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Ted Johnson<p>"The entire business model of Silicon Valley is surveillance." –Carole Cadwalladr </p><p>xitter @carolecadwalla @tedtalks </p><p>Full video:<br>This Is What a Digital Coup Looks Like <br><a href="https://youtu.be/TZOoT8AbkNE" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/TZOoT8AbkNE</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/Authoritarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Authoritarian</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/PresidentMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PresidentMusk</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/DOGEBags" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGEBags</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/oligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oligarchy</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/plutocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>plutocracy</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/broligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>broligarchy</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/HalfHeartedFanatic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HalfHeartedFanatic</span></a></p>
🇺🇦 🇨🇦:nonazis: Cui Bono?<p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Nato" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nato</span></a> offers a Trump <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Tariff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tariff</span></a> Tracker.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Economy</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Oligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Oligarchy</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tariffs</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Constitution</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Technology</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Threats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Threats</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>History</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/MAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MAGA</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Democrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Democrats</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/programs/geoeconomics-center/trump-tariff-tracker/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">atlanticcouncil.org/programs/g</span><span class="invisible">eoeconomics-center/trump-tariff-tracker/</span></a></p>
Tamahagane<p>Sign on!<br>If you want to fight weeds you need to rip out the roots.<br>For <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a> , <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>musk</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/jdvance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>jdvance</span></a> and this entire cluster fk, that’s the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/heritagefoundation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>heritagefoundation</span></a> and their contributors.<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/resist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>resist</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/oligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oligarchy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/plutocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>plutocracy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/eattherich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>eattherich</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fight</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>autocracy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/freedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>freedom</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a></p><p><a href="https://sign.moveon.org/petitions/hold-the-heritage-foundation-and-subsidiaries-accountable-for-project-2025" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">sign.moveon.org/petitions/hold</span><span class="invisible">-the-heritage-foundation-and-subsidiaries-accountable-for-project-2025</span></a></p>
Charlie McHenry<p>Would be dictator, President Trump says CBS and ’60 Minutes’ should ‘pay a big price’ for going after him - <a href="https://connectop.us/tags/FreedomOfThePress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreedomOfThePress</span></a> be damned. Criticize the dictator, suffer the consequences. <a href="https://connectop.us/tags/Coup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Coup</span></a> <a href="https://connectop.us/tags/AmericanCoup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmericanCoup</span></a> <a href="https://connectop.us/tags/TrumpIsATraitor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpIsATraitor</span></a> <a href="https://connectop.us/tags/Autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Autocracy</span></a> <a href="https://connectop.us/tags/Oligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Oligarchy</span></a> <a href="https://connectop.us/tags/FreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeSpeech</span></a> <a href="https://apnews.com/article/trump-cbs-60-minutes-2c8a32df63f3ec50cfffe94a26436fda" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/trump-cbs-6</span><span class="invisible">0-minutes-2c8a32df63f3ec50cfffe94a26436fda</span></a></p>
DB 🌱💦<p>Do you understand Bernie’s job yet?</p><p>It's fundraising for the Democratic Party by appealing to progressives using leftist dog-whistles. </p><p>And with his Oligarchy Tour it looks like he's ready to pass that same old grifting baton over to AOC.<br>c: @RevBlackNetwork<br><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/BernieSanders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BernieSanders</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/AOC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AOC</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Democrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Democrats</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Progressives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Progressives</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Oligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Oligarchy</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a></p>
Babs E. Blue #IStandW/Zelensky<p><a href="https://genomic.social/tags/NoelCasler" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoelCasler</span></a> on Trump 🎯 </p><p>"He is a man who filed six bankruptcies and was involved in over four thousand lawsuits BEFORE he became POTUS. He failed or corrupted every business he ever ran until he finally struck gold as the grifter-in-chief; pilfering and plundering his way through our federal government. He will leave this once-proud land barren and broke if we let him."</p><p>Time to ACT. </p><p><a href="https://genomic.social/tags/Kleptocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kleptocracy</span></a> <a href="https://genomic.social/tags/Oligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Oligarchy</span></a> <a href="https://genomic.social/tags/WeDontHaveADemocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WeDontHaveADemocracy</span></a></p>
janhoglund<p>“Now, countries and investors worldwide are dumping U.S. Treasury bonds like they're radioactive. America is inching toward a financial cliff, and if this keeps up, we could end up like post-Soviet Russia—a place where a few oligarchs got stupid rich while everyone else got crushed.”<br>—Dean Blundell, Trump’s Tariff Twist and the Bond Crisis: The Emperor has no Clothes or Cards and it Could Kill America<br><a href="https://deanblundell.substack.com/p/trumps-tariff-twist-and-the-bond" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">deanblundell.substack.com/p/tr</span><span class="invisible">umps-tariff-twist-and-the-bond</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tariffs</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/oligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oligarchy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/usa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>usa</span></a></p>
GrrlScientist ⧖ Ⓥ :verified:<p>"A bald eagle in a dumpster screaming to the heavens is probably the most fitting image for Americans in 2025."</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/FascistAmeriKKKa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FascistAmeriKKKa</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/nazis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nazis</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/oligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oligarchy</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/kleptocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kleptocracy</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/EatTheRich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EatTheRich</span></a></p>
Joshua Rose<p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/networkstate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>networkstate</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/facism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>facism</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/oligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oligarchy</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/insidecats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>insidecats</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/techbros" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>techbros</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/web3" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>web3</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/rationalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rationalism</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2025/apr/13/end-times-fascism-far-right-trump-musk" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/us-news/ng-int</span><span class="invisible">eractive/2025/apr/13/end-times-fascism-far-right-trump-musk</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>‘<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Revolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Revolution</span></a> With Joy’: <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Bernie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bernie</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AOC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AOC</span></a> Draw Massive Crowd in Los Angeles</p><p>Sanders appeared to draw his largest crowd ever as he warned supporters that “we are living today in an <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/oligarchic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oligarchic</span></a> form of society”</p><p>by Naomi LaChance, April 12, 2025</p><p>"Sanders noted that Musk had posted a video to X on Friday showing that Sanders has been warning that America is becoming an oligarchy for decades. 'Well, Elon, you’re damn right, that’s what I’ve been talking about,' Sanders said.</p><p>" 'The difference is I’m no longer talking about how we’re moving to oligarchy. I’m talking about how we are living today in an oligarchic form of society. Three months ago, when Trump was inaugurated, standing right behind him during his inauguration, were the three wealthiest people in this country, Mr. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a>, Mr. [Jeff] <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Bezos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bezos</span></a> and Mr. [Mark] <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Zuckerberg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Zuckerberg</span></a>. And right behind them, were 13 other <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/billionaires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>billionaires</span></a> who Trump had nominated to head up major federal agencies. And that, brothers and sisters, is what <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/oligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oligarchy</span></a> is all about.' "</p><p><a href="https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/bernie-sanders-aoc-los-angeles-crowd-fighting-oligarchy-1235316393/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">rollingstone.com/politics/poli</span><span class="invisible">tics-news/bernie-sanders-aoc-los-angeles-crowd-fighting-oligarchy-1235316393/</span></a></p><p>Archived version:<br><a href="https://archive.ph/V0grp" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">archive.ph/V0grp</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> </p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/StillSanders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StillSanders</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BernieSanders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BernieSanders</span></a></p>
John Yates<p><a href="https://toot.community/tags/Kakistocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kakistocracy</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Oligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Oligarchy</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Plutocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Plutocracy</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Kleptocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kleptocracy</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Idiocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Idiocracy</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Griftopia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Griftopia</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/FascistState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FascistState</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/BananaRepublic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BananaRepublic</span></a> . All of the above! Hacks, Quacks, and Charlatans. 2nd Grade Intellect! Incompetence! Corruption! Anti-Constitutional ! Anti-Rule of Rational Law! ! <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a></p>
Emily Hare<p>Your bravery and courage is deeply inspiring <a class="mention" href="https://bsky.brid.gy/ap/did:plc:b7kamuwqipovlbz2l5vhe2tb" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@carolecadwalla.bsky.social</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZOoT8AbkNE" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZOo...</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23politics" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#politics</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23coup" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#coup</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23oligarchy" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#oligarchy</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23brolicarchy" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#brolicarchy</a><br><br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZOoT8AbkNE" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">This Is What a Digital Coup Lo...</a></p>
DC Deejay 🇨🇦🇪🇺🇺🇦<p>A billionaire sending his girlfriend and a pop-star to space on a giant flying dildo, cheered on by celebrities, covered live by all the news networks, is 2025 in a nutshell. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/oligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oligarchy</span></a></p>
*|FNAME|* 🇨🇦🇺🇦🇬🇱<p>H/t <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://newsie.social/@LALegault" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>LALegault</span></a></span> </p><p>Today’s must-read weaves together a bunch of the threads that are the insanity that’s going on around us and names the beast that we’re up against.</p><p>It’s a bit of a long read, so bookmark it for when you have a few minutes to give it your full attention.</p><p>“The rise of end times fascism”</p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Oligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Oligarchy</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/TechnoFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TechnoFascism</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2025/apr/13/end-times-fascism-far-right-trump-musk" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/us-news/ng-int</span><span class="invisible">eractive/2025/apr/13/end-times-fascism-far-right-trump-musk</span></a></p>
GaslitNation<p>Antonia Juhasz, an investigative journalist and national environmental reporter writing for Rolling Stone, will join Gaslit Nation this month to discuss her must-read report on how Trump's shakedown of Zelensky serves Big Oil. Read it here: <a href="https://loom.ly/rCNjZJg" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">loom.ly/rCNjZJg</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>Listen to the new bonus show wherever you get your podcasts. Want to enjoy Gaslit Nation ad-free? Join our community of listeners. Sign up at Patreon.com/Gaslit!</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/oligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oligarchy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/dictatorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dictatorship</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/dictatortrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dictatortrump</span></a></p>
Kent Pitman<p>incompetent king<br>impotent to fix problems<br>can't but deny them</p><p> bankruptcy's oft his next tool<br> but grace won't likely follow</p><p><a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/tanka" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tanka</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/haiku" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>haiku</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/senryu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>senryu</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/poem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>poem</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/ShortPoem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ShortPoem</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/SmallPoem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SmallPoem</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/SmallPoems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SmallPoems</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>climate</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/denial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>denial</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/ClimateDenial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateDenial</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>censorship</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/bankruptcy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bankruptcy</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/oligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oligarchy</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/incompetence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>incompetence</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/incompetent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>incompetent</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/forgiveness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>forgiveness</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/grace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>grace</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/rebellion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rebellion</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/collapse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>collapse</span></a></p><p>I've attached some notes as a comment.</p>
Pony Lark<p>It's amazing what discipline <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a> voters instill in their leaders. I wish the left would do the same with the Dems.</p><p><a href="https://newsie.social/@JuanWild/114335487912595347" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">newsie.social/@JuanWild/114335</span><span class="invisible">487912595347</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/uspolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspolitics</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/gqp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gqp</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/oligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oligarchy</span></a></p>
TheNovemberFella ✊🏳️‍🌈 🇺🇦☸️🛰️🚀<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://sfba.social/@skykiss" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>skykiss</span></a></span> The only <a href="https://bookstodon.com/tags/hatred" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hatred</span></a> I have is for the <a href="https://bookstodon.com/tags/Oligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Oligarchy</span></a></p><p><a href="https://bookstodon.com/tags/EatTheRich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EatTheRich</span></a> <a href="https://bookstodon.com/tags/OligarchyIsADisease" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OligarchyIsADisease</span></a></p>
RaymondPierreL3<p>“The one thing that can stop the rise of the far right is the one thing mainstream parties are currently not prepared to deliver: greater equality. The rich should be taxed more, and the revenue used to improve the lives of the poor. However frantically centrist parties avoid the issue, there is no other way.” (George Monbiot)</p><p>Of course, it’s only come to this due to the lack of <a href="https://aus.social/tags/taxReform" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>taxReform</span></a> , progressive social <a href="https://aus.social/tags/legislation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>legislation</span></a> , and <a href="https://aus.social/tags/FinancialRegulation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FinancialRegulation</span></a> action from all govt since the 2008 <a href="https://aus.social/tags/GFC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GFC</span></a> . <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Neoliberalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Neoliberalism</span></a> ,<a href="https://aus.social/tags/CorporateCapitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CorporateCapitalism</span></a> and <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Globalisation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Globalisation</span></a> have been left unfettered to carry on this foolish race to the bottom. </p><p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/RWNJs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RWNJs</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/PopularPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PopularPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Oligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Oligarchy</span></a> </p><p>Source: <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/apr/13/trump-populists-human-nature-economic-growth" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/commentisfree/</span><span class="invisible">2025/apr/13/trump-populists-human-nature-economic-growth</span></a>?</p>
Brains Matter<p>Former <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Facebook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Facebook</span></a> executive exposes tech giant’s alarming failings <a href="https://youtu.be/A5XvjhJlI4E" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/A5XvjhJlI4E</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/meta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>meta</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>technology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/oligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oligarchy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a></p>