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   William Lindsey :toad: (wdlindsy@toad.social)'s status on Thursday, 09-Jan-2025 23:50:00 JST William Lindsey :toad:

   "For others—the billionaire blowhards making excited pilgrimages to Mar-a-Lago—the return of authoritarian populism simply allows them to stop pretending."

   ~ Brian Klaas

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   https://www.forkingpaths.co/p/faustian-capitalism

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     William Lindsey :toad: (wdlindsy@toad.social)'s status on Thursday, 09-Jan-2025 23:49:57 JST William Lindsey :toad:

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     "There is, unfortunately, no law of nature that says democracy can’t be brought down and wars can’t be started by a bunch of clowns if they have enough support from people, parties, and institutions who enable them. It’s all just a farce – until the goons and buffoons are in power. And that’s where we are."

     ~ Thomas Zimmer

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     https://thomaszimmer.substack.com/p/navigating-the-nonsense-and-propaganda

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     William Lindsey :toad: (wdlindsy@toad.social)'s status on Thursday, 09-Jan-2025 23:49:58 JST William Lindsey :toad:

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     "Regardless of motivations, from Tim Cook to Mark Zuckerberg, America’s most privileged class is proactively engaging in Faustian Capitalism, selling America’s democratic soul to make a quick buck."

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     William Lindsey :toad: (wdlindsy@toad.social)'s status on Thursday, 09-Jan-2025 23:49:59 JST William Lindsey :toad:

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     "So grotesque is this enthusiasm that the Trump inauguration fund has already broken records, reportedly raising $170 million. Now, even those who are giving a million bucks are being turned down for VIP access since the events are so oversubscribed. When the incoming leader signals a politics of patronage, corruption, and retribution, the kings of capitalism take note."

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     William Lindsey :toad: (wdlindsy@toad.social)'s status on Thursday, 09-Jan-2025 23:50:00 JST William Lindsey :toad:

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     "They can take off the 'wigs with a million curls' of corporate social responsibility, ditch the 'highest heeled boots' of social media press releases oozing with their predictable faux expressions of 'deep concern,' and become nakedly self-serving plutocrats—just what they always were."

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     William Lindsey :toad: (wdlindsy@toad.social)'s status on Friday, 10-Jan-2025 00:24:00 JST William Lindsey :toad:

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     "The goal is for the exploiters to ensure we lose the truth in order to look the wrong way, fight the wrong people, and hurt other victims worse. Anything but transformation of the system that keeps them at the top."

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     William Lindsey :toad: (wdlindsy@toad.social)'s status on Friday, 10-Jan-2025 00:24:01 JST William Lindsey :toad:

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     "That is why the far right has grown: it exists to exploit our victimization and our interconnection in order to maintain power. Note how so many of our ultra-rich like Bezos, Zuckerberg, and the rest are suddenly embracing it after pretending to be benevolent."

     ~ Elad Nehorai

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     https://eladnehorai.substack.com/p/they-did-this-to-us

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