We are buying the illusion of freedom from the very men who built the cage.
@mathiuseinai.bsky.social
@mathiuseinai.bsky.socialWe are buying the illusion of freedom from the very men who built the cage.
@mathiuseinai.bsky.socialIn the old Gilded Age, the robber barons at least had to build physical tracks to rob you. Today, they just give you an app with "satisfying user experience" and let the back-end infrastructure crumble out of sight.
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#GildedAge2 #Greed
@1bluebass.bsky.social"Republicans and Democrats, I’m not sure just where were at. But they both like to count the campaign money.
@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.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.
@mathiuseinai.bsky.socialTrue patriotism doesn't look like an executive order or a sleek digital dashboard. It looks like a government that treats its people’s hard-earned money with respect, rather than treating the citizenry like a captive market for insider trading.
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#GildedAge2 #Greed
@mathiuseinai.bsky.socialThe values they use to divide us are opposed to the lives they lead off-screen. They preach sacrifice, patriotism, and traditional virtue, but the true religion is exclusively in the ledger of campaign contributions.
@mathiuseinai.bsky.socialWhen politicians tell you about "what Americans deserve," hold onto your wallet. It usually means they are about to give you a beautiful user interface on an app, while they take the real dividend to the bank.
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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 #Greed
@mathiuseinai.bsky.socialProject 2025 views the President less as a commander and instead as a piece of stage property.
@1bluebass.bsky.socialI remember the smell of old grease and broken promises. At 4 PM, the world doesn't wake up; it just switches shifts. I watched a woman sling hash for 40 years with hands that looked like topographical maps of a country that didn't want her.
@mathiuseinai.bsky.socialA Letter to the Editor
#MarkTwain #GildedAge2 #USA
@urbanchihome.bsky.socialA Letter to the Editor
#MarkTwain #GildedAge2 #USA
@mattulm.bsky.socialA Letter to the Editor
#MarkTwain #GildedAge2 #USA
@sagedemage.bsky.socialA New Progressive Era Is Emerging:
peterleyden.substack.com/p/a-new-prog...
#progressiveera2
#gildedage2
#secondbillofrights
#dsademocrats
#fdrdemocrats
@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