Dragofix<p>Wealth inequality's deep roots in human prehistory <a href="https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/04/250414162044.htm" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">sciencedaily.com/releases/2025</span><span class="invisible">/04/250414162044.htm</span></a></p><p><a href="https://veganism.social/tags/wealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wealth</span></a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/inequality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inequality</span></a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/society" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>society</span></a></p>
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solomon42069<p>You can spend your whole life studying and make yourself an expert with university and experience.</p><p>Or if you have billions of dollars, just buy the university and then all the experts have to agree with you anyway.</p><p>What the fuck is that?</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>capitalism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/university" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>university</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/experts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>experts</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>education</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/degree" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>degree</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/usa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>usa</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/us" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>us</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>australia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/auspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>auspol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/uk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uk</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>canada</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/billionaire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>billionaire</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/wealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wealth</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/inequality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inequality</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/narcissism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>narcissism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/money" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>money</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/power" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>power</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/resist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>resist</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/handsoff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>handsoff</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/idiocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>idiocracy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/idiots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>idiots</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/business" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>business</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/legal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>legal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/company" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>company</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/corporate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>corporate</span></a></p>
UK<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/uk/23027/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/uk/23027/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> I oppose inheritance tax even though I won’t leave my son a penny <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Business" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Business</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Family" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Family</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Finance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Finance</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/inheritance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inheritance</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/InheritanceTax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InheritanceTax</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/PersonalFinance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PersonalFinance</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Taxes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Taxes</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UnitedKingdom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedKingdom</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/wealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wealth</span></a></p>
WIST Quotations<p><a href="https://wist.info/joubert-joseph/76205/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">A quotation from <b>Joubert</b></a></p><blockquote>It is not the desire for true riches that depraves man, but the desire for those that are false. A people never became corrupted for having grain, fruits, a pure air, better waters, more perfect arts, but for having gold, jewelry, subjects, power, a false renown, and an unjust superiority.<br> <br><i>[Ce n’est pas le désir des vrais biens qui déprave l’homme, mais le désir de ceux qui sont faux. Jamais un peuple ne s’est corrompu, pour avoir du blé, des fruits, un air pur, des eaux meilleures, des arts plus parfaits, des femmes plus belles; mais pour avoir de l’or, des pierreries, des sujets, de la puissance, un faux renom et une injuste supériorité.]</i></blockquote><p><b>Joseph Joubert</b> (1754-1824) French moralist, philosopher, essayist, poet<br><i>Pensées [Thoughts],</i> ch. 16 <i>“Des Mœurs publiques et privées; du Caractère des Nations</i> [On Morality and the Character of Nations],” ¶ 39 (1850 ed.) [tr. Calvert (1866), ch. 12]</p> <p>Sourcing, notes: <a href="https://wist.info/joubert-joseph/76205/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">wist.info/joubert-joseph/76205…</a></p><p><a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>quote</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>quotes</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quotation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>quotation</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=qotd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>qotd</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=depravity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>depravity</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=desires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>desires</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=goods" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>goods</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=luxury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>luxury</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=needs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>needs</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=position" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>position</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=power" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>power</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=riches" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>riches</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=satisfaction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>satisfaction</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=truth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>truth</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=wealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wealth</span></a></p>
Bibliolater 📚 📜 🖋<p>**Labor, land, and the global dynamics of economic inequality**</p><p>“_This study supports the contention that transitions from labor- to land-limited systems, rather than cultivation and/or herding per se, have contributed systematically to the long-term dynamics of economic inequality._”</p><p>A. Bogaard, P. Cruz, M. Fochesato, J. Birch, G. Cervantes Quequezana, S. Chirikure, E.R. Crema, G.M. Feinman, A.S. Green, H. Hamerow, G. Jin, T. Kerig, D. Lawrence, M.D. McCoy, J. Munson, S.G. Ortman, C.A. Petrie, & P. Roscoe, Labor, land, and the global dynamics of economic inequality, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 122 (16) e2400694122, <a href="https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2400694122" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">doi.org/10.1073/pnas.240069412</span><span class="invisible">2</span></a> (2025).</p><p><a href="https://qoto.org/tags/OpenAccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenAccess</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/OA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OA</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Research</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Article" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Article</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Anthropology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Anthropology</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Agriculture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Agriculture</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Wealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wealth</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Inequality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Inequality</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Academia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Academia</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Academics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Academics</span></a> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/anthropology" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>anthropology</span></a></span></p>
Blaze Trends<p>KL Rahul Buys 7 Acres Land with Father-in-Law Sunil Shetty in Thane</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/investment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>investment</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/KLRahul" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KLRahul</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/landpurchase" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>landpurchase</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/property" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>property</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/wealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wealth</span></a> <br><a href="https://blazetrends.com/kl-rahul-buys-7-acres-land-with-father-in-law-sunil-shetty-in-thane/?fsp_sid=12609" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">blazetrends.com/kl-rahul-buys-</span><span class="invisible">7-acres-land-with-father-in-law-sunil-shetty-in-thane/?fsp_sid=12609</span></a></p>
Geriatric Gardener<p>“DWP PIP cuts under fire as Labour MP goes rogue and launches huge petition”</p><p>by Steve Topple in The Canary <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://independent-media.co.uk/@thecanaryuk" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>thecanaryuk</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.cloud/@UKLabour" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>UKLabour</span></a></span> </p><p>“[Richard] Burgon has initiated a petition titled ‘Tax Wealth – Don’t Cut Disability Support,’ which has already attracted over 40,000 signatures, indicating robust support from the public”</p><p><a href="https://www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/2025/04/14/dwp-pip-petition-cuts/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">thecanary.co/uk/analysis/2025/</span><span class="invisible">04/14/dwp-pip-petition-cuts/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Press" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Press</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Labour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Labour</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Starmer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Starmer</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Burgon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Burgon</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/DWP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DWP</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/PIP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PIP</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Cuts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cuts</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Petition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Petition</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Wealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wealth</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Tax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tax</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Disability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Disability</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Support" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Support</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/FBU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FBU</span></a></p>
Ry Chaz<p>Researchers have studied multiple historical cultures and their findings contradict the 'inevitability of inequality' narrative we are fed:</p><p>"Historical inequality doesn't occur the same way everywhere, and doesn't naturally increase as populations grow and governments become more complex. Instead, the choices human societies made about how to distribute wealth were key in keeping social disparities under control".</p><p><a href="https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/inequality-isnt-new-but-its-far-from-inevitable-10-000-year-archeological-study-reveals" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">livescience.com/archaeology/in</span><span class="invisible">equality-isnt-new-but-its-far-from-inevitable-10-000-year-archeological-study-reveals</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/inequality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inequality</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/wealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wealth</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/wealthhoarding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wealthhoarding</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/economics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economics</span></a></p>
WIST Quotations<p><a href="https://wist.info/shakespeare-william/76185/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">A quotation from <b>Shakespeare</b></a></p><blockquote>DUKE: If thou art rich, thou ’rt poor,<br> For, like an ass whose back with ingots bows,<br> Thou bear’st thy heavy riches but a journey,<br> And death unloads thee.</blockquote><p><b>William Shakespeare</b> (1564-1616) English dramatist and poet<br><i>Measure for Measure</i>, Act 3, sc. 1, l. 26ff (3.1.26-29) (1604)</p> <p>Sourcing, notes: <a href="https://wist.info/shakespeare-william/76185/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">wist.info/shakespeare-william/…</a></p><p><a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>quote</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>quotes</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quotation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>quotation</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=qotd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>qotd</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=shakespeare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>shakespeare</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=death" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>death</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=lifetime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lifetime</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=money" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>money</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=mortality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mortality</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=riches" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>riches</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=wealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wealth</span></a></p>
UK<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/uk/20233/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/uk/20233/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> China’s Richest People Are Getting Even Richer Amid Trump’s Trade War <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Business" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Business</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/byd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>byd</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ChineseExecutive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChineseExecutive</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Competition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Competition</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Economy</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/fortune" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fortune</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/LargeWealthGain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LargeWealthGain</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/tariff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tariff</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/TechCompany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TechCompany</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/TechStock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TechStock</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Tesla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tesla</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/TradeWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TradeWar</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UnitedKingdom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedKingdom</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/us" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>us</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/wealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wealth</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/year" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>year</span></a></p>
Julie Hughes<p>Confession: I can't really stand Bernie Sanders, and I think he is a bit dim and I wish AOC would give him a wider berth. <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Americans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Americans</span></a> do not hate <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/wealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wealth</span></a> or rich people. It is the <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a> they hate. The <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/DemocraticParty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DemocraticParty</span></a> needs to stay focused on the <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/graft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>graft</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/theft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>theft</span></a> of state assets. <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Autocracy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Kleptocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kleptocracy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/uspolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspolitics</span></a> </p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://journa.host/@anneapplebaum" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>anneapplebaum</span></a></span> has the right approach <br><a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/04/trump-kleptocracy-autocracy-inc/682281/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/</span><span class="invisible">2025/04/trump-kleptocracy-autocracy-inc/682281/</span></a></p>
Karl Voit :emacs: :orgmode:<p><a href="https://graz.social/tags/Rich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Rich</span></a> people of the <a href="https://graz.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> can expect as much life span as the poorest in <a href="https://graz.social/tags/Europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Europe</span></a>. 😲 </p><p><a href="https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMsa2408259" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJM</span><span class="invisible">sa2408259</span></a><br>"Survival in the wealthiest U.S. quartile appeared to be similar to that in the poorest quartile in northern and western Europe."</p><p>Well, to me, it is an easy choice even if I'd have a shorter life span here in the EU - which is not the case at all.</p><p><a href="https://graz.social/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>health</span></a> <a href="https://graz.social/tags/wealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wealth</span></a> <a href="https://graz.social/tags/money" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>money</span></a> <a href="https://graz.social/tags/eattherich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>eattherich</span></a> <a href="https://graz.social/tags/MAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MAGA</span></a></p>
Mix Mistress Alice💄<p>"In early 1964, Jean Ziegler, a young Swiss politician, received a phone call from a man claiming to represent Ernesto Che Guevara, the Cuban revolutionary and minister of industry. Che would be in Geneva in March for a UN conference on trade policy, and some comrades had suggested Jean might be his chauffeur during his stay. Was Ziegler available for the gig?</p><p>Today, in his tenth decade of life, Ziegler is Switzerland's most notorious public intellectual. That's because over the course of writing about 30 books, serving for close to three decades in the Swiss parliament, and relentlessly crusading for left-wing causes in his free time, Ziegler has made a career of unsparing criticism of his home country, and its outsize influence on the rest of the world.”—Atossa Araxia Abrahamian</p><p>‘Here lives the Monster’s Brain’: the Man who Exposed Switzerland’s Dirty Secrets ></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/news/2025/feb/13/here-lives-the-monsters-brain-the-man-who-exposed-switzerlands-dirty-secrets" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/news/2025/feb/</span><span class="invisible">13/here-lives-the-monsters-brain-the-man-who-exposed-switzerlands-dirty-secrets</span></a></p><p><a href="https://todon.eu/tags/JeanZiegler" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JeanZiegler</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/intellectual" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>intellectual</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/Switzerland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Switzerland</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/author" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>author</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/UN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UN</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/TradePolicies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TradePolicies</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/coups" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>coups</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/Marxism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Marxism</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/revolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>revolution</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>capitalism</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/criticism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>criticism</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/secrets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>secrets</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/mission" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mission</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/Congo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Congo</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/DRC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DRC</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/kleptocrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kleptocrats</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/wealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wealth</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/Geneva" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Geneva</span></a></p>
MediaFaro News Digest<p>France wants to make its one-off wealth tax permanent.</p><p>France's economy minister said Sunday that he wants to make a temporary tax on the wealthy into a permanent levy to make government financing "more equitable."</p><p>Eric Lombard said the measure would be part of efforts to find 40 billion euros next year, mainly from savings, to bring the public deficit to 4.6% of GDP in 2026.</p><p><a href="https://mediafaro.org/article/20250413-france-wants-to-make-its-one-off-wealth-tax-permanent?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mediafaro.org/article/20250413</span><span class="invisible">-france-wants-to-make-its-one-off-wealth-tax-permanent?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/France" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>France</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/WealthTax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WealthTax</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Wealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wealth</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Tax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tax</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Economy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a></p>
Colin Macleod<p>Congratulations to Gary Stevenson <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://birdsite.wilde.cloud/users/garyseconomics" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>garyseconomics</span></a></span> for successfully pissing-off Andrew Tate - <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwcptGlUWUM" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=uwcptGlUWU</span><span class="invisible">M</span></a> 😉 <br><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/economics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/wealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wealth</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/inequality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inequality</span></a></p>
Impish4249<p>Periodic public service reminder and my thought for the day. </p><p>We do not have an abundance problem, we have a greed problem. Greed shows up in more than the monetary sense. We see land certain governments are unwilling to share. We see greed for power. The list goes on. We, as a species, need to put our big kid pants on.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/equity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>equity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/wealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wealth</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/poverty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>poverty</span></a></p>
dcode<p>Billionaires really will blame the collapse of society on anything and everything, as long as it takes attention away from the real issue of income inequality.</p><p>(This is an old tweet, but imo still as important as ever)</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/elon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>elon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/elonmusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>elonmusk</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/inequality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inequality</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/wealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wealth</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/billionaire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>billionaire</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/oligarch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oligarch</span></a></p>
WIST Quotations<p><a href="https://wist.info/billings-josh/76159/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">A quotation from <b>Josh Billings</b></a></p><blockquote>How menny people thare iz whoze importance depends entirely upon the size ov their hotel bills.<br> <br>[How many people there are whose importance depends entirely upon the size of their hotel bills.]</blockquote><p><b>Josh Billings</b> (1818-1885) American humorist, aphorist [pseud. of Henry Wheeler Shaw]<br><i>Everybody’s Friend, Or; Josh Billing’s Encyclopedia and Proverbial Philosophy of Wit and Humor</i>, ch. 156 “Affurisms: Embers on the Harth” (1874)</p> <p>Sourcing, notes: <a href="https://wist.info/billings-josh/76159/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">wist.info/billings-josh/76159/</a></p><p><a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>quote</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>quotes</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quotation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>quotation</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=qotd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>qotd</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=ego" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ego</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=hotel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hotel</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=importance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>importance</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=budget" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>budget</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=money" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>money</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=pride" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pride</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=selfimportance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>selfimportance</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=spending" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spending</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=travel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>travel</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=wealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wealth</span></a></p>
UK<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/uk/7725/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/uk/7725/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> 11 Things Middle-Class Families Waste Money On That Rich People Avoid <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Business" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Business</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Finance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Finance</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/FinancialConcerns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FinancialConcerns</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/FinancialStability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FinancialStability</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/MiddleClass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MiddleClass</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/money" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>money</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/MoneyAdvice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MoneyAdvice</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/PersonalFinance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PersonalFinance</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/SavingMoney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SavingMoney</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UnitedKingdom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedKingdom</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/wealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wealth</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/wealthy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wealthy</span></a></p>
Script Kiddie<p><strong>Remeber 😱</strong></p>
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