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The Life and Art of Savely Sorin, Portraitist of the Elite

📰 Original title: Savely Sorin: The Painter of Aristocratic Grace

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#culture #portrait #art #aristocracy

The Life and Art of Savely Sorin, Portraitist of the Elite

📰 Original title: Savely Sorin: The Painter of Aristocratic Grace

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#culture #portrait #art #aristocracy

The Life and Art of Savely Sorin, Portraitist of the Elite

📰 Original title: Savely Sorin: The Painter of Aristocratic Grace

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#culture #portrait #art #aristocracy

The Life and Art of Savely Sorin, Portraitist of the Elite

📰 Original title: Savely Sorin: The Painter of Aristocratic Grace

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#culture #portrait #art #aristocracy

The Life and Art of Savely Sorin, Portraitist of the Elite

📰 Original title: Savely Sorin: The Painter of Aristocratic Grace

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#culture #portrait #art #aristocracy

@rbreich explains: The US has a #financial #aristocracy that is making a #profit at the expense of the rest of us. https://open.substack.com/pub/robertreich/p/what-no-one-will-tell-you-about-the

A quotation from Victor Hugo

“Their vanity is full of phantoms which move as in a sublime night, armed with helm and cuirass, spurs on their heels and the sceptres in their hands, saying in a grave voice, ‘We are the ancestors!’ The canker-worms eat the roots, and panoplies eat the people. Why not? Are we to change the laws? The peerage is part of the order of society. Do you know that there is a duke in Scotland who can ride ninety miles without leaving his own estate? Do you know that the Archbishop of Canterbury has a revenue of £40,000 a year? Do you know that her Majesty has £700,000 sterling from the civil list, besides castles, forests, domains, fiefs, tenancies, freeholds, prebendaries, tithes, rent, confiscations, and fines, which bring in over a million sterling? Those who are not satisfied are hard to please.”
“Yes,” murmured Gwynplaine sadly, “the paradise of the rich is made out of the hell of the poor.”
 
— Leur vanité est pleine de fantômes qui s’y promènent comme dans une nuit sublime, armés, casqués, cuirassés, éperonnés, le bâton d’empire à la main, et disant d’une voix grave: Nous sommes les aïeux ! Les scarabées mangent les racines, et les panoplies mangent le peuple. Pourquoi pas? Allons-nous changer les lois? La seigneurie fait partie de l’ordre. Sais-tu qu’il y a un duc en Écosse qui galope trente lieues sans sortir de chez lui? Sais-tu que le lord archevêque de Canterbury a un million de Francs de revenu? Sais-tu que sa majesté a par an sept cent mille livres sterling de liste civile, sans compter les châteaux, forêts, domaines, fiefs, tenances, alleux, prébendes, dîmes et redevances, confiscations et amendes, qui dépassent un million sterling ? Ceux qui ne sont pas contents sont difficiles.
— Oui, murmura Gwynplaine pensif, c’est de l’enfer des pauvres qu’est fait le paradis des riches.

Victor Hugo (1802-1885) French writer
The Man Who Laughs [L’Homme qui rit; The Laughing Man; By Order of the King], Part 2, Book 2, ch. 11 (2.2.11) (1869) [Auth. trans. (1871)]

More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/hugo-victor/82457/

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #victorhugo #themanwholaughs #aristocracy #classwarfare #economicinjustice #exploitation #meme #oligarchy #poor #poverty #power #rich #riches #wealth

A quotation from Victor Hugo

“Their vanity is full of phantoms which move as in a sublime night, armed with helm and cuirass, spurs on their heels and the sceptres in their hands, saying in a grave voice, ‘We are the ancestors!’ The canker-worms eat the roots, and panoplies eat the people. Why not? Are we to change the laws? The peerage is part of the order of society. Do you know that there is a duke in Scotland who can ride ninety miles without leaving his own estate? Do you know that the Archbishop of Canterbury has a revenue of £40,000 a year? Do you know that her Majesty has £700,000 sterling from the civil list, besides castles, forests, domains, fiefs, tenancies, freeholds, prebendaries, tithes, rent, confiscations, and fines, which bring in over a million sterling? Those who are not satisfied are hard to please.”
“Yes,” murmured Gwynplaine sadly, “the paradise of the rich is made out of the hell of the poor.”
 
— Leur vanité est pleine de fantômes qui s’y promènent comme dans une nuit sublime, armés, casqués, cuirassés, éperonnés, le bâton d’empire à la main, et disant d’une voix grave: Nous sommes les aïeux ! Les scarabées mangent les racines, et les panoplies mangent le peuple. Pourquoi pas? Allons-nous changer les lois? La seigneurie fait partie de l’ordre. Sais-tu qu’il y a un duc en Écosse qui galope trente lieues sans sortir de chez lui? Sais-tu que le lord archevêque de Canterbury a un million de Francs de revenu? Sais-tu que sa majesté a par an sept cent mille livres sterling de liste civile, sans compter les châteaux, forêts, domaines, fiefs, tenances, alleux, prébendes, dîmes et redevances, confiscations et amendes, qui dépassent un million sterling ? Ceux qui ne sont pas contents sont difficiles.
— Oui, murmura Gwynplaine pensif, c’est de l’enfer des pauvres qu’est fait le paradis des riches.

Victor Hugo (1802-1885) French writer
The Man Who Laughs [L’Homme qui rit; The Laughing Man; By Order of the King], Part 2, Book 2, ch. 11 (2.2.11) (1869) [Auth. trans. (1871)]

More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/hugo-victor/82457/

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #victorhugo #themanwholaughs #aristocracy #classwarfare #economicinjustice #exploitation #meme #oligarchy #poor #poverty #power #rich #riches #wealth

A quotation from Victor Hugo

“Their vanity is full of phantoms which move as in a sublime night, armed with helm and cuirass, spurs on their heels and the sceptres in their hands, saying in a grave voice, ‘We are the ancestors!’ The canker-worms eat the roots, and panoplies eat the people. Why not? Are we to change the laws? The peerage is part of the order of society. Do you know that there is a duke in Scotland who can ride ninety miles without leaving his own estate? Do you know that the Archbishop of Canterbury has a revenue of £40,000 a year? Do you know that her Majesty has £700,000 sterling from the civil list, besides castles, forests, domains, fiefs, tenancies, freeholds, prebendaries, tithes, rent, confiscations, and fines, which bring in over a million sterling? Those who are not satisfied are hard to please.”
“Yes,” murmured Gwynplaine sadly, “the paradise of the rich is made out of the hell of the poor.”
 
— Leur vanité est pleine de fantômes qui s’y promènent comme dans une nuit sublime, armés, casqués, cuirassés, éperonnés, le bâton d’empire à la main, et disant d’une voix grave: Nous sommes les aïeux ! Les scarabées mangent les racines, et les panoplies mangent le peuple. Pourquoi pas? Allons-nous changer les lois? La seigneurie fait partie de l’ordre. Sais-tu qu’il y a un duc en Écosse qui galope trente lieues sans sortir de chez lui? Sais-tu que le lord archevêque de Canterbury a un million de Francs de revenu? Sais-tu que sa majesté a par an sept cent mille livres sterling de liste civile, sans compter les châteaux, forêts, domaines, fiefs, tenances, alleux, prébendes, dîmes et redevances, confiscations et amendes, qui dépassent un million sterling ? Ceux qui ne sont pas contents sont difficiles.
— Oui, murmura Gwynplaine pensif, c’est de l’enfer des pauvres qu’est fait le paradis des riches.

Victor Hugo (1802-1885) French writer
The Man Who Laughs [L’Homme qui rit; The Laughing Man; By Order of the King], Part 2, Book 2, ch. 11 (2.2.11) (1869) [Auth. trans. (1871)]

More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/hugo-victor/82457/

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #victorhugo #themanwholaughs #aristocracy #classwarfare #economicinjustice #exploitation #meme #oligarchy #poor #poverty #power #rich #riches #wealth

The... the People's Kaiser...?

https://piefed.social/c/historymemes/p/2014068/the-the-people-s-kaiser

The... the People's Kaiser...?

https://piefed.social/c/tankiejerk/p/2014066/the-the-people-s-kaiser

"We Uncovered The Secret Schemes Hidden In The Epstein Emails" - More Perfect Union

https://piefed.social/c/collapse/p/1994956/we-uncovered-the-secret-schemes-hidden-in-the-epstein-emails-more-perfect-union

"How dare you teach the poors how to read"

https://piefed.social/c/historymemes/p/1931727/how-dare-you-teach-the-poors-how-to-read

Lords a-leaving: Britain is ejecting hereditary nobles from Parliament after 700 years
"Centuries of British political tradition will end within weeks after Parliament voted to remove hereditary aristocrats from the unelected House of Lords."

"On Tuesday night members of the upper chamber dropped objections to legislation passed by the House of Commons ousting dozens of dukes, earls and viscounts who inherited seats in Parliament along with their aristocratic titles."
https://apnews.com/article/uk-house-of-lords-hereditary-peers-expelled-535df8781dd01e8970acda1dca99d3d4
#aristocracy #nobility #privilege #democracy #legitimacy #parliament #British #monarchy

Lords a-leaving: Britain is ejecting hereditary nobles from Parliament after 700 years
"Centuries of British political tradition will end within weeks after Parliament voted to remove hereditary aristocrats from the unelected House of Lords."

"On Tuesday night members of the upper chamber dropped objections to legislation passed by the House of Commons ousting dozens of dukes, earls and viscounts who inherited seats in Parliament along with their aristocratic titles."
https://apnews.com/article/uk-house-of-lords-hereditary-peers-expelled-535df8781dd01e8970acda1dca99d3d4
#aristocracy #nobility #privilege #democracy #legitimacy #parliament #British #monarchy

Lords a-leaving: Britain is ejecting hereditary nobles from Parliament after 700 years
"Centuries of British political tradition will end within weeks after Parliament voted to remove hereditary aristocrats from the unelected House of Lords."

"On Tuesday night members of the upper chamber dropped objections to legislation passed by the House of Commons ousting dozens of dukes, earls and viscounts who inherited seats in Parliament along with their aristocratic titles."
https://apnews.com/article/uk-house-of-lords-hereditary-peers-expelled-535df8781dd01e8970acda1dca99d3d4
#aristocracy #nobility #privilege #democracy #legitimacy #parliament #British #monarchy

Lords a-leaving: Britain is ejecting hereditary nobles from Parliament after 700 years
"Centuries of British political tradition will end within weeks after Parliament voted to remove hereditary aristocrats from the unelected House of Lords."

"On Tuesday night members of the upper chamber dropped objections to legislation passed by the House of Commons ousting dozens of dukes, earls and viscounts who inherited seats in Parliament along with their aristocratic titles."
https://apnews.com/article/uk-house-of-lords-hereditary-peers-expelled-535df8781dd01e8970acda1dca99d3d4
#aristocracy #nobility #privilege #democracy #legitimacy #parliament #British #monarchy

Lords a-leaving: Britain is ejecting hereditary nobles from Parliament after 700 years
"Centuries of British political tradition will end within weeks after Parliament voted to remove hereditary aristocrats from the unelected House of Lords."

"On Tuesday night members of the upper chamber dropped objections to legislation passed by the House of Commons ousting dozens of dukes, earls and viscounts who inherited seats in Parliament along with their aristocratic titles."
https://apnews.com/article/uk-house-of-lords-hereditary-peers-expelled-535df8781dd01e8970acda1dca99d3d4
#aristocracy #nobility #privilege #democracy #legitimacy #parliament #British #monarchy

🇬🇧 #Britain finally boots out the aristocratic freeloaders after centuries of posh tea parties and crown polishing. 🎩👋 The nobles are probably confused, wondering why anyone would want "democracy" when they had such nice wigs. 🤔👑
https://apnews.com/article/uk-house-of-lords-hereditary-peers-expelled-535df8781dd01e8970acda1dca99d3d4 #Aristocracy #Democracy #Change #Nobility #HackerNews #ngated

"Wir sind jetzt Flüchtlinge."

Nein, seid Ihr nicht. Ihr seid immer noch scheißprivilegiert und habt die Probleme, die privilegierte Menschen haben.

https://www.sueddeutsche.de/projekte/artikel/politik/dubai-tourismus-emirates-flughafen-e141321/

#PrivilegedPeoplesProblems #PPP #Dubai #Tourists #Expats #Expatriosts #Tourism #Classism #Aristocracy #Privilege #BlindSpot

British aristocracy in the American Wild West was the joining of a dichotomy that is hard to believe could ever have worked.

#history #wildwest #britisharistocracy #aristocracy #americanhistory

https://blog.alexseifert.com/2026/02/06/top-hats-tumbleweeds-when-british-aristocrats-wandered-into-the-american-west/

The United States acts like the British Empire.

#deathtousempire
#usempire
#capitalism
#britishempire
#aristocracy
#freepalestine
#freevenezuela
#antiimperialism
#antiwar

The British Empire benefitted ultra wealthy aristocrats.

The United States benefits ultra wealthy aristocrats.

Resources:
https://www.gresham.ac.uk/watch-now/benefit-empire

#deathtousempire
#usempire
#capitalism
#britishempire
#aristocracy
#freepalestine
#freevenezuela
#antiimperialism
#antiwar

#GiftArticle

Meet the #Trump admin’s 12 — yes, that’s correct — TWELVE #billionaires

At a net worth of $390.6 billion—not including Trump—as of March, it’s the wealthiest White House in history.

While previous admins have included the ultrarich, the #wealth held by this group is larger than even the first Trump admin, previously the wealthiest in US history.

#BillionaireNation #plutocracy #aristocracy #elite #swamp #OutOfTouch #WealthGap #affordability #CostOfLiving
https://wapo.st/48OTPra

#GiftArticle

Meet the #Trump admin’s 12 — yes, that’s correct — TWELVE #billionaires

At a net worth of $390.6 billion—not including Trump—as of March, it’s the wealthiest White House in history.

While previous admins have included the ultrarich, the #wealth held by this group is larger than even the first Trump admin, previously the wealthiest in US history.

#BillionaireNation #plutocracy #aristocracy #elite #swamp #OutOfTouch #WealthGap #affordability #CostOfLiving
https://wapo.st/48OTPra

#GiftArticle

Meet the #Trump admin’s 12 — yes, that’s correct — TWELVE #billionaires

At a net worth of $390.6 billion—not including Trump—as of March, it’s the wealthiest White House in history.

While previous admins have included the ultrarich, the #wealth held by this group is larger than even the first Trump admin, previously the wealthiest in US history.

#BillionaireNation #plutocracy #aristocracy #elite #swamp #OutOfTouch #WealthGap #affordability #CostOfLiving
https://wapo.st/48OTPra

#GiftArticle

Meet the #Trump admin’s 12 — yes, that’s correct — TWELVE #billionaires

At a net worth of $390.6 billion—not including Trump—as of March, it’s the wealthiest White House in history.

While previous admins have included the ultrarich, the #wealth held by this group is larger than even the first Trump admin, previously the wealthiest in US history.

#BillionaireNation #plutocracy #aristocracy #elite #swamp #OutOfTouch #WealthGap #affordability #CostOfLiving
https://wapo.st/48OTPra

#GiftArticle

Meet the #Trump admin’s 12 — yes, that’s correct — TWELVE #billionaires

At a net worth of $390.6 billion—not including Trump—as of March, it’s the wealthiest White House in history.

While previous admins have included the ultrarich, the #wealth held by this group is larger than even the first Trump admin, previously the wealthiest in US history.

#BillionaireNation #plutocracy #aristocracy #elite #swamp #OutOfTouch #WealthGap #affordability #CostOfLiving
https://wapo.st/48OTPra

people like him are saying the same thing of the US government.; and they are making progress at destroying the democracy. most from folks who own corporation that are bigger (more money and lawyers) than countries and themselves too good to be regulated by a common people's #democratic government.

The #conservative people around the world all have the same goal. bring back the age of the #aristocracy and #feudal system of government. see 1390's for reference.

A quotation from John Adams

It is in vain to Say that Democracy is less vain, less proud, less selfish, less ambitious or less avaricious than Aristocracy or Monarchy. It is not true in Fact and no where appears in history. Those Passions are the same in all Men under all forms of Simple Government, and when unchecked, produce the same Effects of Fraud Violence and Cruelty. When clear Prospects are opened before Vanity, Pride, Avarice or Ambition, for their easy gratification, it is hard for the most considerate Phylosophers and the most conscientious Moralists to resist the temptation. Individuals have conquered themselves, Nations and large Bodies of Men, never.

John Adams (1735-1826) American lawyer, Founding Father, statesman, US President (1797-1801)
Letter (1814-12-17) to John Taylor

More about this quote: wist.info/adams-john/49248/

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #johnadams #ambition #aristocracy #avarice #democracy #greed #humancondition #humannature #mob #monarchy #pride #temptation #vanity #selfcontrol #selfrestraint

A quotation from John Adams

It is in vain to Say that Democracy is less vain, less proud, less selfish, less ambitious or less avaricious than Aristocracy or Monarchy. It is not true in Fact and no where appears in history. Those Passions are the same in all Men under all forms of Simple Government, and when unchecked, produce the same Effects of Fraud Violence and Cruelty. When clear Prospects are opened before Vanity, Pride, Avarice or Ambition, for their easy gratification, it is hard for the most considerate Phylosophers and the most conscientious Moralists to resist the temptation. Individuals have conquered themselves, Nations and large Bodies of Men, never.

John Adams (1735-1826) American lawyer, Founding Father, statesman, US President (1797-1801)
Letter (1814-12-17) to John Taylor

More about this quote: wist.info/adams-john/49248/

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #johnadams #ambition #aristocracy #avarice #democracy #greed #humancondition #humannature #mob #monarchy #pride #temptation #vanity #selfcontrol #selfrestraint

A quotation from John Adams

It is in vain to Say that Democracy is less vain, less proud, less selfish, less ambitious or less avaricious than Aristocracy or Monarchy. It is not true in Fact and no where appears in history. Those Passions are the same in all Men under all forms of Simple Government, and when unchecked, produce the same Effects of Fraud Violence and Cruelty. When clear Prospects are opened before Vanity, Pride, Avarice or Ambition, for their easy gratification, it is hard for the most considerate Phylosophers and the most conscientious Moralists to resist the temptation. Individuals have conquered themselves, Nations and large Bodies of Men, never.

John Adams (1735-1826) American lawyer, Founding Father, statesman, US President (1797-1801)
Letter (1814-12-17) to John Taylor

More about this quote: wist.info/adams-john/49248/

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #johnadams #ambition #aristocracy #avarice #democracy #greed #humancondition #humannature #mob #monarchy #pride #temptation #vanity #selfcontrol #selfrestraint

A quotation from John Adams

It is in vain to Say that Democracy is less vain, less proud, less selfish, less ambitious or less avaricious than Aristocracy or Monarchy. It is not true in Fact and no where appears in history. Those Passions are the same in all Men under all forms of Simple Government, and when unchecked, produce the same Effects of Fraud Violence and Cruelty. When clear Prospects are opened before Vanity, Pride, Avarice or Ambition, for their easy gratification, it is hard for the most considerate Phylosophers and the most conscientious Moralists to resist the temptation. Individuals have conquered themselves, Nations and large Bodies of Men, never.

John Adams (1735-1826) American lawyer, Founding Father, statesman, US President (1797-1801)
Letter (1814-12-17) to John Taylor

More about this quote: wist.info/adams-john/49248/

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #johnadams #ambition #aristocracy #avarice #democracy #greed #humancondition #humannature #mob #monarchy #pride #temptation #vanity #selfcontrol #selfrestraint

A quotation from John Adams

It is in vain to Say that Democracy is less vain, less proud, less selfish, less ambitious or less avaricious than Aristocracy or Monarchy. It is not true in Fact and no where appears in history. Those Passions are the same in all Men under all forms of Simple Government, and when unchecked, produce the same Effects of Fraud Violence and Cruelty. When clear Prospects are opened before Vanity, Pride, Avarice or Ambition, for their easy gratification, it is hard for the most considerate Phylosophers and the most conscientious Moralists to resist the temptation. Individuals have conquered themselves, Nations and large Bodies of Men, never.

John Adams (1735-1826) American lawyer, Founding Father, statesman, US President (1797-1801)
Letter (1814-12-17) to John Taylor

More about this quote: wist.info/adams-john/49248/

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #johnadams #ambition #aristocracy #avarice #democracy #greed #humancondition #humannature #mob #monarchy #pride #temptation #vanity #selfcontrol #selfrestraint

…Comments Rollins made in recent weeks that everyone on #SNAP would have to reapply sparked confusion among SNAP recipients, state officials & food policy experts. SNAP recipients already have to go through a recertification process—in most cases every 6 or 12 months, & it is unclear what #legal #authority #USDA would have to add additional steps.

#hunger #FoodStamps #LowIncome #HealthyIfYoureWealthy #law #Congress #Trump #EconomicDiscrimination #SocialCleansing #plutocracy #aristocracy #USpol

Die Hybris der Aristokratie - Warum Macht uns Menschen verdirbt und es keine Ausnahmen dazu gibt

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1IOsbPku2gs

#Anthropologie #Politik #Ethik #Demokratie #Democracy #Power #Corrupts #Powerlessness #GoodTyrants #GoodKings #GoodEmperors #Platon #Plato #Philosophy #Aristocracy

The disgusting American aristocrats. They hate you. They hate you. They hate you. They hate you.

#aristocracy
#fucktechceos
#fucktechbros
#fucktrump
#pedophiletrump

The working class are slaves to their corporate masters. Capitalism in the US feels like Feudalism. You have no power over the evil bastard executives without labour unions.

#feudalism
#technofeudalism
#aristocracy
#giledage
#labourunions

#Trump & congressional #Republicans have attacked federal workers as instruments of the “deep state,” exercising power beyond anything authorized by the #law. Now the administration is doing the same thing, several #tax experts said, undermining laws that hit the #ultrawealthy & big #corporations.

#aristocracy #plutocracy #WealthGap #USpol

How the #Trump Administration Is Giving Even More #TaxBreaks to the #Wealthy

The #Treasury Department & #IRS are issuing rules that provide hundreds of billions of dollars in tax relief to big #corporations & the #ultrarich.

#law #SeparationOfPowers #aristocracy #plutocracy #WealthGap #USpol
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/business/trump-administration-tax-breaks-wealthy.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

@GhostOnTheHalfShell

#USpol: #Aristocracy vs. #Oligarchy? #Politics

#Rockbridge vs. The #HeritageFoundation?

(5/5)

...👉 for corrupt or selfish purposes.👈

👉 #Oligarchies in which members of the ruling group are wealthy or exercise their power through their wealth are known as #plutocracies..."👈

https://www.britannica.com/topic/oligarchy

//

#USpol: #Aristocracy vs. #Oligarchy? #Politics

#Rockbridge vs. The #HeritageFoundation?

(4/n)

...that Aristotle called #polity). Rule by one or the few in the...

rulers’ own interest is tyranny or oligarchy (or timocracy), respectively, and anarchic mob rule is democracy, as #Aristotle used that term..."

https://www.britannica.com/topic/aristocracy

"#oligarchy, government by the few, especially despotic power exercised by a small and privileged group...

@GhostOnTheHalfShell

#USpol: #Aristocracy vs. #Oligarchy? #Politics

#Rockbridge vs. The #HeritageFoundation?

(3/n)

...to be best qualified to rule.

As conceived by the #Greek philosopher #Aristotle (384–322 bce), aristocracy means the rule of the few—the morally and intellectually superior—governing in the interest of all.
Such a form of government differs from the rule of one in the interest of all (#monarchy) and the rule of the many in the interest of all (a form of government...

@GhostOnTheHalfShell

#USpol: #Aristocracy vs. #Oligarchy? #Politics

#Rockbridge vs. The #HeritageFoundation?

(2/n)

THIS would be "the best" championing the cause of "the people".
They ALL do it in their own self-interest.

No, it is "new money (#PeterThiel et al) vs. "old money, thus still a #Plutocracy:

Via #Britannica.com:

"aristocracy, government by a relatively small privileged class or by a minority consisting of those presumed...

@GhostOnTheHalfShell @violetmadder @benfell @paninid @gilduran

@GhostOnTheHalfShell

#USpol: #Aristocracy vs. #Oligarchy? #Politics

#Rockbridge vs. The #HeritageFoundation?

(1/n)

Calling the noveau-rich #Rockbridge group of #oligarchs "#aristocrats" is just euphemism, but does not change much for the american people.

I have not heard any of the #Rockbridge members calling for #UniversalHealthcare for all citizens, as #AOC and #BernieSanders have been doing for a long time...

https://www.thenerdreich.com/jd-vance-tech-donor-group-rockbridge-seeks-aristocracy/?ref=the-nerd-reich-newsletter

@violetmadder @benfell @paninid @gilduran

The #RockbridgeNetwork has assembled a database with deep profiles of potential #voters through nonpolitical memberships, including outdoors groups & churches, acc/to a person directly familiar with the organization.

#ChrisBuskirk’s ties to #Trump’s orbit go beyond Rockbridge. #1789Capital, the #VC firm he co-founded with investor #OmeedMalik, focuses on what the partners call “patriotic capitalism” & now counts Donald Trump Jr. as a partner.

#law #democracy #technocracy #aristocracy #USpol

What is "democracy"?

https://youtu.be/UplwT_a1IT8?t=2338

#Democracy #Democratization #Aristocracy #Politics #PoliticalTheory

A quotation from Thomas Paine

Because a body of men holding themselves accountable to nobody, ought not to be trusted by anybody.

Thomas Paine (1737-1809) American political philosopher and writer
Rights of Man (1791)

More info about this quote: wist.info/paine-thomas/40072/

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #thomaspaine #rightsofman #accountability #aristocracy #heredity #meme #representation #representativegovernment #responsibility #trust #tyranny

Losdemokratischer 🔄👊🏽: Madison VS. Precht, Der fremde Staat, Bonze Merz, Möchtegern-Bonzin Reichinek

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIEYGZ59bSk

#Losdemokratie #Rundumschlag #Aristokraten #Verfassung #Constitution #USA #Sozialismus #Kommunismus #Aristocracy #JamesMadison #RichardDavidPrecht #Precht #FoundingFathers #Öffentlichkeit #Freiheit #FreiMeinungäußerung #FreedomOfSpeech #Merz #Millionäre #Reichtum #Ungleichheit #Unfreiheit #Demokratie #Demokratisierung #PolitischeKontrolle #Politisierung #Hinterzimmer

"Free Speech" / "Freie Meinungsäußerung" als reine Ablenkung vom wirklich Entscheidenden: von Macht

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xJN2hGTAeg

#Machtrealismus #Machtverhältnisse #Machtdynamik #Trump #Putin #Böhmermann #Pispers #VolkerPispers #Rhetoric #Rhetorik #Populismus #Populism #öffentlichkeit #Kimmel #public #politics #aristocracy #democracy #colbert #violence #money #wealth #Machiavelli #Realism #Idealism #Zivilgesellschaft #Einfluss #ThomasGordon #Belohnen #Bestrafen #reward #punish #punishment #power