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A quotation from Kerry Greenwood
The upper classes lived well in the good old days. Except, of course, for the famines, the pirates, the bandits, the plagues, the shortness of life and the imminence of ever present death. And no medical treatment, no antiseptic childbirth, no hot baths, no coffee, no chocolate and no tobacco. The last four decided her on the advantages of the twentieth century.
Kerry Greenwood (b. 1954) Australian author and lawyer
Phryne Fisher, Book 16, Murder in the Dark, ch. 16 (2006)More about this quote: wist.info/greenwood-kerry/8521…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #kerrygreenwood #phrynefisher #missfisher #medicalcare #modernworld #mortality #nostalgia #past #perspective #present #progress #science #upperclass #wealth
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A quotation from Kerry Greenwood
The upper classes lived well in the good old days. Except, of course, for the famines, the pirates, the bandits, the plagues, the shortness of life and the imminence of ever present death. And no medical treatment, no antiseptic childbirth, no hot baths, no coffee, no chocolate and no tobacco. The last four decided her on the advantages of the twentieth century.
Kerry Greenwood (b. 1954) Australian author and lawyer
Phryne Fisher, Book 16, Murder in the Dark, ch. 16 (2006)More about this quote: wist.info/greenwood-kerry/8521…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #kerrygreenwood #phrynefisher #missfisher #medicalcare #modernworld #mortality #nostalgia #past #perspective #present #progress #science #upperclass #wealth
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‘BURNHAM PLOTS HOMES TAX RAID ON MIDDLE CLASS’ headline of today’s The MAIL. Should read
BURHAM TOLD TO TAX THE MIDDLE CLASS BY THE UPPER CLASS.Watch out for Farage’s fascist cult bias Media time; already they politicised Widdecombe’s murder and the false flag of a 12 point poll Binface lead?
Will the U.K. public be suckered by a soleless grifter as easily as the U.S. one was by its fascist gangster class; can the fascist class ever be defeated? #TroubleAhead #ukpol #uspol #middleclass #upperclass #workingclass #interestsclass #fascistclass #politicalphilosophy #philosophy #dialectic #mobrule #freedom
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‘BURNHAM PLOTS HOMES TAX RAID ON MIDDLE CLASS’ headline of today’s The MAIL. Should read
BURHAM TOLD TO TAX THE MIDDLE CLASS BY THE UPPER CLASS.Watch out for Farage’s fascist cult bias Media time; already they politicised Widdecombe’s murder and the false flag of a 12 point poll Binface lead?
Will the U.K. public be suckered by a soleless grifter as easily as the U.S. one was by its fascist gangster class; can the fascist class ever be defeated? #TroubleAhead #ukpol #uspol #middleclass #upperclass #workingclass #interestsclass #fascistclass #politicalphilosophy #philosophy #dialectic #mobrule #freedom
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But what puzzles and disgusts the Utopians even more is the idiotic way some people have of practically worshipping a rich man, not because they owe him money or are otherwise in his power, but simply because he’s rich — although they know perfectly well that he’s far too mean to let a single penny come their way, so long as he’s alive to stop it.
[Caeterum multo magis eorum mirantur, ac detestantur insaniam qui diuitibus illis, quibus neque debent quicquam, neque sunt obnoxij, nullo alio respectu, quam quod diuites sunt, honores tantum non diuinos impendunt, idque cum eos tam sordidos atque auaros cognoscunt, ut habeant certo certius ex tanto nummorum cumulo, uiuentibus illis ne unum quidem nummulum unquam ad se uenturum.]Thomas More (1478-1535) English lawyer, social philosopher, statesman, humanist, Christian martyr
Utopia, Book 2, ch. 6 “Of the Travelling of the Utopians” (1518 ed.) [tr. Turner (1965)]More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/more-thomas/84877/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #thomasmore #utopia #avarice #celebrity #greed #kowtowing #money #possessiveness #truckling #upperclass #wealth #wealthy #worship #rich #onepercent
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But what puzzles and disgusts the Utopians even more is the idiotic way some people have of practically worshipping a rich man, not because they owe him money or are otherwise in his power, but simply because he’s rich — although they know perfectly well that he’s far too mean to let a single penny come their way, so long as he’s alive to stop it.
[Caeterum multo magis eorum mirantur, ac detestantur insaniam qui diuitibus illis, quibus neque debent quicquam, neque sunt obnoxij, nullo alio respectu, quam quod diuites sunt, honores tantum non diuinos impendunt, idque cum eos tam sordidos atque auaros cognoscunt, ut habeant certo certius ex tanto nummorum cumulo, uiuentibus illis ne unum quidem nummulum unquam ad se uenturum.]Thomas More (1478-1535) English lawyer, social philosopher, statesman, humanist, Christian martyr
Utopia, Book 2, ch. 6 “Of the Travelling of the Utopians” (1518 ed.) [tr. Turner (1965)]More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/more-thomas/84877/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #thomasmore #utopia #avarice #celebrity #greed #kowtowing #money #possessiveness #truckling #upperclass #wealth #wealthy #worship #rich #onepercent
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Your “ἄρiςτοi” [aristocrats] are the most difficult Animals to manage, of any thing in the whole Theory and practice of Government. They will not Suffer themselves to be governed. They not only exert all their own Subtilty Industry and courage, but they employ the Commonalty, to knock to pieces every Plan and Model that the most honest Architects in Legislation can invent to keep them within bounds.
John Adams (1735–1826) American lawyer, Founding Father, statesman, US President (1797–1801)
Letter (1813-07-09) to Thomas JeffersonMore about this quote: wist.info/adams-john/84725/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #johnadams #aristocracy #aristocrat #classwarfare #government #lobbying #politicalinfluence #politicaltheory #politics #power #propaganda #ruleoflaw #upperclass
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Your “ἄρiςτοi” [aristocrats] are the most difficult Animals to manage, of any thing in the whole Theory and practice of Government. They will not Suffer themselves to be governed. They not only exert all their own Subtilty Industry and courage, but they employ the Commonalty, to knock to pieces every Plan and Model that the most honest Architects in Legislation can invent to keep them within bounds.
John Adams (1735–1826) American lawyer, Founding Father, statesman, US President (1797–1801)
Letter (1813-07-09) to Thomas JeffersonMore about this quote: wist.info/adams-john/84725/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #johnadams #aristocracy #aristocrat #classwarfare #government #lobbying #politicalinfluence #politicaltheory #politics #power #propaganda #ruleoflaw #upperclass
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Woman in a hammock being carried by two men, Madeira, Portugal, ~1890
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Woman in a hammock being carried by two men, Madeira, Portugal, ~1890
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Official's horse-drawn cart, Qing-dynasty China, 1875
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Official's horse-drawn cart, Qing-dynasty China, 1875
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Classy cafe in Copenhagen, Denmark, 1907
https://piefed.social/c/historyphotos/p/2090861/classy-cafe-in-copenhagen-denmark-1907
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Classy cafe in Copenhagen, Denmark, 1907
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Jewish wife of a Kurdish chieftain, Iran, 1890
https://piefed.social/c/historyphotos/p/2004755/jewish-wife-of-a-kurdish-chieftain-iran-1890
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Jewish wife of a Kurdish chieftain, Iran, 1890
https://piefed.social/c/historyphotos/p/2004755/jewish-wife-of-a-kurdish-chieftain-iran-1890
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Some 'results' of the 10-day hunting expedition of King George V of the British Empire, Nepal, 1911
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"An African Princess Arrives For School", photograph by Eve Arnold; London, UK, 1964
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"An African Princess Arrives For School", photograph by Eve Arnold; London, UK, 1964
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Venetian nobility going out for the day, 16th century AD
https://piefed.social/c/historyart/p/1916614/venetian-nobility-going-out-for-the-day-16th-century-ad
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Venetian nobility going out for the day, 16th century AD
https://piefed.social/c/historyart/p/1916614/venetian-nobility-going-out-for-the-day-16th-century-ad
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Reconstruction of a Xiongnu chieftain's attire, Mongolia, 1st century AD
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Reconstruction of a Xiongnu chieftain's attire, Mongolia, 1st century AD
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Wealthy industrialists (and goat) in Telemark, Norway, 1907
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Family of wealthy industrialist Christoph Friedrich Fanck at the beach, Germany, ~1900
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Family (complete with dogs) of wealthy industrialist Christoph Friedrich Fanck, Germany, 1898
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D3@d billionaires don't r@p3 kids! 3x3cut10n is the solution! The #UpperClass is the #EpsteinClass #NoWar but #ClassWar #AntiFascism is #AntiCapitalist
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D3@d billionaires don't r@p3 kids! 3x3cut10n is the solution! The #UpperClass is the #EpsteinClass #NoWar but #ClassWar #AntiFascism is #AntiCapitalist
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Nothing incites to money-crimes like great poverty or great wealth.
Mark Twain (1835-1910) American writer [pseud. of Samuel Clemens]
Quoted in Merle Johnson, ed., More Maxims of Mark (1927)More about this quote: wist.info/twain-mark/73628/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #marktwain #corruption #crime #lowerclass #money #poverty #property #theft #upperclass #wealth #greed #need
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Nothing incites to money-crimes like great poverty or great wealth.
Mark Twain (1835-1910) American writer [pseud. of Samuel Clemens]
Quoted in Merle Johnson, ed., More Maxims of Mark (1927)More about this quote: wist.info/twain-mark/73628/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #marktwain #corruption #crime #lowerclass #money #poverty #property #theft #upperclass #wealth #greed #need
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A quotation from George Orwell
One ought not to pay any attention to Hitler’s recent line of talk about being the friend of the poor man, the enemy of plutocracy, etc etc. Hitler’s real self is in Mein Kampf, and in his actions. He has never persecuted the rich, except when they were Jews or when they tried actively to oppose him. He stands for a centralised economy which robs the capitalist of most of his power but leaves the structure of society much as before. The State controls industry, but there are still rich and poor, masters and men. Therefore, as against genuine Socialism, the moneyed class have always been on his side. This was crystal clear at the time of the Spanish civil war, and clear again at the time when France surrendered. Hitler’s puppet government are not working men, but a gang of bankers, gaga generals and corrupt right-wing politicians.
George Orwell (1903-1950) English journalist, essayist, writer [pseud. of Eric Arthur Blair]
Essay (1941-02-19), “The Lion and the Unicorn: Socialism and the English Genius,” Part 2 “Shopkeepers at War,” sec. 3, The Searchlight Books [ed. Fyvel and Orwell]More about this quote: wist.info/orwell-george/81894/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #orwell #georgeorwell #autocracy #classwarfare #economicinjustice #economicsystem #nationalsocialism #Nazi #plutocracy #rulingclass #socialism #upperclass
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A quotation from George Orwell
One ought not to pay any attention to Hitler’s recent line of talk about being the friend of the poor man, the enemy of plutocracy, etc etc. Hitler’s real self is in Mein Kampf, and in his actions. He has never persecuted the rich, except when they were Jews or when they tried actively to oppose him. He stands for a centralised economy which robs the capitalist of most of his power but leaves the structure of society much as before. The State controls industry, but there are still rich and poor, masters and men. Therefore, as against genuine Socialism, the moneyed class have always been on his side. This was crystal clear at the time of the Spanish civil war, and clear again at the time when France surrendered. Hitler’s puppet government are not working men, but a gang of bankers, gaga generals and corrupt right-wing politicians.
George Orwell (1903-1950) English journalist, essayist, writer [pseud. of Eric Arthur Blair]
Essay (1941-02-19), “The Lion and the Unicorn: Socialism and the English Genius,” Part 2 “Shopkeepers at War,” sec. 3, The Searchlight Books [ed. Fyvel and Orwell]More about this quote: wist.info/orwell-george/81894/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #orwell #georgeorwell #autocracy #classwarfare #economicinjustice #economicsystem #nationalsocialism #Nazi #plutocracy #rulingclass #socialism #upperclass
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I am seeking people who enjoy #HighCulture i.e. #reading #ClassicLiterature , #elocution , #writing , and #dressing well, good #food and #wine , #DinnerParties , the #UpperClass and #UpperMiddle Class , #ClassicalMusic , #poetry , #opera , #theatre, #museums , #history, #ClassicArt, #antiques , #travelling , #humour , #OldTimeRadio , etc. Also, please #NoPolitics .
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#HK teen’s award-winning #AI #app ignites debate over #academic #integrity, social #inequality
🧐"refer'd to te teen as “a typical pretty #privileged #liar fr te #upperclass”.. Jemaa, co-founder of US firm AI Health Studio, released stmt tt his team was paid by te teen’s mother in 2024 to build te software & they weren't told it wld be submitted to competitions.. His #disclosure aimed to “set te record straight” as #MediSafe’s wins at int'l contests were “unfair” he added"
https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/hk-teens-award-winning-ai-app-ignites-debate-over-academic-integrity-social-inequality -
Many speak the truth, when they say that they despise riches and preferment, but they mean the riches and preferment possessed by other men.
Charles Caleb "C. C." Colton (1780-1832) English cleric, writer, aphorist
Lacon: Or, Many Things in Few Words, Vol. 1, § 371 (1820)Sourcing, notes: wist.info/colton-charles-caleb…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #cccolton #hypocrisy #classwarfare #envy #jealousy #rank #riches #upperclass #wealth
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" ... and looked over my Lord's lodgings; and Whitehall garden and the Bowling-ally, where lords and ladies are now at bowles ..."
You are at the centre, Sam. High up in the King's administration, at home in Whitehall, now looking at the private amusements of the upper class.
These vignettes have so much cinematic poetry in them.
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" ... and looked over my Lord's lodgings; and Whitehall garden and the Bowling-ally, where lords and ladies are now at bowles ..."
You are at the centre, Sam. High up in the King's administration, at home in Whitehall, now looking at the private amusements of the upper class.
These vignettes have so much cinematic poetry in them.
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#Disruption wie sie #Trump #Musk und andere rechte milliardenschwere Kleptomanen und Soziopathen betreiben, zeigt die ganze Verachtung der #Upperclass gegenüber Mittel- und Unterschicht demokratischer Gesellschaften. Die Kopulation zwischen #Kapitalismus, radikalisiertem #Konservatismus und #Faschismus
Deshalb:
#AlleZusammenGegenDenFaschismus
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#Disruption wie sie #Trump #Musk und andere rechte milliardenschwere Kleptomanen und Soziopathen betreiben, zeigt die ganze Verachtung der #Upperclass gegenüber Mittel- und Unterschicht demokratischer Gesellschaften. Die Kopulation zwischen #Kapitalismus, radikalisiertem #Konservatismus und #Faschismus
Deshalb:
#AlleZusammenGegenDenFaschismus
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It is true, there has been among us a party for some years, consisting chiefly not of the descendants of the first settlers of this country but of high churchmen and high statesmen, imported since, who affect to censure this provision for the education of our youth as a needless expence, and an imposition upon the rich in favour of the poor — and as an institution productive of idleness and vain speculation among the people, whose time and attention it is said ought to be devoted to labour, and not to public affairs or to examination into the conduct of their superiours. And certain officers of the crown, and certain other missionaries of ignorance, foppery, servility and slavery, have been most inclined to countenance and increase the same party.
John Adams (1735-1826) American lawyer, Founding Father, statesman, US President (1797-1801)
Essay (1765-09-30), “A Dissertation on the Canon and the Feudal Law,” No. 3, Boston GazetteSourcing, notes: wist.info/adams-john/75024/
#quote #quotes #quotation #classwarfare #education #powerful #publiceducation #upperclass
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As Goes #MiddleAmerica , So Goes #SanFrancisco ... 2024 #Voters Cast Their Rejection Of #WorkingClass Warrior Achievers & Crave Cuckolding By #UpperClass Controllers...
Like #DJT, A #MultiMillionaire #RichKid Heir Who Inherited Daddy's Wealth But Craved #PoliticalPower Becomes Mayor Of Former #LeftCoast Outpost
White Male #PacificHeights Scion Daniel Lurie , Whose Father Inherited Levi's Clothing Empire & Once Owned Local #MLB Team, Takes Mayoral Throne From A Black Female #Mayor Raised In #PublicHousing
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As Goes #MiddleAmerica , So Goes #SanFrancisco ... 2024 #Voters Cast Their Rejection Of #WorkingClass Warrior Achievers & Crave Cuckolding By #UpperClass Controllers...
Like #DJT, A #MultiMillionaire #RichKid Heir Who Inherited Daddy's Wealth But Craved #PoliticalPower Becomes Mayor Of Former #LeftCoast Outpost
White Male #PacificHeights Scion Daniel Lurie , Whose Father Inherited Levi's Clothing Empire & Once Owned Local #MLB Team, Takes Mayoral Throne From A Black Female #Mayor Raised In #PublicHousing
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We need to talk about the classism of #Moderate #liberals.
Oh, the moderate liberal. There is a profound lack of empathy amongst what we would call the mainstream of the #DemocraticParty.
So, here's the thing. You want everyone to have an #EV. Well, an #ElectricVehicle requires charging. That pretty much requires a garage.
What about #solar? Well, if you are renting, you can't install solar panels. Nor does the #landlord have any incentives to ever install them.
Banning #plastic bags? A tax on poor people who traditionally got multiple uses out of every single plastic grocery bag.
Time and time again you see the #Democratic party, often along with #MiddleClass and #UpperClass #leftists and #progressives argue in favor of policies without a hint of empathy for the lived day to day reality of people who are #poor, #InnerCity or #rural.
Can you really be surprised that #Newsom decided to attack #homeless encampments? In his worldview, homelessness is a defect of the system, not an inherent product of it.
Fewer roads, fewer cars. Sure, but it sounds frightening when you have to drive to a dockyard that's two miles from a transit station.
The reason that a lot of #poor people in the US view the #Democrats as traitors is because they have traditionally _been_ class traitors.
The loudest progressive voices are usually the most privileged voices. So, they just sound like more class traitors without a moment of reflection on the actual lives of actual working people.
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We need to talk about the classism of #Moderate #liberals.
Oh, the moderate liberal. There is a profound lack of empathy amongst what we would call the mainstream of the #DemocraticParty.
So, here's the thing. You want everyone to have an #EV. Well, an #ElectricVehicle requires charging. That pretty much requires a garage.
What about #solar? Well, if you are renting, you can't install solar panels. Nor does the #landlord have any incentives to ever install them.
Banning #plastic bags? A tax on poor people who traditionally got multiple uses out of every single plastic grocery bag.
Time and time again you see the #Democratic party, often along with #MiddleClass and #UpperClass #leftists and #progressives argue in favor of policies without a hint of empathy for the lived day to day reality of people who are #poor, #InnerCity or #rural.
Can you really be surprised that #Newsom decided to attack #homeless encampments? In his worldview, homelessness is a defect of the system, not an inherent product of it.
Fewer roads, fewer cars. Sure, but it sounds frightening when you have to drive to a dockyard that's two miles from a transit station.
The reason that a lot of #poor people in the US view the #Democrats as traitors is because they have traditionally _been_ class traitors.
The loudest progressive voices are usually the most privileged voices. So, they just sound like more class traitors without a moment of reflection on the actual lives of actual working people.
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🎩 The discreet charm of the bourgeoisie 🧠
Exploring the subtle allure of the upper class & their refined tastes. 🍷🍴
A witty, satirical look at the bourgeois lifestyle. 🏰🚗
#TheBourgeoisie #DiscreetCharm #SocialCommentary #Satire #UpperClass #Bourgeois #Bourgeoisie🍅 :https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_discreet_charm_of_the_bourgeoisie
⭐ :https://libremdb.iket.me/title/tt0068361
🍿 :https://invidious.protokolla.fi/watch?v=T7XNFYdQ8S8
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🎩 The discreet charm of the bourgeoisie 🧠
Exploring the subtle allure of the upper class & their refined tastes. 🍷🍴
A witty, satirical look at the bourgeois lifestyle. 🏰🚗
#TheBourgeoisie #DiscreetCharm #SocialCommentary #Satire #UpperClass #Bourgeois #Bourgeoisie🍅 :https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_discreet_charm_of_the_bourgeoisie
⭐ :https://libremdb.iket.me/title/tt0068361
🍿 :https://invidious.protokolla.fi/watch?v=T7XNFYdQ8S8
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#MEWF: #Minority #Excluding #White #Feminists.
A typical #white #feminist (especially if they are in the #upperclass) will know little about the #challenges faced by #womenofcolor (and #women of lower #economic #classes).
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Feminism #Inclusion #Exclusion #Race #Racism #BlackMastodon
https://aphilosopher.drmcl.com/2024/04/09/mewf-minority-excluding-white-feminist/
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@danneau
The #Oligarchy, the #Wealthy, the #Elite, the #Aristocracy, the #UpperClass, #BigOil, #BigTech, #BigBusiness rules are: "Leave nothing on the table for the #Worker / #CommonPerson. Play the game to enrich said #Oligarchy and make all government rules in favour of said elite listed above. Would the #Oligarchy object to #Slavery and/or #Serfdom? NO - they would not! Slavery and Serfdom is alive and well in the 21st Century. The #Game is absolutely, totally rigged against the #worker. -
The Big Con:
How the Consulting Industry Weakens our Businesses, Infantilizes our Governments and Warps our Economies. Mazzucato, Mariana; Collington, Rose, eds. (2023).
https://marianamazzucato.com/books/the-big-con
#book #Mazzucato #big4 #ConsultingIndustry #State #capacity #tax #outsource #governance #accountability #PublicService #KnowHow #knowledge #dependencyAustralia and the Big 4
How the big four accounting firms infiltrated governments, earning more than $10b over a decade while taxpayers are in the dark
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-07-17/pwc-ey-kpmg-deloitte-government-10-billion/102602370Butler to the World:
How Britain Became the Servant of Tycoons, Tax Dodgers, Kleptocrats and Criminals, Oliver Bullough. 2022
https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250281920/butlertotheworldTracking how the super rich are changing the world for the rest of us, Oliver Bullough.
https://www.codastory.com/newsletters/oligarchs/
#Britain #UpperClass #crime #AntisocialBehaviour #Tycoons #TaxDodgers #Kleptocrats #Criminals -
Really struck by this description of #Boris Johnson by Anthony Seldon from his new book on Johnson's time as UK Prime Minister:
Johnson, Seldon says, had "contempt for the Tory party, contempt for the cabinet, contempt for the civil service, contempt for the EU, contempt for the army, contempt for business, contempt for intellectuals, contempt for universities.”Classic #UpperClass breeding!!
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/apr/30/anthony-seldon-boris-johnson-at-10-biography-interview
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Ever seen the "'We're So Blessed' starter pack" meme? If you have the faintest interest in modern-day privileged white Southerners, you should, because it's just too good.
Read my take on it at my #blog: https://www.adamasnemesis.com/2023/02/17/on-the-were-so-blessed-starter-pack/
#society #family #class #upperclass #demography #economics #culture #geography #religion #politics #life #lifestyle
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@kbensimon the trials and tribs the mostly born rich & corrupt US #UpperClass go through.
They have so much unearned wealth & power to lose, so they stress out to a different degree than people working check to check, struggling to feed families and make ends meet.
Poor #GeorgeWBush #HankPaulson #GoldmanSachs #BankOfAmerica before #Congress #TARP bailed out the #TooBigToJail Banksters who pump n dumped the global economy in 2008
#CommercialRealEstate #CorporateWelfare #AI will sink them
