Chris
@cdek.bsky.social
Billionaires are the reason we can't have nice things
There's no such thing as a free lunch?
May 13, 2025 at 10:21 PM
There's no such thing as a free lunch?
Imagine what could happen if society's goal was to make life better for everyone, if the goal was to avoid universal suffering,
May 10, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Imagine what could happen if society's goal was to make life better for everyone, if the goal was to avoid universal suffering,
The wealthiest individuals are directly responsible for most of the global warming. Politicians have an undeniable moral responsibility to impose regulation and taxes on the rich. The tax revenue should be used to address climate injustice and economic inequality.
May 7, 2025 at 8:19 PM
The wealthiest individuals are directly responsible for most of the global warming. Politicians have an undeniable moral responsibility to impose regulation and taxes on the rich. The tax revenue should be used to address climate injustice and economic inequality.
We need to heavily regulate and tax the billionaire class! It's the only thing they're afraid of and the only survival chance for the rest of the world.
"the most powerful people in the world are preparing for the end of the world, an end they themselves are frenetically accelerating"
"the most powerful people in the world are preparing for the end of the world, an end they themselves are frenetically accelerating"
May 5, 2025 at 8:25 PM
We need to heavily regulate and tax the billionaire class! It's the only thing they're afraid of and the only survival chance for the rest of the world.
"the most powerful people in the world are preparing for the end of the world, an end they themselves are frenetically accelerating"
"the most powerful people in the world are preparing for the end of the world, an end they themselves are frenetically accelerating"
Europe Could Lose What Makes It Great
— [Foreign Affairs](www.foreignaffairs.com/europe/europ...)
Will Europe stay strong or cave in to the extortionist demands of Trump?
— [Foreign Affairs](www.foreignaffairs.com/europe/europ...)
Will Europe stay strong or cave in to the extortionist demands of Trump?
April 21, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Europe Could Lose What Makes It Great
— [Foreign Affairs](www.foreignaffairs.com/europe/europ...)
Will Europe stay strong or cave in to the extortionist demands of Trump?
— [Foreign Affairs](www.foreignaffairs.com/europe/europ...)
Will Europe stay strong or cave in to the extortionist demands of Trump?
"To satisfy the Lockean Proviso, asset-based wealth should be as open to any ‘levy’ as labour-based income."
Private wealth is no longer justifiable without a levy that would redistribute a big part of it as a Citizen's Dividend or a UBI. (It would also avoid fascist dictatorships.)
Private wealth is no longer justifiable without a levy that would redistribute a big part of it as a Citizen's Dividend or a UBI. (It would also avoid fascist dictatorships.)
April 16, 2025 at 9:00 PM
"To satisfy the Lockean Proviso, asset-based wealth should be as open to any ‘levy’ as labour-based income."
Private wealth is no longer justifiable without a levy that would redistribute a big part of it as a Citizen's Dividend or a UBI. (It would also avoid fascist dictatorships.)
Private wealth is no longer justifiable without a levy that would redistribute a big part of it as a Citizen's Dividend or a UBI. (It would also avoid fascist dictatorships.)
There's a weasles outbreak in D.C
April 13, 2025 at 5:00 PM
There's a weasles outbreak in D.C
Trump is a narcissist and doesn't know what a tarrif or trade deficit is.
"In every interaction, no matter how trivial or insignificant, someone has to win and someone has to lose. And Trump, as we all know, is a winner."
He thinks that deficits are a loss and tarrifs are fees paid to the U.S.
"In every interaction, no matter how trivial or insignificant, someone has to win and someone has to lose. And Trump, as we all know, is a winner."
He thinks that deficits are a loss and tarrifs are fees paid to the U.S.
April 13, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Trump is a narcissist and doesn't know what a tarrif or trade deficit is.
"In every interaction, no matter how trivial or insignificant, someone has to win and someone has to lose. And Trump, as we all know, is a winner."
He thinks that deficits are a loss and tarrifs are fees paid to the U.S.
"In every interaction, no matter how trivial or insignificant, someone has to win and someone has to lose. And Trump, as we all know, is a winner."
He thinks that deficits are a loss and tarrifs are fees paid to the U.S.
David Graeber: "To save the world, we're going to have to stop working"
He proposes 3 things, "for starters":
1. Eliminate pointless jobs (work)
2. Stop building for the sake of building (construction)
3. Force companies to make products that last (planned obsolescence)
He proposes 3 things, "for starters":
1. Eliminate pointless jobs (work)
2. Stop building for the sake of building (construction)
3. Force companies to make products that last (planned obsolescence)
April 12, 2025 at 4:48 PM
David Graeber: "To save the world, we're going to have to stop working"
He proposes 3 things, "for starters":
1. Eliminate pointless jobs (work)
2. Stop building for the sake of building (construction)
3. Force companies to make products that last (planned obsolescence)
He proposes 3 things, "for starters":
1. Eliminate pointless jobs (work)
2. Stop building for the sake of building (construction)
3. Force companies to make products that last (planned obsolescence)
And they're not done yet. Billionaires want still more wealth. They want EVERYTHING!
"Billionaires now hold more wealth than 99% of ALL countries.
That means, according to Oxfam figures, just 3,000 people (the 0.000036%) have more wealth than 99% of the planet – around eight billion people."
"Billionaires now hold more wealth than 99% of ALL countries.
That means, according to Oxfam figures, just 3,000 people (the 0.000036%) have more wealth than 99% of the planet – around eight billion people."
April 11, 2025 at 9:10 PM
And they're not done yet. Billionaires want still more wealth. They want EVERYTHING!
"Billionaires now hold more wealth than 99% of ALL countries.
That means, according to Oxfam figures, just 3,000 people (the 0.000036%) have more wealth than 99% of the planet – around eight billion people."
"Billionaires now hold more wealth than 99% of ALL countries.
That means, according to Oxfam figures, just 3,000 people (the 0.000036%) have more wealth than 99% of the planet – around eight billion people."
This cartoon was from 2020! A lot of people voted for more of this. But we shouldn't blame them. The class war is real. We should unite against the billionaire class.
April 11, 2025 at 11:23 AM
This cartoon was from 2020! A lot of people voted for more of this. But we shouldn't blame them. The class war is real. We should unite against the billionaire class.
A UBI may have just become the quickest and most effective tool to fight fascism and avoid another world war.
"if we want to avoid the catastrophic outcome of globalization’s first collapse [WW I], [...] we need to address one of the fundamental byproducts of globalization, which is inequality"
"if we want to avoid the catastrophic outcome of globalization’s first collapse [WW I], [...] we need to address one of the fundamental byproducts of globalization, which is inequality"
April 10, 2025 at 12:20 PM
A UBI may have just become the quickest and most effective tool to fight fascism and avoid another world war.
"if we want to avoid the catastrophic outcome of globalization’s first collapse [WW I], [...] we need to address one of the fundamental byproducts of globalization, which is inequality"
"if we want to avoid the catastrophic outcome of globalization’s first collapse [WW I], [...] we need to address one of the fundamental byproducts of globalization, which is inequality"
We need a better definition of "work". Doing someone else's work by renting out your labor is "employment". Achieving your own life goals by creative means is "work". Yet people are coerced into employment by an outdated value system. An UBI would break this self made prison.
April 7, 2025 at 6:21 PM
We need a better definition of "work". Doing someone else's work by renting out your labor is "employment". Achieving your own life goals by creative means is "work". Yet people are coerced into employment by an outdated value system. An UBI would break this self made prison.
Cartoon by Kevin Kallaugher
April 4, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Cartoon by Kevin Kallaugher
As a human species we need to learn to be active in other ways than merely economic productivity. A UBI can help achieve that.
"The damage at 3C will be so great that governments will be unable to provide financial bailouts and it will be impossible to adapt to many climate impacts"
"The damage at 3C will be so great that governments will be unable to provide financial bailouts and it will be impossible to adapt to many climate impacts"
April 3, 2025 at 6:20 PM
As a human species we need to learn to be active in other ways than merely economic productivity. A UBI can help achieve that.
"The damage at 3C will be so great that governments will be unable to provide financial bailouts and it will be impossible to adapt to many climate impacts"
"The damage at 3C will be so great that governments will be unable to provide financial bailouts and it will be impossible to adapt to many climate impacts"
So at least 59% of the population should welcome a form of universal basic income so they can meaningfully participate in society instead of living paycheck to paycheck. It's become more urgent than ever!
"America Has Never Been Wealthier. Here’s Why It Doesn’t Feel That Way."
—Talmon Joseph Smith
"America Has Never Been Wealthier. Here’s Why It Doesn’t Feel That Way."
—Talmon Joseph Smith
April 2, 2025 at 1:03 PM
So at least 59% of the population should welcome a form of universal basic income so they can meaningfully participate in society instead of living paycheck to paycheck. It's become more urgent than ever!
"America Has Never Been Wealthier. Here’s Why It Doesn’t Feel That Way."
—Talmon Joseph Smith
"America Has Never Been Wealthier. Here’s Why It Doesn’t Feel That Way."
—Talmon Joseph Smith
Even the end of the world is big business
"A 3 degree warming scenario, the analysts determined, could more than double the growth rate of the $235 billion cooling market every year, from 3 percent to 7 percent until 2030."
— Corbin Hiar & E&E News
"A 3 degree warming scenario, the analysts determined, could more than double the growth rate of the $235 billion cooling market every year, from 3 percent to 7 percent until 2030."
— Corbin Hiar & E&E News
April 2, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Even the end of the world is big business
"A 3 degree warming scenario, the analysts determined, could more than double the growth rate of the $235 billion cooling market every year, from 3 percent to 7 percent until 2030."
— Corbin Hiar & E&E News
"A 3 degree warming scenario, the analysts determined, could more than double the growth rate of the $235 billion cooling market every year, from 3 percent to 7 percent until 2030."
— Corbin Hiar & E&E News
We now witness in the US the beginning of Gestapo style public abductions in broad daylight, as part of what Ernst Fraenkel described in his 1940 book "The Dual State" as the "prerogative state", where ordinary law doesn't apply.
March 27, 2025 at 2:42 PM
We now witness in the US the beginning of Gestapo style public abductions in broad daylight, as part of what Ernst Fraenkel described in his 1940 book "The Dual State" as the "prerogative state", where ordinary law doesn't apply.
"For most people, the courts will continue to operate as usual—until they don’t."
— Aziz Huq
— Aziz Huq
March 27, 2025 at 2:25 PM
"For most people, the courts will continue to operate as usual—until they don’t."
— Aziz Huq
— Aziz Huq