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TinJar<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WordWeavers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WordWeavers</span></a> day 24: Who’s smarter, your MCs or your antagonists?</p><p>I am no longer sure that the word "smart" is particularly useful in describing anything. Applies to its synonyms, too. I find that values are most useful in describing or defining someone. The values of Alia and the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/plutocrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>plutocrats</span></a> are diametrically opposite of each other. "Smartness" is irrelevant.</p>
TinJar<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WordWeavers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WordWeavers</span></a> 20 July 2025<br>Would your antagonist rather travel or be a homebody?</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/plutocrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>plutocrats</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/billionaires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>billionaires</span></a> are, I imagine, of two kinds - the ones that stay in the secret bunkers/lairs/etc. and the ones that travel all the time. The ones in "A New Faith" are probably of the former type.</p>
ScienceCommunicator<p>Ending public holidays, "freezing" welfare,anything, but, increasing the tax on "the rich". The <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/plutocrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>plutocrats</span></a> don't like to talk about that solution. </p><p>Global <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> Podcast: <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Afghans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Afghans</span></a> moved to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> in secret scheme after data breach</p><p>Episode webpage: <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0lqc3c3" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://www.</span><span class="">bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0lqc3c3</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>Media file: <a href="http://open.live.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/6/redir/version/2.0/mediaset/audio-nondrm-download-rss-low/proto/http/vpid/p0lqc355.mp3" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="ellipsis">open.live.bbc.co.uk/mediaselec</span><span class="invisible">tor/6/redir/version/2.0/mediaset/audio-nondrm-download-rss-low/proto/http/vpid/p0lqc355.mp3</span></a></p>
SPQR<p>What Pam Bondi and Kash Patel are telling us is that, for two decades, Epstein recruited minors, groomed them into sex slaves, forced them to service rich and prominent individuals, secretly filmed the proceedings, and then, with 300 gigabytes of some of the most valuable kompromat ever collected, did…absolutely nothing with it. <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/JeffreyEpstein" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JeffreyEpstein</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/legal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>legal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/plutocrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>plutocrats</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/aristocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>aristocracy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Israel</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/trafficking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>trafficking</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sexcrimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sexcrimes</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Clinton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Clinton</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/elite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>elite</span></a> <br><a href="https://gregolear.substack.com/p/pam-bondis-doj-and-kash-patels-fbi" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">gregolear.substack.com/p/pam-b</span><span class="invisible">ondis-doj-and-kash-patels-fbi</span></a></p>
Joshua Rose<p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/fraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fraud</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/grift" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>grift</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/scam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>scam</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/crypto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>crypto</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/rugpulls" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rugpulls</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/techbros" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>techbros</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/insidecats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>insidecats</span></a> </p><p>Government Dems accepting crypto as leverage, imaginary money being leveraged by <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/plutocrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>plutocrats</span></a> using actual dollars to promote this massive <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/ponzi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ponzi</span></a> scheme</p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/Ai-vp5cxd8c?si=EP1DnU8L9___MarU" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">youtu.be/Ai-vp5cxd8c?si=EP1DnU</span><span class="invisible">8L9___MarU</span></a></p>
TinJar<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PennedPossibilities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PennedPossibilities</span></a> 719<br>Does your antagonist (or villain) have a weapon of choice?</p><p>Spoiler territory. Maybe not so much a spoiler given how blatant <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/plutocrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>plutocrats</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/oligarchs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>oligarchs</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/billionaires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>billionaires</span></a> are these days in terms of wielding their many weapons. But I feel the one they would likely deploy first is <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/misinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>misinformation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/disinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>disinformation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/rumors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rumors</span></a> - cheap and fast. If that doesn't really get the job done, they will reach for others.</p>
TinJar<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WordWeavers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WordWeavers</span></a> 7.5 — What kind of perfume / scent would work for your antagonist? </p><p>Something insanely expensive and exclusive which is how I imagine most <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/plutocrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>plutocrats</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/oligarchs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>oligarchs</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/billionaires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>billionaires</span></a> are.</p>
TinJar<p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/29/climate/gop-bill-adds-surprise-tax-that-could-cripple-wind-and-solar-power.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/06/29/climate</span><span class="invisible">/gop-bill-adds-surprise-tax-that-could-cripple-wind-and-solar-power.html</span></a></p><p>This is what <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/oligarchs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>oligarchs</span></a> do! <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/destroy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>destroy</span></a> the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/world" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>world</span></a> by accelerating <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/climatechange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>climatechange</span></a></p><p>Down with the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/plutocrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>plutocrats</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>climate</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/climatecrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>climatecrisis</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/climateaction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>climateaction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/adaptation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>adaptation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/migration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>migration</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/solarpunk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>solarpunk</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/hopepunk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hopepunk</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/novel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>novel</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/climatefiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>climatefiction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sciencefiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sciencefiction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/humanrights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>humanrights</span></a></p>
TinJar<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PennedPossibilities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PennedPossibilities</span></a> 709: How your MC and Antagonist know each other?</p><p>They don't. Alia (main character) - for most of the time - is dealing with the crisis at a personal level. While the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/oligarchs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>oligarchs</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/plutocrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>plutocrats</span></a> are operating entirely at the macro-level in terms of creating the crisis. They couldn't care less about any individual.</p>
TinJar<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Wordweavers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Wordweavers</span></a> Day 14 - What real song would be your antagonist’s favorite?</p><p>The antagonists in "A New Faith" are unnamed <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/plutocrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>plutocrats</span></a>. The problem with these folks is that they don't seem to understand <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/irony" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>irony</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sarcasm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sarcasm</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/satire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>satire</span></a>, etc. So - I feel that they might be into "We are the champions" by the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Queen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Queen</span></a> for entirely wrong reasons. It is kinda hard to get into their warped heads however much I try. They take the stuff from <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/scifi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>scifi</span></a> which is meant to be a warning as a freakin' roadmap! Go figure!😆</p>
HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@VeroniqueB99" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>VeroniqueB99</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Sarcasm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sarcasm</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Humor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Humor</span></a></p><p>Now *that* is just such an apt description of the current <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> situation, Vee. </p><p>There is one big thing missing, though: the tsunami that is about to hit the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/plutocrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>plutocrats</span></a> in the lifeboat, be it through global warming, nuclear warfare, or a financial meltdown once the greenback loses its reserve-currency status altogether.</p><p>The level of public debt is, in comparison to other Western OECD countries, simple unsustainable. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/@VeroniqueB99/114648484825533074" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.social/@VeroniqueB99/</span><span class="invisible">114648484825533074</span></a></p>
SPQR<p>As Elon Musk became one of Donald J. Trump’s closest allies last year, leading raucous rallies and donating about $275 million to help him win the presidency, he was also using drugs far more intensely than previously known, according to people familiar with his activities.<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trumpism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trumpism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/plutocrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>plutocrats</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/oligarchs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>oligarchs</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/addiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>addiction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fraud</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/legal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>legal</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/us/elon-musk-drugs-children-trump.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/05/30/us/elon</span><span class="invisible">-musk-drugs-children-trump.html</span></a></p>
MusiqueNow :pride: ✡️ 🇵🇸 :anarchismhebrew:<p>3 of 3 </p><p>*The <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/BrionesSoceity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BrionesSoceity</span></a> claims to bring a 'new politics' to <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/SanFrancisco" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SanFrancisco</span></a>. What the want are Republican politics including free markets, charter schools, etc. </p><p> They have their own podcast, their co-founder &amp; president is a GOP (READ: Grand Nazi Party) delegate named Jay Donde. He with the Briones Republicans. And he's the founder of GreatSchool.org, Raise Ready Kids, co-founder of Family Engagement Lab, etc. </p><p>* <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/TheNerdReich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheNerdReich</span></a>: <a href="https://www.thenerdreich.com/trump-targets-san-francisco-presidio-network-state/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">thenerdreich.com/trump-targets</span><span class="invisible">-san-francisco-presidio-network-state/</span></a> </p><p>Trump Targets <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/SanFrancisco" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SanFrancisco</span></a>'s <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/Presidio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Presidio</span></a> </p><p> As expected, Trump is targeting the Presidio for dismantling. Is the <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/NetworkStateCULT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NetworkStateCULT</span></a> making its move to claim this public land for one of its proposed <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/FascistCities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FascistCities</span></a>? </p><p> by <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/GilDuran" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GilDuran</span></a> (Feb 2025) </p><p>* <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/TheNerdReich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheNerdReich</span></a> <a href="https://newrepublic.com/article/180487/balaji-srinivasan-network-state-plutocrat?ref=thenerdreich.com" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">newrepublic.com/article/180487</span><span class="invisible">/balaji-srinivasan-network-state-plutocrat?ref=thenerdreich.com</span></a></p><p>The <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/TechBaron" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechBaron</span></a> Seeking to Purge <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/SanFrancisco" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SanFrancisco</span></a> of 'Blues' </p><p>If <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/BalajSrinivasan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BalajSrinivasan</span></a> is any guide, then the <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/SiliconValley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SiliconValley</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/plutocrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>plutocrats</span></a> are definitely not ok. <br>by <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/GilDuran" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GilDuran</span></a> </p><p>NOTE: FYI, 'blues' means Democrats, progressives, etc. But if you think that doesn't include <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/anarchists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>anarchists</span></a>, you're not paying attention. </p><p>*<a href="https://todon.eu/tags/TheNredReich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheNredReich</span></a> <a href="https://newrepublic.com/article/178675/garry-tan-tech-san-francisco?ref=thenerdreich.com" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">newrepublic.com/article/178675</span><span class="invisible">/garry-tan-tech-san-francisco?ref=thenerdreich.com</span></a> </p><p>The <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/TechPlutocrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechPlutocrats</span></a> Dreaming of a <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/RightwingSanFrancisco" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RightwingSanFrancisco</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://todon.eu/tags/BigTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BigTech</span></a> edgelords &amp; their reactionary hangers-on have a plan to remake <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/SF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SF</span></a> in their <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/farright" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>farright</span></a> image </p><p> by <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/GilDuran" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GilDuran</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://todon.eu/tags/Extr%C3%AAmedroite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Extrêmedroite</span></a></p>
M. Ní Sídach<p>I wonder why these people aren't being rounded up and deported?</p><p>Number of US white nationalist (terrorist) groups falls as extremist views go mainstream<br><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/HomeGrownTerrorists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HomeGrownTerrorists</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/whiteSupremacists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>whiteSupremacists</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Christofascists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Christofascists</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Plutocrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Plutocrats</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Kleptocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Kleptocracy</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/22/white-nationalist-hate-extremist-groups" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/us-news/2025/m</span><span class="invisible">ay/22/white-nationalist-hate-extremist-groups</span></a></p>
a fish named dog 🎗️✡️♾️<p>gain in US billionaire net worth, 2023-5, per year: 1.15 trillion<br>Cost of giving every household but the top 25 percent ($98,540+, assuming no one else in the household) $1000/month, per year: ~1.14 trillion<br>But sure, our money is being put to good use.<br>(Sources in reply).<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/wealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wealth</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/superrich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>superrich</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/oligarchs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>oligarchs</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/universalbasicincome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>universalbasicincome</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/billionaire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>billionaire</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/oligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>oligarchy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/plutocrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>plutocrats</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>capitalism</span></a></p>
Peter Riley<p>Gina “what’s yours is mine to mine” Rinehart <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/may/12/gina-rinehart-hancock-prospecting-insiders-company-culture-ntwnfb" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/australia-news</span><span class="invisible">/2025/may/12/gina-rinehart-hancock-prospecting-insiders-company-culture-ntwnfb</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AusPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AusPol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Billionaires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Billionaires</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Capitalism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Cults" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cults</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DearLeader" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DearLeader</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HancockProspecting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HancockProspecting</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/oligarchs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>oligarchs</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Plutocrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Plutocrats</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RichPeoplesYachtMoney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RichPeoplesYachtMoney</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Rinehart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Rinehart</span></a></p>
halfredgreenapple<p>Super-rich guy Nick Hanauer talks inequality and warns plutocrats of pitchforks</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>capitalism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/revolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>revolution</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/oligarchs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>oligarchs</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/plutocrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>plutocrats</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/neoliberalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>neoliberalism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/communism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>communism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ted" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ted</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a></p>
Ben Royce 🇺🇦<p>When <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/plutocrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>plutocrats</span></a> fight each other:</p><p>'<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Amazon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Amazon</span></a> displaying <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tariff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tariff</span></a> prices "hostile and political," <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WhiteHouse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteHouse</span></a> says'</p><p><a href="https://www.axios.com/2025/04/29/tariffs-amazon-prime-day-sellers-report" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">axios.com/2025/04/29/tariffs-a</span><span class="invisible">mazon-prime-day-sellers-report</span></a></p>
StanceOfMind<p>The governing ideology of the far right has become a monstrous, supremacist survivalism. Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them.</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2025/apr/13/end-times-fascism-far-right-trump-musk" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/us-news/ng-int</span><span class="invisible">eractive/2025/apr/13/end-times-fascism-far-right-trump-musk</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Facism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Facism</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Resistance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Resistance</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Extremism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Extremism</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Radicalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Radicalism</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Plutocrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Plutocrats</span></a></p>
Silkester<p>The Liberalism to Fascism Pipeline (Neoliberalism Explained)<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8F5FgernVY" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=i8F5FgernVY</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Hayek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hayek</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/JamesMcGillBuchanan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JamesMcGillBuchanan</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Koch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Koch</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Dupunt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Dupunt</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Chile" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Chile</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Pinochet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Pinochet</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Neoliberalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Neoliberalism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Dictortatoship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Dictortatoship</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Exploitation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Exploitation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Pollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Pollution</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MoralVoid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MoralVoid</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WealthGap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WealthGap</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FauxMeritocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FauxMeritocracy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Reaganism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Reaganism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Merz2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Merz2025</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Merz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Merz</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Blackrock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Blackrock</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Capitalism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/QualityOfLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>QualityOfLife</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HeritageFoundaion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HeritageFoundaion</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Project2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Project2025</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Oligarchs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Oligarchs</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Plutocrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Plutocrats</span></a></p>