If the SC eliminates birthright citizenship, partially nullifying the 14th amendment, how will people become citizens? Likely be some sort of test, loaded down with demands for ideological purity, graded at the whims of local officials: an 1890s-style literacy test, more or less. #2ndgildedage
Robert Prevost is sending a signal by selecting Leo XIV as his papal name from this #conclave.
Maybe he read my post from yesterday?!
#Progressives #Resist #SecondGildedAge #2ndGildedAge #FightOligarchy #HabemusPapam #PopeLeoXIV
We live in an era where it is becoming increasingly important to ask “who owns this?” Who owns this news outlet, who owns this brand, who owns this company, who owns this politician? #corruption #2ndGildedAge
Recommended viewing if you are not educated on the so-called "Gilded Age” being referenced lately. This was no golden age for America. It was a time when 1% controlled all the new wealth, concentrated on the East/West Coasts. Sound familiar?
#GildedAge #GoldenAge #2ndGildedAge #AmericanHistory
People laughing at the immigrants being deported, breaks my heart. I no longer recognize my country and its people. I am embarrassed by the lack of empathy, as well as foresight. Financially, this is a disaster. Our place in the world has changed. #2ndgildedage It is we, the 95%, who will suffer
I think she were trying to point out that even a straight white Christian man w/o disability…
…w/ 2 very practical degrees from a respected school…
…still can’t even get an interview…
…cuz rich fks like Elon who refuse to pay their taxes…
…also refuse to pay workers a #LivingWage!
#2ndGildedAge
I’ll say it once. I’ll say it all the way to the gallows. Fuck Trump. Fuck Musk. Fuck billionaires. #2ndGildedAge #RobberBarons
Do you know about the New Gilded Age? www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nmq7...
#2ndGildedAge #SecondGildedAge #NewGildedAge #GildedAge #SafetyNets #GuardRails #BlackSky
Capitalism requires regulations to fit into a democracy!
Regulated capitalism for most things is great…
…so long as we all understand that not everything is supposed to be a profit making venture (#healthcare, education, USPS)!
Unregulated capitalism is why we’re currently in the #2ndGildedAge!
