Submitted by sarahadams on
Gerontocracy endangers democracy.
Submitted by sarahadams on
If the 1% had taken the same percentage of U.S. income in 2006 as they did in 1980, they'd have sucked $1 trillion less out of the economy. Instead they tripled their share of post-tax income and captured ALL income gains in 2 years of recovery.
The myth that privatization of public services benefits most Americans is an outright lie.
A Financial Transaction Tax would be easy to administer and difficult to evade. Why should the rest of us pay up to 10% on the necessities of life while risky derivative purchases aren't taxed at all?
The Census Bureau has reported that one out of six Americans lives in poverty. A shocking figure, but it's actually much, much worse.
Multinational corporations built their businesses on the backs of American taxpayers by depending on government research, national defense, the legal and educational systems and our infrastructure.
It's a golden age for corporate profits. So why don't our biggest corporations pay more taxes?
The 1% has taken from the poor and the middle class for thirty years using a variety of strategies to redistribute wealth to the top. Here is the effect of this funds transfer.
Government has contributed significantly to developing today's most modern technologies, and corporations have taken full advantage—meanwhile making never-before-seen profits, evading taxes, cutting jobs and hoarding excess money.
Capitalism is a cult devoted to the ideals of privatization over the common good, profit over social needs, and control by a small group of people who defy the public's will.
If tax avoidance is legal it’s because the people with money have redefined "legal." Through subsidies, schemes and sweet deals, the wealthiest Americans are only soaring higher as middle-class workers are deprived of their earned benefits.
Gerontocracy endangers democracy.
One pressing question is how the worldwide outrage might, and could, spread to his other business interests, not least his largest interest: SpaceX.
There is a real human cost behind cold, calculated “efficiency.”
Musk's unelected role at the forefront of U.S. government, and his company's near monopolisation of satellite internet communications, increases his global political and economic power grab, and attacks on democracy.
Yarvin saw the “red pill” as the realization that the Enlightenment ideals he came to associate with “the cathedral” and democracy are actually a poison leading to societal decadence and decline.
Gerontocracy endangers democracy.
One pressing question is how the worldwide outrage might, and could, spread to his other business interests, not least his largest interest: SpaceX.
There is a real human cost behind cold, calculated “efficiency.”
Musk's unelected role at the forefront of U.S. government, and his company's near monopolisation of satellite internet communications, increases his global political and economic power grab, and attacks on democracy.
Yarvin saw the “red pill” as the realization that the Enlightenment ideals he came to associate with “the cathedral” and democracy are actually a poison leading to societal decadence and decline.
The burgeoning pro-democracy, anti-Trump movement known as 50501 expects to drive tens and possibly hundreds of thousands to protest in 1,000 cities and towns on Saturday.
In many European countries, the far right holds or shares power. Democracy is in crisis.
If Trump indeed tanks your 401(k) to make himself and his friends even richer, the opposition party should make that the centerpiece of their attack heading into next year’s election.
The only thing overshadowing the evil of the regime is its incompetence. And the people are only just beginning to realize the power we have.
Yarvin saw the “red pill” as the realization that the Enlightenment ideals he came to associate with “the cathedral” and democracy are actually a poison leading to societal decadence and decline.