@timgoodacre.bsky.social
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I am an Australian leftist political "big picture" thinker / writer. My recent focus has been on how the neoliberal era has shaped today's extreme politics worldwide.
See pinned post for recent articles.
@timgoodacre.bsky.socialThanks Marcie @mlipsitt.bsky.social for including me 💚
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@timgoodacre.bsky.socialAnd some @richardjmurphy.bsky.social on Modern Monetary Theory:
@timgoodacre.bsky.socialAn interesting combo
@evonomics.bsky.socialReposted by @timgoodacre.bsky.socialRevenue still rose a lot. Without any emigration, wealth tax revenue would have grown 75% between 2021 and 2024; accounting for reform-driven departures cuts that gain only modestly, to 71.5%. Read paper: www.nber.org/papers/w35854 #economics #norway #taxes #billionaires #economy #jobs #government
@timothysnyder.bsky.socialReposted by @timgoodacre.bsky.socialIf Americans view, clip, share, and permanently enshrine an American public killing in a million ways on the internet, we will move towards fascist rituals of violence.
snyder.substack.com/p/four-wrong...
@timgoodacre.bsky.social"The top six outside groups — the Senate Leadership Fund, Texas PAC, No Going Back PAC, WinSenate PAC, the Congressional Leadership Fund and Americans for Prosperity Action — spent more than $60 million apiece as of Oct. 5, according to federal disclosure reports analyzed by OpenSecrets."
@timgoodacre.bsky.socialThe oligarchy is taking the mid-terms seriously. So should the voters.
@lucyham.bsky.socialReposted by @timgoodacre.bsky.socialICE-linked contracts in #Auspol
@robertfields39.bsky.socialReposted by @timgoodacre.bsky.socialA MILITARY COUP AT THE 26 MIDTERMS?
#MilitaryCoup #HegsethCoup
What is striking is the combination of developments:
DOMESTIC MILITARY RAPID-REACTION CAPABILITY WAS DEVELOPED
Pentagon documents obtained by the Washington Post described plans for a “Domestic Civil Disturbance Quick Reaction Force.”
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@timgoodacre.bsky.socialYou hear things... Like how Russian money bailed him out on the 80s and 90s. It's also just possible that he really likes the model that Putin presents.
@timgoodacre.bsky.social@timgoodacre.bsky.socialYou have to wonder, who's the boss? Yeah, that's a rhetorical question
@timgoodacre.bsky.socialCurrent reading: "Angrynomics" by @ericlonners.bsky.social and @mkblyth.bsky.social
A short book, framed as a dialog between the authors. Explores the social dynamics of anger and its socio-economic roots through the neoliberal period and the escalation post-2008. Good read.
@timgoodacre.bsky.socialI assume that means the Israeli election, even of that is only a few days before the US mid-terms. Either way, there's a lot of stuff potentially stacked up from Nov 4 onwards...
@timgoodacre.bsky.socialThe Russian-supplied diesel is negligible. Trump is just boosting Putin. As usual.
@democracydocket.comReposted by @timgoodacre.bsky.social🏛️ After SCOTUS gutted the Voting Rights Act this year, Republicans launched an aggressive attack on Black voting power, write Carolyn Hugley and Lauren Groh-Wargo.
The backlash points to a simple, undeniable fact: The South is America’s new political battleground ➡️ https://demdock.com/4ztr9zG
@timgoodacre.bsky.social@timgoodacre.bsky.socialGetting mod-listed for that kinda crap is a badge of honor 🥇
