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A universe in motion seen from the International Space Station during a night pass over Earth (view fullscreen).

hamas is victorious ❤️

democracy is just colonialism's favorite child - pretending to give power while keeping it in the same hands. can't produce one confident marginalized leader worldwide but wants us to believe it's 'for the people.' what people?

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What use is a chamber full of ‘female’ politicians who declare themselves feminists if they step over dead women’s bodies to do so?

-Lola Olufemi, Feminism, Interrupted (2020, p. 27)

Saxophone inventor: each button plays a different note

Trombone inventor: trombone goes WOOooooOOmp

12/12 This isn't about ancient hierarchies anymore. Modern caste networks are built through strategic marriages, policy benefits, and systematic consolidation.

When same families from a community win every major deal, that's not coincidence - that's caste system design perfected over generations.

11/12 Startup funding tells the same story:

> 8/10 biggest angel investors
> 6/10 largest VCs
> 7/10 unicorn major investors

New-age companies, same old caste networks.

10/12 Global expansion tracked:

> Haifa port: $1.2B deal
> Australian mines: $10.5B investment
> Middle East energy: $70B commitment

Same community's business networks, extending their playground from local to global.

9/12 Public records expose the pattern:

> Diamond trade: 90% Surat control
> Textile hubs: 65% Gujarat share
> Retail chains: Top 3 same community

8/12 Sector after sector falls:

> Energy: 24% market share
> Ports: 24% capacity
> Cement: 70M tonnes capacity
> Retail: 40% organized market
> Telecom: 36% subscribers

Caste networks cultivated over generations.

7/12 Policy benefits tell a story:

> GIFT City: First operational smart city
> 24 ports privatized since 2014
> SEZ approvals concentrated in Gujarat

Geography and networks matter more than market forces.

6/12 Media ownership is changing hands:

> Network18 (2014-2019)
> NDTV (2022)
> NewsFirst stakes.

Business empires now control news channels, digital platforms, and entertainment. Who shapes what stories get told?

5/12 Track the consolidation timeline:

> 2022: $10.5B Holcim acquisition
> 2022: ₹492cr NDTV takeover
> 2023: ₹51,825cr Ambuja deal

Not random successes - systematic caste expansion through family networks.

4/12 Intracaste marriage alliances preview business mergers: 2022's Ambani-Merchant Union preceded Jio-Reliance retail integration. 2019's Adani-Parekh connection strengthened ports-finance networks. Old money weds new tech, creating billion-dollar empires.

3/12 Mundra Port: From handling 150M+ tonnes cargo [verified IPA data] annually to controlling 13 ports across India's coastline. One group's journey from Gujarat's coast to 24% of India's port capacity. Another dominates 40% of retail. Third controls 36% of telecom.

2/12 While anti-caste discourse obsesses over temples, the real story unfolds in boardrooms: From ₹51,825 crore cement empires to ₹492 crore media takeovers. One community [Baniyas, Patels (Patidars), or Vaishya caste networks] transforms old caste networks into modern monopolies

🧵1/12 While you debate ancient caste privileges, you're looking at the wrong power structure. One community's networks have engineered India's biggest wealth consolidation - through boardrooms, not temples.

10/10 Perhaps the greatest irony is this: in crafting the perfect mogul, Jay Z either lost his humanity along the way, or exposed that it was all an act from the start. We're not just watching a curated empire falling - we're watching a carefully curated illusion unravel.

9/10 Throughout my years following his career, I've watched how desperately the culture wants him to slip. The cheating scandal didn't just expose infidelity - it exposed the humanity people had been searching for. Yet somehow, he turned even that into calculated content.

8/10 His technical brilliance remains undeniable - that signature flow, that unique voice. But there's always been this wall, this feeling we're getting the CEO version, not the real person behind the empire.

7/10 Look at his NFL deal after supporting Kaepernick. Or selling his Ace of Spades to LVMH right after calling for Black economic empowerment. Each move feels like a masterclass in contradictions, wrapped in billion-dollar bow.

6/10 His answer? "4:44" - an apology album packaged as art. Even in vulnerability, it felt strategic: turning personal failure into profitable content. The timing, the Samsung deal, the exclusivity - everything screamed business first, redemption second.

5/10 The cheating allegations weren't just scandal. It took Beyoncé's "Lemonade" to force a conversation he'd been avoiding. Even then, he stayed silent, calculating the perfect response.

4/10 Then came that elevator moment with Solange - suddenly the perfect empire showed cracks. The man who controlled every narrative couldn't control this one. The footage went viral because it felt like the first authentic Jay Z moment we'd seen in years.

3/10 From the Memphis Bleek promise unfulfilled, to using Kanye's production genius for The Blueprint without signing him initially - there's always been this feeling that people are assets in Jay's empire-building, not true collaborators.

2/10 Remember how he distanced himself from Dame Dash? His old partner who helped build Roc-A-Fella? Even loyalty had a business expiration date. That's when many started seeing the pattern - relationships were strategic, not sentimental.

🧵1/10 Been reflecting on Jay Z and this constant public desire to see him fail. After following hip-hop for two decades, I've noticed something: