#Monopoly

Marijuana in the US: At one point Hemp, the plant cannabis comes from, was a useful material. Used to create durable rope, twine, and cloth. It was also extremely prevalent
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I clicked on this expecting it to be terrible and, to my surprise, it was even worse than I had anticipated.https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/23/opinion/objectivity-black-journalists-coronavirus.html The central argument, that objectivity in
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Thomas Paine had many fans among the rah-rah capitalism crowd, so I thought it would be worth considering one of his later works, Agrarian Justice, to see what that tells
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Right, ok, so I watched a couple minutes from 40 min. Zille starts by giving the wrong dates for the Weimar Republic. She then thinks about it & corrects herself.
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After the imperialists make their dirty money from producing weapons that destroy innocent lives and perpetuates monopoly capitalism, where does that wealth actually go? Thread... Most of these imperialists and
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“We are not seeking to indoctrinate our students at all. We leave indoctrination to Stalin and the Devil. We love liberalism; we love democracy.” — Alvin Johson, first Director of
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States have been monopolizing currency of all sorts since ancient times, and they have been claiming for just as long that their monopolies are necessary to preserve the integrity of
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New Report: "An education savings account funded at just half of the amount spent per student in public schools would still provide around $9,509 per student per year, which is
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I've written about this program for years. It's a discounted broadband plan for low income customers that costs Comcast virtually nothing to provide, is a pain in the ass to
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Fantastic article.The incentives of the monopoly internet platforms inevitably drive their algos to foment polarisation. Optimising for engagement embeds it in the math.That’s a core feature of the political economy
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I've said it before, and will say it again. This is one to watch.New pipeline proposals may get the bulk of public attention, but this case has very big potential
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If you get into it with a Trumper don't give them anything...be an Independent, a PATRIOT. They attack Pelosi, Hillary, Joe... You keep it about industrialist vs people. GOP made
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Thread. I'm gonna make you a "Health Care" berserker. Pharma, hospital & insurance cartels appropriated the language of their adversaries. They have sent out an army of Terminators, programmed for
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Today, @thedailybeast published "The Justice Department Finally—Finally!—Takes on Google and the Danger of Monopolies," my op-ed on tech antitrust and its connection to the digital rights movement.https://www.thedailybeast.com
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Latest: Chinese citizen journalist #ZhangZhan has been sentenced to four years in prison for reporting from Wuhan during the #COVID19 lockdown. I chronicled her journey to Wuhan and talked to
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Primarily that the government should be small enough you could drown it in a bathtub (but strong enough to survive) – because otherwise one day you'll get Donald Trump in
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