#wealth_inequality — Public Fediverse posts
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Have the Boomers Pinched Their Children's Futures? [video]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZuXzvjBYW8A
#ycombinator #Royal_Institution #lord_willetts #david_willetts #baby_boomer #boomer #economics #social_policy #wealth #wealth_inequality #lecture #generation_gap #economics_lecture #millennials #generation_x -
The start of Pink Floyd's Money. The lines about those with vast wealth buying football clubs as true today as they were written by Waters in 1973.
Money, get away.
Get a good job with good pay and you're okay.
Money, it's a gas.
Grab that cash with both hands and make a stash.
New car, caviar, four star daydream,
Think I'll buy me a football team. -
https://www.nationofchange.org/2023/10/23/amid-discouraging-new-inequality-stats-some-encouraging-rays-of-hope%ef%bf%bc/ #UnionStrong #Wealth_inequality Amid discouraging new inequality stats, some Encouraging Rays of Hope
In California, a trailblazing move to a much more union-conscious tomorrow.
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"As part of a series on slavery and America’s political elite, Reuters found that a fifth of U.S. congressmen, living presidents, Supreme Court justices and governors have direct ancestors who enslaved Black people."
American Dreams https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-slavery-tennessee/?utm_source=pocket-newtab-en-us
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https://www.thedailybeast.com/jonathan-taplin-tells-how-peter-thiel-mark-zuckerberg-elon-musk-and-marc-andreessen-could-destroy-society Jonathan Taplin, director emeritus of the USC Annenberg Innovation Lab and author of the new book, The End of Reality: How Four Billionaires are Selling a Fantasy Future of the Metaverse, Mars, and Crypto, tells The New Abnormal how the future of our society hinges on the actions of four American billionaires—Peter Thiel, Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk and Marc Andreessen #fascism #Wealth_inequality
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Hmmm, I think I have to stop using Luddite as an insult. They were on to something. They weren't protesting new technology but about how wealth was being siphoned from the lower classes.
#Luddites #AI #capitalism #Wealth_inequality #automation
What the Luddites Can Teach Us About Artificial Intelligence | Time https://time.com/6317437/luddites-ai-blood-in-the-machine-merchant/?utm_source=pocket-newtab-en-us
