In other news
In the current news climate we see that some figures and events tend to dominate the front-pages heavily. Still, there are important, interesting or just plain weird things happening out there and a group of people can find these better than one.
I thought I would test with a thread for linking general news articles about "other news" and discussion. Perhaps it goes into the abyss that is page 2 and beyond, but it is worth a try.
Some guidelines:
- Try to find the "clean link", so that links to the news site directly and not a social media site. Avoid "amp-links" (google).
- Write some cliff notes on what it is about, especially if it is a video.
- It's not an excuse to make outlandish claims via proxy or link extremist content.
- If it's an editorial or opinion piece, it is polite to mark it as such.
- Note the language if it is not in English.
- There is no demand that such things be posted here, if you think a piece merits its own thread, then make one.
Maybe I have a false sentiment about-> angry people usually lean more to far right the far left .
Regardless , the world seem to radicalize in both direction. .
Maybe this has something to do about it ?
Worldwide we have reach for the first time 3k billionaires combining wealth of 16 trillions !
Which means , those 3k billionaires owns more then all the countries individually in the world except China (at 18 trillions , should be exceeded soon amazing) and the U.S. at 30 trillions .
That’s incredi
Yep this leval of inequality (and rising) is a killer for democracy.
Some might say it's part of the end of capitalism as we have known it.
Yep this leval of inequality (and rising) is a killer for democracy.
Some might say it's part of the end of capitalism as we have known it.
inequality was dramatically higher than today for centuries while the UK dominated the world as a a democracy, and the USA surpassed the UK as a democracy itself with... dramatically higher than today levels of inequality.
Inequality breaks democracy only under the absurd, obscene, disastrous concept of universal democracy where people are allowed to gote to steal money from others to spend on themselves.
if the normal rational concept of either no welfare at all, or no franchise for welfare recipients, was applied, democracy is fully compatible with extreme inequality as demonstrated beyond any reasonable doubt by the centuries long domination of the anglo world.
wardens of the state voting is what breaks democracy.
same as no family could survive if the 4 children had complete power over the budget made up by the 2 working parents incomes
solution with no one starving:
remove all welfare (and mandatory contributions to any program) and pass an amendment making any in the future unconstitutional. Except UBI linked to voting.
pass a significant UBI as the only form of welfare.
anyone can voluntary refuse the UBI, and that's how you get the right to vote.
inequality was dramatically higher than today for centuries while the UK dominated the world as a a democracy, and the USA surpassed the UK as a democracy itself with... dramatically higher than today levels of inequality.
Inequality breaks democracy only under the absurd, obscene, disastrous concept of universal democracy where people are allowed to gote to steal money from others to spend on themselves.
if the normal rational concept of either no welfare at all, or no franchise for welfare recip
Yes I can see some reasonable level of analogy between the ascent of the british empire and what is happening now. It can sustain a very limited level of democracay in the main country with an 'aristocracy' that owns nearly everything.
That may be where we are heading. Not a fan.
Yes I can see some reasonable level of analogy between the ascent of the british empire and what is happening now. It can sustain a very limited level of democracay in the main country with an 'aristocracy' that owns nearly everything.
That may be where we are heading. Not a fan.
it can sustain a full democracy, just not an universal one.
and the British empire became great because the aristocracy stopped being the only (or main) source of power, rather capitalists became their counterbalancing force, and that propelled the UK to the best results the world had ever seen by a large margin in the history of our species till then.
you need a variety of power sources and the elite to be porous so that exceptional people can become the elite if they prove their worth, and very good but not exceptional people can be drafted from the unwashed masses to serve the elite and live comfortably while doing that.
if the system gets ossified you lose very quickly to other systems where the most talented have a non violent way to reach the upper echelons.
but the unwashed masses should never have any decision making power at all, that's true of all successful models in world history except a brief American history in the 20th century.
now I get it that a ton of people thought the "america in the 50s" model was perfection, tried to replicate it, and considered any deviation from that inferior and/or deeply immoral.
but when the unwashed masses of the boomers got a say they voted to ravage and pillage everything in existence while securing legally protected benefits at the expenses of their children and grandchildren, something that basically never happened before in human history : a generation that systematically constructed a system where their children will be raped and over taxed and mistreated to guarantee boomers everything.
you can add the environment being violated unprecedently in scale by boomers if you care about such things.
the only stable and working system is a democracy with a voting franchise that goes from a minimum 3-5% of the population to a very maximum of 20-25%, selected on merit (accumulated through family and/or individual).
that's what describes the best times in Roman history, the British empire, and america becoming number 1 in the world.
the current system in the first world is an aberration that is showing it's unsustainable failings and will be ditched.
Only question is when, and to be substituted with what exactly, and by whom.
we might struggle pur way back. I'm quite hopeful we will eventually but people always demand more equality.
It seems a stupid game to repeat with no guarantee it wont have an authoratian outcome. Either way the struggle wont be led by industry totally dependent on organised labour forces. That will make it harder next time round becaius the rich folk wont need us anywhere near as much.
inequality was dramatically higher than today for centuries while the UK dominated the world as a a democracy, and the USA surpassed the UK as a democracy itself with... dramatically higher than today levels of inequality.
Inequality breaks democracy only under the absurd, obscene, disastrous concept of universal democracy where people are allowed to gote to steal money from others to spend on themselves.
if the normal rational concept of either no welfare at all, or no franchise for welfare recip
As an example :
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_....
Elon Musk has since surpassed John D. Rockefeller as the richest person in the history of the United States, and of modern history, according to size of wealth compared to GDP. In December 2024 his wealth reached $474 billion dollars (1.61% of USA's GDP at that year) compared to Rockefeller's 1.5% at the height of his wealth.[5]
Seem as most of the time you are totally off …
Dramatically ?
Yawn
Ps: ssoecillay when you think how insanely big the economy and the population today as absolutely no relation as in the 1800s ….
It’s amazing such a concentration of wealth still can happen in “developed democratic countries”.
Just shows how poorly ( no pun intended) people understand what billions and trillions represent in real life .
oh, the hypocrisy....
Conservative Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Rebecca Bradley launched a hypocrisy-laden attack against fellow Justice Susan Crawford, who had a sweeping victory over conservative Judge Brad Schimel on Tuesday.
Both are premeditated and deserve death penalties. Sometimes prosecutors decide to not put the families through a trial and accept a plea. He is never seeing the light of day.
Personally I would prefer the death penalty firing squad over sitting in a 8x10 cell in a US prison
As a minimum the death penalty should always be offered as an alternative to anyone being sentenced to life no parole, if he accepts everyone gains
The double standard is ridiculous but happens all the time too. Btk, green river and golden state serial killers took deals to avoid death penalty and GRK alone was convicted of 48 murders and suspected of double that. Lots on death row for singular murders. Just seems to be the way US justice functions.
