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@thebrianlehrershow.bsky.social please bring back the weekly ask the mayor show if Zohran wins!

Why would I read abundance when I could get more wisdom from a Dr Bronners bottle

“We know further that if all those who squander to-day the fruits of others’ toil were forced to employ their leisure in useful work, our wealth would increase in proportion to the number of producers, and more.”

“We know, indeed, that the producers, although they constitute hardly one-third of the inhabitants of civilized countries, even now produce such quantities of goods that a certain degree of comfort could be brought to every hearth.”

“Why, even to the best paid workman, this uncertainty for the morrow, in the midst of all the wealth inherited from the past, and in spite of the powerful means of production, which could ensure comfort to all, in return for a few hours of daily toil?”

“In our civilized societies we are rich. Why then are the many poor? Why this painful drudgery for the masses?”

Everyone go see Drop Dead City www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...

@bhighsmith.bsky.social and Quinn slobodian write about this billionaire and corporate retreat substack.perfectunion.us/p/musk-is-bu...

This model creates a tax and amenities haven, it’s a retreat from local democratic governance after SpaceX secured millions in tax incentives to come to the region.

Locals from the rest of Cameron county, one of the poorest in the nation, will commute to work in landscaping, construction and service industry jobs. And importantly, they’ll be contractors, not employees. /