All those dystopian movies you watched as a kid, where some obscenely rich guy in his business tower dispenses life and death to whomever he wants with his private army, while his employees work like new-age plantation cotton pickers just to live in a mechanical closet? Yeah - that's where we've been heading now for decades.
I never saw them as aspirational but apparently a lot of already wealthy people's kids did. I always took it as a given that Skynet was bad, it's crazy to me how many people must not have.
Right, Reagan did this! He destroyed America, sold US All Out! To big corporate Ceo's, to enrich himself. He literally put corps. Above We the People! Removed the Dem law, that prevented corps from obtaining monopolies on our food, products, etc. The very reason why our independent grocery stores disappeared, taken over by Walmart, Amazon, etc. Which wiped out, most of our small businesses.
Excellent article 👍 Of course the ultra rich are entitled to this. We "human capital" are merely here to serve and nothing more. We're the hosts for these parasitical ghouls who suck the life force from us from cradle to beyond the grave. I remember during COVID when Mitch McConnell called the human workforce "human capital". It shocked and appalled me. We're nothing more than a commodity... not living beings.
These corporate ghouls are soulless creatures who are drunk with power, entitlement and sick with greed. Whoever this assassin is he's a hero to the little people. A modern Robin Hood of Elysium.
Ugh, yeah that "human capital" statement. It's this kind of dehumanizing framing of human beings while contracting for Harvard Business Publishing that you could say "radicalized" me. Sifting through published content as part of my job that justified workplace inclusion of various marginalized groups first and foremost, and often only, in terms of the "business case," how profitable inclusion could be, was revolting. Doing that job was an act of daily self harm. And I learned real quick what happens when you refuse to play nice with sycophants and the power structure they protect. People need to wake up and realize that we are NOTHING to those who see themselves as our Masters if we aren't useful to maintaining their power or at the very least meek or broken enough to stay out of the way.
Mc Connell is the worst kind of Weasel, he is easy to bribe, for the right price, while blocking anything that could help US. He married his wife for money! Her wealthy Asian Family wanted to obtain shipping rights to U.S. Docks. But none were available, unless it was an American Co. So he married the daughter, of that shipping magnate, ‘walla!’. Instant shipping rights, and took the place meant for an American shipping Co.
“Why does this one man merit a nationwide search? Why does this one guy, whose career was immensely harmful to so many people, deserve the entirety of the police apparatus searching for his killer?”
Why? I have the answer as to why.
Any resistance to the present order needs to be made an example of. Resistance needs to be shown to fail. This imperative goes well beyond any particular connections or wealth the “victim” may have had.
"I could demonstrate to you that every single bank robbery, that in every single case practically, the cost of the police was more than the actual money that the robbers took from the bank. Does that mean, 'Oh, you see, there's really no economic interest involved, then. They're not protecting the banks. The police are just doing this because they're on a power trip, or they're macho, or they're control freaks, that's why they do it.' No, of course it's an economic... of course they're defending the banks. Of course, because if they didn't stop that bank robbery, regardless of the cost, this could jeopardize the entire banking system." -- Michael Parenti
I'm not saying murder is by any means morally equivalent to robbing a bank, but the point remains the same.
There's an opening here, and we need to exploit it.
Conservative grifters Ben Shapiro and Matt Walsh, those champions of conservative grift, have been betrayed—not by the so-called "radical left," but by their own fans.
You see, both of these out-of-touch billionaire mouthpieces attempted to spin the murder of a healthcare CEO into a partisan attack on the left.
And guess what? It backfired gloriously. Their comment sections? A digital SMITEDOWN.
Behold, the masses were not amused: “Ben, this isn’t left vs. right—this is us,” thundered one commenter. Another delivered the fatal blow: “Matt, you’re wrong. Try living paycheck to paycheck before defending these corporate ghouls.”
“Sorry Ben,” one fan wrote. “I’m a lifelong conservative, and I have zero sympathy for this CEO. My father died of lung cancer, and the insurance company was on the cancer’s side.”
Another user cut straight to the bone: “Being mad at the healthcare system isn’t a leftist thing. It’s an everyone thing.”
Verily, stupid fucks Shapiro and Walsh inadvertently revealed the one thing ALL actual Americans can agree on: hatred for a system that screws us all while propping up the elites. You know, like right wing podcasters, who get paid by billionaires to spread their pro-billionaire talking points to working-class Americans whilst condescendingly cosplaying in flannel shirts."
One of the few things everyone agrees on.
Surely there's a populist thread to be pulled here?
This is the perfect opportunity to reach out to rural communities and also highlight the absurdity of Israeli illegal settlers getting state-subsidized healthcare and education while people here die from basic illnesses and struggle to get into college without drowning in debt.
We as socialists of all kinds need to acknowledge this and actually talk to people in real life for once.
You nailed the Truth to the wall! Time for We the PEOPLE! To stand together against these monsters, instead - of allowing Fox LIES, & their Ilk, to turn US against each other! For Corporate Oligarchs to RULE over - Our lives, they won’t stop until we have nothing left! Greed begets MORE GREED! The so-called Ins. Co’s - Have control over who lives and who dies! United we Stand! Dived We Fall..
Let's not forget this brilliant article. These people are not part of society, they are actively taking steps to emerge the only survivors of the horrors they bring.
I keep asking why they keep calling this murder an assassination. Not the term they use for the average slain schmo published in the paper every day. Even a top ranking college student or even an NCAA star.
Just remember every time you fail to accurately describe these people, you are part of the problem. Illegal aliens. Illegal immigrants. Are we allowed to cheer for the death of one/many, or only when the victim is someone you hate?
I know. It was really bugging me that people who should know better kept referring to him as an assassin. What, he was some kind of royalty, or nationally-elected leader? Even for those people, it's ludicrous to have a 'special' word, when you get right down to it. Taking a life is taking a life. They want us to keep thinking it's ok if the person isn't anyone "special."
Theirs not to reason why, theirs but to do or die" and all that. Some things never change.
EXACTLY THIS! I love how you write about this & society! And Daniel Penny walked. I threw up. No justice no peace indeed. On Twitter some troll said -oh just what a fat white lady would say. I said - come to Staten Island & say that to my fat face. Ofc inspired by MVP (she’s not fat obvi). Trolls are chicken. There are seventy-eleven different justice systems in this country. But if you’re Black & poor, you’re going to die. I cannot stomach this. I’m volunteering to try to change this. It’s hard but I’ll do what I can.
All those dystopian movies you watched as a kid, where some obscenely rich guy in his business tower dispenses life and death to whomever he wants with his private army, while his employees work like new-age plantation cotton pickers just to live in a mechanical closet? Yeah - that's where we've been heading now for decades.
I never saw them as aspirational but apparently a lot of already wealthy people's kids did. I always took it as a given that Skynet was bad, it's crazy to me how many people must not have.
Right, Reagan did this! He destroyed America, sold US All Out! To big corporate Ceo's, to enrich himself. He literally put corps. Above We the People! Removed the Dem law, that prevented corps from obtaining monopolies on our food, products, etc. The very reason why our independent grocery stores disappeared, taken over by Walmart, Amazon, etc. Which wiped out, most of our small businesses.
Both parties are corrupt. Not just the Republicans.
Excellent article 👍 Of course the ultra rich are entitled to this. We "human capital" are merely here to serve and nothing more. We're the hosts for these parasitical ghouls who suck the life force from us from cradle to beyond the grave. I remember during COVID when Mitch McConnell called the human workforce "human capital". It shocked and appalled me. We're nothing more than a commodity... not living beings.
These corporate ghouls are soulless creatures who are drunk with power, entitlement and sick with greed. Whoever this assassin is he's a hero to the little people. A modern Robin Hood of Elysium.
Ugh, yeah that "human capital" statement. It's this kind of dehumanizing framing of human beings while contracting for Harvard Business Publishing that you could say "radicalized" me. Sifting through published content as part of my job that justified workplace inclusion of various marginalized groups first and foremost, and often only, in terms of the "business case," how profitable inclusion could be, was revolting. Doing that job was an act of daily self harm. And I learned real quick what happens when you refuse to play nice with sycophants and the power structure they protect. People need to wake up and realize that we are NOTHING to those who see themselves as our Masters if we aren't useful to maintaining their power or at the very least meek or broken enough to stay out of the way.
My post above was to JD Goulet
Mc Connell is the worst kind of Weasel, he is easy to bribe, for the right price, while blocking anything that could help US. He married his wife for money! Her wealthy Asian Family wanted to obtain shipping rights to U.S. Docks. But none were available, unless it was an American Co. So he married the daughter, of that shipping magnate, ‘walla!’. Instant shipping rights, and took the place meant for an American shipping Co.
When did they change the personnel department to human resources?
Yes! I completely agree, wholeheartedly!
The post above was to JD Goulet
“Why does this one man merit a nationwide search? Why does this one guy, whose career was immensely harmful to so many people, deserve the entirety of the police apparatus searching for his killer?”
Why? I have the answer as to why.
Any resistance to the present order needs to be made an example of. Resistance needs to be shown to fail. This imperative goes well beyond any particular connections or wealth the “victim” may have had.
Resistance must be shown to be futile.
"I could demonstrate to you that every single bank robbery, that in every single case practically, the cost of the police was more than the actual money that the robbers took from the bank. Does that mean, 'Oh, you see, there's really no economic interest involved, then. They're not protecting the banks. The police are just doing this because they're on a power trip, or they're macho, or they're control freaks, that's why they do it.' No, of course it's an economic... of course they're defending the banks. Of course, because if they didn't stop that bank robbery, regardless of the cost, this could jeopardize the entire banking system." -- Michael Parenti
I'm not saying murder is by any means morally equivalent to robbing a bank, but the point remains the same.
1984 ••••
And it even goes beyond any fear for their own safety the cohort of senior management feel.
There's an opening here, and we need to exploit it.
Conservative grifters Ben Shapiro and Matt Walsh, those champions of conservative grift, have been betrayed—not by the so-called "radical left," but by their own fans.
You see, both of these out-of-touch billionaire mouthpieces attempted to spin the murder of a healthcare CEO into a partisan attack on the left.
And guess what? It backfired gloriously. Their comment sections? A digital SMITEDOWN.
Behold, the masses were not amused: “Ben, this isn’t left vs. right—this is us,” thundered one commenter. Another delivered the fatal blow: “Matt, you’re wrong. Try living paycheck to paycheck before defending these corporate ghouls.”
“Sorry Ben,” one fan wrote. “I’m a lifelong conservative, and I have zero sympathy for this CEO. My father died of lung cancer, and the insurance company was on the cancer’s side.”
Another user cut straight to the bone: “Being mad at the healthcare system isn’t a leftist thing. It’s an everyone thing.”
Verily, stupid fucks Shapiro and Walsh inadvertently revealed the one thing ALL actual Americans can agree on: hatred for a system that screws us all while propping up the elites. You know, like right wing podcasters, who get paid by billionaires to spread their pro-billionaire talking points to working-class Americans whilst condescendingly cosplaying in flannel shirts."
One of the few things everyone agrees on.
Surely there's a populist thread to be pulled here?
https://open.substack.com/pub/thegodpod/p/right-wing-podcasters-fans-turn-on?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=1gwgym
This is the perfect opportunity to reach out to rural communities and also highlight the absurdity of Israeli illegal settlers getting state-subsidized healthcare and education while people here die from basic illnesses and struggle to get into college without drowning in debt.
We as socialists of all kinds need to acknowledge this and actually talk to people in real life for once.
Serious question what do we do? Great article - I just wish more were ready to push for change, and not accept the status quo
You nailed the Truth to the wall! Time for We the PEOPLE! To stand together against these monsters, instead - of allowing Fox LIES, & their Ilk, to turn US against each other! For Corporate Oligarchs to RULE over - Our lives, they won’t stop until we have nothing left! Greed begets MORE GREED! The so-called Ins. Co’s - Have control over who lives and who dies! United we Stand! Dived We Fall..
https://www.vice.com/en/article/billionaires-are-building-luxury-bunkers-to-escape-doomsday/
Let's not forget this brilliant article. These people are not part of society, they are actively taking steps to emerge the only survivors of the horrors they bring.
Yeah, NYC cops are notorious for racking up overtime, and no doubt as you said, they are likely to ask for more funding, and get it.
https://comptroller.nyc.gov/newsroom/nypd-overspending-on-overtime-grew-dramatically-in-recent-years/
I keep asking why they keep calling this murder an assassination. Not the term they use for the average slain schmo published in the paper every day. Even a top ranking college student or even an NCAA star.
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ABSOLUTELY! A MUST!
"immigrants"
Just remember every time you fail to accurately describe these people, you are part of the problem. Illegal aliens. Illegal immigrants. Are we allowed to cheer for the death of one/many, or only when the victim is someone you hate?
I know. It was really bugging me that people who should know better kept referring to him as an assassin. What, he was some kind of royalty, or nationally-elected leader? Even for those people, it's ludicrous to have a 'special' word, when you get right down to it. Taking a life is taking a life. They want us to keep thinking it's ok if the person isn't anyone "special."
Theirs not to reason why, theirs but to do or die" and all that. Some things never change.
EXACTLY THIS! I love how you write about this & society! And Daniel Penny walked. I threw up. No justice no peace indeed. On Twitter some troll said -oh just what a fat white lady would say. I said - come to Staten Island & say that to my fat face. Ofc inspired by MVP (she’s not fat obvi). Trolls are chicken. There are seventy-eleven different justice systems in this country. But if you’re Black & poor, you’re going to die. I cannot stomach this. I’m volunteering to try to change this. It’s hard but I’ll do what I can.
https://www.press.jhu.edu/newsroom/private-guards-public-goods-and-political-violence-or-lessons-end-gilded-age?srsltid=AfmBOorOUaNQIaUYxOfzz016I0dvVY51oHQjswS0kSjJNW3iwi4tl8x-
At what point is the NYPD stepping into Pinkerton territory with their excessive expenditure of resources ?