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Step into a lavish 1883 Gilded Age dinner. Silk drapes, oysters on silver trays, turtle soup, poached salmon, decadent roast meats, desserts & etiquette in full display. #FoodCulture #FoodCultureBites #GildedAge #luxurydining #FliboardUserGroup
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Step into a lavish 1883 Gilded Age dinner. Silk drapes, oysters on silver trays, turtle soup, poached salmon, decadent roast meats, desserts & etiquette in full display. #FoodCulture #FoodCultureBites #GildedAge #luxurydining #FliboardUserGroup
Posted into FLIPBOARD USER GROUP @flipboard-user-group-JanetteSpeyer
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Step into a lavish 1883 Gilded Age dinner. Silk drapes, oysters on silver trays, turtle soup, poached salmon, decadent roast meats, desserts & etiquette in full display. #FoodCulture #FoodCultureBites #GildedAge #luxurydining #FliboardUserGroup
Posted into FLIPBOARD USER GROUP @flipboard-user-group-JanetteSpeyer
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Step into a lavish 1883 Gilded Age dinner. Silk drapes, oysters on silver trays, turtle soup, poached salmon, decadent roast meats, desserts & etiquette in full display. #FoodCulture #FoodCultureBites #GildedAge #luxurydining #FliboardUserGroup
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#DemocraticSocialism Is the Compromise Position
Given our scale of #inequality, the #egalitarian reforms of democratic socialism are only the start of what we should strive for.
Kyle Schmidlin, Jul 31, 2026
Excerpt: "Reforming the #SecondGildedAge
"Whether or not one agrees with such ideas, it’s a discussion that free people are within their rights to have. Though we often treat #capitalism as a national religion, there’s nothing sacred about it. Even the US Constitution is surprisingly agnostic on questions of economic organization. It’s not encoded in our DNA—in fact, we are much more naturally inclined toward cooperation than competition. Humans have a virtually infinite number of ways we can arrange society, and we are in desperate need of rethinking ours.
"Because for the last few decades, the American economy has grown ever more off-balance, to the point where many analysts now say we’re in a second #GildedAge. We recently minted the world’s first trillionaire, while about half of us would be wiped out by any major illness, accident, or job loss. Workers have lost power, essentials like housing and healthcare are increasingly out of reach, and practically all the gains of our productivity have been accumulated at the very top, with #corporations posting record profits. #Billionaires are multiplying their wealth faster than ever, building anti-revolution doomsday bunkers, and plotting to rule their own fiefdoms as #CEOKings.
"We live in a society that’s obsessed with law and order for things like #shoplifting or overstaying a visa, but largely looks the other way on #CorporateCrimes like #pollution, #WageTheft, and #fraud—not to mention #WarCrimes and #genocide. The president is a convicted felon who wants you to ignore his decades-long friendship with a child sex trafficker and instead fear and hate the immigrant next door.
"In such a system, elites should feel relieved that people are only demanding, say, a few public options for groceries, rather than revolting. The wealthy surely all took note of the public reaction to #LuigiMangione, who is accused of murdering United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson on the streets of New York City. Mangione became a cultural icon who was openly celebrated in many circles, making clear the rage simmering within America’s dispossessed.
"There’s a reason the progressive California Rep. #RoKhanna refers to a tax on wealth as an #AntiRevolution tax, or an attempt to save capitalism from itself. Progressive Democrats like Khanna often mediate between capitalist centers of power and the party’s left-wing base, who largely feel fed up with the party’s incremental approach of making small tweaks here and there. Democratic socialism, as practiced in today’s America, is still essentially incrementalism, but they’re much bigger increments.
"Such a model works well in places like #Finland, #Iceland, and #Denmark. These countries have high taxes, but they get far more out of them than we do. As a result they are consistently ranked as the happiest countries on Earth, with excellent numbers for education, homelessness, poverty, healthcare, life expectancy, and infant mortality—all areas in which the US, with its profit-first approach to every problem, is lagging behind.
"#HighTaxes and a mixed economy also once worked well in the #UnitedStates. We dug ourselves out of the #GreatDepression with the #NewDeal. Government programs brought electricity to rural areas and established safety nets and Social Security. Our middle class boomed after World War II, when taxes were the highest they’ve ever been.
"#Republicans and #BigBusiness called that #socialism, too. They even conspired to overthrow President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Now, faced with another socialist menace, they’re playing just as dirty."
Read more:
https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/democratic-socialism-compromise#TaxTheRich #WealthTax #DSA #RedScare #USPol #WorldPol #CorporateColonialism #EpsteinClass
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chandelier
dreaming… a random bit
** in the ending of The Daily Post’s Weekly Photo Challenges from WordPress, here’s your Sunday Weekly Photo Prompt: travel **
medicine buddha mantra: Tayata Om Bekandze Bekandze Maha Bekandze Radza Samudgate Soha
health, wealth, and prosperity: Om Vasudhare Svaha
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#1East75thStreet #antique #architecture #boardRoom #ceiling #chandelier #commonwealthFund #dailyPost #decor #design #EdwardSHarknessHouse #gildedAge #gildedAgeMansion #harknessHouse #HarknessMansion #interiorDesign #JamesGambleRogers #landmark #landmarkBuilding #landmarked #light #lightFixture #limestone #litUp #lookUp #manhattan #newYorkCity #nyc #oakPanels #panels #photography #postaday #upperEastSide #venetianStyle #vintage #weeklyPhotoChallenge -
#BernieSanders Says There Is No Choice: 'We Must Defeat the #Oligarchs'
The U.S. Senator from Vermont is asking big questions about how to achieve—even in the face of #Trump's return—an "economy and government that works for all, not just the few."
by Jon Queally, Nov 30, 2024"With the progressive movement in the United States still grappling with how best to respond to president-elect Donald Trump's victory earlier this month, Sen. Bernie Sanders issued a statement Saturday clarifying his belief that confronting the ruling oligarchy over the 'coming months and years' will be the key battle for anyone who wants to build an economy and political system that puts the interests of everyday #WorkingPeople ahead of those of #SuperWealthy elites.
"The Independent U.S. Senator from Vermont suggested Trump's victory was the direct result of a political economy largely controlled by the nation's richest individuals and powerful #corporations and a situation in which massive wealth inequality has also created an incredible power imbalance.
"'This is what Oligarchy looks like,' Sanders said. 'Today, while 60% of Americans live paycheck to paycheck, three multi-billionaires own more wealth than the bottom half of American society.'
"With a 'greater concentration of ownership than we have seen since the #GildedAge,' Sanders continued, from healthcare and financial services to the food, transportation, and housing sectors—'fewer and fewer giant corporations control what is produced and the prices we pay.'
"Sanders slammed a corporate media system in which corporate consolidation has led to an information and entertainment ecosystem in which an estimated '90% of U.S. media is controlled by just six huge global conglomerates,' and a political system 'increasingly controlled by the #BillionaireClass' that is allowed to inject nearly limitless amounts of money into elections, most of it secretly and without accountability.
"'In the recent elections,' Sanders bemoaned, 'just 150 billionaire families spent nearly $2 billion to get their candidates elected.' Such a reality, he said, must be challenged.
"'Our job in the coming months and years is clear. We must defeat the oligarchs and create an economy and government that works for all, not just the few.'
"How can such a defeat of these powerful forces be achieved? Sanders' latest statement did not reveal a prescription, but in a series of recent missives, social media posts, and interviews over the last week, the two-time presidential candidate has said that focusing on building working-class power is the key.
"In a letter to supporters last week, Sanders said the question of 'where do we go from here?' is a 'very serious' one that demands deep scrutiny in the coming weeks and months. And he asked a series of more specific questions that he said must be addressed, including:
• How do we expand our efforts to build a multi-racial, multi-generational working-class movement?
• How do we create a 50 state movement, not politics based on the electoral college and 'battleground' states?
• How do we deal with #CitizensUnited and the ability of billionaires to buy elections?
• How do we recruit more working-class candidates for office at all levels of government?
• Should we be supporting Independent candidates who are prepared to take on both parties?
• How do we better support union organizing?
• How do we put together listening sessions around the country that intentionally seek input from people who did not vote for Democrats in the last election?
• How do we best use social media to build our movement and combat the lies and disinformation coming from the billionaire class and right-wing media?"In a subsequent interview with The Nation, Sanders it is 'absolutely' necessary to find ways to challenge both the #DemocraticParty and the #RepublicanParty, both of which are dominated by #CorporateInterests and #WealthyDonors.
"'We just cannot sit back and accept candidates who are not prepared to stand up to #BigMoney interests and fight for the working class,' Sanders said. 'We cannot continue to do that. So, in one way or another, we have got to bring forth candidates who [will stand up to Big Money].'"
https://www.commondreams.org/news/bernie-sanders-oligarchy
#USPol #Oligarchy #Oligarchs #GlobalOligarchy #USPol #Corporatocracy #Oligarchs #CorporateFascism #HungerGames #StillSanders #Duopoly #EndCitizensUnited #WealthInequality
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I also messed around and made a video essay on the Origin Story of Rednecks https://youtu.be/jiJy8ah58_M
#pagan #Roman #historynerd #America #Appalachian #Tennessee #mininghistory #GildedAge #TMZ #unions #solidarity #loyalty #mutualaid #hardship #video #essay
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If you have ~10 min, check out the Origin Story of Rednecks!
Please share any thoughts, feedback, or suggestions: https://paninid.substack.com/p/the-origin-story-of-rednecks-f6c#details
#pagan #Roman #historynerd #America #Appalachian #Tennessee #mininghistory #GildedAge #TMZ #unions #solidarity #loyalty #mutualaid #hardship #podcast
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CW: What happened to the Vanderbilts - BizWhiz
From the description:
"The Vanderbilts were once the world's richest family, and made its millions in the railroad and shipping industries, but the money faded rapidly. When 120 Vanderbilts gathered for a reunion in 1973, not a single millionaire was present. So how did the Vanderbilt family lose all of their wealth?"