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PatternChaser<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@lillyfinch" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>lillyfinch</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.space/@kkarhan" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>kkarhan</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://qoto.org/@freeschool" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>freeschool</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.exchange/@hzulla" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>hzulla</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://martinh.net/@m" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>m</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@DarkOptimism" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>DarkOptimism</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://en.osm.town/@mdione" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>mdione</span></a></span> @walkinglampshade@mastodon.social <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mapstodon.space/@JR_Kelly" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>JR_Kelly</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://toot.wales/@vic" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>vic</span></a></span> </p><p>I think "status" used to be of critical importance to us. These days, only <a href="https://mas.to/tags/profit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>profit</span></a> matters, I'm afraid. 😢</p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DavidSacks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DavidSacks</span></a>, who is a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/crypto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crypto</span></a> adviser to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> & another founding member, said the goal is *not* to create a venue for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/access" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>access</span></a>😉. Rather, he said in a recent podcast, “we want a place to hang out in DC” for the “younger, hipper, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>-aligned <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Republican</span></a>.”</p><p>Even as these real-life ventures were playing out, another push for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/profit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>profit</span></a> was underway in the virtual world. Investors in the $Trump <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/memecoin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>memecoin</span></a> are bidding to become the top 220 owners of the collectible coin & win a dinner w/the president…</p>
OccuWorld<p>Man's LEG AMPUTATED After United Healthcare DENIED Care: “Not Medically Necessary to Save My Leg”</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHAsz59cezY" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=oHAsz59cez</span><span class="invisible">Y</span></a></p><p>Several doctors recommended Michael receive a stent in his left leg to hold open a pinch point that was causing blood clots—but United Healthcare refused to cover the procedure, claiming he did not qualify for the stent. Eventually, in order to save his life, Michael had no choice but to amputate his leg.</p><p><a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/UnitedHealthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedHealthcare</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/DeathPanel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DeathPanel</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/Profit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Profit</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/Injury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Injury</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/Impunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Impunity</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a></p>
Dom Arbuthnott<p>It is not just <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/duelingo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>duelingo</span></a>, the mass lay-off attrition of creatives and programmers is happening now and is particularly impacting graduate hires. The next issue is the <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/enshittification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>enshittification</span></a> of the services we receive as consumers..it is all about <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/profit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>profit</span></a> <br> <a href="https://open.substack.com/pub/bloodinthemachine/p/the-ai-jobs-crisis-is-here-now?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=2h2slu" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">open.substack.com/pub/bloodint</span><span class="invisible">hemachine/p/the-ai-jobs-crisis-is-here-now?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=2h2slu</span></a></p>
Richard Rathe<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://newsmast.social/@newsmast" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>newsmast</span></a></span> </p><p>To the degree possible, <a href="https://c.im/tags/socialmedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>socialmedia</span></a> should be free from <a href="https://c.im/tags/manipulation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>manipulation</span></a> by individuals (<a href="https://c.im/tags/scams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>scams</span></a>, <a href="https://c.im/tags/grift" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>grift</span></a>), <a href="https://c.im/tags/corporations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>corporations</span></a> (<a href="https://c.im/tags/monetization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>monetization</span></a>, <a href="https://c.im/tags/profit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>profit</span></a>), computers (<a href="https://c.im/tags/algorithms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>algorithms</span></a>, "<a href="https://c.im/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a>", or governments.</p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@sinchens_" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>sinchens_</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://nrw.social/@Freigeist62" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Freigeist62</span></a></span> <em>nickt zustimmend</em></p><p>Für die <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Milliard%C3%A4re" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Milliardäre</span></a> sind wir nur solange nützlich wie wir <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Profit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Profit</span></a> erzeugen.</p><ul><li>Deswegen finden die auch <em>"<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/KI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KI</span></a>"</em> geil, weil die damit <em>"<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Kostenfaktor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kostenfaktor</span></a> Personal'</em> streichen können...</li></ul><p>(Also aufm Papier… Effektiv sehen die sich <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Neofeudalismus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Neofeudalismus</span></a> herbei!)</p>
John<p><a href="https://union.place/tags/Billionaires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Billionaires</span></a> buy politicians to write rules for themselves, to dodge <a href="https://union.place/tags/taxes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>taxes</span></a>, exploit workers, fuel division, pollute our <a href="https://union.place/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>environment</span></a> and destroy <a href="https://union.place/tags/PublicServices" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicServices</span></a> – all while raking in obscene profits.</p><p><a href="https://www.ituc-csi.org/May-Day-2025-en" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">ituc-csi.org/May-Day-2025-en</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://union.place/tags/exploitation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>exploitation</span></a> <a href="https://union.place/tags/union" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>union</span></a> <a href="https://union.place/tags/unions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>unions</span></a> <a href="https://union.place/tags/DEI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DEI</span></a> <a href="https://union.place/tags/diversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>diversity</span></a> <a href="https://union.place/tags/profit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>profit</span></a> <a href="https://union.place/tags/MayDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MayDay</span></a> <a href="https://union.place/tags/May1" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>May1</span></a> <a href="https://union.place/tags/May1st" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>May1st</span></a> <a href="https://union.place/tags/ITUC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ITUC</span></a> <a href="https://union.place/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> <a href="https://union.place/tags/coup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>coup</span></a> <a href="https://union.place/tags/SocialContract" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialContract</span></a> <a href="https://union.place/tags/justice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>justice</span></a> <a href="https://union.place/tags/SocialJustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialJustice</span></a> <a href="https://union.place/tags/capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>capitalism</span></a> <a href="https://union.place/tags/ClassWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClassWar</span></a> <a href="https://union.place/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>education</span></a> <a href="https://union.place/tags/LivingWage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LivingWage</span></a></p>
OccuWorld<p>Worker Rights Threatened at the Department of Labor</p><p><a href="https://prospect.org/labor/2025-04-25-worker-rights-threatened-department-of-labor/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">prospect.org/labor/2025-04-25-</span><span class="invisible">worker-rights-threatened-department-of-labor/</span></a></p><p>Elon Musk and Donald Trump want to make federal employees miserable on the job. Their latest trick: threaten criminal penalties for exercising free speech.</p><p><a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/WorkersRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WorkersRights</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/Threats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Threats</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/Billionaires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Billionaires</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/Austerity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Austerity</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/Profit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Profit</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/LootingAmerica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LootingAmerica</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/ClassWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClassWar</span></a></p>
🇺🇦PhotoSniperFox🇺🇦<p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a> demands <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ukraine</span></a>'s territory when it cannot even take care of what it has now.<br><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Siberia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Siberia</span></a> has been subject to severe fires and storms, leaving many in the freezing cold with no power.<br>Also, most of rural Russia lacks even indoor plumbing and meaningful infrastructure.</p><p>At the same time, the Russian <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/occupiers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>occupiers</span></a> commit horrific crimes against the the people they are supposedly "cousins" with.</p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Moscow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Moscow</span></a> doesn't care about the people; just the ways they can <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/profit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>profit</span></a> and increase their personal power. They have no moral code except to steal what is good for themselves, and cannot be trusted. Making a "Deal" with Putin is fool's errand.</p><p><a href="https://cepa.org/article/the-harsh-realities-of-russian-occupied-ukraine/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">cepa.org/article/the-harsh-rea</span><span class="invisible">lities-of-russian-occupied-ukraine/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/StandWithUkraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StandWithUkraine</span></a></p>
Doc Edward Morbius ⭕<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://ottawa.place/@Dianora" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Dianora</span></a></span> So, a few thoughts on What Might be Done to correct economic thinking ....</p><p>Long and multi-part.</p><p>First part here delves more into the general failings / holes in contemporary mainstream orthodox economics.</p><p><strong>On pricing behaviours of goods and services</strong> under typical market conditions, it's possible to read Adam Smith's chapters on prices (mostly Book I, Ch. V--XI, and Book V, Ch. II) as discussing the prices (or tax revenues) of commodities, labour, capital stock (industrial investments), rents, interest, and assets (silver & gold to Smith). These ... behave differently, and not strictly in the supply/demand model dominant in conventional orthodox economics. As noted above, even Matt Ridley, bless his heart, agrees that market valuation of assets ... behaves poorly.</p><p><strong>Much oligarchic wealth</strong> occurs not through <em>trade</em> but through <em>asset inflation</em>. That is, it's less that someone achieves obscene wealth by selling goods/services than that the commercial-legal entity which manifests that trade itself appreciates in nominal value. Billionaires don't sit atop heaps of <em>cash</em> but of <em>assets</em> which can be <em>denominated</em> in cash equivalents. (Often with many levels of leverage and indirection both.) Matt Ridley, not someone with whom I generally find agreement, has noted that markets work relatively well for commerce exchange but poorly for assets (from a book, I'd run across this in an IQ2 debate w/ David Runciman and Johan Norberg: <a href="https://www.intelligencesquared.com/events/the-new-optimism-with-matt-ridley-johan-norberg-david-runciman-and-laura-kuenssberg/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">intelligencesquared.com/events</span><span class="invisible">/the-new-optimism-with-matt-ridley-johan-norberg-david-runciman-and-laura-kuenssberg/</span></a>.)</p><p><strong>Wages and rents</strong> are two other key dynamics in that wages tend to fall to <em>or below</em> subsistence whilst rents tend to <em>rise</em> to claim <em>all surplus beneficial value</em>. The more one is subsidised (e.g., wage supports, rent subsidies) the <em>worse</em> the dynamic becomes, and this is a money-pump from workers to landlords. Tackling this requires <em>both</em> wage <em>and</em> rent-side reforms, e.g., UBI / living wage, <em>and</em> a wealth or land-value tax. Addressing workers' and tenants' rights is another key element, though more of politics/law than economics itself.</p><p>(Law and economics are tightly coupled in interesting ways. Hayek's training, f'rex, was in law.)</p><p><strong>Business merger & acquisition</strong> is a huge hole in the "vote with your wallet" (a/k/a "free-market it harder") retort. That works <em>if</em> businesses are small, limited, and cannot buy out or otherwise crush competition, but fails utterly if in avoiding firm X by patronising firm Y, one finds X buying Y (often strictly <em>because</em> of customer flight, see e.g., Facebook -> Whatsapp or Amazon -> Diapers.com). Buy-and-kill is another failure mode. Both of these require remedies <em>outside</em> the markets, e.g., political, legal, social, or other actions.</p><p><strong>Equivocation of wealth and profit,</strong> where <em>wealth</em> ("the annual produce and labour of the nation" <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Wealth_of_Nations/Book_II/Chapter_3" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Wea</span><span class="invisible">lth_of_Nations/Book_II/Chapter_3</span></a>, which as many have noted means that wealth is a <em>flow</em> rather than a <em>stock</em>), and <em>profit</em> in the accounting sense (direct monetary revenues less direct monetary costs) is one of the more gaping holes in conventional economic argument. I've done some root-searching on that and find that much of the source seems to be in the cost accounting of Alexander Hamilton Church (and yes, related to <em>that</em> A.H.), which serves as the basis for modern accounting practice. Leo Tolstoy's <em>What Shall We Do</em> (a title invoked by Lenin's later book) has some interesting discussions on this.</p><p><strong>"Wealth, as Mr Hobbes says, is power"</strong> is Smith's pithiest observation in all of <em>WoN</em>: The fact that <em>economic</em> and/or <em>financial</em> wealth translates to <em>political</em> and <em>social</em> power has profound impacts, and alone explains a huge part of the failings of US right-libertarian theology following from Hayek, von Mises, Rotthbard, and Nozick.</p><p><strong>"Resistances to the Adoption of Technological Innovations"</strong> (Bernard Stern, 1937) discusses one dimension of this in the resistances of established powers (economic/commercial and others) to technological innovations: <a href="https://archive.org/details/technologicaltre1937unitrich/page/39" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">archive.org/details/technologi</span><span class="invisible">caltre1937unitrich/page/39</span></a> <a href="https://rentry.co/szi3g" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">rentry.co/szi3g</span><span class="invisible"></span></a>. I cannot recommend it highly enough.</p><p><strong>Value's equivocation as "market price"</strong> in contemporary discussion is another failing. I see "value" actually being three distinct elements, any of which may fail to reflect underlying reality: real cost (all necessary inputs, labour, capital, time, natural resources, effluent sinks, unwanted/unintended consequences), exchange value (price), and use value. In practice, C <= P <= UV, that is, the <em>exchange value</em> lies somewhere between <em>cost</em> and <em>use value</em>, though in extreme circumstances that can be violated. In particular, <em>extractive resources</em> tend to have P < C, that is, the price is <em>below</em> the total cost, especially the time-based replenishment cost, of the resource; labour wages tend to fall to subsistence, <em>rents</em> tend to rise to subsume all use value, asset prices ... are strange (I've not sorted my thinking on this), interest rates seem to be a mix of market and central bank effects, and public goods (in the economic definition) are those for which <em>market</em> prices fall well below marginal cost and use-value, and are underprovisioned absent specific subsidy, with lighthouses, education, roads, infrastructure, information, and communications being classic exemplars.</p><p>Incidentally, the whole notion of a market exchange economy <em>fundamentally relies</em> on the <em>underpricing</em> of essnetial inputs (food, energy, raw materials, labour) with excess value being extracted at further levels of economic activity (manufacture, commerce, transport, finance, management, etc.) This is the revelation of Quesnay's Tableau Économique and further explorations of tiers of economic activity (Clark & Kennessey particularly). Typical categorisation:</p><ul><li>Primary Activities: Agriculture, forestry and fishing; Mining</li><li>Secondary Activities: Construction; Manufacturing</li><li>Tertiary Activities: Transportation, electric, gas and sanitary services; Wholesale trade; Retail trade</li><li>Quatenary Activities: Finance, insurance, and real estate; Services; Public administration</li></ul><p>More: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37414034" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3</span><span class="invisible">7414034</span></a> and <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20230612141005/https://old.reddit.com/r/dredmorbius/comments/74dm5o/seeking_research_on_inclusive_measures_of/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">web.archive.org/web/2023061214</span><span class="invisible">1005/https://old.reddit.com/r/dredmorbius/comments/74dm5o/seeking_research_on_inclusive_measures_of/</span></a>.</p><p>Essentially, markets fail in establishing pricing in many ways, though how these might be addressed is challenging.</p><p>I'll note that I differ with Marx in attributing <em>all</em> value generation to labour, though that's <em>often</em> a significant component.</p><p><strong>Risk is a whole 'nother case,</strong> and I'll point out that the "FIRE" sector of finance, insurance, and real estate all have a central focus on evaluating pricing risk of a portfolio against income streams (interest payments, premium payments, mortgage payments), with a linkage that's been noted to at least the 19th century if not before. Banks and insurance are the exceptions to Smith's general strong disdain for stock corporations, though an argument can be made for socialisation of these. Many government functions fall into provision of both public goods and security services (defence, health, major catastrophe), in which markets flagrantly fail. Robert K. Merton (overt/covert functions, unintended consequences) and Charles Perrow's work illuminates much here.</p><p><strong>Understanding of GNP/GDP</strong> is greatly assisted if it's thought of not as a way to manage and measure total economic wealth (Smithian definition), but as a <em>monetary metric</em> born of an age when central banking was just finding its feet. Tuning the overall money supply appropriately <em>is</em> necessary, but not sufficient, and was a huge obstacle to resolving the Great Depression (1929--1939). </p><p>It's not the <em>only</em> problem which can occur, for which a classic 1945 paper on the economy of a WWII PoW camp remains an excellent if simplified exploration: <a href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/2550133" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">jstor.org/stable/2550133</span><span class="invisible"></span></a>. Kate Raworth's <em>Donut Economics</em> and numerous GDP modifications and alternatives (see: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gross_domestic_product#Proposals_to_overcome_GDP_limitations" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gross_do</span><span class="invisible">mestic_product#Proposals_to_overcome_GDP_limitations</span></a>) improve on this. Simon Kuznets, GNP's creator, was well aware of its limitations, though his cautions are not only largely ignored, but difficult to find online at all (he has extensive writings, they ... are not digitised last I invested significant time in searching for them).</p><p><strong>Thermodynamics and economics</strong> is another tremendous failing. The work of Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen, R.U. Ayres, and more recently Steve Keene (working with Ayres) in describing how the production function is explained not merely by labour + capital, but labour, capital, and <em>energy</em> is so flagrantly obvious that rejection by the orthodoxy is both a manifestation of mental illness and a crime against humanity and the entire ecosphere. It ties strongly into the "wealth is power" dynamic above, as well as the distortionary effects of wealth on information, media, ideology, and scientific understanding. That last is a major component of Naomi Oreskes's work (<em>Merchants of Doubt</em>, <em>The Big Myth</em>). For the role of energy in civilisation, Vaclav Smil's <em>Energy and Civilization</em> and <em>Energy and World History</em>, and Manfred Weissenbacher's <em>Sources of Power</em> are huge eye-openers. So, somewhat ironically, is Daniel Yergin's <em>The Prize</em>. He's an unabashed apologist for the petroleum industry, but his history does reveal its awesome transformational influence.</p><p>1/</p><p><a href="https://toot.cat/tags/economics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economics</span></a> <a href="https://toot.cat/tags/orthodoxEconomics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>orthodoxEconomics</span></a> <a href="https://toot.cat/tags/critique" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>critique</span></a> <a href="https://toot.cat/tags/monopoly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>monopoly</span></a> <a href="https://toot.cat/tags/oligopoly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oligopoly</span></a> <a href="https://toot.cat/tags/wealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wealth</span></a> <a href="https://toot.cat/tags/profit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>profit</span></a> <a href="https://toot.cat/tags/value" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>value</span></a> <a href="https://toot.cat/tags/prices" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>prices</span></a> <a href="https://toot.cat/tags/wages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wages</span></a> <a href="https://toot.cat/tags/WagePrice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WagePrice</span></a> <a href="https://toot.cat/tags/rents" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rents</span></a> <a href="https://toot.cat/tags/AssetValuation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AssetValuation</span></a> <a href="https://toot.cat/tags/AdamSmith" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AdamSmith</span></a> <a href="https://toot.cat/tags/prices" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>prices</span></a> <a href="https://toot.cat/tags/risk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>risk</span></a> <a href="https://toot.cat/tags/FireSector" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FireSector</span></a> <a href="https://toot.cat/tags/finance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>finance</span></a> <a href="https://toot.cat/tags/insurance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>insurance</span></a> <a href="https://toot.cat/tags/RealEstate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RealEstate</span></a> <a href="https://toot.cat/tags/tootstorm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tootstorm</span></a></p>
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AND CREATE A <a href="https://tastingtraffic.net/tags/USED_CAR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USED_CAR</span></a> <a href="https://tastingtraffic.net/tags/INFLATION" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>INFLATION</span></a> SENERIO THAT WILL <a href="https://tastingtraffic.net/tags/CAUSE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CAUSE</span></a> NEW CAR <a href="https://tastingtraffic.net/tags/COMPETITION" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>COMPETITION</span></a> UP THE YING YANG & MUCH <a href="https://tastingtraffic.net/tags/SUFFRAGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SUFFRAGE</span></a> FOR <a href="https://tastingtraffic.net/tags/YOU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>YOU</span></a> AND YOUR <a href="https://tastingtraffic.net/tags/CHILDREN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CHILDREN</span></a>'S <a href="https://tastingtraffic.net/tags/CHILDREN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CHILDREN</span></a>.. FOR YEARS TO COME..</p><p><a href="https://tastingtraffic.net/tags/CARVANA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CARVANA</span></a> and <a href="https://tastingtraffic.net/tags/CARMAX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CARMAX</span></a> are <a href="https://tastingtraffic.net/tags/Thieves" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Thieves</span></a>. They cannot think for themselves --so have stolen an idea that WAS not theirs..</p><p>AKA BOTH <a href="https://tastingtraffic.net/tags/BRAINDEAD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BRAINDEAD</span></a>!</p><p>Like MANY <a href="https://tastingtraffic.net/tags/USA_Corporation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA_Corporation</span></a> --it would appear that THIEVERY is the only way they can turn a buck??</p><p>WHICH <a href="https://tastingtraffic.net/tags/MAKES" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MAKES</span></a> YOU ALL <a href="https://tastingtraffic.net/tags/LOSERS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LOSERS</span></a>!</p><p>Few years back I wrote an article on <a href="https://tastingtraffic.net/tags/Linkedin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Linkedin</span></a> where I explain how to buy a 2 1/2 year old vehicle. </p><p>Which <a href="https://tastingtraffic.net/tags/depreciates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>depreciates</span></a> 65% the moment A NEW vehicle DRIVES Off the lot.</p><p>Trying to help the <a href="https://tastingtraffic.net/tags/average_layman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>average_layman</span></a> but instead <a href="https://tastingtraffic.net/tags/GREEDY_INSTITUTIONS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GREEDY_INSTITUTIONS</span></a> like <a href="https://tastingtraffic.net/tags/CARVANA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CARVANA</span></a> AND CARMAX Gamified the idea <a href="https://tastingtraffic.net/tags/RAPING" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RAPING</span></a> all used car opportunities..?? AND PUSHING USED CAR PRICES UP THE YING YANG SO THAT NOONE CAN AFFORD a vehicle only a Bike! Think China. All the dealership CEO's need to lose their teeth 😬 pronto! imho</p><p>YOU ALL SHOULD BE THROWN IN PRISON!</p><p>Just when you thought there is no other worse than a USED CAR SALEMAN?? Think JEWISH Attorney's the bottom of the ROTTEN APPLE BARREL!</p><p>THE REAL STORY BEHIND CARVANA and CARMAX. PROOF THAT AMERICANS CANNOT INNOVATE ANYTING >> ONLY KNOW <a href="https://tastingtraffic.net/tags/IP_THEFT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IP_THEFT</span></a>!</p><p>ITS 2019 I'M A TOP INFLUENCER ON LINKED IN (12 YEARS TOTAL). Basically... Did most of the ON-BOARDING for that FAKE B2B PLATFORM.</p><p>One day I decide to post how to purchased an almost BRAND NEW CAR; DRIVE IT FOR 2 YEARS AND THEN SELL IT EASY FOR THE SAME PRICE I PAID FOR IT!<br>NEVER TO BE HEAD OVER HEALS ON A CAR PURCHASE EVER AGAIN. or so I thought. Just trying to help the average LAYMAN SAVE A FEW BUCK OR TWO. BC REALLY IM A NICE GUY;)</p><p><a href="https://tastingtraffic.net/tags/GREED" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GREED</span></a>.</p><p>Then the brain dead car dealerships read what I have wrote and not only DO THEY COPY THE IDEA??</p><p>THEY <a href="https://tastingtraffic.net/tags/INSTITUTIONALIZED" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>INSTITUTIONALIZED</span></a> and gamified the CONCEPT. aka <a href="https://tastingtraffic.net/tags/STOLEN_IP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>STOLEN_IP</span></a>!</p><p>The only Person worse than a USED CAR SALEMAN in my book are 🇮🇱 <a href="https://tastingtraffic.net/tags/JEWISH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JEWISH</span></a> DIRT BAG <a href="https://tastingtraffic.net/tags/LAWYERS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LAWYERS</span></a>!</p><p>Here is the original story I posted on <a href="https://tastingtraffic.net/tags/LinkedIn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LinkedIn</span></a> 2019 for your pursual. You be the judge! 👨⚖️ </p><p>Did you Know? Here is the SMART WAY of buying a USED Vehicle. All NEW Vehicles Depreciate 65% in the first 2.5 years. </p><p>I would drive to my Local Credit Union to get a Pre-Qual Auto-LOAN with the Cheapest Money on the planet. LOWEST Auto Loan Interest Rates = Credit Unions. Request a Pre-Qualified Auto Loan from the Credit Union, say: $18-$22K USD. Most 2.5 year old vehicles will fall into this price range. </p><p>Look for a Vehicle on Craigslist ( For Sale by Owner Only ) that has not been smoked in, No Pet Smells, check transmission by shifting gears -- They should pop into any gear smoothly and No Rattles in Engine. Lastly, get compression check on Engine Before you Pay Full Balance. Most owners will respect that decision since you are buying a used car.</p><p>NOTE: When you contact For sale by Owners on Craigslist. Most will first ask you -- if you are a Dealer. Private Owners do not want to sell to dealers who in retrospect FLIP VEHICLES.. JUST LIKE FLIPPING HOUSES.</p><p>General Public does not realize that all the inventory from Private For Sale by Owner Autos --are currently being bought-up like WILD-FIRE by Used Car Dealers. Many pretending to be actual private buyers. When they are trained & Professional Auction buyers. SELLERS Dont be fooled!</p><p>BONUS! Most 2.5 year old Vehicles mileage will be low enough that Bumper to Bumper Warranty is still in EFFECT.</p><p>Drive for 2.5 years and sell at NEAR or Above (for some) @ same price you purchased.</p><p>No more getting head over heals on a USED CAR/Truck/SUV.. UGH!<br>BASICALLY A BRAND NEW CAR STILL UNDER WARRANTY<br>EVERYONE WINS! :)</p><p>BUT SHITHEADS AT CARVANA AND CARMAX GAMIFIED THE IDEA LIKE THE JEWS HAVE DONE TO ALL CENTRALIZED INSTITUTIONS..</p><p>JOBS FOR ALL WORLDWIDE! </p><p>CONNECT Today for EARLY <a href="https://tastingtraffic.net/tags/INVITE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>INVITE</span></a>. 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Angela G<p><a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Resist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Resist</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/ResistOfTheDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ResistOfTheDay</span></a><br>Please copy and paste into the forms on the website of your members of Congress, then boost.</p><p>This <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Republican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Republican</span></a> Administration views <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/healthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>healthcare</span></a> as a means to enrich corporations, and I want you to be loud and clear about a few specific things:</p><p>--Last week's boost of Medicare Advantage reimbursement rates is about boosting corporate <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/profit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>profit</span></a>. Each year, <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/MedicareAdvantage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MedicareAdvantage</span></a> plans cost taxpayers $83 billion more than Traditional <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Medicare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Medicare</span></a>. This extra cost goes mostly to the private companies who administer these programs. These programs promised our government they would lower costs, then didn't. Giving these companies more in reimbursement will not improve health or shore up rural hospitals. It will enrich already rich insurance companies. In their budget reconciliation they are going to cut Medicaid. The poor will face cuts to their healthcare while the insurance companies rake in more money. </p><p>--Companies facing tariffs on medications or precursors for medications will pass these costs onto consumers. The companies will make money while millions of Americans each day face the dilemma of paying for food or paying for medications. This tariff whiplash caused by the Republican Administration cannot include medications or their precursors. </p><p>Please fight for the elderly and the working poor. Please talk about these issues every day, particularly with news media in Republican-voting parts of the state. Side with the people, not corporations.</p>
Joint Lab Bioelectronics<p>(1/5) Das Internet fördert eine <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Ausbeutungswirtschaft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ausbeutungswirtschaft</span></a>, bei der viele Menschen wertvolle Dinge erarbeiten und der daraus resultierende <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Reichtum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Reichtum</span></a> aber kaum der <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Gesellschaft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gesellschaft</span></a>, sondern nur einigen wenigen Unternehmen zugute kommt.<br>Mit den <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/KI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KI</span></a>-Systemen hat sich der Prozess weiter beschleunigt. <br>Die Arbeit von <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Kreativen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kreativen</span></a> wird zum <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Trainieren" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trainieren</span></a> der Systeme genutzt, doch den <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Profit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Profit</span></a> haben sie nicht davon.</p>
Games Japan<p><a href="https://www.wacoca.com/games/1124649/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">wacoca.com/games/1124649/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> OUR FIRST EVER P2W COMMUNITY EVENT?! #<a href="https://wakoka.com/tags/GAMING" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GAMING</span></a> <a href="https://wakoka.com/tags/BattleRoyale" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BattleRoyale</span></a> <a href="https://wakoka.com/tags/BrawlStars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BrawlStars</span></a> <a href="https://wakoka.com/tags/BrawlStarsCommunityEvent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BrawlStarsCommunityEvent</span></a> <a href="https://wakoka.com/tags/BrawlStarsP2w" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BrawlStarsP2w</span></a> <a href="https://wakoka.com/tags/CommunityEvent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CommunityEvent</span></a> <a href="https://wakoka.com/tags/Game" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Game</span></a> <a href="https://wakoka.com/tags/GameNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GameNews</span></a> <a href="https://wakoka.com/tags/games" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>games</span></a> <a href="https://wakoka.com/tags/GamingNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GamingNews</span></a> <a href="https://wakoka.com/tags/GamingTrending" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GamingTrending</span></a> <a href="https://wakoka.com/tags/GOTCHA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GOTCHA</span></a> <a href="https://wakoka.com/tags/MakeMoreMoney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MakeMoreMoney</span></a> <a href="https://wakoka.com/tags/MobileBattleRoyale" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MobileBattleRoyale</span></a> <a href="https://wakoka.com/tags/MobileGame" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MobileGame</span></a> <a href="https://wakoka.com/tags/MobileRPG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MobileRPG</span></a> <a href="https://wakoka.com/tags/MobileStrategyGame" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MobileStrategyGame</span></a> <a href="https://wakoka.com/tags/money" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>money</span></a> <a href="https://wakoka.com/tags/MoneyMaker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MoneyMaker</span></a> <a href="https://wakoka.com/tags/MoreCoinsPlease" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MoreCoinsPlease</span></a> <a href="https://wakoka.com/tags/p2w" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>p2w</span></a> <a href="https://wakoka.com/tags/P2wCommunityEvent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>P2wCommunityEvent</span></a> <a href="https://wakoka.com/tags/profit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>profit</span></a> <a href="https://wakoka.com/tags/ProfitMargins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProfitMargins</span></a> <a href="https://wakoka.com/tags/QuePasaWey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>QuePasaWey</span></a> <a href="https://wakoka.com/tags/revenue" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>revenue</span></a> <a href="https://wakoka.com/tags/roi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>roi</span></a> <a href="https://wakoka.com/tags/skibidi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>skibidi</span></a> <a href="https://wakoka.com/tags/Stonks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Stonks</span></a> <a href="https://wakoka.com/tags/SupercellGame" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SupercellGame</span></a> <a href="https://wakoka.com/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tariffs</span></a> <a href="https://wakoka.com/tags/TrendingGames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrendingGames</span></a> <a href="https://wakoka.com/tags/%E3%82%B2%E3%83%BC%E3%83%9F%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B0" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ゲーミング</span></a> <a href="https://wakoka.com/tags/%E3%82%B2%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A0" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ゲーム</span></a> <a href="https://wakoka.com/tags/%E3%82%B2%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A0%E6%94%BB%E7%95%A5" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ゲーム攻略</span></a> <a href="https://wakoka.com/tags/%E3%82%B2%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A0%E6%9C%80%E6%96%B0%E6%83%85%E5%A0%B1" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ゲーム最新情報</span></a> <a href="https://wakoka.com/tags/%E3%83%89%E3%83%A9%E3%82%B4%E3%83%B3%E3%82%AF%E3%82%A8%E3%82%B9%E3%83%88V%E5%A4%A9%E7%A9%BA%E3%81%AE%E8%8A%B1%E5%AB%81" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ドラゴンクエストV天空の花嫁</span></a></p>
Ben Royce 🇺🇦<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://caneandable.social/@gocu54" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>gocu54</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://kolektiva.social/@weyoun6" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>weyoun6</span></a></span></p><p>nick:</p><p>you agreed <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/healthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>healthcare</span></a> as <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/profit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>profit</span></a> is wrong, bless you</p><p>you appreciated how <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/plutocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>plutocracy</span></a> (not <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>capitalism</span></a>) corrupts the legislative process to continue being a rent seeking <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/parasite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>parasite</span></a>- not a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/freeMarket" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>freeMarket</span></a></p><p>since we agree here, you need to take the final step with us:</p><p>where peaceful change to stop suffering and death for profit is blocked</p><p>then <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/luigi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>luigi</span></a> is *inevitable*</p><p>you don't have to embrace him</p><p>but you must accept him</p><p>because luigi is the symptom, not the root problem</p>
Ben Royce 🇺🇦<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://caneandable.social/@gocu54" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>gocu54</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mas.to/@deepmud" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>deepmud</span></a></span></p><p>"it doesn't give anyone the right to be the judge, jury, and executioner"</p><p>you're speaking of the "<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/healthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>healthcare</span></a>" system that debilitates, bankrupts, and *kills*</p><p>for <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/profit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>profit</span></a></p><p>right?</p><p>i am not asking you to support <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/luigi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>luigi</span></a></p><p>i am asking you, simply:</p><p>do you think there will never be pushback?</p><p>and if pushback through normal, legal means is stymied</p><p>by the parasites profiting here</p><p>via <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a></p><p>do you think that pushback will just magically disappear?</p><p>please think on this:</p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p>Und ja, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Merz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Merz</span></a> und andere <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Schundenbremse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Schundenbremse</span></a>-Fetischisten <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=clNpnNy180k&t=30m" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">wissen ganz genau</a> dass nur <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Neonazis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Neonazis</span></a> wie die <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/NSAfD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NSAfD</span></a> von deren <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AntisozialerKackshice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AntisozialerKackshice</span></a> profitiert!</p><ul><li>Wenn das keine <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Verfassungsfeindlichkeit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Verfassungsfeindlichkeit</span></a> ist, dann können wir das mit <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Grundgesetz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Grundgesetz</span></a> & <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/FDGO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FDGO</span></a> auch gleich sein lassen und <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Turbokapitalisten" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Turbokapitalisten</span></a> den Planet zum verbrennen für <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Profit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Profit</span></a> geben!</li></ul><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/DEpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DEpol</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Sarkasmus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sarkasmus</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p>Und ja, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Deutschland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Deutschland</span></a> hat AAA+ <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Rating" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Rating</span></a> und nur <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Bankster" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bankster</span></a> wie <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Merz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Merz</span></a> und <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Merkel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Merkel</span></a> vor ihm machen <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Staatschulden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Staatschulden</span></a> für <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Wahlgeschenke" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wahlgeschenke</span></a>, denn günstige <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Zinsen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Zinsen</span></a> hätten es <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=clNpnNy180k&t=15m39s" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">problemlos ermöglicht</a>, zu <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/investieren" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>investieren</span></a> und sogar <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Schulden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Schulden</span></a> abzubaun.</p><p>Ist ja nicht so, als würden jene <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Investitionen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Investitionen</span></a> aus Spaß getätigt. Auch ein <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Staat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Staat</span></a> agiert im <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Kapitalismus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kapitalismus</span></a> wie ein Unternehmen (*schiebt euch eure <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/DeutschlandGmbH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DeutschlandGmbH</span></a>-<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Verschwrungstheorie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Verschwrungstheorie</span></a>|n sonstwo hin…):</p><ul><li><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Infrastruktur" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Infrastruktur</span></a> von bezahlter <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Elternzeit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Elternzeit</span></a> über <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Gesundheitsversorgung" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gesundheitsversorgung</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Kitas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kitas</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Schulen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Schulen</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Unis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Unis</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Stra%C3%9Fen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Straßen</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Schiene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Schiene</span></a>, etc. dienen ja dazu dass der Staat <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Profit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Profit</span></a> macht, mittels <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Steuereinnahmen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Steuereinnahmen</span></a>!</li></ul><p>Deshalb kostet <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Schulbesuch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Schulbesuch</span></a> an sich nichts und sind die <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Semesterbeitr%C3%A4ge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Semesterbeiträge</span></a> gering.</p><ul><li>Genauso das <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Deutschlandticket" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Deutschlandticket</span></a>: Es erhöht <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Mobilit%C3%A4t" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mobilität</span></a> und senkt <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Kosten" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kosten</span></a>, was auch dem Staat gut tut.</li></ul><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/DEpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DEpol</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Schuldenbremse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Schuldenbremse</span></a></p>
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