If we want stable populations of thriving families, we are not going to get there by simply paying a baby bounty. We need real substantial changes to the economic realities that shape our society. Capitalist solutions to happiness problems will always fall short because their incentives are wrong

“The thing to do, they said, was to continue on as usual”
-The Handmaid’s Tale, Atwood 1985 describing how Gilead took over the United States. Democracy, what little of it we have, is fragile and requires us to actively defend it, or lose it.

Light reading to better understand that Trump is the hammer, not the carpenter. When Thiel says that democracy and freedom are incompatible, it begs the question of freedom for whom?

www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/the-plot-a...

This is the future that the Musk-Thiel-Trump regime has planned for us: crypto-slumlords

“The old world is dying, and the new world struggles to be born: now is the time of monsters.”

Most anti-Chinese propaganda completely missed the mark because we assume our system is the best system and are unable to comprehend that the Chinese form of communism does indeed have not just different motives and methods but even different goals.

One of House Speaker Mike Johnson’s aides warned Republicans not to subpoena former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson because doing so would likely reveal all of the sexually explicit text messages Republicans have been sending Hutchinson since 2018.

https://newrepublic.com/post/190619/republic…

REAL TALK
“What makes men obey or tolerate real power and, on the other hand, hate people who have wealth without power, is the rational instinct that power has a certain function and is of some general use. Even exploitation and oppression still make society work and establish some kind of order.”

“But are there not many fascists in your country?"
"There are many who do not know they are fascists but will find it out when the times comes.”
— Ernest Hemingway, For Whom the Bell Tolls

@mattcase61.bsky.social hi Matt! Welcome to blue sky

All these raw milk drinkers are going to get mad cow disease eventually. We all know where to look for zombie apocalypse patient zero.

The Moment calls for less hysteria and more plans. Things aka the government of the US are not actually great. The GOP plan to disassemble everything is likely going to be disastrous. There’s opportunity for a better world if we have the vision and imagination to make it better.

What Israel is doing now to Gaza is not making Jews in New York City safer, it’s making NYC less safe for everyone. Set the table for terrorism and terrorists will come to dinner. #neveragain #ceasefirenow

Is the NY restaurant industry on the verge of collapse? With average new restaurant rents in this city hitting five figures a month, how do the majority of places survive? The pressure to gross over 6 figures a month is daunting for anyone but the deepest pocketed restaruant groups

Haven’t really found my people here yet but it’s still better than Twitter

Let the soapbox wars begin.

Which platform has the best community?