#Welfare

Alison Trollop

AlisonTrollop

Often (you'll see throughout history), the gentry expects the workers to do the grunt work so that they can have a nice life. But they don't want to pay enough

Pitchfork Cosmonaut

pitchforkcosmo

A good way to understand social democracy (left liberalism/Butskellism/welfare capitalism/Keynesianism/reformism – also often disguises itself as ‘democratic socialism’) is through the Fabian Society, which has always been a dominant

Chance Durant, Author of Construct

chancedurant1

1984: A book about dystopian government leaders who normalize misinformation using "alternative facts," lying constantly until the populace just accepts their nonsense and follows their lead blindly, ignoring all evidence#1984IsHe

Christopher Federico

ChrisPolPsych

There's nothing wrong with this article; the last line is perhaps the most important. But in terms of the Broader Discourse on this point, a lot of folks seem to

David Marcus

davidimarcus

The whole issue with means-testing arguments is that they reaffirm notions that the goods being redistributed--health, housing, education, basic provisions--aren't rights, but gifts of largesse from the rich to the

Allan Green

Tank9999

While Paul Keating is trending it's a good time to have the convesation about what Ideology Australia should go forward withKeating & Hawke used an Aussie version of NeoLiberalism with

T. R. Okuna

XivTroy

My big brother brought his gf home last year. She was an immediate hit. Said little, laughed much. A Master's degree student & banker. She would join my mom &

Jason Hickel

jasonhickel

People mistakenly assume that the World Bank's poverty line ($1.90 PPP per day) represents what an American might be able to buy with $1.90 in poor countries abroad. But in

O₿iWan

ObiWanKenoBit

Fed Goldbugs1/Prior to joining the Fed, Alan Greenspan was a strong proponent of the gold standard. In his 1966 article “Gold and Economic Freedom” he expressed deep concerns regarding the

Christopher Green

ChrisGreen_NIP

PM Boris Johnson today stated that ‘intimidation and threats’ from left-wing ‘trolls’ is comparable to the far-right, Trump supporting fascists. And, naturally, he is using his media puppet, Rupert Murdoch,

Sayfty.com

SayftyCom

TW: child abuseNovember is #ChildSafetyProtectionMonth & it may sound cliché, but there is nothing more important than protecting our children from harm. According to the UNHCR @refugees, there are 4 types of

Brad Wilcox

WilcoxNMP

C'mon, Ezra. I'm all for Romney's new child allowance. But @swinshi's concerns about its potential effects on family & work are *legit*. It's not fair to dismiss them as "mean."

𝙳𝚎𝚜𝚎’𝚁𝚊𝚎 𝙻. 𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚐𝚎 (she/her) 🏳️‍🌈

deseraestage

23% of people shot and killed by police since 2015 (1,387 total) were experiencing a mental health crisis at time of death. 205 of them were Black men.https://link.medium.com/zz386LtS2cb #BlackLivesMatter

Maureen Johnson

Maureen6Johnson

If Scotland ever had the misfortune to separate from the U.K. and go it alone - please know it would be based on non-disclosure of essential info. Worse, as we

Thomas Horrocks

thomaslhorrocks

Why are Protestant, saved-by-grace-and-not-by-works Christians so opposed to “handouts?” “NO YOU CANT MONEY YOU DIDNT EARN! Now do you have a few minutes to hear about the unearned gift of

ICE must be destroyed 🏴

Itmechr3

I am once again losing my mind at people talking about neoliberalism as the ideology of favoring the market over state intervention. The neoliberals do not believe this, they never

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