For a while now, whenever I read or watch news pieces and pundit discussions about “the economy” I always think of this…

All things must pass. Even morons.

BOOM! Excellent summation.

The UnitedHealth CEO was killed 30 days ago on December 4. Luigi Mangione is now on trial for that killing.

Since Dec 4, about 5589 Americans have died preventable deaths under America’s exploitative for profit health system.

So—when do the CEOs who knowingly enabled these deaths go on trial?

My latest: https://www.qasimrashid.com/p/americas-hell-corporations

While Musk is trying to get AfD elected in Germany, Trump is now threatening to put tariffs on all of Europe.

They really do not get how much hurt Europe could cause for them. Tesla, Amazon, Facebook — they are all here!

EU politicians should begin talking about the wonders of putting levies on their energy use, and how we support better working conditions and increased wages.

When Elon, Bezos, and Zuck support a fool, who wants to hurt European economy, remind them it is a two-way street!

#MAGA be like
#billionares #elonmusk #memes

Since 2019, 22 pieces of new legislation have been introduced in countries including Australia, Brazil, France, Germany, India, Norway, Peru, Philippines, Russia, South Africa, Turkey, Uganda, United Kingdom, and the United States to limit climate protests.

This is state capture by the fossil fuel industry.

#CivilDisobedience #climate #ClimateCollapse #environment

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12-15/australia-leads-world-in-arresting-climate-environment-activists/104721294?utm_source=abc_news_app&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_campaign=abc_news_app&utm_content=other

According to The Lancet, America’s for profit exploitative healthcare system causes 68,000 preventable deaths annually.

That means since an assailant killed the @Uhc CEO, America’s health insurance corps have killed ~400 Americans who should be alive today.

Thats is 1 person every 7.5 minutes—perpetually. It’s long past time we abolish exploitative healthcare and make healthcare a human right.

#cartoon #colonialism #religion #oppression

United we stand, divided we fall.

It feels like some folks think democracy amounts to doing whatever the majority of those who voted in an election want. That’s not democracy. That’s tyranny of the majority.

If your society votes to start eating babies, you don’t start eating babies. You protect your babies with your life and you fight tooth and nail until you rid your society of baby eaters so you don’t end up as a nation of cannibals.

When vaccines blunted their impact, we forgot the fear of the disease, and in our comfort, people began to forget why we needed the vaccines in the first place.

I was really struck by the news images of wrecked cars being stacked in Valencia’s growing car graveyards.

This is adapted from a photo by Anadolu for Getty Images

The old world is dying. Things fall apart; the center cannot hold.

Whatever comes next will seem radical and extreme by any old measure of normalcy.

“The question,” MLK reminded us from a Birmingham jail cell, “is not whether we will be extremist, but what kind of extremists we will be. Will we be extremists for hate, or will we be extremists for love? Will we be extremists for the preservation of injustice, or will we be extremists for the cause of justice?”

Never underestimate the ability of the greedy to trick the vulnerable into thinking humane values are a hindrance to success.

Well, if you needed yet another reason for the UK to join the EU - here it is.