persagen, 9 months ago

Addendum 1

Clarence Thomas’ 38 Vacations: The Other Billionaires Who Have Treated the Supreme Court Justice to Luxury Travel
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/110866451690164043

Republican billionaire donors are funding legalized public corruption of the Supreme Court
https://mastodon.social/@Npars01@mstdn.social/110558288407470621

A Billionaire Conserving Montana Is Funding the Group Bulldozing the Atlanta Forest
Home Depot co-founder Arthur Blank is helping fund the forces behind Cop City
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/110471619577888008

#DefundBillionaires

persagen, 9 months ago

Addendum 1 cont'd

Oracle is making Larry Ellison the world’s third-richest man
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/110549645417178639

Elon Musk to Hate-Speech Monitors: Get Out of My Business or I’ll Sue
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/110809960690318219

White Nationalists Big Fans of Musk’s “White Genocide” Tweets
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/110812267420196355

Elon Musk sues disinformation researchers, claims they're driving away advertisers
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/110816009112622790

#DefundBillionaires

persagen, 9 months ago

Addendum 1 cont'd 2/

[megathread] Chip Wilson | Pacific Prosperity Network
Joe Lonsdale | Cicero Institute
Demonization, criminalization of homelessness
Poverty industrial complex

Right-Wing Group Funded By Lululemon Founder Chip Wilson Posting Homophobic Memes About Justin Trudeau
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/110873929767684022

Elon Musk plans to remove headlines f. links to news articles on X 🤨
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/110934238673202960

#DefundBillionaires

persagen, 9 months ago

Addendum 1 cont'd 3/

[thread] Vivek Ramaswamy
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/110974536788520209

persagen, 9 months ago

Addendum 2
billionaires, existential risk from

https://persagen.com >> search:

billionaires AND "ont--uid"
billionaire AND "leonard leo"
billionaire AND "christian right"
"barre seid"
"richard uihlein" OR "dick uihlein"
"rebekah mercer" OR "mercer family"
"betsy devos" OR "devos family"
billionaire AND trump
"sheldon adelson"
"billionaire*" AND "far./?right"
"billionaire*" AND "republican party"

"charles koch" >> see also: https://mastodon.social/@persagen/110903325729307709
... ...

#DefundBillionaires #neofascism

persagen, 9 months ago

Addendum 3

Which Nation Taxed the Rich the Most?
Britain & the United States once competed for that honor. Times have changed
https://inequality.org/great-divide/which-nation-has-taxed-the-rich-the-most

• 8 decades ago (near end WWII) U.S’s richest faced 94% federal tax rate on income >$200,000
• with Ronald Reagan’s election by 1988 U.S.’ richest faced 28% top-bracket bite
• we’ve experienced no trickle-down
• instead an incredibly intense concentration of wealth

#DefundBillionaires #neofascism #WealthInequality #WealthConcentraion #taxation

persagen, 9 months ago

Addendum 4

Hours After SpaceX Postponed a Liftoff, Elon Musk Boosted a Transphobic Tweet
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/110487469705741802

Elon Musk to Hate-Speech Monitors: Get Out of My Business or I’ll Sue
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/110809960690318219

White Nationalists Big Fans of Musk’s “White Genocide” Tweets
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/110812267420196355

Elon Musk Is Flirting With a Fake AOC Twitter Account
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/110460614727284498

ElonMusk #Twitter #CultureWars #FarRight #DefundBillionaires #neofascism #WealthInequality #whiteSupremacism #taxation

persagen, 9 months ago

Addendum 5

To Fight the “Rich Men North of Richmond,” Organize a Union
Reactions to Oliver Anthony’s viral hit, “Rich Men North of Richmond,” have played out along drearily predictable culture-war lines
But Billy Bragg’s response, “Rich Men Earning North of a Million,” instructing Anthony to “join a union, brother,” perfectly cuts through the noise
https://jacobin.com/2023/09/oliver-anthony-billy-bragg-rich-men-north-of-richmond-union
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/110990866577748979

#BillyBragg #unions #TradeUnions #labor #WorkersRights #capitalism #neoliberalism #OliverAnthony

Sh4d0w_H34rt, 9 months ago

@persagen sadly it comes across as pretty tone deaf to those of us in rural areas of "at will" work states with the job market dominated by Temp employers. Joining or starting a union becomes near impossible without substantial community support. We live in communities with a mindset of "be thankful you have a job don't wine."