#capitalist

#SabiLewSounds, elderly mom & ESA bun are in danger

If you can help in no other way, please at least help raise support, even by simply helping their need to be seen

Their lives endangered by the very #capitalist #colonialism that displaced their #Indigenous ancestors, centuries ago

The same that now provides comfort to some, while #marginalizing others

They're endangered by the color of their skin alone, by #poverty, by #disability, by #xenophobia

@gleick
this is also an example of #capitalist market forces at play in private for profit #prisons (concentration camps or cheap labor pool for bigCorps).

Now #bigCorp will see the profit in having prisons in multiple jurisdictions. Everyone makes a profit, the bigCorp cutting the political players in and we now have #fascism on a global scale with #bigCorp running the world.

no courts, or oversight by anyone.

The death of democracy at a global scale.

#democracy is more than voting.

#China began #capitalist restoration in earnest in the late 1970's & has backed off of funding & materially supporting national #liberation & #socialist struggles since that time but go on

Also even as an advanced capitalist state/red #socialdemocracy it's kicking the futureless, #fascist #USA ass

#Politics #Democrats #Republicans #Liberals #Conservatives #Vote #Election #RepublicanParty #DonaldTrump #Trump #JDVance #JoeBiden #Biden #KamalaHarris #TimWalz #Democracy #US #Musk #Fascism

#Capitalist " #antifascism" is extremely limited, consisting of certain idealists who want to try to fix the problems of capitalism's crises of profitability in less brutal ways, but they absolutely do not have a long-term solution to the capitalism's inevitable decline & are wasting the left's time.

#Politics #Democrats #Republicans #Liberals #Conservatives #Vote #Election #DemocraticParty #RepublicanParty #Trump #Biden #Democracy #USA #Fascism #BernieSanders #AOC #FraudSquad #Progressive

#Capitalist #Colonial societies are built upon ever-growing mountains of death, blood & ash.

#Disabled #Indigenous #Latina family raising to survive death imposed by the very #colonization those with luxuries benefit from.

Prior to eviction, #SabiLewSounds, who's disabled, could take commissions, work on album, two #YT channels, #Twitch, radio streams, freelance, blogging, #advocacy for #Disability & #MentalHealth.

Even if a #Progressive is elected, hypothetically speaking, they won't be able to do the shit they say cos they'll be backed into a corner.

#Congress, #Politicians & #Corporations & #WallStreet will not let it happen.

A tiny minority of people still get a say, there's still #exploitation, there would be a #CapitalStrike which would lead to #civil unrest and possibly a coup to take power back for #capitalist class with the forces of the #reactionary.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRq3pl17C8M

Rogue #capitalist raised $40 million for a start-up ecommerce application, he claimed was powered by Artificial Intelligence; charged with #fraud. It was powered by the human intelligence of #Filipino workers https://decrypt.co/314469/startup-ceo-charged-ai-humans-philippines

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDcJenDDJc4

#DaveNeal #TheRushHour

11.30 min mark #SuperRichBullies vs #Filmmaker

19min mark #Tariffs #MillionairesSUCK O'Leary is a greedy #capitalist joke, btw.

23.53min mark #WhiteSupremacist #StephenMiller is a disgrace and a monster.
And in case you haven't heard #SCOTUS, 9 TO 0, said you need #dueprocess. So fuck Stephen Miller
#StopDeportations #StoptheKidnappings
#AbolishICE #KilmarAbregoGarcía #FightBack

It comes down to.

#capitalist: I want to have a better life than everyone else

#socialist: I want everyone to have a better life

Just curious: What do you consider the first #capitalist society?

Generally, folks seem to think of the 19th century. Roughly when #Industrialisation moved the power to exploit people from "power by noble birth" (#Feudalism) to "power by capital ownership" (#Capitalism) on a large scale. With a lot of overlap, of course.

Yet some Marxists as well as "Capitalism= #PrivateProperty" folks argue an earlier beginning of capitalism.

#FreeMarket #corporatism #KarlMarx #Economy

"#Britain’s #capitalist state doesn’t need rebuilding, it needs dismantling, destroying, and burying in the bowels of #Satan, somewhere between #colonialism and #MargaretThatcher"

#Socialism

https://www.thecanary.co/opinion/2025/04/06/labour-economy/

The #class relation between #capitalist and
#wage-laborer therefore exists, is presupposed from the moment the two
face each other in the act M---L (L---M on the part of the laborer). It
is a purchase and sale, a money-relation, but a purchase and sale in
which the buyer is assumed to be a capitalist and the seller a
wage-laborer. And this relation arises out of the fact that the
conditions required for the realisation of labour-power, viz., means of
subsistence and means of production, are separated from the owner of
labour-power, being the property of another.

Karl #Marx, The Process of Circulation of Capital

#wealth #class #inequality #politics #capitalism
Caveat 'residing' . For #HNWI that can be anywhere, anytime. Also note source is steeped in the #capitalist ethic.
https://zirk.us/@ChrisMayLA6/114264767040070497

Acqua potabile alle stelle: dove si paga di più e dove meno.  La tua città è tra queste?

L'indagine di Altroconsumo https://capitalist.it/w2fg

#capitalist #economy

Spitting and cussing. Can't share my latest #publication #pembrokepapers because it's a *.pdf on my not iconic, wate of space #iMac #apple #MacIsTosh . The more time I spend on it the more convinced it's a huge con. The #capitalist theory of inbuilt #obsolescence & pandering to some #yankee idea of #style . It has about as much style as a #playboy #centrefold. And #starmer 's bed hopping with them. Give me strength. Next issue to be set and printed by hand thanks to Mr Caxton. Grr...End rant.

@nigelharpur In BC - it's due to our #PublicHealth official being an #AntiScience #capitalist #eugenicist. #FireBonnieHenry

#Covid #MaskUpSaveLives #BCpoli #FailureToProtect

How to Turn an “#EconomicBlackout” Into an All-Out War on #CorporatePower

Friday’s economic boycott is a one-day attack on corporate interests. The #degrowth movement calls for a broader societal shift.

Jonah Valdez, February 28 2025

Excerpt: "Rooted in the work of American and European political theorists of the 1970s, the 'degrowth' movement criticizes a #capitalist system that seeks unending growth and profit, which has led to #ecological and #environmental ruin such as the impacts of #ClimateChange.

"Instead, it advocates for a system that prioritizes the needs of the #planet and its people, such as #housing, #education, and #healthcare. According to Jason Hickel, a leading advocate of degrowth and author of 'Less is More: How Degrowth Will Save the World,' the movement calls for reducing consumption and production of things that harm the planet such #FossilFuels, #SUVs, #PrivateJets, #mansions, #FastFashion, #IndustrialBeef, #CruiseShips, and the #MilitaryIndustrialComplex.

"While the term may be unfamiliar to many Americans, its core ideas have cropped up in the Green New Deal’s goals of a post-fossil fuel economy; the pandemic-era phenomenon of white-collar workers voluntarily quitting their jobs and working less; and the recent social media trend of '#NoBuy,' which encouraged people to purchase less and #repurpose more.

"'People are getting a sense that they’re ripped off, that they’re being taken advantage of and exploited as consumers,' said Aaron Vansintjan, co-author of 'The Future Is Degrowth: A Guide to a World Beyond Capitalism.' 'It is promising that people are responding to the current moment by showing their distrust of these corporations.'

"The boycott has drawn wide–ranging media coverage, along with the attention of some celebrities. It also caught the attention of #LindaSarsour, a progressive activist best known for organizing the 2017 #WomensMarch after #Trump’s first election.

"'It is an easy risk-free way to invite masses of people to act in reaction to the outrageousness of this Administration,' Sarsour told The Intercept in an email."

https://theintercept.com/2025/02/28/no-buy-nothing-corporation-boycott-capitalism-degrowth/
#CorporateColonialism #Corporatocracy #RepairCafes #LibraryOfThings #ReuseRepairRecycle #CircularEconomy #CapitalismKills #EnvironmentalDamage #USPol #WorldPol #CapitalismMustDie #PlannedObsolescence #ProtectMotherEarth

@MikeDunnAuthor The #capitalist 'makes' value too by providing machinery (capital fix) etc.

The #capitalist, bristling at the mere mention of #socialism will decry "government overreach," "cronyism," "corruption," "inefficiency" & the tyranny of bureaucrats picking winners & losers.

Step back & what do we see? A mirror reflecting capitalism itself.
Bailouts for the rich, monopolies crushing competition, lobbyists dictating policy & entire industries propped up by taxpayer money.

#TaxTheRich, it’s a decent start

Posted by Bluebird | Mar 12, 2025

"As incredible as it may seem, just a handful of #billionaire #Mainers could fund the state for years out of their own pockets and still live out their lives as multimillionaires. So when socialists say tax the rich, we mean more than raising what billionaires pay by 1% or 2%, we mean raising their taxes by 25% or 50% or more to start with. We mean we should take back the wealth they have collected by exploiting all the people who have worked for them, all the land they have stolen, and all the resources they have grabbed all around the world. In the meantime, socialists often support smaller measures whenever we feel like they are a way to raise funds to help our class, raise consciousness, and build organization.

However, increasing taxes on the wealthy isn’t a permanent solution to the persisting problems of #capitalist society. It’s a good start, but it’s not enough.

[...]

"By all means tax [the wealthy] at a rate of 95%, 99%, 100%, 200%! Take back everything they have stolen from us. Truly solving the causes of social inequality cannot happen until the property of the capitalist class has been expropriated, but for the reasons explained above, simply taxing them at any rate will prove ineffective given enough time.

"Moreover, tax increases tend to antagonize capitalists. Sooner or later, as we are seeing very clearly now in Washington, they will transform their economic might into raw political power to claw back even the small social costs that generations of #SocialMovements and trade unions have imposed on them. During such times, as grim as our prospects may seem, it becomes clearer than ever that so long as the capitalists have all the power, even the most progressive public policy can only be temporary.

"How much longer will capitalist industry be allowed to #pollute the planet? How many more times does the economy have to crash? How many more wars will we be forced to fight on the behalf of these #RobberBarons? How many more lives will be ruined by #debts, mass #layoffs, denied insurance claims, and more? Why should we tolerate a system that exploits those whose labor keeps society functioning?"

Read more:
https://pineandroses.org/opinion/www-pineandroses-org/
#MaineDSA #Socialism #CapitalismMustDie