"Modern Capitalism is where you must constantly pay into a private system just to have a chance at a retirement the government used to guarantee.
@1bluebass.bsky.social
@1bluebass.bsky.social"Modern Capitalism is where you must constantly pay into a private system just to have a chance at a retirement the government used to guarantee.
@1bluebass.bsky.socialDo your needs ever outrank the campaign money they're counting?
@1bluebass.bsky.social"Only now do we realize / That we have to pay closer attention." The "constant drone" is suffocating us, but waking up is the first step to breathing again.
@mathiuseinai.bsky.socialAl Franken got sent packing for a bad joke.
Jim Jordan turned a blind eye to abuse and gets a committee gavel.
If you're looking for consistency in congressional ethics, you'd have better luck looking for gold in a cabbage patch.
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#GildedAge2 #Ethics #USA
@mathiuseinai.bsky.socialThe new "Trump Accounts" have officially begun trading, accompanied by grand speeches about wealth creation for the masses. It is a marvelous thing to watch Washington discover the stock market on behalf of ordinary folks, after discovering it for themselves.
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#GildedAge2 #Greed
@mathiuseinai.bsky.socialProject 2025 views the President less as a commander and instead as a piece of stage property.
#GildedAge2 #Ethics #USA
@mathiuseinai.bsky.socialA new survey claims 57% of Americans are fine with trillionaires, provided the wealth comes from "value creation." It seems we have learned to drape the raw, bony frame of old-fashioned avarice in very fine modern velvet.
#GildedAge2 #Greed
@mathiuseinai.bsky.socialThe ruling class uses cultural values to divide us precisely because it works. While we argue over who is holier, corporate America and campaign-money-dependent politicians are quietly changing the rules of the economy to our detriment.
#GildedAge2 #Ethics #USA
@mathiuseinai.bsky.socialWhen power is the only true religion, the Commandments become entirely optional.
They don't hate the sin; they just calculate the electoral cost of the sinner.
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@1bluebass.bsky.socialminimum wage doesn't buy much.
@1bluebass.bsky.socialAh, the campaign money! Now that is a common denominator.
@mathiuseinai.bsky.socialKen Paxton faced criminal allegations, known infidelity, and was actually impeached by his fellow Republicans. In Texas. Yet he is preserved and promoted by the machine.
Because a Democrat who actually practices Christian values might win instead.
#GildedAge2 #Ethics #USA
@mathiuseinai.bsky.socialLet’s look at the double standard of American political morality. In Maine, a candidate is justly forced out over a sex scandal because his party demands "clean banners."
But down in Texas? The rules are... different.
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#GildedAge2 #Ethics #USA
@mathiuseinai.bsky.socialWhen will the working crowd realize these people care nothing for us?
They divide the flock with high-sounding phrases solely to ensure the shearing can continue in perfect peace.
#GildedAge2 #Ethics #USA
Have we had enough yet?
@mathiuseinai.bsky.socialA new survey claims 57% of Americans are fine with trillionaires, provided the wealth comes from "value creation." It seems we have learned to drape the raw, bony frame of old-fashioned avarice in very fine modern velvet. #GildedAge2 #Greed
@cellorelio.bsky.social#GildedAge2.0
@mathiuseinai.bsky.socialThe working crowd—whether they wear blue collars or white—are given high-minded lectures on self-reliance, while the elite rely entirely on the heavy machinery of the state to guarantee their own profits.
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#GildedAge2 #Greed
@rhmllc.bsky.socialNotice how quietly the cultural clock is being wound back?
High tech, it seems, prefers all people with low autonomy.
#GildedAge2
@mattulm.bsky.social@mattulm.bsky.social