/03/what-comes</span><span class="invisible">-after-globalization/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Globalization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Globalization</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Neoliberalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Neoliberalism</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Inequality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Inequality</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Poverty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Poverty</span></a></p>
Emeritus Prof Christopher May<p>Sarah O'Connor (FT) asks what happens when AI removes basic work from which new/junior staff learn the ropes?</p><p>One source she consulted 'wondered if we might one day see a return of the old apprenticeship system that existed in much of Europe before the industrial revolution, in which families who could afford it would pay for their offspring to be apprenticed to a master. The implications of this for social mobility — already not great in many professions — go without saying'!</p><p><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/inequality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inequality</span></a></p>
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