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And the only reason that Musk has that power is because of the US Supreme Court’s decision in Citizen’s United."
~ Robert B. Hubbell
#Trump #ElonMusk #EconomicElites #oligarchy #SupremeCourt #CitizensUnited
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https://roberthubbell.substack.com/p/clear-as-mud
They want no antitrust enforcement to puncture the power of their giant corporations. Instead, their corporations will grow larger, able to charge consumers even more."
#Trump #ElonMusk #EconomicElites #oligarchy
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#Trump #ElonMusk #EconomicElites #oligarchy
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These were good investments for Musk. Since Election Day, Musk’s fortune has increased by $170 billion. That’s because investors in Tesla and SpaceX have pushed their value into the stratosphere."
#Trump #ElonMusk #EconomicElites #oligarchy
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In 2022, Elon Musk spent $44 billion to buy Twitter and turn it into his own personal political megaphone."
#Trump #ElonMusk #EconomicElites #oligarchy
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What’s the back story to all this? It’s the oligarchy that put Trump into the presidency. …
Today the great divide is not between left and right. It’s between democracy and oligarchy."
~ Robert Reich
#Trump #ElonMusk #EconomicElites #oligarchy
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https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-american-oligarchy-is-out-of
The American oligarchy is back, and it’s out of control
It’s the third time in the nation’s history that a small group of hyper-wealthy people have gained political power over the rest of us. Here’s what we must do.Robert Reich
I suggest prefigurative models accessible to everyone demonstrating pragmatic investment in a nationalized smart power grid; radically smarter roads, improved mass transit, and transit oriented community re-development that serves the nation as a whole!
Better for Billionaires
#RachelMaddow #Neoliberalism #CronyCapitalists #Oligarchy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9pznmBooVk
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https://www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/peter-thiel-reveals-how-scared-oligarchs
#Thiel #oligarchy
Peter Thiel Reveals How Scared Oligarchs Are Of The People
Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley):Caitlin Johnstone (Caitlin’s Newsletter)
When Republicans say they want to run back George W. Bush’s plan to destroy Social Security, believe them!
Elon Musk's slash and burn commission is a transparent plot to gut Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid.
Like Social Security, Medicare is also not a contributor to the federal deficit. Just as both employers and employees contribute 6.2% toward Social Security, they also contribute a 1.45% Medicare tax from every paycheck to keep the program funded
#uspol #uspolitics #politics #SocialSecurity #poverty #oligarchy #theft #crime #criminal #criminals
https://www.alternet.org/gop-governor-social-security/
'Allow some of this to be privatized': GOP gov admits goal of DOGE is to gut Social Security
New Hampshire Republican Governor Chris Sununu is bullish on a billionaire-led effort to cut social safety nets for working-class Americans — including the political third rail of Social Security.Carl Gibson (Alternet.org)
Now more than ever!
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https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/bernie-sanders-asks-fed-chair-whether-us-oligarchy/
#USPol #Oligarchy #Corporatocracy #Oligarchs
Bernie Sanders Asks Fed Chair Whether the US Is an Oligarchy | The Nation
Janet Yellen admits evidence of how inequality is "very worrisome."The Nation
'We are in a struggle between a progressive movement that mobilizes around a shared vision of prosperity, security and dignity for all people, against one that defends oligarchy and massive global income and wealth inequality'
March 23, 2022
"f you watch the corporate media, you'll often hear the word '#oligarch' preceded by the word '#Russian.' But oligarchs aren't uniquely a Russian phenomenon or a foreign concept. No. The United States has its own oligarchy.
"Today, in the United States, the two wealthiest people own more wealth than the bottom 42 percent of our population – more than 130 million Americans. And the top one percent now owns more wealth than the bottom 92 percent. During the last 50 years there has been a massive transfer of wealth in our country, but it’s going in the wrong direction. The middle class is shrinking while the people on top are doing better than ever.
"Further, in terms of the global economy, there is no question that we are seeing a huge and destructive increase in income and wealth inequality. While the very, very richest people become much wealthier, ordinary people struggle and the most desperate starve.
"While massive levels of inequality existed before the rise of COVID, that situation has become much worse over the past two years.
"Today, around the world, the wealthiest 10 multi-billionaires now own more wealth than the bottom 3.1 billion – almost 40 percent of the world’s population. Unbelievably, the wealth of these ten multi-billionaires has doubled during the pandemic, while the income of 99 percent of the world’s population has declined. The oligarchs spend huge amounts of money buying fancy yachts, mansions and great paintings while 160 million people throughout the world have slipped into poverty. According to Oxfam, global income and wealth inequality has led to the deaths of more than 21,000 people each and every day throughout the world as a result of hunger and the lack of access to healthcare. Yet the world’s 2,755 billionaires saw their wealth go up by $5 trillion since March 2021 – increasing from $8.6 trillion to $13.8 trillion.
"But it’s not just the increased income and wealth gap between the very rich and everyone else. It’s a growing concentration of ownership and brute economic and political power. Something which is not talked about much, either in the media or political circles, is the reality that a handful of Wall Street firms, Black Rock, Vanguard and State Street, now control over $21 trillion in assets – roughly the GDP of the United States. This gives a tiny number of CEOs enormous power over hundreds of companies and the lives of millions of workers. The result: in recent years we have seen the ultra-wealthy significantly increase their influence over media, banking, health care, housing and many other parts of our economy. In fact, never before have so few owned and controlled so much.
"Add it all together and what you see is a nation and world trending very strongly toward oligarchy – where a small number of multi-billionaires exercise enormous economic and political power.
"So, in the midst of all of this, where do we go from here?
"Clearly, while we face oligarchy, COVID, attacks on democracy, climate change, the horrific war in Ukraine and other challenges it is easy to understand why many may fall into cynicism and hopelessness. This is a state of mind, however, that we must overcome – not only for ourselves, but for our kids and future generations. The stakes are just too high, and despair is not an option. We must come together and fight back.
"What history has always taught us is that real change never takes place from the top on down. It always occurs from the bottom on up. That is the history of the labor movement, the #CivilRights movement, the women’s movement, the #environmental movement and the #GayRights movement. That is the history of every effort that has brought about transformational change in our society.
"That is the struggle we must intensify today.
"We must bring people together around a progressive agenda. We must educate, organize and build an unstoppable grassroots movement that helps create the kind of nation and world we know we can become. One that is based on the principles of justice and compassion, not greed and oligarchy.
"We must never lose our sense of outrage when so few have so much and so many have so little.
"We must not allow ourselves to be divided up based on the color of our skin, where we were born, our religion or our sexual orientation.
"The greatest threat of the billionaire class is not simply their unlimited wealth and power. It is their ability to create a culture that makes us feel weak and hopeless and diminishes the strength of human solidarity.
"Yet, as a result of the horrific Russian invasion of Ukraine, and the extraordinary courage and solidarity of the Ukrainian people, countries throughout the world are waking up to the fact that there is a global struggle taking place between autocracy and democracy, between authoritarianism and the right of people to freely express their views.
"Now is the time to build a new progressive global order that recognizes every person on this planet shares a common humanity and that all of us – no matter where we live or the language we speak – want our children to grow up healthy, have a good education, breathe clean air and live in peace.
"What we are seeing now is not just the incredible bravery of the people in Ukraine, but thousands of Russians who have taken to the streets to demand an end to Putin’s war in Ukraine, knowing that it’s illegal to do so and that they will likely be arrested and punished.
"We have seen the courage of working people here in our country who are coming together to take on corporate greed and organize for better wages, benefits and working conditions.
"Sisters and brothers, right now we are in a struggle between a progressive movement that mobilizes around a shared vision of prosperity, security and dignity for all people, against one that defends oligarchy and massive global income and wealth inequality.
"It is a struggle we cannot lose. And it is one that we can overcome, as long as we stand together."
https://portside.org/2022-03-23/bernie-sanders-worldwide-oligarchy
#GlobalOligarchy #GlobalPol #USPol #StillSanders #Corporatocracy #CorporateColonialism #CorporateFascism #Autocracy #WealthInequality #Oligarchs
Bernie Sanders on the Worldwide Oligarchy
If you watch the corporate media, you'll often hear the word 'oligarch' preceded by the word 'Russian.' But oligarchs aren't uniquely a Russian phenomenon or a foreign concept. No. The United States has its own oligarchy.Portside
The alleged manifesto included raging remarks about “parasitic” health insurance companies and expressed disdain for corporate greed and power, according to law enforcement sources.#brianthompson #luigimangione #USPol #healthcare #healthinsurance #unitedhealthcare #oligarchy #massmurder #structuralviolence #classwarfare #classwar
He allegedly also wrote that the US has the most expensive healthcare system in the world and that profits of major corporations continue to rise while “our life expectancy” does not.
When this is reported in the US #media, would they label the billionaire an #oligarch?
#Elon is an oligarch. #oligarchy
#ChrisHedges | Come Ask me a Question on my Post-#Election Livestream Q&A
https://chrishedges.substack.com/p/come-ask-me-a-question-on-my-post
#USPol #Corporate #CorporatePower #Oligarchy #Trump
Come Ask me a Question on my Post-Election Livestream Q&A
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techriot (inlägg med hubzilla)
A thing isn't wrong because it's illegal, a thing is illegal because it's wrong. When in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another and to assume among the p…hub.hubzilla.de
Ukrainian neo-Nazis in the service of capitalists
The presenter is a bit mistaken, there was no territory of Ukraine until the 20th century, for hundreds of years it was Malorossia ( #littleRussia ), with urban population predominantly Russian.
#USA #Pentagon #CIA #NSA #Gladio #NATO #EU #failstate #ukraine #oligarchy #corruption #anti-Russia #Donbass #ukrainian #nazi #neo-nazi #Zelensky minion of #Kolomoysky sponsor of #Right-Sector #Azov #Svoboda #fascism #zionism #anticommunism #USSR #history #Western #terrorism #mindmanipulation #propaganda #war #infowar #economicwar #capitalism #imperialism against #Russia again
Give War a Chance: NATO and Neo-Nazis Want Ukraine Conflict to Go o...
Give War a Chance: NATO and Neo-Nazis Want Ukraine Conflict to Go on Forever https://yewtu.be/watch?v=0C1O2WWqyPQ&t=17s?v=0C1O2WWqyPQ&t=17s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0C1O2WWqyPQ&t=17s #tags /tags/tagsdiaspora* social network
I think the intell community knew far more about Putin post 1989 than was officially taken on board by Western govts: his KGB ruthlessness and his desire to build an empire of his own.
When you think of Western democracies it's the big oligarchs/corps who create the arena for the politicians to work within. Their money pays. Tail wags the dog.
In Russia Putin is the tail AND the dog. *Nobody controls him.* He controls the oligarchs and will readily dispose of them if they don't comply.
I think the West completely misjudged and underestimated Putin. They naively thought he'd join in the democracy party and become a friend. He was playing the West from the v start. Built his money and empire and now pulls the strings in Hungary Belarus Turkey Poland MEast SthAmerica Africa and in all the elections in the West.
The thing about nationalist fascist right wing dictators tho, is once they have finished hating on everyone they inevitably turn in on themselves. Putin v Trump v Xi v Modi v Kim v Orban ... who'll be the one to win? Or push the button on the others?
#putin #trump #dictatorship #fascism #oligarchy #globalpolitics #autocracy
About Ukraine, Russia, USA and the economy
The colonel is wrong, where he repeats the western myth about the cruelty of the Red Army during the Second World War.
#politics #military #neocons #deepstate #MIC #USA #money #economy #debt #democracy #nato #pentagon #fail #Western #lie about #ukraine #blackhole #corruption #oligarchy #Maidan #Nuland #Zelensky #Kolomoysky #Azov #ukrainian #nazi #cannon-fodder #russian #weapon #Russia #Africa #europe #deindustrialisation #energy #crisis
Tucker Carlson talks to Colonel Douglas Macgregor about the Ukraine...
Tucker Carlson talks to Colonel Douglas Macgregor about the Ukraine war (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMUAaWK79Vc)diaspora* social network