I drink your milkshake! a metaphor for capitalism

[rickyb]

if your prospects for promotion are not good, then capitalism produces little incentive to do anything other than pretend to work:


Co-operation Works‏ @CooperationWks 45m45 minutes ago



Co-operation Works Retweeted Co-operatives UK

Funny how genuine ownership motivates...

Co-operation Works added,

Co-operatives UK @CooperativesUK
Almost twice as likely to survive the first the first five years as other businesses. Yep, that'll be new co-ops. http://www.uk.coop/economy2018 #coops
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[rickyb]

sound like the ppl who get fixated on the word capitalism vs socialism vs slavery, etc:

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1047913641654280193

 

[rickyb]

you can see the middle class died in vancouver in mid 2000s. wages in canada are flat since 1989.

 

[rickyb]

the lack of votes on the UPS union contract is what happens when you dont practice work place democracy.

 

[vantexan]

you can see the middle class died in vancouver in mid 2000s. wages in canada are flat since 1989.

Have them check out what our president is doing. Might learn something.

 

[rickyb]

Have them check out what our president is doing. Might learn something.

trump is awful and your a poor judge of character. he constantly lies, just maybe less than hillary.

if you want the economy to improve, then you have to do what all the protestors did to try and block the Kav vote.

 

[vantexan]

trump is awful and your a poor judge of character. he constantly lies, just maybe less than hillary.

if you want the economy to improve, then you have to do what all the protestors did to try and block the Kav vote.

The economy has improved in spite of all the weeping and wailing.

 

[rickyb]

The economy has improved in spite of all the weeping and wailing.

maybe on a short term basis, but that was true under obama as well. on a long term basis, both trump and obama were presiding over a decaying economy.

 

[vantexan]

maybe on a short term basis, but that was true under obama as well. on a long term basis, both trump and obama were presiding over a decaying economy.

So there's no improving anything? Boy are you Debbie Downer!

 

[rickyb]

So there's no improving anything? Boy are you Debbie Downer!

the idea is not to get your hopes up, and dont be fooled.

like if the recession happens, ppl will blame trump, but its only partly his fault. recessions always happen.

i draw parallels between how people hope their god will save them (he wont) and how they hope their politicians will save them (they wont typically).

trump did okay on the trade deal with mexico / canada. so thats alright.

 

[rickyb]

note that UK fell for margaret thatcher and reagan's right wing revolution. they currently are having their govt healthcare defunded. UK has had falling wages for decades.

Richard D. Wolff‏Verified account @profwolff 2h2 hours ago




Leaders who do nothing to end such poverty are often big defenders of family values. Meanwhile, capitalism produces such income and wealth inequality that 40% of UK women report they cannot afford menstrual supplies: they suffer "period poverty."


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[rickyb]

call this system whatever you like..."government backed capitalism":


Bernie Sanders‏Verified account @BernieSanders 17h17 hours ago



US Senate candidate, VT



It is not acceptable that the top 1% of the world’s population owns half the planet’s wealth, while the bottom 70% of the working age population accounts for just 2.7% of global wealth.

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[rickyb]

chris hedges interviews some homeless people, which is where some of us will find ourselves after the next financial crisis bc more than 50% of america is only a few paychecks away from being homeless anyways:

Homeless America

 

[rickyb]

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Brett Scott‏Verified account @Suitpossum 3h3 hours ago




It often feels like Economics is fixated on analysing human choice, but never on analysing who gets to set the menus, or whether people have any choice but to choose from them

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[rickyb]

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez‏Verified account @Ocasio2018 16h16 hours ago

US House candidate, NY-14


Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Retweeted Eliza Shapiro

1 out of 10 children in NYC public schools is now homeless, driven by runaway income inequality and skyrocketing housing costs. It’s time to push back on the luxury developer lobbies squeezing & displacing our families, making our city empty+unaffordable to all but the very few.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez added,

Eliza ShapiroVerified account @elizashapiro
Something every New Yorker should know: there are 114,659 homeless students in our city. NY's biggest homeless student crisis on record is getting worse. Homelessness in New York Public Schools Is at a Record High: 114,659 Students …
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[rickyb]

no kidding. maybe he was excited:

Mike Prysner‏ @MikePrysner 58m58 minutes ago



Mike Prysner Retweeted George Eaton

This is the guy who famously declared “the end of history! Capitalism proves to be the only system for humanity and socialism is buried forever”

Mike Prysner added,


George EatonVerified account @georgeeaton
Francis Fukuyama: "Socialism ought to come back" and "certain things Karl Marx said are turning out to be true". My interview from tomorrow's NS. Francis Fukuyama interview: “Socialism ought to come back” …
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[rickyb]

madness. about as mad as evil dead II movie

we prob have 10 years. my bets on extinction:

Malcolm Harris‏Verified account @BigMeanInternet 6h6 hours ago




This is a good one

 

[cosmo1]

Talking to yourself, Ricky?

 

[1989]

madness. about as mad as evil dead II movie

we prob have 10 years. my bets on extinction:

Malcolm Harris‏Verified account @BigMeanInternet 6h6 hours ago




This is a good one

If you only educated yourself. Maybe you could comprehend something you repost.

 

[rickyb]

Talking to yourself, Ricky?

who are you talking to?