How Elites Captured Capitalism | Grace Blakeley on Power & Inequality (Better Future 005) YouTube video by Michael Mezzatesta

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“rich people create jobs, we should be grateful to them”
well actually….

the UK Green Party is stopping the rise of the far right.

how? instead of moving to the center, they're putting forward a bold progressive vision that gives the British people a true alternative to the far-right Reform Party.

the results speak for themselves:

Can the US Empire Be Dismantled from Within? Butch Ware on Ending the Two-Party System YouTube video by Michael Mezzatesta

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the stock market is not the economy.

it was never designed to measure your economic wellbeing.

it measures how efficiently the wealthy are extracting value from the working class.

@butchware.bsky.social on the Better Future Pod:

Can the US Empire Be Dismantled from Within? Dr. Butch Ware on the Two-Party System and Building a Better Politics Watch now | Watch now | Episode 11 of the Better Future podcast

We're witnessing the fall of US empire. What do we want to build on the ashes?
@butchware.bsky.social joins me to talk about how the two-party system has failed working people, and what an economy built on care (instead of extraction) would look like:

the fascism we're seeing today isn't a permanent new reality – it's the dying breath of an empire desperately clinging to resources.
the question is what we will build on the ashes.
@butchware.bsky.social on the Better Future Pod:

r > g is one of the most important forces shaping our economy. it means returns on capital (r) outpace economic growth (g). when that's true, wealth concentrates upward – toward the owners of capital. and this is how our economy has functioned for the last several decades:

planting on land that isn't "yours" is an act of resistance against capitalism. guerrilla gardening (with native plants) reclaims public spaces and rebuilds biodiversity:

a top sci-fi writer imagined how climate change unfolds over the next 30 years. his conclusions: millions die, eco-revenge rises, and capitalism ends

can capitalism solve climate change? @jasonhickel.bsky.social on the Better Future Pod:

The inevitable collapse of capitalism is not a political "take," it's a matter of physics. Degrowth and post-growth economics are the most rational response to a system that's consuming itself:

What I say. Centrism (liberalism). Very dangerous ideology.

Liberal is not a vibes-based designation, or an inherent insult. It's important to know what these distinctions mean because being a Liberal literally means believing individual rights should not disrupt corporate growth. I think most people reject that idea & are sick of how it affects their lives.

Carbon consumption is a zero-sum game, and super wealthy people (and countries) are consuming WAY more than their fair share of our remaining carbon budget. Since making this video 4 years ago, we've blown through over half of our remaining carbon budget (from ~300 gigatons to ~130 gigatons):

The stock market hits record highs and billionaires celebrate. Meanwhile rent is unaffordable, homelessness is rising, and climate change is worsening. We need a new economics grounded in human and planetary needs - not endless growth.

The UK Green Party just showed us how to stop the rise of the far right. Here’s what it means, and why progressives worldwide should be taking notes.

This didn’t make the US news cycle, but it should have. A parliamentary seat held by the UK’s center-left Labour Party for 100 years just flipped… not to the right, but to a bold and visionary campaign run by the UK Green Party. Progressives worldwide should be taking notes:

The tech and AI bros have appointed themselves leaders of society. Meanwhile they're siphoning wealth from the economy while we pay more for everything. They should go to Mars and stay there.

The tech and AI bros have appointed themselves leaders of society. Meanwhile they're siphoning wealth from the economy while we pay more for everything. They should go to Mars and stay there.

time and time again, liberalism gives way to fascism. why does this happen? @jasonhickel.bsky.social explains:

The people controlling US military policy don't just support the war with Iran - they believe it will lead to Armageddon and the second coming of Jesus. @gregjstoker.bsky.social on Christian Zionism:

someone please put this on a hat

instead of replacing human labor to create universal income, AI is being used to target and bomb children.

new technology is never neutral. it will always reflect the system it serves.

AI cannot create abundance until we shift from disaster capitalism to an economy of care.

AI targeting software - the same kind used by the IDF in Gaza - is being used with little human oversight to generate US bombing targets... including a girls' school.
This is what automated warfare with no accountability looks like.

Every imperial war - including this war in Iran - is a war on the working class. @gregjstoker.bsky.social on why our leaders would rather bomb foreign countries than solve homelessness in the USA

In this clip from the Better Future Podcast, former U.S. special operations soldier @gregjstoker.bsky.social explains how narratives about “saving women” and “spreading democracy” are often used to build public support for military intervention — including in Iran.

Michael Mezz (@michaelmezzatesta) America’s wars don’t just happen. They’re built by institutions, reinforced by ideologies, and paid for with working class lives. Former Army Ranger @Greg Stoker joins me to unpack the war in Iran, t...

America’s wars don’t just happen. They’re built by institutions, reinforced by ideologies, and paid for with working class lives.

@gregjstoker.bsky.social joins me to unpack the war in Iran, the radical ideologies that sustain U.S. foreign policy, and more: www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDty...

In 1953, the US overthrew Iran's elected leader, Mohammad Mosaddegh, so American and British oil companies could keep profiting from Iran's oil. We replaced him with a dictator. Decades later, we're at war.

The Trump admin just repealed the "endangerment finding" - the legal basis for regulating pollution in America. Not for the planet or for us, but for Big Oil donors. History will remember.

Abolishing ICE is necessary. But congressional candidate @saikatforcongress.bsky.social argues it's only step one.
For such an oppressive organization, there's no "reforming" your way back to humane. You have to start from scratch - and then remember what immigration is actually for: