Everyone who know just a little bit about warfare through the history, should have noticed that the biggest killer, until vaccines and proper hygiene, was contagious infections and other illnesses.
Not the enemy.
(PS: This doesn't in any way mean that I get things right, or that I quickly spot the critical issues. Sometimes I get it drastically wrong. I rely on the rest of you to correct me and alert me - as do we all. Our hope lies in the genius of crowds.)
I feel incredibly fortunate to be able to speak my mind, to state what I believe even when it's directly at odds with billionaire power. I'm among the minority allowed to do it. But it's not a privilege. It's a right. And everyone should possess it.
On the other hand, no one ever lost money by telling billionaires what they want to hear. The airwaves are full of the oligarchs' minions, reciting their creeds as if these were some kind of arcane truth they've stumbled across. Almost every political conversation is dominated by these elite lies.
We claim to treasure free speech, above almost anything. But on the most critical issue, very few of us are free to speak. The majority are silenced by fear of censure or loss of employment. This conspiracy of silence looks more like what you'd expect in an authoritarian regime than in a democracy.
One problem is that many articulate, confident people are forbidden by the terms of their employment to speak out. To acquiesce in the power that threatens everything is acceptable and uncontroversial. To contest it brings your employer "into disrepute" and could have you sacked.
Almost everything we argue about is a substitute for the thing we should be arguing about: the immense wealth & power of an oligarchic class, which captures governments, ruins lives and wrecks the living planet.
This class redirects our rage at scapegoats. To resist its lies is to resist its power.
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Absurd at jeg har levd lenger enn Whitney Houston (hun ble bare 48).
Crooks crooks crooks crooks crooks
"Justices"? Don't make me laugh. A Zed is less crooked.
"Scammers in untouchable positions"? Until November.
Thomas: bribery.
Alito: bribery.
Roberts: bribery.
Gorsuch: real estate scam.
Government subsidy truffle pig Elon Musks Tesla likely shifted $18 billion in profits offshore, saving at least $400 million in U.S. taxes
Tax experts say Tesla's Dutch and Singapore units almost certainly acted as conduits for profit shifting
#TeslaTakedown
$TSLA
$TSLAQ
After spending ten solid years as a debunker, I don't buy into any conspiracy theories out there. I grow my own
Mordor's gonna Mordor.
Stubb has always believed in Ukraine. Now those people who has doubted Ukraine are starting to realize he has been right all this time.
STUBB: We need to turn the tide. This is no longer about giving aid to Ukraine. We have to think about it other way around. Can we afford to keep Ukraine 'outside' — in the sense that they now have greatest military know-how? I hope Americans understand this and see it clearly.
I hope the Americans fuck off and never return, leave NATO, and force Europe to figure out our shit instead of being military and technological serfs under a psychotic and fascist American rule.
It was dressed up nicer before Trump but the oligarchy and the military industrial complex was the same.
Litt rart at løsningen på at folk har dårligere råd er å gjøre ting dyrere….
Men sånn er det jo i dagens politiske klima.
Mindre frihet og høyere priser.
Hensatt hvilken fløy av politikken man måtte se til.
Merker jeg er alt for sosialistisk til dagens sosialisme.
… og siden de rike er veldig mye færre enn alle andre vil dette få økonomien til å stagnere. Det er begrenset hvor mye de rike kan bruke på seg selv og sin dekadanse.
De rike blir rikere, alle andre blir fattigere. Man skifter til å selge til de rike.
Amerikanere kall dette «K-shaped economy».
«One segment—the upper arm of the K—experiences an increase in wealth due to rising asset values or incomes. The lower arm faces increasing financial strain due to declining purchasing power along with stagnating or decreasing wages.»
Dette. Så utrolig mye dette. K-shaped economy har kommet til Norge. Vi må IKKE reorganisere samfunnet til å bli en lekegrind for de aller rikeste.
Da har vi tapt.
When the Savvas brothers return to the U.S., stunning young women begin vanishing all over again. #darkthriller #psychologicalthriller
While billion-dollar tech companies get tax breaks, residents deal with rising rent, traffic, and a city pushed to the brink.
So "Our Revolution" just endorse Steyer, a billionaire, for CA Governor? He's actually a stand-up guy, great on 'tax the rich', and health care. Super on unions. But what will OR use for a slogan now? "Tax the TRILLIONAIRES"? Rank and file aren't happy with ol' Bern.
Jon Ossoff: “Never before have we seen so little effort to hide so much corruption.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
– Myke trafikanter er alltid første prioritet for Høyre, men….
Hassan Nawaz (H).
Utsagnet oppsummerer perfekt H. Myke trafikanter prioriterer kun der de ikke er til sjenanse for alle andre interessegrupper som bilister, varehandel, privat eiendom etc etc…
Haha. Noen som ble overrasket oger at klimasinkene og populistpartiene Sp og Frp nå forlanger at avgiftskuttene på diesel og bensin blir forlenget ut året? …og så ut tiåret, osv
Hvor mange dager tar det før forsinkelsene i systemet treffer oss for fullt?
Hvis du tror dette bare handler om å justere opp eller ned prisen på drivstoff har du ikke skjønt noe som helst av situasjonen.
Børsen og verdensøkonomien er fullstendig frakoblet vår fysiske virkelighet.
Lykke til! 🙏
Vestre : – Kommunene kan ikke bare få og få. De må stille spørsmål om de er riktig organisert, om de har riktig størrelse og om de kan lære noe av kommuner som er mer effektive.
Kommunene har skjært inn i beinet. Vestre burde skjemmes.
