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  1. @[email protected]

    One of the biggest problems with "mixed systems" is when they allow private wealth to steal public wealth. Private wealth is a threat to the public, because it's power, so if a few people amass more power than the rest, that destroys democracy and lessens the power of certain people in society.

    One of the fixes is to democratize businesses. You could also disallow profits and require fair wages for all businesses. There are absolutely problems with top-down planned economic models, and the solution is always more democracy, because the system should always be working to meet the needs of the people, and not the other way around. That's how you get freedom, is when a government is barred from preventing freedom, and much better when it's not adversarial and is actively working to meet everyone's needs as it should as that is the entire point of government, to serve the public.


    #democracy #law #capitalism #socialism #oligarchy #rich #poor #wealthinequality
  2. @wweek @news-wweek Sad that the people who believe in and use public institutions, don't have the wealth to support them. And those who have that wealth, prefer to build their own private pools and gardens.

    #WealthInequality #DissolutionofPublicAssets

  3. @wweek @news-wweek Sad that the people who believe in and use public institutions, don't have the wealth to support them. And those who have that wealth, prefer to build their own private pools and gardens.

    #WealthInequality #DissolutionofPublicAssets

  4. @wweek @news-wweek Sad that the people who believe in and use public institutions, don't have the wealth to support them. And those who have that wealth, prefer to build their own private pools and gardens.

    #WealthInequality #DissolutionofPublicAssets

  5. @wweek @news-wweek Sad that the people who believe in and use public institutions, don't have the wealth to support them. And those who have that wealth, prefer to build their own private pools and gardens.

    #WealthInequality #DissolutionofPublicAssets

  6. @wweek @news-wweek Sad that the people who believe in and use public institutions, don't have the wealth to support them. And those who have that wealth, prefer to build their own private pools and gardens.

    #WealthInequality #DissolutionofPublicAssets

  7. I don't like to post video links, but this update to an award-winning 2013 chart video on wealth inequality has been updated for 2026, with even better visualization than the original.

    flowingdata.com/2026/09/11/wea

    #wealthinequality #visualization

  8. I don't like to post video links, but this update to an award-winning 2013 chart video on wealth inequality has been updated for 2026, with even better visualization than the original.

    flowingdata.com/2026/09/11/wea

    #wealthinequality #visualization

  9. I don't like to post video links, but this update to an award-winning 2013 chart video on wealth inequality has been updated for 2026, with even better visualization than the original.

    flowingdata.com/2026/09/11/wea

    #wealthinequality #visualization

  10. How Federal Disaster Money Favors The Rich

    By Rebecca Hersher, Robert Benincasa
    March 5, 2019

    "Disasters are becoming more common in America. In the early and mid-20th century, fewer than 20 percent of U.S. counties experienced a disaster each year. Today, it's about 50 percent. According to the 2018 National Climate Assessment, climate change is already driving more severe droughts, floods and wildfires in the U.S. And those disasters are expensive. The federal government spends billions of dollars annually helping communities rebuild and prevent future damage. But an NPR investigation has found that across the country, white Americans and those with more wealth often receive more federal dollars after a disaster than do minorities and those with less wealth. Federal aid isn't necessarily allocated to those who need it most; it's allocated according to cost-benefit calculations meant to minimize taxpayer risk.

    "Put another way, after a disaster, rich people get richer and poor people get poorer. And federal disaster spending appears to exacerbate that wealth inequality."

    Read more:
    npr.org/2019/03/05/688786177/h

    #WealthInequality #USPol #FEMA #CoastalCommunities #DisasterAssistance #GovernmentFail #Oligarchy #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis

  11. How Federal Disaster Money Favors The Rich

    By Rebecca Hersher, Robert Benincasa
    March 5, 2019

    "Disasters are becoming more common in America. In the early and mid-20th century, fewer than 20 percent of U.S. counties experienced a disaster each year. Today, it's about 50 percent. According to the 2018 National Climate Assessment, climate change is already driving more severe droughts, floods and wildfires in the U.S. And those disasters are expensive. The federal government spends billions of dollars annually helping communities rebuild and prevent future damage. But an NPR investigation has found that across the country, white Americans and those with more wealth often receive more federal dollars after a disaster than do minorities and those with less wealth. Federal aid isn't necessarily allocated to those who need it most; it's allocated according to cost-benefit calculations meant to minimize taxpayer risk.

    "Put another way, after a disaster, rich people get richer and poor people get poorer. And federal disaster spending appears to exacerbate that wealth inequality."

    Read more:
    npr.org/2019/03/05/688786177/h

    #WealthInequality #USPol #FEMA #CoastalCommunities #DisasterAssistance #GovernmentFail #Oligarchy #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis

  12. How Federal Disaster Money Favors The Rich

    By Rebecca Hersher, Robert Benincasa
    March 5, 2019

    "Disasters are becoming more common in America. In the early and mid-20th century, fewer than 20 percent of U.S. counties experienced a disaster each year. Today, it's about 50 percent. According to the 2018 National Climate Assessment, climate change is already driving more severe droughts, floods and wildfires in the U.S. And those disasters are expensive. The federal government spends billions of dollars annually helping communities rebuild and prevent future damage. But an NPR investigation has found that across the country, white Americans and those with more wealth often receive more federal dollars after a disaster than do minorities and those with less wealth. Federal aid isn't necessarily allocated to those who need it most; it's allocated according to cost-benefit calculations meant to minimize taxpayer risk.

    "Put another way, after a disaster, rich people get richer and poor people get poorer. And federal disaster spending appears to exacerbate that wealth inequality."

    Read more:
    npr.org/2019/03/05/688786177/h

    #WealthInequality #USPol #FEMA #CoastalCommunities #DisasterAssistance #GovernmentFail #Oligarchy #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis

  13. How Federal Disaster Money Favors The Rich

    By Rebecca Hersher, Robert Benincasa
    March 5, 2019

    "Disasters are becoming more common in America. In the early and mid-20th century, fewer than 20 percent of U.S. counties experienced a disaster each year. Today, it's about 50 percent. According to the 2018 National Climate Assessment, climate change is already driving more severe droughts, floods and wildfires in the U.S. And those disasters are expensive. The federal government spends billions of dollars annually helping communities rebuild and prevent future damage. But an NPR investigation has found that across the country, white Americans and those with more wealth often receive more federal dollars after a disaster than do minorities and those with less wealth. Federal aid isn't necessarily allocated to those who need it most; it's allocated according to cost-benefit calculations meant to minimize taxpayer risk.

    "Put another way, after a disaster, rich people get richer and poor people get poorer. And federal disaster spending appears to exacerbate that wealth inequality."

    Read more:
    npr.org/2019/03/05/688786177/h

    #WealthInequality #USPol #FEMA #CoastalCommunities #DisasterAssistance #GovernmentFail #Oligarchy #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis

  14. How Federal Disaster Money Favors The Rich

    By Rebecca Hersher, Robert Benincasa
    March 5, 2019

    "Disasters are becoming more common in America. In the early and mid-20th century, fewer than 20 percent of U.S. counties experienced a disaster each year. Today, it's about 50 percent. According to the 2018 National Climate Assessment, climate change is already driving more severe droughts, floods and wildfires in the U.S. And those disasters are expensive. The federal government spends billions of dollars annually helping communities rebuild and prevent future damage. But an NPR investigation has found that across the country, white Americans and those with more wealth often receive more federal dollars after a disaster than do minorities and those with less wealth. Federal aid isn't necessarily allocated to those who need it most; it's allocated according to cost-benefit calculations meant to minimize taxpayer risk.

    "Put another way, after a disaster, rich people get richer and poor people get poorer. And federal disaster spending appears to exacerbate that wealth inequality."

    Read more:
    npr.org/2019/03/05/688786177/h

    #WealthInequality #USPol #FEMA #CoastalCommunities #DisasterAssistance #GovernmentFail #Oligarchy #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis

  15. Ah, so we're diving into the alternate universe where Trump is the new crypto kingpin, raking in $1.4 billion from Bitcoin's mystical powers in 2025. 🤡🔮 Meanwhile, researchers needed 16 sources to confirm what even your dog walker could've told you—rich folks are getting richer. 🤑🐕‍♂️
    thepricer.org/how-much-has-tru #TrumpCryptoKingpin #Bitcoin2025 #WealthInequality #ResearchFindings #HackerNews #ngated

  16. Ah, so we're diving into the alternate universe where Trump is the new crypto kingpin, raking in $1.4 billion from Bitcoin's mystical powers in 2025. 🤡🔮 Meanwhile, researchers needed 16 sources to confirm what even your dog walker could've told you—rich folks are getting richer. 🤑🐕‍♂️
    thepricer.org/how-much-has-tru #TrumpCryptoKingpin #Bitcoin2025 #WealthInequality #ResearchFindings #HackerNews #ngated

  17. Ah, so we're diving into the alternate universe where Trump is the new crypto kingpin, raking in $1.4 billion from Bitcoin's mystical powers in 2025. 🤡🔮 Meanwhile, researchers needed 16 sources to confirm what even your dog walker could've told you—rich folks are getting richer. 🤑🐕‍♂️
    thepricer.org/how-much-has-tru #TrumpCryptoKingpin #Bitcoin2025 #WealthInequality #ResearchFindings #HackerNews #ngated

  18. Ah, so we're diving into the alternate universe where Trump is the new crypto kingpin, raking in $1.4 billion from Bitcoin's mystical powers in 2025. 🤡🔮 Meanwhile, researchers needed 16 sources to confirm what even your dog walker could've told you—rich folks are getting richer. 🤑🐕‍♂️
    thepricer.org/how-much-has-tru #TrumpCryptoKingpin #Bitcoin2025 #WealthInequality #ResearchFindings #HackerNews #ngated

  19. Ah, so we're diving into the alternate universe where Trump is the new crypto kingpin, raking in $1.4 billion from Bitcoin's mystical powers in 2025. 🤡🔮 Meanwhile, researchers needed 16 sources to confirm what even your dog walker could've told you—rich folks are getting richer. 🤑🐕‍♂️
    thepricer.org/how-much-has-tru #TrumpCryptoKingpin #Bitcoin2025 #WealthInequality #ResearchFindings #HackerNews #ngated

  20. The title is the warning. This Strange Horizons review places Wendy Waring’s novel squarely in our moment of wealth inequality -- when we must decide who our society serves, what we owe one another, and what kind of future we will build.

    Check out the full review here: strangehorizons.com/wordpress/

    #TheHungerOfThoseWhoBuiltIt #WendyWaring #StelliformPress #StrangeHorizons #ClimateFiction #EcoFiction #SpeculativeFiction #WealthInequality #SocialJustice #CanadianLit #IndiePublishing #Bookstodon

  21. The title is the warning. This Strange Horizons review places Wendy Waring’s novel squarely in our moment of wealth inequality -- when we must decide who our society serves, what we owe one another, and what kind of future we will build.

    Check out the full review here: strangehorizons.com/wordpress/

    #TheHungerOfThoseWhoBuiltIt #WendyWaring #StelliformPress #StrangeHorizons #ClimateFiction #EcoFiction #SpeculativeFiction #WealthInequality #SocialJustice #CanadianLit #IndiePublishing #Bookstodon

  22. The title is the warning. This Strange Horizons review places Wendy Waring’s novel squarely in our moment of wealth inequality -- when we must decide who our society serves, what we owe one another, and what kind of future we will build.

    Check out the full review here: strangehorizons.com/wordpress/

    #TheHungerOfThoseWhoBuiltIt #WendyWaring #StelliformPress #StrangeHorizons #ClimateFiction #EcoFiction #SpeculativeFiction #WealthInequality #SocialJustice #CanadianLit #IndiePublishing #Bookstodon

  23. The title is the warning. This Strange Horizons review places Wendy Waring’s novel squarely in our moment of wealth inequality -- when we must decide who our society serves, what we owe one another, and what kind of future we will build.

    Check out the full review here: strangehorizons.com/wordpress/

    #TheHungerOfThoseWhoBuiltIt #WendyWaring #StelliformPress #StrangeHorizons #ClimateFiction #EcoFiction #SpeculativeFiction #WealthInequality #SocialJustice #CanadianLit #IndiePublishing #Bookstodon

  24. The title is the warning. This Strange Horizons review places Wendy Waring’s novel squarely in our moment of wealth inequality -- when we must decide who our society serves, what we owe one another, and what kind of future we will build.

    Check out the full review here: strangehorizons.com/wordpress/

    #TheHungerOfThoseWhoBuiltIt #WendyWaring #StelliformPress #StrangeHorizons #ClimateFiction #EcoFiction #SpeculativeFiction #WealthInequality #SocialJustice #CanadianLit #IndiePublishing #Bookstodon

  25. Billionaires keep explaining that ordinary Americans simply need to work harder. Excellent advice from people whose money earns more money while they sleep than most families will see in a lifetime. Maybe skip the budgeting lecture from the yacht. #WealthInequality

  26. Billionaires keep explaining that ordinary Americans simply need to work harder. Excellent advice from people whose money earns more money while they sleep than most families will see in a lifetime. Maybe skip the budgeting lecture from the yacht. #WealthInequality

  27. Billionaires keep explaining that ordinary Americans simply need to work harder. Excellent advice from people whose money earns more money while they sleep than most families will see in a lifetime. Maybe skip the budgeting lecture from the yacht. #WealthInequality

  28. Billionaires keep explaining that ordinary Americans simply need to work harder. Excellent advice from people whose money earns more money while they sleep than most families will see in a lifetime. Maybe skip the budgeting lecture from the yacht. #WealthInequality

  29. Billionaires keep explaining that ordinary Americans simply need to work harder. Excellent advice from people whose money earns more money while they sleep than most families will see in a lifetime. Maybe skip the budgeting lecture from the yacht. #WealthInequality