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I remain convinced that what's happening now will lead to civil war in the united states.

08.08.2025 06:52 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The way we use GDP to measure a countries success is so fucked up.

08.08.2025 01:33 β€” πŸ‘ 47    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Just here reminding you that Republicans are the reason all the prices are going up.

They did that. On purpose. To make your wage slavery worse.

Consider what they deserve in return.

08.08.2025 06:48 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
The image is a comparison chart titled "KNOW THE DIFFERENCE!" that distinguishes between "Personal Property" and "Private Property."

Personal Property (Left Side):
1. Your toothbrush - Represented by an image of a toothbrush.
2. Your personal domicile - Illustrated with a small house.
3. The fruits of your labor - Depicted as a stack of money.
4. Land used for personal cultivation - Shown as a garden or farm plot.

Private Property (Right Side):
1. Buildings used to extract rent from tenants - Illustrated with a large apartment building.
2. Toothbrush factory - Shown as a factory building with smoke stacks.
3. Surplus value extracted from the labor of others - Depicted as a larger stack of money.
4. Land used for extracting the surplus value of wage laborers - Illustrated with an industrial landscape.

The image is a comparison chart titled "KNOW THE DIFFERENCE!" that distinguishes between "Personal Property" and "Private Property." Personal Property (Left Side): 1. Your toothbrush - Represented by an image of a toothbrush. 2. Your personal domicile - Illustrated with a small house. 3. The fruits of your labor - Depicted as a stack of money. 4. Land used for personal cultivation - Shown as a garden or farm plot. Private Property (Right Side): 1. Buildings used to extract rent from tenants - Illustrated with a large apartment building. 2. Toothbrush factory - Shown as a factory building with smoke stacks. 3. Surplus value extracted from the labor of others - Depicted as a larger stack of money. 4. Land used for extracting the surplus value of wage laborers - Illustrated with an industrial landscape.

08.08.2025 03:56 β€” πŸ‘ 139    πŸ” 46    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 1
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β€œWe fight for the many against the powerful few: whether it’s billionaires, bullies, or bigots. The only minority destroying America is the billionaires.

The biggest divide isn’t left vs. right, it’s top vs. bottom.”

β€” Texas Rep. @jamestalarico.bsky.social

08.08.2025 05:21 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The next part of the plan to steal the midterms and/or the 2028 election - an attempt to do a mid-decade census to take seats and electoral votes away from blue states. I knew this was coming.

07.08.2025 11:56 β€” πŸ‘ 16337    πŸ” 6461    πŸ’¬ 1929    πŸ“Œ 687
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Employers stealing from employees is the NUMBER ONE source of theft in america

why will you never talk about it?

04.08.2025 10:17 β€” πŸ‘ 41    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

Also I feel compelled to remind you all:

There is nothing morally wrong about hurting authoritarians.

They'd do it to you in a heartbeat. Don't feel bad.

05.08.2025 18:20 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Just reminding you all that we're headed for the Second American Civil War.

I'm guessing it'll start somewhere around 16 months and maybe 4 days from today.

05.08.2025 17:53 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

If all they do is rig maps to keep power, why do we need them?

This isn’t governance,it’s control.

Gerrymandering isn’t strategy, it’s surrender. They’ve stopped trying to earn votes. If this is their only play, the real question is: why are we still letting them?

04.08.2025 16:51 β€” πŸ‘ 690    πŸ” 249    πŸ’¬ 41    πŸ“Œ 17
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The Texas governor is threatening to arrest Texas Democrats for refusing to participate in a special session he has called to virtually eliminate representation in Congress for 8 million Texas Democrats.

04.08.2025 13:08 β€” πŸ‘ 2777    πŸ” 829    πŸ’¬ 193    πŸ“Œ 45

Read "Capitalist Realism" by Mark Fisher.

Watch it explain why you can't feel good anymore.

files.libcom.org/files/%5BMar...

04.08.2025 16:08 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

People should read Capital.

Or if that's too much, consider reading State and Revolution.

Or if that's too much, consider reading Capitalist Realism.

They're all free and one search away.

04.08.2025 15:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Two cats on top of a table. One is looking to the side as if pretending to be ignorant. The other is looking at the first cat inquisitively

Two cats on top of a table. One is looking to the side as if pretending to be ignorant. The other is looking at the first cat inquisitively

You've read Capital, right?

04.08.2025 03:40 β€” πŸ‘ 20    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Democrats, flex your power to save democracy

04.08.2025 15:47 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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'I don't care about Direct File': IRS chief says agency plans to end free filing program Internal Revenue Service Commissioner Bill Long said the agency will end its Direct File program.

The IRS's free Direct File tool is now "gone," according to Trump's IRS chief.

This comes after tax prep companies like Intuit, the maker of TurboTax, lobbied the for years to block it.

Intuit donated $1M to Trump’s inauguration.

See how this works?

03.08.2025 17:31 β€” πŸ‘ 4039    πŸ” 1747    πŸ’¬ 281    πŸ“Œ 140
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This….

04.08.2025 11:55 β€” πŸ‘ 4882    πŸ” 1649    πŸ’¬ 105    πŸ“Œ 94

Just your daily reminder: if you don't like what's happening in American politics, it's because Republicans decided to do that.

They did it. On purpose. To hurt you. And it worked.

What are you going to do about them?

04.08.2025 15:45 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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a photo of humongous sleek white yacht starkly standing out against the dark blue water below and a light blue sky beyond has the following text filling the sky:

One of the biggest con tricks capitalists ever pulled was convincing the gullible that socialism means making working people pay for the lifestyles of idle layabouts, when that's precisely what capitalism does.

AAV

a photo of humongous sleek white yacht starkly standing out against the dark blue water below and a light blue sky beyond has the following text filling the sky: One of the biggest con tricks capitalists ever pulled was convincing the gullible that socialism means making working people pay for the lifestyles of idle layabouts, when that's precisely what capitalism does. AAV

03.08.2025 11:18 β€” πŸ‘ 263    πŸ” 74    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 1
cramer saying to elaine 'socialism just makes rich people richer'

and then elaine screams at him 'that's capitalism, you jackass!

cramer saying to elaine 'socialism just makes rich people richer' and then elaine screams at him 'that's capitalism, you jackass!

02.08.2025 12:35 β€” πŸ‘ 48    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Don't forget: Republicans are why you're suffering right now. If you're not suffering, just wait a minute and you'll get there.

We should probably start punishing them for hurting all of us.

03.08.2025 17:00 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

If you want to know why the country is broken, I've got the answer:

It was MAGA all along. They broke it. It's their fault. They should be held responsible.

We should probably figure out how to do that.

01.08.2025 17:36 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

EVERY. SINGLE. ONE.

30.07.2025 17:09 β€” πŸ‘ 855    πŸ” 305    πŸ’¬ 28    πŸ“Œ 12

Members of Congress, the President, and the Vice President should not be allowed to trade stocks.

Ban insider trading now.

31.07.2025 00:28 β€” πŸ‘ 11463    πŸ” 2305    πŸ’¬ 271    πŸ“Œ 108

getting more and more dangerous to be CEO of a company that profits primarily off human suffering these days

30.07.2025 20:25 β€” πŸ‘ 181    πŸ” 29    πŸ’¬ 14    πŸ“Œ 2

Thou shalt not pardon a convicted child molester. This one should be easy to follow.

26.07.2025 20:23 β€” πŸ‘ 12391    πŸ” 2602    πŸ’¬ 280    πŸ“Œ 80

Just reminding you all that we're likely headed for the Second US Civil War.

I'm guessing it'll start somewhere around 17 months and maybe 7 days from today.

25.07.2025 19:14 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Put the blame where it belongs: on the people who put him into office.

22.07.2025 05:57 β€” πŸ‘ 757    πŸ” 266    πŸ’¬ 47    πŸ“Œ 7

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