@resisdance.bsky.social#TheWest #PlutOligarchy: "videos were shared on social media in which students and teachers showed the lack of chairs and desks, unfixed leakages that force them to put buckets in their classrooms, no replacement of broken windows, #collapse d ceilings..." braveneweurope.com/national-pol...
@resisdance.bsky.social#PlutOligarchy #Normal #Sabotage: "The Trump administration’s canceled enforcement actions against at least 205 corporations accused of wrongdoing have been cases of powerful companies 'getting what they paid for'" www.commondreams.org/news/trump-m...
@resisdance.bsky.social#PlutOligarchy: "I see the #world in layers and in #systems, and my basic world view is the world is run by a criminal oligarch #mafia that has one set of #rules and agreements for themselves and another set for everyone else." www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQ99...
@resisdance.bsky.social#PlutOligarchy #Normal: "A report released by government watchdog Public Citizen Wednesday reveals how, under the Trump administration, a #donation to or partnership with President Donald #Trump “could make your legal matters disappear.” #TheLaw www.commondreams.org/news/trump-w...
@resisdance.bsky.social#PlutOligarchy #Normal: "An analysis published on Wednesday by ABC News estimated that companies backed financially by Donald #Trump Jr. and Eric Trump have so far scored more than $6 billion in contracts from the #US Department of Defense." www.commondreams.org/news/trump-b...
@resisdance.bsky.social#PlutOligarchy: "the Big Lie: if we didn’t save the banks, we would be hit by the Second Great Depression. The Big Lie was solemnly repeated in both opinion and news pieces across the political spectrum." #media
@resisdance.bsky.social#PlutOligarchy: "Diplomacy or war is not a decision by one person. It's a decision by a system." www.youtube.com/watch?v=mauo...
@resisdance.bsky.social#PlutOligarchy: "In my travels thrgh the villages of Latin America, Africa & Asia,I have everywhere encountered the fury of farmers faced with assaults on their land,& with policies designed to allow agribusiness and industrial processors to capture more and more of their income"
@cubanx.bsky.social#PlutOligarchy/#Neoliberalism: "Persuading ignorant politicians that governments have to survive on cuts to spending and tax revenues alone helped achieve the neoliberal dream."
"Karl Polanyi, in his book The Great Tran...
#democracy #usa #gop #fascists #fascism
@resisdance.bsky.social#PlutOligarchy/#Neoliberalism: "Persuading ignorant politicians that governments have to survive on cuts to spending and tax revenues alone helped achieve the neoliberal dream." annpettifor.substack.com/p/its-time-t...
@resisdance.bsky.social#PlutOligarchy: "The #fossilfuel industry secured an estimated $190bn in tax breaks and subsidies over the next decade after responding to Donald Trump’s pre-election call for major campaign donations" www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
@resisdance.bsky.social#PlutOligarchy: "The combined net worth of the tech executives expected to attend ... Trump’s private dinner Thursday night with his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, is around $2 trillion,underscoring the staggering #wealth & political influence" www.commondreams.org/news/trump-x...
@resisdance.bsky.social#PlutOligarchy: "A Germany whose industrial model is kaput because its businesses did not invest during the 15 years their executives were getting rich through austerity for the many and money-printing for the oligarchy. "
@resisdance.bsky.social#Inequality/#PlutOligarchy: "Guterres also named “the intolerable deepening of inequalities” as another “existential threat” that leaders must address at the upcoming meetings." www.commondreams.org/news/global-...
@resisdance.bsky.social#PlutOligarchy: "The spending spree reflects a familiar pattern. Historically, major #wealth-creation #events — stock market booms, IPOs, mergers — have translated into higher demand for private aviation." www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
@resisdance.bsky.social#Science/#PlutOligarchy/#Society: "Investor and philanthropist Chris Rokos has committed to donate £190 million to the #University of Cambridge...The colossal donation is believed to be the largest individual gift made to a British university" fundraising.co.uk/2026/04/02/r...
@resisdance.bsky.social#PlutOligarchy/#Democracy: "The problem for Krugman’s hypothesis is that the #UnitedStates was already firmly an #oligarchy when the #tax gap was much smaller and the effective tax rate much higher."
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