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November 13, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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How has the idea of Hitler's possible Jewish ancestry been turned on Jews?
November 12, 2025 at 6:49 PM
How has the idea of Hitler's possible Jewish ancestry been turned on Jews?
Very little can be achieved with voting alone. Voting will not deliver a result that is undesirable to capital interests.
But, the world moves regardless. Tomorrow is not the same as today is not the same as yesterday. Power does not just stand still or change hands. It has been transformed before.
But, the world moves regardless. Tomorrow is not the same as today is not the same as yesterday. Power does not just stand still or change hands. It has been transformed before.
November 12, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Very little can be achieved with voting alone. Voting will not deliver a result that is undesirable to capital interests.
But, the world moves regardless. Tomorrow is not the same as today is not the same as yesterday. Power does not just stand still or change hands. It has been transformed before.
But, the world moves regardless. Tomorrow is not the same as today is not the same as yesterday. Power does not just stand still or change hands. It has been transformed before.
But those two options are very different in terms of how it leads you to understand the world and intervene in it.
Texas and Florida's industrial interests lead to less public welfare and state-managed public goods. They also lead to a public that has been propagandized in that direction.
Texas and Florida's industrial interests lead to less public welfare and state-managed public goods. They also lead to a public that has been propagandized in that direction.
November 12, 2025 at 1:23 AM
But those two options are very different in terms of how it leads you to understand the world and intervene in it.
Texas and Florida's industrial interests lead to less public welfare and state-managed public goods. They also lead to a public that has been propagandized in that direction.
Texas and Florida's industrial interests lead to less public welfare and state-managed public goods. They also lead to a public that has been propagandized in that direction.
It does not, can not, will not mean that the Democrats can change the South.
November 12, 2025 at 1:20 AM
It does not, can not, will not mean that the Democrats can change the South.
The party platforms are not primary, the interests of their industrial constituents is primary. The party platform merely reflects that.
If the democrats win the south again, it either means the south has changed or the democrats have changed.
If the democrats win the south again, it either means the south has changed or the democrats have changed.
November 12, 2025 at 1:20 AM
The party platforms are not primary, the interests of their industrial constituents is primary. The party platform merely reflects that.
If the democrats win the south again, it either means the south has changed or the democrats have changed.
If the democrats win the south again, it either means the south has changed or the democrats have changed.
The political interests of the South's petty fiefdoms didn't change. They were effectively booted out of the Democratic coalition, and so -- and this is important -- they /transformed the Republican party with their interests/.
November 12, 2025 at 1:20 AM
The political interests of the South's petty fiefdoms didn't change. They were effectively booted out of the Democratic coalition, and so -- and this is important -- they /transformed the Republican party with their interests/.
The South had Democratic governors when the Democrats -- the world's oldest political party -- represented planter interests. They lost the south when LBJ supported the civil rights act, wisely choosing developed industrial interests over the remaining planter aristocracy.
November 12, 2025 at 1:20 AM
The South had Democratic governors when the Democrats -- the world's oldest political party -- represented planter interests. They lost the south when LBJ supported the civil rights act, wisely choosing developed industrial interests over the remaining planter aristocracy.
Massachusetts is an extremely different state economy which is not essentially extractive, does not effectively externalize healthcare costs, and thus the relatively small number of highly taxable interests were able and motivated to coordinate -- after being forced by the federal government.
November 12, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Massachusetts is an extremely different state economy which is not essentially extractive, does not effectively externalize healthcare costs, and thus the relatively small number of highly taxable interests were able and motivated to coordinate -- after being forced by the federal government.
In Texas, the aggregate interest of the ruling class, the captains of their particular industries, effectively externalize health care costs. Just like they have in similar extractive and manufacturing economies before.
November 12, 2025 at 1:11 AM
In Texas, the aggregate interest of the ruling class, the captains of their particular industries, effectively externalize health care costs. Just like they have in similar extractive and manufacturing economies before.
In Mass, it's a matter of public record that the federal government pushed for a systemic improvement to public health because their previous system was too costly for federal coffers. We have the principle stated plainly by the Republican governor who put it into action: This. Is. Cheaper!
November 12, 2025 at 1:11 AM
In Mass, it's a matter of public record that the federal government pushed for a systemic improvement to public health because their previous system was too costly for federal coffers. We have the principle stated plainly by the Republican governor who put it into action: This. Is. Cheaper!
The major Texan businesses which make up the ruling class (regardless of party in power -- or alternatively, reflected by the party in power) effectively externalize all their costs, and are not on the hook for the health of their population.
November 12, 2025 at 1:11 AM
The major Texan businesses which make up the ruling class (regardless of party in power -- or alternatively, reflected by the party in power) effectively externalize all their costs, and are not on the hook for the health of their population.
Both the Texas and Mass economies receive significant federal funding, of different kinds: University and research funding for Mass, and extreme tax benefits for major Texan industries. So the broad outline of the picture is here:
November 12, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Both the Texas and Mass economies receive significant federal funding, of different kinds: University and research funding for Mass, and extreme tax benefits for major Texan industries. So the broad outline of the picture is here:
In Mass, people pay to come there (for education mainly, but also e.g. healthcare), and production or export of goods is not a significant factor -- although production and export of intellectual goods (not just diplomas but e.g. software, contracts) can be.
November 12, 2025 at 1:11 AM
In Mass, people pay to come there (for education mainly, but also e.g. healthcare), and production or export of goods is not a significant factor -- although production and export of intellectual goods (not just diplomas but e.g. software, contracts) can be.
Massachusetts is a university, research, etc. type economy. Plus of course law-and-accounting business perverts, consultants, you know. In Texas, people are paid to come there and produce something, which is exported; sort of a classic industrial model.
November 12, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Massachusetts is a university, research, etc. type economy. Plus of course law-and-accounting business perverts, consultants, you know. In Texas, people are paid to come there and produce something, which is exported; sort of a classic industrial model.
These Texan industries are not just extractive in terms of natural resources, they also extract from the laboring body without being on the hook for the costs (cost of raising, cost of caring). Great deal for them.
Massachusetts is a smaller economy, not larger. Not size but composition is the key.
Massachusetts is a smaller economy, not larger. Not size but composition is the key.
November 12, 2025 at 1:11 AM
These Texan industries are not just extractive in terms of natural resources, they also extract from the laboring body without being on the hook for the costs (cost of raising, cost of caring). Great deal for them.
Massachusetts is a smaller economy, not larger. Not size but composition is the key.
Massachusetts is a smaller economy, not larger. Not size but composition is the key.
Oil roughnecks and Mexican field workers have something in common: They're a renewable labor resource imported from elsewhere, and most likely they'll leave when they're done, too. Their health genuinely does not concern the employers. Get sick, get out, get replaced.
November 12, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Oil roughnecks and Mexican field workers have something in common: They're a renewable labor resource imported from elsewhere, and most likely they'll leave when they're done, too. Their health genuinely does not concern the employers. Get sick, get out, get replaced.
And we want to compare them with the Northeast and California.
What immediately jumps out, as differences between these economies?
The Texan economy is things like oil, mining, manufacturing, agriculture. These are notably profitable fields where the health of the worker can simply be sacrificed.
What immediately jumps out, as differences between these economies?
The Texan economy is things like oil, mining, manufacturing, agriculture. These are notably profitable fields where the health of the worker can simply be sacrificed.
November 12, 2025 at 1:11 AM
And we want to compare them with the Northeast and California.
What immediately jumps out, as differences between these economies?
The Texan economy is things like oil, mining, manufacturing, agriculture. These are notably profitable fields where the health of the worker can simply be sacrificed.
What immediately jumps out, as differences between these economies?
The Texan economy is things like oil, mining, manufacturing, agriculture. These are notably profitable fields where the health of the worker can simply be sacrificed.
Whereas those businesses which do rely on public health and cannot effectively externalize that cost will organize for the opposite.
Those are your Democrats and Republicans, today, on the issue of public goods and public health.
So. You want to look at Texas, Nebraska, Wyoming and Florida.
Those are your Democrats and Republicans, today, on the issue of public goods and public health.
So. You want to look at Texas, Nebraska, Wyoming and Florida.
November 12, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Whereas those businesses which do rely on public health and cannot effectively externalize that cost will organize for the opposite.
Those are your Democrats and Republicans, today, on the issue of public goods and public health.
So. You want to look at Texas, Nebraska, Wyoming and Florida.
Those are your Democrats and Republicans, today, on the issue of public goods and public health.
So. You want to look at Texas, Nebraska, Wyoming and Florida.
Political parties, and the government itself, is the arena in which the ruling classes negotiate their aggregate interests. Those businesses which do not rely on public health, or are able to externalize those costs, will organize into a faction that does not want healthcare funded through tax money
November 12, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Political parties, and the government itself, is the arena in which the ruling classes negotiate their aggregate interests. Those businesses which do not rely on public health, or are able to externalize those costs, will organize into a faction that does not want healthcare funded through tax money
Fewer of their dollars, providing an adequate support workforce.
If there is not one but several productive firms in this economy, then they will do their best to wriggle out of this expenditure, and have the others pay for it. This jockeying will play out in multiple theaters, including political.
If there is not one but several productive firms in this economy, then they will do their best to wriggle out of this expenditure, and have the others pay for it. This jockeying will play out in multiple theaters, including political.
November 12, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Fewer of their dollars, providing an adequate support workforce.
If there is not one but several productive firms in this economy, then they will do their best to wriggle out of this expenditure, and have the others pay for it. This jockeying will play out in multiple theaters, including political.
If there is not one but several productive firms in this economy, then they will do their best to wriggle out of this expenditure, and have the others pay for it. This jockeying will play out in multiple theaters, including political.
In this case, it would simply be cheaper and more effective for this productive firm to support a centralized healthcare system! Ideally as minimal as possible (expanded Medicare...). Either way they are paying for it, and this is simply more efficient.
November 12, 2025 at 1:11 AM
In this case, it would simply be cheaper and more effective for this productive firm to support a centralized healthcare system! Ideally as minimal as possible (expanded Medicare...). Either way they are paying for it, and this is simply more efficient.
Whether it comes from taxed money, or money they paid to a local contractor, or money they paid an employee who then paid for a service and then it circulated throughout the local economy.
November 12, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Whether it comes from taxed money, or money they paid to a local contractor, or money they paid an employee who then paid for a service and then it circulated throughout the local economy.
If this firm is the only productive (i.e. return-generating) enterprise in this polity, then at the end of the day (a) all healthcare, public and private, that occurs in this town is at the end of the day from their revenue.
November 12, 2025 at 1:11 AM
If this firm is the only productive (i.e. return-generating) enterprise in this polity, then at the end of the day (a) all healthcare, public and private, that occurs in this town is at the end of the day from their revenue.
This firm likely pays its employees well, but can of course only exist because of (or put another way, creates demand for) the local supporting economy of, you know, groceries, child care, whatever normal low-level economic relations people need.
November 12, 2025 at 1:11 AM
This firm likely pays its employees well, but can of course only exist because of (or put another way, creates demand for) the local supporting economy of, you know, groceries, child care, whatever normal low-level economic relations people need.