Yal musk read this.. To put current events in context

That's all.. That's today's wisdom from an idealistic fool.

Oligarchs gonna oligarch.

I found this book by Thomas Frank incredibly informative. It put these creeps in context perfectly.

Skip to 59 minutes in. Private Equity. We're a nation of thieves preying on the masses.

dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3...

Wish my daughter didn't get her fill of journalism at the conference the college sent her.. There are few orgs that would keep her from losing her mind. I think this is a good one that'd pass her purity test..

That'd be a great example of why market consolidation is dangerous.

While I'm glad they cut the flow of money to that oligarch, I'm not sure if I'll defer to that set of orgs for moral guidance...

Seems a nice collection of blood suckin hydra (hydras?) who transfer money to people who ain't done shit to earn it.

I hopped into a thread not having read the previous posts. FNG (Fuckin New Guy) stuff...

These are always worth your time.

Suggestions for who I should follow?

I'm a reformed Libertarian who now sees it for the oligarchs' sewn chaos machine. Belive in personal liberty of course, but a much more regulated economy. Without that, we're just gonna have repeated 08 crashes.

Thoughts?

N thanks.

What are statements called around here? Post? Tweets? Skies? New to this format so forgive my ignorance if ya would...

Here's @pitchforkeconomics.bsky.social Nick Hanauer's observations about the last 45 years under share holder value maximumization econ. Seems she's more right than wrong if his statement is accurate. Percentages are zero sum so....

I might be agreeing with you n She and misread your... Sky?