Samuel James
@samueljamesauthor.bsky.social
Trained Philosopher, Natural Dingus.
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All I want for the holidays is for our own government to stop hurting people.
December 24, 2025 at 10:46 PM
All I want for the holidays is for our own government to stop hurting people.
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no, it doesn’t really comfort me that the dumbest most evil people alive have a billion times more power than i do.
December 23, 2025 at 8:21 PM
no, it doesn’t really comfort me that the dumbest most evil people alive have a billion times more power than i do.
In essence, one typically becomes a socialist by concluding that the problems they see in the world—inequality, exploitation, ecological crisis—are not bugs but core features of capitalism, and that a system based on democracy, equality, and social ownership offers a more rational and just future.
December 23, 2025 at 6:38 PM
In essence, one typically becomes a socialist by concluding that the problems they see in the world—inequality, exploitation, ecological crisis—are not bugs but core features of capitalism, and that a system based on democracy, equality, and social ownership offers a more rational and just future.
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Tbh i think billionaires and multi millionaires need to be in the DSM under sociopathy and hoarding among other pathologies
December 23, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Tbh i think billionaires and multi millionaires need to be in the DSM under sociopathy and hoarding among other pathologies
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funny how much "lived experience" has become "I want to ignore your facts in favor of my vibes"
December 22, 2025 at 1:04 AM
funny how much "lived experience" has become "I want to ignore your facts in favor of my vibes"
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Bari Weiss is the logical endpoint of corporate media. This is what happens when people who hate journalism are in charge of it. The only way journalism works is when it’s independent from the power it’s supposed to hold to account, which means ownership can’t have anything to do with those in power
December 22, 2025 at 5:44 AM
Bari Weiss is the logical endpoint of corporate media. This is what happens when people who hate journalism are in charge of it. The only way journalism works is when it’s independent from the power it’s supposed to hold to account, which means ownership can’t have anything to do with those in power
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not for nothing but blindly trusting statistical analysis from nearly anywhere right now, especially the federal government, is foolish at best, if not intentionally disingenuous
December 21, 2025 at 4:00 PM
not for nothing but blindly trusting statistical analysis from nearly anywhere right now, especially the federal government, is foolish at best, if not intentionally disingenuous
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this goes hard as hell
December 21, 2025 at 3:31 AM
this goes hard as hell
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the fascists are deleting evidence, inserting fake images into real files and then muddying the water around everything in an attempt to maintain control and distribute doubt to the point of destroying any ability to objectively know what is true about anything?
Interesting how that works isn’t it
Interesting how that works isn’t it
December 20, 2025 at 11:28 PM
the fascists are deleting evidence, inserting fake images into real files and then muddying the water around everything in an attempt to maintain control and distribute doubt to the point of destroying any ability to objectively know what is true about anything?
Interesting how that works isn’t it
Interesting how that works isn’t it
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not that the present economic picture is rosy, but i do think that popular culture — and specifically nostalgia bait television — is a big part of the reason that our public memory of the 1970s, 1980s and even 1990s seems to miss the real economic pain that marked each of those decades.
December 20, 2025 at 2:44 PM
not that the present economic picture is rosy, but i do think that popular culture — and specifically nostalgia bait television — is a big part of the reason that our public memory of the 1970s, 1980s and even 1990s seems to miss the real economic pain that marked each of those decades.
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"megachurches are shen yun for white people" is an incredible and damning true statement
for all people make fun of falun gong, it's wild how much this is basically the same thing as shen yun
December 19, 2025 at 11:08 PM
"megachurches are shen yun for white people" is an incredible and damning true statement
How to Spot a (Potential) Fasc!st
YouTube video by Tom Nicholas
youtu.be
December 19, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Property (Personal):
Items categorized by their personal use and “household” nature. Goods for personal consumption, conveniences, small holdings, home, etc. Things that are not used to exploit the labour of others, not means of production. Simply items of an individual and personal nature.
Items categorized by their personal use and “household” nature. Goods for personal consumption, conveniences, small holdings, home, etc. Things that are not used to exploit the labour of others, not means of production. Simply items of an individual and personal nature.
December 19, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Property (Personal):
Items categorized by their personal use and “household” nature. Goods for personal consumption, conveniences, small holdings, home, etc. Things that are not used to exploit the labour of others, not means of production. Simply items of an individual and personal nature.
Items categorized by their personal use and “household” nature. Goods for personal consumption, conveniences, small holdings, home, etc. Things that are not used to exploit the labour of others, not means of production. Simply items of an individual and personal nature.
Property (Private):
Items held by private individuals or institutions with the intention of being used for the generation of profit. The rise of private property split society into antagonistic classes of haves and have nots.
This is the basis of slave systems, feudalism, capitalism and more.
Items held by private individuals or institutions with the intention of being used for the generation of profit. The rise of private property split society into antagonistic classes of haves and have nots.
This is the basis of slave systems, feudalism, capitalism and more.
December 19, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Property (Private):
Items held by private individuals or institutions with the intention of being used for the generation of profit. The rise of private property split society into antagonistic classes of haves and have nots.
This is the basis of slave systems, feudalism, capitalism and more.
Items held by private individuals or institutions with the intention of being used for the generation of profit. The rise of private property split society into antagonistic classes of haves and have nots.
This is the basis of slave systems, feudalism, capitalism and more.
Property (Public): Items held in common by public institutions whose ownership is shared by all peoples of a nation with the intention of being used for meeting the desires and needs of those people. This property is put in the care of institutions for their safekeeping so they can be used by all.
December 19, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Property (Public): Items held in common by public institutions whose ownership is shared by all peoples of a nation with the intention of being used for meeting the desires and needs of those people. This property is put in the care of institutions for their safekeeping so they can be used by all.
Dogmatism:
A approach or ideology set in stone. The invariable approach to a situation ignoring important and relevant context that also applies to the situation. A feature of blind faith. Used to defend outdated authority and ruling interests.
A approach or ideology set in stone. The invariable approach to a situation ignoring important and relevant context that also applies to the situation. A feature of blind faith. Used to defend outdated authority and ruling interests.
December 19, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Dogmatism:
A approach or ideology set in stone. The invariable approach to a situation ignoring important and relevant context that also applies to the situation. A feature of blind faith. Used to defend outdated authority and ruling interests.
A approach or ideology set in stone. The invariable approach to a situation ignoring important and relevant context that also applies to the situation. A feature of blind faith. Used to defend outdated authority and ruling interests.
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Elon Musk’s net worth has now surpassed $600 billion, just weeks after Tesla approved his 10-year, $1 trillion pay package.
That could amount to $100 billion per year — more than 1.4 million elementary school teachers’ paychecks combined.
Still wondering if inequality is out of control?
That could amount to $100 billion per year — more than 1.4 million elementary school teachers’ paychecks combined.
Still wondering if inequality is out of control?
December 18, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Elon Musk’s net worth has now surpassed $600 billion, just weeks after Tesla approved his 10-year, $1 trillion pay package.
That could amount to $100 billion per year — more than 1.4 million elementary school teachers’ paychecks combined.
Still wondering if inequality is out of control?
That could amount to $100 billion per year — more than 1.4 million elementary school teachers’ paychecks combined.
Still wondering if inequality is out of control?
Have I Doomed Boys to Andrew Tate | A Response to Adam Something
YouTube video by Little Joel
youtu.be
December 19, 2025 at 7:57 PM
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you are not owed the affection of your children, but they are owed yours. if this seems unfair to you you are not fit to have kids. they don't get the choice that you do
December 16, 2025 at 10:58 PM
you are not owed the affection of your children, but they are owed yours. if this seems unfair to you you are not fit to have kids. they don't get the choice that you do
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And to top off today's political announcements.
Everyone's voting rights will be eroded for 2026
#nzpol
Everyone's voting rights will be eroded for 2026
#nzpol
Electoral Amendment Bill passes its third reading in Parliament
Electoral Amendment Bill passes its third reading in Parliament
The bill ends same-day voter enrolment, bans prisoners from voting, allows for larger anonymous political donations, and clarifies the ban on giving out food at voting places.
www.rnz.co.nz
December 17, 2025 at 12:01 AM
And to top off today's political announcements.
Everyone's voting rights will be eroded for 2026
#nzpol
Everyone's voting rights will be eroded for 2026
#nzpol
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VERY much for this! this looks great, the old heads in council that voted against it can get in the sea...no cycle lanes there to hurt them
How good would this be? 😍
“Town Belt proposal: Car-free area to be considered.
Under the proposal sections of Queens Dr and Braid Rd would be closed to through traffic for three months from January while a shared pathway connecting Roslyn, Mornington and City Rise is tested.”
“Town Belt proposal: Car-free area to be considered.
Under the proposal sections of Queens Dr and Braid Rd would be closed to through traffic for three months from January while a shared pathway connecting Roslyn, Mornington and City Rise is tested.”
December 17, 2025 at 4:43 AM
VERY much for this! this looks great, the old heads in council that voted against it can get in the sea...no cycle lanes there to hurt them
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There should be a constitutional mechanism for removing a president. Not impeachment, something that actually works, maybe like a catapult
December 17, 2025 at 3:08 AM
There should be a constitutional mechanism for removing a president. Not impeachment, something that actually works, maybe like a catapult
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The blockade of Venezuela is a disgusting echo of U.S. imperialism in Latin America. We were lied to about Iraq and WMDs, and an entire generation paid the price.
Here we are again.
We cannot let a wannabe dictator drag us into another forever war.
www.axios.com/2025/12/17/t...
Here we are again.
We cannot let a wannabe dictator drag us into another forever war.
www.axios.com/2025/12/17/t...
Trump orders oil tankers blockade in Venezuela, labels Maduro regime a "terrorist" group
The escalation exerts unprecedented pressure on the Maduro regime, threatening to bankrupt Venezuela's already struggling economy.
www.axios.com
December 17, 2025 at 12:56 AM
The blockade of Venezuela is a disgusting echo of U.S. imperialism in Latin America. We were lied to about Iraq and WMDs, and an entire generation paid the price.
Here we are again.
We cannot let a wannabe dictator drag us into another forever war.
www.axios.com/2025/12/17/t...
Here we are again.
We cannot let a wannabe dictator drag us into another forever war.
www.axios.com/2025/12/17/t...