#majority

Finland’s wealth gap hits record high as richest 10% own majority https://www.byteseu.com/824533/ #10 #distribution #Finland #GAP #households #Inequality #Inflation #majority #money #nation #net #own #richest #wealth

The #essence of a #democracy is not that the #majority #decides, but that the majority #protects the #minority.

https://www.principlesofdemocracy.org/majority

A quotation from Lincoln

A majority held in restraint by constitutional checks and limitations, and always changing easily with deliberate changes of popular opinions and sentiments, is the only true sovereign of a free people. Whoever rejects it does of necessity fly to anarchy or to despotism.

Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) American lawyer, politician, US President (1861-65)
Speech (1861-03-04), Inaugural Address, Washington, D. C.

Sourcing, notes: wist.info/lincoln-abraham/2539…

#quote #quotes #quotation #anarchy, #authoritarianism #checksandbalances #Constitution # democracy #despotism #government #majority #mobrule #populargovernment #popularopinion #sovereignty #tyranny

Ari Berman reports for Mother Jones:

The Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee (DLCC) top targets for the 2025-2026 elections include defending one-seat majorities in Virginia, Pennsylvania, Alaska, Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin.

DLCC wrote in a recent strategy memo. "Majorities in many states will likely come down to just a few districts and hundreds of votes."
#USA #state #legislature #democrats #elections #majority

#Hateful #Kansas #Republicans will try again to #ban #genderaffirmingcare for #Trans #minors.

The #GOP previously failed to #ban #PubertyBlockers, #HRT, and #surgery for #children with #genderdysphoria. This year, #Republicans hold a stronger #Gerrymandered #majority in the #Kansas #Statehouse.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Kansas #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate

https://www.krps.org/kansas-news/2025-01-06/kansas-republicans-will-try-again-to-ban-gender-affirming-health-care-for-minors

Capitalism #Transformation #Cooperating #Commons ?

2 #Quotes I liked by @messaroundmarx

#Quote 1
"The most difficult question for a social #transformation will probably be how we change from competing lone warriors to cooperating individuals who are turned towards each other in the knowledge that our own well-being depends on the well-being of our fellow humans."

Post: https://zirk.us/@messaroundmarx/109865775711665644

#Wellbeing #Together #Humans vs #Alone #Individuals #Competing

#Quote 2
"The problem is: Even if a majority realized it, most people couldn't imagine a viable alternative. #Capitalist categories are so deeply internalized in our minds that a non-authoritarian alternative is not conceivable for most of us!"

#Commonism #SystemChange

Post: https://zirk.us/@messaroundmarx/110266395758764932

My added hashtags as comments:

#Change #System vs. #Change #Minds ?

#Alternative #Authoritarian #Alternatives

#Thinking #minority vs.
#Unthinking #majority

“The Asch #conformity experiments or the Asch paradigm were a series of studies directed by #SolomonAsch studying if and how #individuals yielded to or defied a #majority group and the effect of such influences on #beliefs and #opinions.”

The stigma is real.

#UAP / #UFO <https://x.com/truthstreamnews/status/1870726891885482328> / <https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asch_conformity_experiments>

https://www.europesays.com/1678711/ Nebraskans don’t trust artificial intelligence #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #distrust #majority #Nebraska #rural #Study

After #campaign's #antitrans #rhetoric, here's how #LehighValley #LGBTQ #activists #plan to #respond

The "#core #issue" is that the #majority of #Americans still say they don't #know someone who is #transgender.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Politics #Activism #Representation #Culture

https://www.lehighvalleynews.com/local-news/after-campaigns-anti-transgender-rhetoric-heres-how-lehigh-valley-lgbtq-activists-plan-to-respond

#Majority of #Americans aren’t #confident in the #safety and #reliability of #cryptocurrency

https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2024/10/24/majority-of-americans-arent-confident-in-the-safety-and-reliability-of-cryptocurrency/

#News #USA #Majority of #Voters will be enjoying the latest from #Rapist47 until they find out they are like...
#FirstTheyCame

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_they_came_...

Why #Black #Americans Feel They Have No #Allies After #DonaldTrump’s #Victory.

The Democratic party has never won the #majority of #White #voters since #LyndonJohnson #signed the #CivilRightsActof1964 into #law.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Discrimination #Racism #WhiteSupremacy #ThePartyOfHate #BlackMastodon

https://www.levelman.com/why-black-americans-feel-they-have-no-allies-after-trump-victory/

I don't like writing this, but it is the #truth. A #majority of the states and people of the #UnitedStates...
- is fascist, misogynist, sexist and ableist
- wants a convicted liar, rapist, fraudster as president
- prefers to cling to conspiracy theories rather than truthful facts and figures
- votes first and only then looks up the meanings of the words used in the election campaign

...the majority rules - even if it is wrong.

Have I forgotten something?

#usa #WTFUSA #brokenlove #ELECTION2024

#Kansas #Republicans gain even more #control over #abortion, #taxes and #transgender #rights.

#Statehouse #wins appear to give hateful #Republicans an even stronger #majority in the Legislature they can use to #override the #Democratic #governor.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Kansas #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #Religion #RepublicanParty #ThePartyOfHate #EmptyThePews

https://thebeaconnews.org/stories/2024/11/07/abortion-and-taxes-kansas-republicans-tighten-grip-on-statehouse-kansas-election-results/

"It does not take a majority to prevail... but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of men."

Samuel Adams

#quoteoftheday #majority #Freedom #yeahhewonsothefuckwhat #resist #BeingHuman

#economics #majority #screwed

#Majority of #voters view #Republican's #antitrans #ads as ‘#meanspirited’.

More than half of voters surveyed this month by #DataForProgress said #political #attackads #targeting the #trans #community have gotten “out of hand”

https://thehill.com/homenews/lgbtq/4949915-gop-campaign-ads-trans-rights/

#Democrats put up $25 million to reach #voters in 10 states in fierce #fight for their #Senate #majority

“A formidable #groundgame makes all the difference in close #races,” #DSCC #Chairman #Sen. #GaryPeters of #Michigan said in a #statement. “We are reaching every #voter we need to #win.”

https://apnews.com/article/election-senate-democrat-biden-harris-brown-tester-fc46efbc6b4d2ca23c7d8aa041a9e553

How a #FarRight #Takeover of #Georgia’s #ElectionBoard Could #Swing the #Election.

The #unelected #body that shapes #votingrules has a new #conservative #majority who question the state’s #2020 #results. They now have new #power to #influence the #results in 2024.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Georgia #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #RepublicanParty #ThePartyOfHate

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/19/us/politics/trump-2024-georgia-elections.html

I have a budget of $1,000 to donate to #Democratic #Senate campaigns this cycle. I want to spend my money in a way that maximizes the chances of the #Democrats retaining a Senate #majority. How do I figure out the optimum way I should donate this money? Which campaigns should I donate to and how much?