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Some dangerous but frequently expressed myths spotted in the media:

Wealth trickles down from the rich.... (it doesn't);

The state is like a household & must therefore 'balance the books'.... (it isn't & doesn't);

The poor have only themselves to blame...(no, poverty is often due to external factors);

The rich got there through hard work.... (no, mostly the rich have either benefitted form inheritance or have, unacknowledged, good luck)....

Just sayin'

#politics

plutocracy, plutarchy, plutonomy + documentary clip mentioning it... 

@freemo Hey hope you're doing well...

Subject: plutocracy, plutarchy, plutonomy + documentary clip

mentioning it (Capitalism A Love Story)...

I'd really like to hear what you think of documentary as a whole

just the clip watch for yourself
(links at the end)...

🔴 Why I send this: I remembered one of these three words we

agreed was fairly accurate to describe some of today's

situation...

🔴 Since then I also realise the other words very similar:

plutocracy, plutarchy, plutonomy
- meaning generally:

= a political system or economy significantly influenced by or

governed by the very wealthy

🔴 All 3 words are quite different sounding in their own way -

e,g... plut"archy" ending sounding like anarchy)

🔴 Somehow this film doc was uplifting - I'd REALLY like to hear

what you think of it of the film if you don't mind - I really

REALLY like it's level of depth and line-for-line considerations

while being nicely loose and comedic...

The main reason for clip is the word plutonomy mentioned...

Either link is the same and starts itself from exact time

plutonomy is mentioned (at 54.50mins) ⬇️

📼 Capitalism A Love Story [Documentary]

1 🎞️ nyc1.iv.ggtyler.dev/watch?v=_J

(no adverts / invidious filtering advert rather than youtube

adverts and tracking)

or 2 (same video with google adverts / tracking)

:google: youtube.com/watch?v=_JAjuthV2N

Funny how there always seems to be money for tax cuts to billionaires, but not for universal childcare and affordable housing.

Exasperated and disturbed the new IP license in the Mastodon TOS has no termination clause.

mastodon.social/terms-of-servi

Facebook and YouTube have terms saying you can intentionally remove your IP grant by deleting the content. Twitter lets you remove your IP grant by deleting your *accounts*, which is punitive, but possible to exercise (I did). It's very good Mastodon's grant is limited-use—but so was Tumblr, and it eventually abused its. I want Mastodon to be as pro-user as *Facebook and Google*.

@mcc what, if any, instances are out there that have better TOS? I'm with you on deleting my account if there is no way to delete our content

❓ Best / / Online ❓

Is it privnote.com/

I know all have different uses but:

🔴 I'm looking for most temporary / self-destruct options / encrypted in browser

Best so far is:

.com privnote.com/

Urgent call to all people of humanity
From inside Al-Shifa Hospital, I am Dr. Abdullah Awad, sending an urgent appeal for help. The internet has been cut off in northern Gaza, where we are. There is no food, no water, and no medicine.
Large numbers of injuries no any enough medical aids, beside starvation
I'm seeking help, even if only a little, my family calls me need to anything to eat what I should to do leave my duty to find food to them
Please donate to my family
gofund.me/d01c555b

Surveillance ➡️ Centralisation / Fascism ? ➡️ Less Democracy ? 

What’s the problem jack?

🔴 Surveillance capitalism
🔴 Democratic drift
🔴 Closure to a single vision of society ()
🔴 Centralization of data and attention

:floppy: /
@FramasoftStatus

⭐ Support Problem solvers:
soutenir.framasoft.org/en/?f=n (most of this post taken from this site)

:nes_fire: These dominations pose many problems for our freedoms.

The web giants are so powerful that they exercise technical, economic, cultural and political domination over our societies.


When #Framasoft reached the first stretchgoal for #PeerTube I thought "Very nice, those are some much needed features!"

Now, trough the power of our great community, they're almost at 100% funding; way beyond what I thought would be the case 👀 🎊

If you're interested in #FOSS, and in helping out creating a truly decentralized federated #Alternative to #YouTube, consider donating within the remaining 12 hours of their campaign!

support.joinpeertube.org/en/

#OpenSource #Donate #Campaign

Why #Support #Framasoft ? (Text and Picture info)... 

/
@Framasoft

Because...

🔴 page I actually like! Visually responsive...

soutenir.framasoft.org/en/?f=n

🔴 METRICS / FACTS (below)

21 years of existence
35 members and 10  employees
44 projects (26 ethical online services)

700 contributors
8,025 patrons
4,700,000 visits per month

1,115 free resources in our directory
3,025  blog posts
75 events each year to talk and reach different audiences

Here's a timelapse of an illustration I made for the series of AMA Framasoft do around the current Peertube crowdfunding.
Today, a big one on Reddit r/opensource at 17h00 CEST: reddit.com/r/opensource/commen

#PeerTube #Framasoft #krita

With #deltachat #chatmail and #webxdc developments we aim to instigate a new modern foundation for secure E-Mail and a resilient Web without platforms. We are building a kind of #minecraft system for modern decentralized messaging.

But who are we building it for?

For all who need reliable trustable means of modern private communication.

While our work needs hackers and experts it's not designed for them. @tante raises interesting and important related thoughts tante.cc/2025/03/03/who-is-fre

Greta Thunberg @gretathunberg has been kidnapped by the IDF on international waters! They do not own the Gaza strip by any legal standard, they are not allowed to decide who gets to dock or what they can or cannot bring. They are not the legal representation of Gaza, unless it is run as an open air prison.

The fact that a ship full of humanitarian aid is making the Israeli government go haywire exposes the exact problem. Thank you, Greta and all the other activists ❤️

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Systems built upon #exploitation and #oppression of people... 

seem to be built upon and of people.

(taken from quote below - ni.hil.ist/@mu/114626116042263)

GRETA THUNBERG: My message is that right now international law is failing us. International institutions, our governments are failing us. Media, our companies are all failing us. Or “failing us” is a diplomatic way of saying that our system seems to be designed in a way that is built upon exploitation and oppression of people. And so, there’s no one to turn to. There’s no one we can turn to to rescue the situation, but it falls on us to step up, to continue flooding the streets, to continue organizing, boycotting, to speak up on all platforms to try to send a clear message that we will not stand for what is happening right now.

Your happiness makes me happy... 

Your happiness makes me happy.

Joy from the success and good of others...

=

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mudita

May our good fortune continue and increase.

May I learn to appreciate joy and happiness.

May our joy persist and grow.

May their happiness continue.

May I be filled with joy and gratitude.

Your happiness makes me happy.

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