#Inequality

Lucy Hampton

ClearlyPossible

So a thread about social cohesion, why it matters & the problems we are storing up. Currently readying 'Utopia for Realists' by @rcbregman. Wonderful book that is making me think

Ruthie Yarme

Ruyarme

After reading the list of 106 representatives signing on to support the Texas “overthrow-the-election” case, I went on a “shallow dive” into the gender divide in the US House of

Nickel Thoughts

ThoughtsNickel

No matter what happens today, tomorrow, or over the next four years, my soul is settled. I didn’t vote for the candidate backed by Hate Groups.I didn’t vote for the

Robert Chang

KorematsuCtr

I may be biased.First question - yes.I have questions, though, about whether more could be done with case than what you say it basically stands for in your syllabus. If

DQ

DavidQuang

1/ A NEW WORLD ORDER called Bretton Woods monetary system was formed in 1944 where Gold linked to USD, became the world currency. But in the 1960s, fundamental flaws of

Lyall Taylor

LT3000Lyall

Central bank asset purchases are actually little more than the de facto nationalization of private wealth. If I could print money and use it to buy your house, I've basically

Baba Rum🥃dev

HeeraTarantino

Just saw somebody diss reservation on account of the myth perpetuated by many blinded by their privilege that it kills 'merit' This needs to be fcuking addressed. here we go..Firstly

Friend of the Talking Bird

DrugGovoruna

Since I keep contributing to inequality/IQ/meritocracy threads, let me state my own position. I have written these things on Twitter before; they are unoriginal. What I see around me is

Cory Doctorow #BLM

doctorow

Inequality requires narrative stabilizers. When you have too little and someone else has more than they can possibly use, simple logic dictates that you should take what they have. 1/

FranklyMyDear

MrDash109

Canada's Conservative Reform Party is and always been based upon promoting a destructive Trickle Down economic system of inequality and prejudice founded on (Straussian) deception, as such it really has

Erik Torenberg

eriktorenberg

Book notes from Thomas Piketty's "Capital in the 21st Century" Curious to hear critiques & responses to the book.https://www.amazon.com/Capital-Twenty-First-Century-Thomas-Piketty/dp/0674979850/ref=pd_bxgy_img_2/130-690528

Jeneisha C. Harris

JeneishaCHarris

Today, I do not encourage Black people, or anyone for the matter, to pick up a broom and have a cleaning day to commemorate MLK day. It is pointless, performative

Logan Millsap

LoganTMillsap

"I'm not racist" is meaningless.I grew up with extended family who *literally* identified themselves as "racist" and still didn't think they were racist. I'm 100% serious."I'm not a bigot, but

ClaraFerreiraMarques

ClaraDFMarques

Looking back over the past year in Hong Kong, it’s hard to fathom how much has changed. Pandemic, arrests, National Security Law, cancelled elections. Here’s a gallop through 2020 with

Jared Yates Sexton

JYSexton

Let's put it simply.The people who ruined this country, who grew inequality, who destroyed government as a public good, who made our lives miserable, all for profit, hid their guilt

Cal🎄

calvinjburke

I’m honestly always so shocked that Latter-day Saints rail against government socialized programs for the poor when quite literally our entire church is a socialized program for the poorNeed food?

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