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#meme #humor #feminism #elitism #equality

The image is a black and white cartoon featuring a scene with two characters. The character on the left is lying on a bed, wearing a dress with puffed sleeves and a bow in her hair, reminiscent of a classic fairy tale character (and looks very much like Snow White). The character on the right is kneeling beside the bed (and looks very much like a prince), wearing a sleeveless tunic and boots, with his hands gently placed on the bed. The background is decorated with hanging vines and flowers, adding a whimsical touch to the scene.

The text at the bottom of the image reads: "You're telling me I should leave the artists' commune that saved me from my stepmother's tyrannical elitism, where I have seven boyfriends, to become the impotent figurehead of another unjust power structure?"

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#Venice #protests target #Bezos over mounting grievances

Mass #tourism, impossibly high #rent, #worker #exploitation, #inequality & #elitism: Venice protests in recent days against #JeffBezos & #LaurenSanchez's high-profile wedding have highlighted growing #global grievances.

#politics #oligarchy #technocracy #broligarchy #greed #billionaires #power #ITpol #Italy
https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/venice-protests-target-bezos-over-mounting-grievances-2025-06-28/

I just want to give a massive"Fuck.You" to those that chose to not vote because of some bullshit better than thou issue kept you from voting for a person who was much better than this motherfucker we have now.
You singlehandedly destroyed this country..
By not voting for Kamala or voting 3rd party,or just not voting at all,you took the one real power you had to change things and threw it ,and us,away

Fuck you !!!!
#Election2024
#misguidedidealism
#stupidity
#elitism

This was written almost a hundred years ago.

Maybe today's trends aren't really today's. They're just getting easier to see. And, maybe, that's a reason to worry a little less.

#mediocrity #quote #quotes #quotation #liberalism #elitism #democracy #joseortegaygasset #spain #españa #espana

[The mass-man] accepts the stock of commonplaces, prejudices, cigarette-butts of ideas or empty words which chance has piled up within his mind, and with a boldness only explicable by his sincerity, is prepared to impose them everywhere.…

Why should he listen, if he has within him all that is necessary? There is no reason now for listening, but rather for judging, pronouncing, deciding.

José Ortega y Gasset, 1929

"World Destruction" by Time Zone >

https://youtu.be/P801hHPNj8M

Vocals – Afrika Bambaataa, John Lydon
Bass, DMX Drum Machine – Bill Laswell
Guitar – Nicky Skopelitis
Synthesizer – Bernie Worrell
Percussion – Aiyb Dieng

Produced by Afrika Bambaataa, Bill Laswell & Material
Recorded by Rob Stevens

Written by Afrika Bambaataa & Bill Laswell.
Administration for Material – Roger Trilling

Video Director: Unidentified/Unknown

#music #video #punk #rap #hip_hop #electronic_boogie #world_destruction #nuclear_war #democracy #wars #warfare #religions #politic #autocracy #brainwashing #fanaticism #idiocracy #elitism #capitalism #communism #cold_war

Why We Don't Trust the "Elites" https://buff.ly/50CXM8L #culture #worldview #politics #elites #elitism #government

#Labour #starmer #Corruption #Elitism #Toalitarianism #betrayal #treason https://youtu.be/jvC0SLXiiao?si=VEO9i7ltHh2dl-e6

“It didn’t occur to me for about five or six years after leaving school that literature was something I could be involved in. Then I discovered it was possible to write stories myself…”

—an extract from James Kelman on “Elitism & English Literature”, from a book I’m currently typesetting

#Scottish #literature #workingclass #writers #writing #JamesKelman #elitism

It didn’t occur to me for about five or six years after leaving school that literature was something I could be involved in. Then I discovered it was possible to write stories myself, I just had to go out and buy a couple of reliable ball-point pens and a good-sized notebook. I could even write stories about ordinary people if I wanted to. There wasn’t anybody going to stop me by using physical force. After that I found out there were other people in this country also doing such things, and there were other people who had been doing such things for a couple of hundred years. It was just that nobody in any of the positions of power in society had got round to telling me.

My friend who teaches undergrads: "Student flunks final exam, asks if they can have a *simpler assignment* because otherwise they won't get their degree right now".

When people complain about academic #elitism, what they really want to get rid of is #meritocracy.

#TheMetalDogArticleList
#MetalSucks
Doc Coyle’s Sick of Gatekeepers: “Don’t Get Sleep Token? That’s Fine, but Let’s Stop It With the Elitism”

https://www.metalsucks.net/2025/06/03/doc-coyles-sick-of-gatekeepers-dont-get-sleep-token-thats-fine-but-lets-stop-it-with-the-elitism/

#DocCoyle #Gatekeepers #SleepToken #Elitism #MetalSucks #LavieaThomas #MusicDebate #HeavyScene #NewEP #ToTheGrave

This article @SabiLewSounds posted talks a lot about the origins #mentalhealth treatments

Things that remain centerstage today in the #marginalization of so many

There's a long history of #segregation and #uglylaws, on and on, to keep those who don't conform with expected norms from having an affect on lulled masses

#fascist #hierarchical #capitalist #elitism is present in systems that are not, nor ever were, built to help the #marginalized

They created the very disparity seen still today

Ah, the audacity of airlines! ✈️ Turns out solo travelers are now subjected to a "loneliness tax" because apparently, flying solo is a luxury only the elite can afford. 😆 Who knew being unpopular could be so expensive? 💸
https://thriftytraveler.com/news/airlines/airlines-charging-solo-travelers-higher-fares/ #airlinestories #loneliness #tax #travelissues #travelhumor #elitism #HackerNews #ngated

https://mas.to/@bloodravenlib/114557883554739071
bloodravenlib@mas.to - > Bluesky will begin verifying ‘notable’ users
https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/22/bluesky-will-begin-verifying-notable-users/

And the march to #enshittification continues over on #Bluesky.

For the record, no, I am not one of the "notable."

#SocialMedia #tech #classism #elitism

So it is good to stay on Mastodon!

> Bluesky will begin verifying ‘notable’ users
https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/22/bluesky-will-begin-verifying-notable-users/

And the march to #enshittification continues over on #Bluesky.

For the record, no, I am not one of the "notable."

#SocialMedia #tech #classism #elitism

Curtis Bram's " #Elitism versus #Populism " #openacess Cambridge Core: www.cambridge.org/core/element... Through 5 experiments involving elected local & state politicians, Democrats & Republicans, as well as the public, Bram makes out a willingness across all groups to prioritize partisan advantage

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:dlzbs4cykjmqphsmurq6h53t/post/3lpieuqo7722v

Elitism versus Populism

@Cloudslave
Yes. I get that as we age we have a tendency to be more #conservative, more cautious about changes, less likely to want to rock the boat. But all of those sentiments are a far cry from supporting any Party which denies changes are happening and which are veering further and further to the right, into #fascism #racism, #elitism, #greed and #hate.

And surely, us older folks were more into #unionism than any cohort since (the historical numbers alone show us this) and hence too ‘#progressive’ to support the #LNP let alone the crackpot Parties. What happened? Endemic senility? A geriatric demise of mental faculties? Forgotten how to think things through? Have we, as a cohort, forgotten what it was like in our youth?

What has happened to the generation of ‘flower power’, the Age of #Aquarius dreamers, the #Moratorium crowd, the #Whitlam supporters (and to a lesser extent the #Hawke generation)? Where have they all gone? Why have we, boomers, seemingly become fossilised curmudgeons? What has changed us so dramatically?

I do not consider myself an outlier, an exception, or anything other than a #boomer. My years and financial situation mark me out as one of them. But damn it, boomers suck and need to wake up to themselves. I thoroughly repudiate what my generation has become based on what I see, hear and read.

Bodies may become frail in the winter of our years,but that is no reason to fear what tomorrow might (or might not) bring. For those of us who still have a mind there is nothing stopping us from figuring out that whatever the future is, it is surely in the hands of younger generations and we should do our utmost to help them with it, not stymie their efforts, crush their dreams, impose our misguided wills on them. To do so has no purpose other than bull headedness based on misguided and illogical thinking (pse let it not be envy). What kind of parents, grandparents or great grandparents has my generation become? Didn’t we all use to love our kids?

"Say what you want about Trump, but he’s known to speak in simple and plain language. Does this make him dumb? I would counter that it makes him accessible.

Does this mean that Sanders and AOC should stop talking about oligarchy? Among their college-educated base, I see no reason why it’s a particularly bad idea. They understand the language and it resonates with them.

There’s also some polling out there from a progressive polling firm showing that most Americans can identify the definition of oligarchy when presented with a multiple-choice question. This isn’t the best polling design in the world, but it’s possible that Sanders and AOC have had some luck in popularizing the term.

But Democrats and progressives need to stop thinking that everyone in America has a college degree and follows every bit of minutiae in the news. Republicans tend to use simpler language, and it’s no surprise that they’ve won the working class’s votes for several elections in a row now. They speak more like ordinary people than Democrats do.

It’s not dumb to not understand every word in the English dictionary. What would be dumb is politicians insisting that we use words that people don’t understand in order to persuade them."

www.theamericansaga.com/p/do-americans-understand-what-bernie

#USA #Bernie #AOC #Oligarchy #Readability #Trump #DemocraticParty #Elitism #Populism

https://youtube.com/shorts/iY5gWHpsLzQ

I think they buried the lead.
Education scarcity is a myth.

#HigherEd #Endowment #Colleges #Elitism

#Elitism

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