Lmst

1,135: Billionaires living in the US, as of 2024—collectively worth $5.7T
#haves #havenots #wageinjustice #WorkersOverBillionaires

https://www.wsj.com/finance/investing/what-we-know-about-americas-billionaires-1-135-and-counting-98d22268

#classwar #elites #uspol #ukpol Good to see Bernie Saunders calling it as it is. Equally true in the #uk where the #haves 10% have #90% of the #national #wealth and the #havenots scratch by on what's left. For #paycheck to paycheck read #benefit day to benefit day. Screw the bastards to the wall.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2025/jun/04/saying-trump-is-dangerous-is-not-enough-bernie-sanders-on-biden-billionaires-and-why-the-democrats-failed

no one ever said

no one ever said
the grass is greener on the
other side because

the other side’s got ocean views –
just more blue, possibly hopeful
.
20250321:2132
y

#beachfront #blue #comparisons #covet #dailyPost #envy #grassIsGreener #haveNots #haves #hopeful #human #more #moreBlue #noOneEverSaid #observation #oceanViews #poem #poetry #postaday #tanka #theGrassIsGreener #theGrassIsGreenerOnTheOtherSide #theOtherSide #waka

#Olympics. On current viewing another example of the #GreatDivide I know it's mainly the #Swimming but across the board a preponderance of white, affluent looking faces. My #Sociology informs my opinion that many are the result of #Elitist nurturing. #Haves & #HaveNots anyone?

⬆️ @Npars01 @kmck @w7voa

>> money being spent on malign influence campaigns is getting astronomical

#rootOfAllEvil #sinewsOfWar

This is about the influence of money in world history, for those infuriated by the growing chasm between #Haves, #HaveNots, and #HaveYachts

The book covers many historical events and periods, from ancient Mesopotamia to #Ethereum, and is sort of an apologia for rapacious billionaires.

It misses much of what we're witnessing now, perhaps because it is unprecedented?

@FTM_nl
#Rutte, nieuwe baas van de #NAVO, de grote vriendelijke #verbinder
Die #risicoprofilering in de #fraudejacht op #havenots prima vindt

Een soort Jekyll and Hyde zeg maar

@NieuwsJunkies
Het Nederland van #Rutte
Geen gevangenisstraf wegens personeelstekort wegens lage lonen wegens neoliberaal onderbetalingsgeloof.

Wel opgejaagd en op #zwartelijst als chronisch zieke wegens #fraudejacht wegens neoliberaal #wantrouwen jegens #havenots.

https://www.groene.nl/artikel/een-rood-vlaggetje-achter-je-naam

@ChrisMayLA6

Well said. Inflation goes up threatening the #Haves, so interest rates go up to protect the #Haves at the cost of the #HaveNots

Whose world is this?

It's the #Haves world.

The #Haves and #HaveNots

https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cub21ueWNvbnRlbnQuY29tL2QvcGxheWxpc3QvZTczYzk5OGUtNmU2MC00MzJmLTg2MTAtYWUyMTAxNDBjNWIxL2RiNWRkMzAzLTRiODYtNDk3OC05YzY0LWFmYmEwMTJkNGVjMy9lNWNmMDRhMy0xY2I1LTQwMTgtOTcyMy1hZmJhMDEyZDRlZGYvcG9kY2FzdC5yc3M/episode/ZmU4ODAwOGQtOTI5MS00NGQ0LTk4MjItYjBhZTAxODlmODZj?sa=X&ved=0CKcCEM-BB2oXChMIkPn8h9-nggMVAAAAAB0AAAAAEAE

Joan Walsh, co-author of #Corporate Bullsh*t, joined Danielle for a timely conversation about the ever widening gap in the #American #socioeconomy - and how we can #fightback.

As imported #Capitalism broadens the divide between the #haves and the #HaveNots in #China, reminiscence for #Mao-era #revolutionary times rises. Which, to my jaded eyes, is immensely funny to watch as #capitalists take full advantage of this reminiscence and market materials from the time or which hearken back to those times.

Today's purchase is such an item. It's 1l of fairly basic #Chinese #liquor, at 45%ABV (90 proof)—fairly weak and low-grade liquor by Chinese standards—stored in miniature recreation enamel tin mugs, 125ml each (roughly 3 shots equivalent each) printed with revolutionary-era slogans on the side. The contained liquor is blandly inoffensive, of the "light scented" variety, sweetened with sugar, flavoured with #bamboo leaves and #gardenia, as well as two other ingredients I can't recognize. It isn't the best liquor I've ever tasted, but at the equivalent of five bucks for all you see here, it's a pretty good deal for the money.

Another entry in my collection of #Maomorabilia. Only this time I can drink it and have it make me feel good!