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  1. “More important than the #stinginess of the #superrich, however, is the fact that their #wealth has brought great #politicalpower, arguably more than the #robberbarons ever possessed — power that they abuse on an epic scale.”

    RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:5zca2ola2zxpkw37w4f3wxtu/post/3mllfbgwpxk2n

  2. “More important than the #stinginess of the #superrich, however, is the fact that their #wealth has brought great #politicalpower, arguably more than the #robberbarons ever possessed — power that they abuse on an epic scale.”

    RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:5zca2ola2zxpkw37w4f3wxtu/post/3mllfbgwpxk2n

  3. “More important than the #stinginess of the #superrich, however, is the fact that their #wealth has brought great #politicalpower, arguably more than the #robberbarons ever possessed — power that they abuse on an epic scale.”

    RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:5zca2ola2zxpkw37w4f3wxtu/post/3mllfbgwpxk2n

  4. “At this point, however, it’s clear that we r not experiencing a mere replay of the reign of the #robberbarons. We r living through something much worse. The #techbros make the ‘malefactors of great wealth’ called out by Theodore Roosevelt look benign by comparison” open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...

    Will our Hyper-Gilded Age Ushe...

  5. “At this point, however, it’s clear that we r not experiencing a mere replay of the reign of the #robberbarons. We r living through something much worse. The #techbros make the ‘malefactors of great wealth’ called out by Theodore Roosevelt look benign by comparison” open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...

    Will our Hyper-Gilded Age Ushe...

  6. “At this point, however, it’s clear that we r not experiencing a mere replay of the reign of the #robberbarons. We r living through something much worse. The #techbros make the ‘malefactors of great wealth’ called out by Theodore Roosevelt look benign by comparison” open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...

    Will our Hyper-Gilded Age Ushe...

  7. “At this point, however, it’s clear that we r not experiencing a mere replay of the reign of the #robberbarons. We r living through something much worse. The #techbros make the ‘malefactors of great wealth’ called out by Theodore Roosevelt look benign by comparison” open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...

    Will our Hyper-Gilded Age Ushe...

  8. “At this point, however, it’s clear that we r not experiencing a mere replay of the reign of the #robberbarons. We r living through something much worse. The #techbros make the ‘malefactors of great wealth’ called out by Theodore Roosevelt look benign by comparison” open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...

    Will our Hyper-Gilded Age Ushe...

  9. @HighlandLawyer @Geri Or just consider how many hereditary Lords actually own and manage large estates? Today, in the 21st century those professionals in the business of property don’t want to be associated with corruption; those who run rentals not fit for purpose or who pay off council officials to walk the other way. Any in property, commercial or private can be as good or corrupt as those in any other business. The epicentre of economic collapse, is those who serve private equity investors first; to secure bonuses as free from any regulation e.g. the water utility companies who poisoned our rivers. Failure to ethically regulate those in energy and arms should be called the EnergyLords or ArmsLords or just Robber Barrons, as the consequence of unleashing those who finance fascist clowns and mobsters threatens everyone’s rights, peace, security and wellbeing! #Landlordism #RobberBarrons #ReignOfTheMob #EnergyLords #ArmsLords #RobberBarons #professionals #Goodbusiness #BalancedEconomics #JusticeIsFreedom

  10. @HighlandLawyer @Geri Or just consider how many hereditary Lords actually own and manage large estates? Today, in the 21st century those professionals in the business of property don’t want to be associated with corruption; those who run rentals not fit for purpose or who pay off council officials to walk the other way. Any in property, commercial or private can be as good or corrupt as those in any other business. The epicentre of economic collapse, is those who serve private equity investors first; to secure bonuses as free from any regulation e.g. the water utility companies who poisoned our rivers. Failure to ethically regulate those in energy and arms should be called the EnergyLords or ArmsLords or just Robber Barrons, as the consequence of unleashing those who finance fascist clowns and mobsters threatens everyone’s rights, peace, security and wellbeing! #Landlordism #RobberBarrons #ReignOfTheMob #EnergyLords #ArmsLords #RobberBarons #professionals #Goodbusiness #BalancedEconomics #JusticeIsFreedom

  11. @HighlandLawyer @Geri Or just consider how many hereditary Lords actually own and manage large estates? Today, in the 21st century those professionals in the business of property don’t want to be associated with corruption; those who run rentals not fit for purpose or who pay off council officials to walk the other way. Any in property, commercial or private can be as good or corrupt as those in any other business. The epicentre of economic collapse, is those who serve private equity investors first; to secure bonuses as free from any regulation e.g. the water utility companies who poisoned our rivers. Failure to ethically regulate those in energy and arms should be called the EnergyLords or ArmsLords or just Robber Barrons, as the consequence of unleashing those who finance fascist clowns and mobsters threatens everyone’s rights, peace, security and wellbeing! #Landlordism #RobberBarrons #ReignOfTheMob #EnergyLords #ArmsLords #RobberBarons #professionals #Goodbusiness #BalancedEconomics #JusticeIsFreedom

  12. @HighlandLawyer @Geri Or just consider how many hereditary Lords actually own and manage large estates? Today, in the 21st century those professionals in the business of property don’t want to be associated with corruption; those who run rentals not fit for purpose or who pay off council officials to walk the other way. Any in property, commercial or private can be as good or corrupt as those in any other business. The epicentre of economic collapse, is those who serve private equity investors first; to secure bonuses as free from any regulation e.g. the water utility companies who poisoned our rivers. Failure to ethically regulate those in energy and arms should be called the EnergyLords or ArmsLords or just Robber Barrons, as the consequence of unleashing those who finance fascist clowns and mobsters threatens everyone’s rights, peace, security and wellbeing! #Landlordism #RobberBarrons #ReignOfTheMob #EnergyLords #ArmsLords #RobberBarons #professionals #Goodbusiness #BalancedEconomics #JusticeIsFreedom

  13. @HighlandLawyer @Geri Or just consider how many hereditary Lords actually own and manage large estates? Today, in the 21st century those professionals in the business of property don’t want to be associated with corruption; those who run rentals not fit for purpose or who pay off council officials to walk the other way. Any in property, commercial or private can be as good or corrupt as those in any other business. The epicentre of economic collapse, is those who serve private equity investors first; to secure bonuses as free from any regulation e.g. the water utility companies who poisoned our rivers. Failure to ethically regulate those in energy and arms should be called the EnergyLords or ArmsLords or just Robber Barrons, as the consequence of unleashing those who finance fascist clowns and mobsters threatens everyone’s rights, peace, security and wellbeing! #Landlordism #RobberBarrons #ReignOfTheMob #EnergyLords #ArmsLords #RobberBarons #professionals #Goodbusiness #BalancedEconomics #JusticeIsFreedom

  14. "Between 2009 — the bottom of the Bush Crash — and 2012 when the recovery finally began under Obama, the top 1 percent of Americans saw their income grow by over 31 percent. Fully 95 percent of all of the income increases in the country were seized by the top 1 percent of Americans during that period."

    The very rich are never happier than when the economy crashes.

    #Economy #RobberBarons

    hartmannreport.com/p/is-the-ne

  15. "Between 2009 — the bottom of the Bush Crash — and 2012 when the recovery finally began under Obama, the top 1 percent of Americans saw their income grow by over 31 percent. Fully 95 percent of all of the income increases in the country were seized by the top 1 percent of Americans during that period."

    The very rich are never happier than when the economy crashes.

    #Economy #RobberBarons

    hartmannreport.com/p/is-the-ne

  16. "Between 2009 — the bottom of the Bush Crash — and 2012 when the recovery finally began under Obama, the top 1 percent of Americans saw their income grow by over 31 percent. Fully 95 percent of all of the income increases in the country were seized by the top 1 percent of Americans during that period."

    The very rich are never happier than when the economy crashes.

    #Economy #RobberBarons

    hartmannreport.com/p/is-the-ne

  17. "Between 2009 — the bottom of the Bush Crash — and 2012 when the recovery finally began under Obama, the top 1 percent of Americans saw their income grow by over 31 percent. Fully 95 percent of all of the income increases in the country were seized by the top 1 percent of Americans during that period."

    The very rich are never happier than when the economy crashes.

    #Economy #RobberBarons

    hartmannreport.com/p/is-the-ne

  18. "Between 2009 — the bottom of the Bush Crash — and 2012 when the recovery finally began under Obama, the top 1 percent of Americans saw their income grow by over 31 percent. Fully 95 percent of all of the income increases in the country were seized by the top 1 percent of Americans during that period."

    The very rich are never happier than when the economy crashes.

    #Economy #RobberBarons

    hartmannreport.com/p/is-the-ne

  19. Big oil, and big banks. No difference.

    Big US banks rake in near $50bn profit as Iran war shakes markets | Banking | The Guardian
    theguardian.com/business/2026/

    #Iran #Oil #Banks #RobberBarons

  20. Big oil, and big banks. No difference.

    Big US banks rake in near $50bn profit as Iran war shakes markets | Banking | The Guardian
    theguardian.com/business/2026/

    #Iran #Oil #Banks #RobberBarons

  21. Big oil, and big banks. No difference.

    Big US banks rake in near $50bn profit as Iran war shakes markets | Banking | The Guardian
    theguardian.com/business/2026/

    #Iran #Oil #Banks #RobberBarons

  22. Big oil, and big banks. No difference.

    Big US banks rake in near $50bn profit as Iran war shakes markets | Banking | The Guardian
    theguardian.com/business/2026/

    #Iran #Oil #Banks #RobberBarons

  23. Big oil, and big banks. No difference.

    Big US banks rake in near $50bn profit as Iran war shakes markets | Banking | The Guardian
    theguardian.com/business/2026/

    #Iran #Oil #Banks #RobberBarons

  24. All of this is just a pretext,
    but also: a precedent.

    The way #progressives can weaponize this is by targeting school books for children that whitewash the #history of #slavery, #colonization, #genocide, the #RobberBarons & texts glorifying the #American #elite.

    In a common law system, all this is fair game. I just so happen to think that common law is a rickety Rube Goldberg machine.

    A Nationwide Book Ban Bill Has Been Introduced in the House of Representatives
    bookriot.com/hr7661-book-ban-l

  25. All of this is just a pretext,
    but also: a precedent.

    The way #progressives can weaponize this is by targeting school books for children that whitewash the #history of #slavery, #colonization, #genocide, the #RobberBarons & texts glorifying the #American #elite.

    In a common law system, all this is fair game. I just so happen to think that common law is a rickety Rube Goldberg machine.

    A Nationwide Book Ban Bill Has Been Introduced in the House of Representatives
    bookriot.com/hr7661-book-ban-l

  26. All of this is just a pretext,
    but also: a precedent.

    The way #progressives can weaponize this is by targeting school books for children that whitewash the #history of #slavery, #colonization, #genocide, the #RobberBarons & texts glorifying the #American #elite.

    In a common law system, all this is fair game. I just so happen to think that common law is a rickety Rube Goldberg machine.

    A Nationwide Book Ban Bill Has Been Introduced in the House of Representatives
    bookriot.com/hr7661-book-ban-l

  27. All of this is just a pretext,
    but also: a precedent.

    The way #progressives can weaponize this is by targeting school books for children that whitewash the #history of #slavery, #colonization, #genocide, the #RobberBarons & texts glorifying the #American #elite.

    In a common law system, all this is fair game. I just so happen to think that common law is a rickety Rube Goldberg machine.

    A Nationwide Book Ban Bill Has Been Introduced in the House of Representatives
    bookriot.com/hr7661-book-ban-l

  28. All of this is just a pretext,
    but also: a precedent.

    The way #progressives can weaponize this is by targeting school books for children that whitewash the #history of #slavery, #colonization, #genocide, the #RobberBarons & texts glorifying the #American #elite.

    In a common law system, all this is fair game. I just so happen to think that common law is a rickety Rube Goldberg machine.

    A Nationwide Book Ban Bill Has Been Introduced in the House of Representatives
    bookriot.com/hr7661-book-ban-l

  29. #TaxTheRich, it’s a decent start

    Posted by Bluebird | Mar 12, 2025

    "As incredible as it may seem, just a handful of #billionaire #Mainers could fund the state for years out of their own pockets and still live out their lives as multimillionaires. So when socialists say tax the rich, we mean more than raising what billionaires pay by 1% or 2%, we mean raising their taxes by 25% or 50% or more to start with. We mean we should take back the wealth they have collected by exploiting all the people who have worked for them, all the land they have stolen, and all the resources they have grabbed all around the world. In the meantime, socialists often support smaller measures whenever we feel like they are a way to raise funds to help our class, raise consciousness, and build organization.

    However, increasing taxes on the wealthy isn’t a permanent solution to the persisting problems of #capitalist society. It’s a good start, but it’s not enough.

    [...]

    "By all means tax [the wealthy] at a rate of 95%, 99%, 100%, 200%! Take back everything they have stolen from us. Truly solving the causes of social inequality cannot happen until the property of the capitalist class has been expropriated, but for the reasons explained above, simply taxing them at any rate will prove ineffective given enough time.

    "Moreover, tax increases tend to antagonize capitalists. Sooner or later, as we are seeing very clearly now in Washington, they will transform their economic might into raw political power to claw back even the small social costs that generations of #SocialMovements and trade unions have imposed on them. During such times, as grim as our prospects may seem, it becomes clearer than ever that so long as the capitalists have all the power, even the most progressive public policy can only be temporary.

    "How much longer will capitalist industry be allowed to #pollute the planet? How many more times does the economy have to crash? How many more wars will we be forced to fight on the behalf of these #RobberBarons? How many more lives will be ruined by #debts, mass #layoffs, denied insurance claims, and more? Why should we tolerate a system that exploits those whose labor keeps society functioning?"

    Read more:
    pineandroses.org/opinion/www-p
    #MaineDSA #Socialism #CapitalismMustDie

  30. #OpenAI is different. unlike #RobberBarons of yore, they didn’t #enslave masses, to pick cotton, extract oil or steel. They mined something more diffuse — every thought ever written, every photo ever shared, every line of code ever posted — and turned it into private property.

    As #Altman run OpenAI establishes its supposed #charitable arm, the question is does the money these "philanthropists" offer outweigh the permissions we give the system to keep taking?

    linkedin.com/pulse/openai-just #ArtificialIntelligence #IntellectualProperty

  31. This week, there's a rather silly explanation of the #JFK assasination being discussed. Its because some CIA representative published their "findings".

    To date, the best and most comprehensive explanation that we've seen is this one:
    invidious.snopyta.org/watch?v=

    Its a real #historyLesson that requires going back to the era of the #robberBarons, but you'll thank us later.

    #eyesWideOpen #bushCrimeFamily

  32. It's almost like nothing any billionaire does is in anyone's interest except their own...
    #BillionairePirates
    #RobberBarons

  33. “Well Doctor, what have we got a republic or a monarchy?” asked Elizabeth Willing Powel of Benjamin Franklin.
    “A republic,” replied Franklin. “If you can keep it.”

    #democracy #freedom #trump #robberbarons #oligarchy

    spawningfish.substack.com/p/th

  34. @dangillmor I have gone one stage further by never having subscribed to Prime in the first place!

    I haven't used Amazon for years on account of how they treat their employees and "sub-contractors".

    If stuff is cheap is cheap then it means that people in the supply chain are earning (much) less than you are

    #robberbarons #capitalists #antifa #AmazonPrimeDay

  35. “As staffing decreased, there were an additional seven deaths per 10,000 visits after PE acquisition compared to control hospitals. At hospitals that had not been acquired by a PE firm, deaths in the emergency department declined over time.”
    #RobberBarons
    angrybearblog.com/2025/09/priv

  36. @mainframed767 The point being, this isn't a #GPL problem, nor is it an #AI issue, it's a way more fundamental issue; the various license flavours matter only in the degree of damage done.

    The #commons doesn't exist to be plundered by #RobberBarons.

    It's not even there for all of us equally, that is a common mistake (pun intended without apologies).

    It exists to improve *everybody's* life.

    Those last two points may seem to say the same thing, but there's a subtle yet important difference.

  37. @mcnado it's been clear to me from the beginning of the second term that the president's primary intent is to ransack the government to enrich himself and his friends with taxpayer money. The tax cuts for the rich may be the most obvious move in that direction. But make no mistake that this administration will take every opportunity to siphon public funds into their own pockets.

    The Republicans' financial responsibility reputation is a damned lie.

    #robberbarons

  38. With reference to … This Is How Meta AI Staffers Deemed More Than 7 Million Books to Have No “Economic Value” vanityfair.com/news/story/meta (via wandering.shop/@jwilker/114353):

    "Robber baron" is a pejorative term used to describe powerful and wealthy American industrialists and financiers during the late 19th century, an era often referred to as the Gilded Age. The term implies social criticism, suggesting these businessmen were unethical, unscrupulous, or ruthless in their practices.

    They were accused of amassing their fortunes through exploitative methods, such as monopolizing large industries (often by forming trusts), restricting output to raise prices, exploiting workers through practices like wage slavery, engaging in unethical business dealings, squashing competition, and influencing government officials. The term combines the idea of criminal behavior ("robber") with illegitimate aristocracy ("baron").

    Some prominent figures commonly labeled as robber barons include John D. #Rockefeller, Andrew #Carnegie, Cornelius #Vanderbilt, J.P. #Morgan, and Leland #Stanford, among others.

    britannica.com/money/robber-ba

    #meta #robberbarons #zuck #fuckzuck #ai

  39. Some scenes from the #AugustaME #HandsOff rally (not my images -- from the Kennebec Journal)

    by Hannah Kaufman, Kennebec Journal

    AUGUSTA — "By about 2:20 p.m., the protest in Augusta had effectively ended, but for a smaller group, the march continued, with some making their third and fourth laps around the block.
    Organizers had intended the march to take place on the sidewalk, but the width of Capitol Street was filled with a throng of protesters shortly before 2 p.m.

    "Vivian Myers-Jones, a protester from New Brunswick, Canada, said an organizer estimated 3,000 people were at the protest during its peak.

    "Several students from Bates College in Lewiston said they came to Augusta to protest in support of #Palestine. One student, Dylan, said action on the Israel-Hamas war is overdue.

    "'We’ve been seeing a genocide unfolding before our eyes for years now, and it’s overdue that people are doing something,' he said. 'We’ve been trying to make change, and I think some people are being shocked into action now, which is good to see.'

    "Another student, Robert, said it’s important to exercise the right to protest.
    'We’re fighting to continue fighting — about Palestine, about everything that’s going on in this country,' he said.
    It’s important that we come together now.'"

    Original article:
    pressherald.com/2025/04/05/liv

    Archived version:
    archive.md/k03Q5#selection-201
    #MaineResists #HandsOff2025 #April5th #BadDOGE #EatElon #FreePalestine #HandsOffOurRights #NoDOGE #FASCISTS #NoTaxBreaksForTheRich #RobberBarons #DeportOligarchs #ImpeachImperialImbeciles

  40. Read Aldous Huxley, complete essays, volume IV, 1936-1938 and understand what happens to this world (again) going to war because of robber barons' capitalism combined with fascism and eugenics theories.

    goodreads.com/book/show/30569.

    #huxley #war #robberbarons #eugenics #fascism

  41. Middle #Tennessee State University and the (checks notes) conservative activism network formed by defeated #Wisconsin governor #ScottWalker , ‘Young America’s Foundation’ (#YAF 😂), are presenting a Distinguished Lecture on “The Myth of the #RobberBarons.” #Histodons

    The ‘Distinguished Lecturer’ is from #HillsdaleCollege. 🤔 #ContradictionInTerms

    Strange how this #PublicLecture will be at 9:40 am on a Thursday! 🤷🏻‍♂️

  42. Middle #Tennessee State University and the (checks notes) conservative activism network formed by defeated #Wisconsin governor #ScottWalker , ‘Young America’s Foundation’ (#YAF 😂), are presenting a Distinguished Lecture on “The Myth of the #RobberBarons.” #Histodons

    The ‘Distinguished Lecturer’ is from #HillsdaleCollege. 🤔 #ContradictionInTerms

    Strange how this #PublicLecture will be at 9:40 am on a Thursday! 🤷🏻‍♂️

  43. Middle #Tennessee State University and the (checks notes) conservative activism network formed by defeated #Wisconsin governor #ScottWalker , ‘Young America’s Foundation’ (#YAF 😂), are presenting a Distinguished Lecture on “The Myth of the #RobberBarons.” #Histodons

    The ‘Distinguished Lecturer’ is from #HillsdaleCollege. 🤔 #ContradictionInTerms

    Strange how this #PublicLecture will be at 9:40 am on a Thursday! 🤷🏻‍♂️

  44. Middle #Tennessee State University and the (checks notes) conservative activism network formed by defeated #Wisconsin governor #ScottWalker , ‘Young America’s Foundation’ (#YAF 😂), are presenting a Distinguished Lecture on “The Myth of the #RobberBarons.” #Histodons

    The ‘Distinguished Lecturer’ is from #HillsdaleCollege. 🤔 #ContradictionInTerms

    Strange how this #PublicLecture will be at 9:40 am on a Thursday! 🤷🏻‍♂️

  45. Middle #Tennessee State University and the (checks notes) conservative activism network formed by defeated #Wisconsin governor #ScottWalker , ‘Young America’s Foundation’ (#YAF 😂), are presenting a Distinguished Lecture on “The Myth of the #RobberBarons.” #Histodons

    The ‘Distinguished Lecturer’ is from #HillsdaleCollege. 🤔 #ContradictionInTerms

    Strange how this #PublicLecture will be at 9:40 am on a Thursday! 🤷🏻‍♂️

  46. Some scenes from the #AugustaME #HandsOff rally (not my images -- from the Kennebec Journal)

    by Hannah Kaufman, Kennebec Journal

    AUGUSTA — "By about 2:20 p.m., the protest in Augusta had effectively ended, but for a smaller group, the march continued, with some making their third and fourth laps around the block.
    Organizers had intended the march to take place on the sidewalk, but the width of Capitol Street was filled with a throng of protesters shortly before 2 p.m.

    "Vivian Myers-Jones, a protester from New Brunswick, Canada, said an organizer estimated 3,000 people were at the protest during its peak.

    "Several students from Bates College in Lewiston said they came to Augusta to protest in support of #Palestine. One student, Dylan, said action on the Israel-Hamas war is overdue.

    "'We’ve been seeing a genocide unfolding before our eyes for years now, and it’s overdue that people are doing something,' he said. 'We’ve been trying to make change, and I think some people are being shocked into action now, which is good to see.'

    "Another student, Robert, said it’s important to exercise the right to protest.
    'We’re fighting to continue fighting — about Palestine, about everything that’s going on in this country,' he said.
    It’s important that we come together now.'"

    Original article:
    pressherald.com/2025/04/05/liv

    Archived version:
    archive.md/k03Q5#selection-201
    #MaineResists #HandsOff2025 #April5th #BadDOGE #EatElon #FreePalestine #HandsOffOurRights #NoDOGE #FASCISTS #NoTaxBreaksForTheRich #RobberBarons #DeportOligarchs #ImpeachImperialImbeciles

  47. Some scenes from the #AugustaME #HandsOff rally (not my images -- from the Kennebec Journal)

    by Hannah Kaufman, Kennebec Journal

    AUGUSTA — "By about 2:20 p.m., the protest in Augusta had effectively ended, but for a smaller group, the march continued, with some making their third and fourth laps around the block.
    Organizers had intended the march to take place on the sidewalk, but the width of Capitol Street was filled with a throng of protesters shortly before 2 p.m.

    "Vivian Myers-Jones, a protester from New Brunswick, Canada, said an organizer estimated 3,000 people were at the protest during its peak.

    "Several students from Bates College in Lewiston said they came to Augusta to protest in support of #Palestine. One student, Dylan, said action on the Israel-Hamas war is overdue.

    "'We’ve been seeing a genocide unfolding before our eyes for years now, and it’s overdue that people are doing something,' he said. 'We’ve been trying to make change, and I think some people are being shocked into action now, which is good to see.'

    "Another student, Robert, said it’s important to exercise the right to protest.
    'We’re fighting to continue fighting — about Palestine, about everything that’s going on in this country,' he said.
    It’s important that we come together now.'"

    Original article:
    pressherald.com/2025/04/05/liv

    Archived version:
    archive.md/k03Q5#selection-201
    #MaineResists #HandsOff2025 #April5th #BadDOGE #EatElon #FreePalestine #HandsOffOurRights #NoDOGE #FASCISTS #NoTaxBreaksForTheRich #RobberBarons #DeportOligarchs #ImpeachImperialImbeciles