Notices tagged with capitalism, page 3

I see things like this, and the only thing I think is, when people say we don't have enough housing for the homeless, what they mean to say is, "We can't make obscene profits on housing the homeless." We have more than enough of everything, that no one needs to go without. But do, because... PROFITS!. #Homelessness #PublicPolicy #SocialServices #Capitalism

The dictatorship of the proletariat is not the end of the class struggle, but its continuation in new forms. The dictatorship of the proletariat is the class struggle of the proletariat, which has won victory and has seized political power, against the bourgeoisie, which although vanquished has not been annihilated, has not disappeared, has not ceased its resistance, has increased its resistance.

#socialism #socialist #socialists #communism #communist #communists #capitalism #capitalist

#india #ukraine #israel : #war / #unemployment / #despair / #capitalism / #labormigrants

„Unemployment is driving desperate workers to Ukraine and Israel.“

https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/11/18/indians-are-seeking-work-in-war-zones/

Christian Nationalist Tries to Push Trump Prayer on Oklahoma Schools
https://apnews.com/article/trump-treasury-tariffs-cabinet-bessent-lutnick-99db930ea0516673c96f8b524af975f2

* Oklahoma state superintendent of schools Ryan Walters
* wants every teacher in OK to show video message f. him to classes showing him praying for Trump
* already under fire for his plan to buy Trump-branded Bibles

#RyanWalters #Trump2 #Trumpism #GOP #Project2025
#fascism #authoritarianism #extremism #disinformation
#Christofascism #antiLGBT #transphobia
#capitalism #billionaires #libertarianism

Trump treasury pick could give indication of plans for tariffs
https://apnews.com/article/trump-treasury-tariffs-cabinet-bessent-lutnick-99db930ea0516673c96f8b524af975f2

* indicator of how Trump will wield tariffs: protectionist trade policies

Leading candidates:
* billionaire investor Scott Bessent
* Cantor Fitzgerald CEO Howard Lutnick, co-chair of Trump’s transition
* Lutnick recomm. candidates for key roles incl. Treasury Dept

#TreasurySec #Trump2 #GOP #fascism #authoritarianism #Project2025
#capitalism #billionaires #libertarianism
#Christofascism #misogyny #antiLGBT

Well. This just hits a bit too close to home for being an abstract story about hammers. I hate it.
https://daverupert.com/2024/10/hammers/

#techbros #capitalism

Don't just blame your boss and rich capitalists for your poverty, exploitation, and oppression. You must ultimately blame the capitalism itself. The exploitation, oppression, and poverty you witness and experience are inherent byproducts of capitalism. Bosses and the rich capitalists, while obviously sharing some responsibility, are often used as scapegoats by liberals to distract people from criticizing capitalism and instead criticize individual people when the problem is systemic.
#capitalism

Democrats seek "common ground," as Trump prepares government of, by and for the oligarchs

#TrumpReelection #Inequality #Capitalism #CommonGround #AmericanPolitics

https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2024/11/18/lvwc-n18.html

Suriname’s Debt Crisis Shows How Global Capitalism Works
https://jacobin.com/2024/11/suriname-imf-debt-neocolonialism-oil

* fmr Dutch colony: rich Amazon forests, <1M people
* 1 of few countries that absorbs more carbon than it produces
* forced to implement destructive austerity by global financial interests
* exp. one of world’s worst debt crises
* discovery of offshore oil & gas in immense quantities

#Suriname #IMF #neocolonialism #capitalism #corporations #InternationalMonetaryFund #GlobalSouth #debt #austerity

Biden Says Civilians Being Killed on Both Sides in Gaza. The Ratio Is 45 to 1.
Civilian death ratio of Palestinians to Israelis is, conservatively, 45 to 1 — and this gulf grows larger each day
https://truthout.org/articles/biden-says-civilians-being-killed-on-both-sides-in-gaza-the-ratio-is-45-to-1

#Biden #capitalism #Israel #Palestine #Gaza #Netanyahu #genocide #WarCrimes #ICC #DefundIsrael

Biden Taps Mira Resnick for Top Israel Policy Post
Biden's swan song: Institutionally entrench support for Israel
https://www.commondreams.org/news/mira-resnick

* peace advocates alarmed over Biden administration selection as State Department's point person on Israel-Palestine policy
* senior official worked to speed shipment of U.S. arms to Israel

#Biden #MiraResnick #GenocideJoe #LameDuck #capitalism #MIC #MilitaryIndustrialComplex #Israel #Palestine #Gaza #Netanyahu #genocide #WarCrimes #ICC #ICJ #DefundIsrael

The French Revolution, but worldwide. Just an idea.

#Capitalism

Trump announces oil executive Chris Wright as his pick for energy secretary
https://www.npr.org/2024/11/16/nx-s1-5191868/trump-energy-secretary-chris-wright

* will also serve as part of new Council of National Energy
* Trump: "will consist of all Dept. & Agencies involved in permitting, production, generation, distribution, regulation, transportation, of ALL forms of American Energy"

#ChrisWright #EnergySec #Trump2 #GOP #fascism
#capitalism #corporations #FossilFuels #ClimateDenial
#ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #ExtremeWeather #EcologicalDestruction

[thread] Chris Wright
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Wright_(energy_executive)

* energy exec.
* chief executive of Liberty Energy
* presump. nominee United States Sec. Energy under Trump2 presidency
* would serve on National Energy Council if conf. by U.S. Senate

#ChrisWright #LibertyEnergy #EnergySec
#Trump2 #GOP #fascism #authoritarianism #Project2025
#capitalism #corporations #FossilFuels #FossilFuelsLobby
#ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #ExtremeWeather #EcologicalDestruction #CorporatePolluters
#billionaires #libertarianism

Funny how, a decade ago, they called us “tin-foil hat conspiracy theorists” for suggesting such things and we were shunned by “respectable” folks in the web community afraid to lose their favoured status as Big Tech’s bottom feeders.

https://vimeo.com/96727211

#BigTech #SiliconValley #ventureCapital #capitalism #surveillance #BigWeb #web #SmallTech #ethicalTech #privacy #humanRights https://mstdn.ca/@teledyn/113489107039210087

Alta. Premier Danielle Smith will be in Washington for Trump inauguration
https://calgary.ctvnews.ca/alta-premier-danielle-smith-will-be-in-washington-for-trump-inauguration-1.7112205

* invited to speak to group of conservatives working on U.S. climate policy

Comment: she'll fit right in:

#Alberta #DanielleSmith #ConspiracyTheorist #FossilFuelsLobby #FossilFuels #FarRight #UCP #libertarianism #antiLGBT #transphobia #populism #protofascist #Trumpism #ClimateDenial

#Trump2 #GOP #fascism #extremism #capitalism #libertarianism #disinformation #billionaires

“The UK’s growing addiction to unhealthy food costs £268bn a year, far outstripping the budget for the whole NHS. The increased consumption of foods high in fat, salt and sugar or which have been highly processed is having a “devastating” impact on human health and Britain’s finances.” Let’s be clear about this. Healthy foods like fruit and vegetables just aren’t profitable enough. We need to add value. Unhealthy? Our shareholders don’t mind. #Capitalism

@MikeDunnAuthor

What am I doing to prepare for the potential Red Scare: Trump edition? The exact same thing I've been doing: agitating the working class against capitalism, educating the working class on Marxism, and, as soon as I'm able, organizing the working class into a force strong enough to combat capitalism. This is what we all should've been doing even before the threat of a new Red Scare, and if you weren't before, here's your wake-up call.

#communism #socialism #capitalism

[thread] Doug Burgum
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doug_Burgum

* businessman/politician serving 2016+ as 33rd governor of North Dakota (R-ND)
* estimated net worth $1.1 billion
* anti-abortion
* signed numerous veto-proof bills, 2023 session ND legislature
* some anti-trans, incl. near-total ban on gender-affirming care for minors
* Nov 2024 Trump named Doug Burgum next U.S. Secretary of the Interior

#billionaires #DougBurgum #IntSec #Trump2 #GOP #fascism
#capitalism #libertarianism #antiLGBT #transphobia

@Nigel_Purchase

I disagree with the text in the image on the website you linked. Marx wasn't wrong about capitalism. He never denied that entrepreneurs amass fortunes by dreaming up new products and new ways of organising production. He criticized the exploitative nature of the new forms of organization that these entrepreneurs create. Whoever wrote that passage doesn't appear to be well-versed on Marxism.

#communism #socialism #capitalism #marxism