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Why Billionaires Should Not Exist

An economic system that allows #billionaires #immoral

We're at #obscene #inequality #crisis, where wealth is limited to a powerful few, costing crippling hardship, precarity, & no well-being

When 1 billionaire earns more in 10 seconds than employees make in 1 yr, & workers can't meet basic cost of #rent & #medicine, then yes, every billionaire is a policy failure. Here’s why

teenvogue.com/story/billionair

Teen Vogue · Billionaires Should Not Exist — Here’s WhyBy Rebekka Ayres

Neoliberal/fascist people in positions of public power never say - Violence isn't the answer - when they give more raises to state mercenaries to buy more weapons of state funded violence & militarized/armored vehicles & to beat up nonviolent citizens exercising their rights to public #dissent & peaceful #protests.

I'm uninterested in bootlicker responses. I will block those who choose to commit bootlicking offenses on my timeline - on sight.

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But some experts caution that #Trump has wide latitude to interpret the #law & US troops cannot disobey legal orders they consider to be morally wrong.

"There is a widespread public misperception that the military can choose not to obey #immoral orders. And that's actually not true," said Kori Schake of the *#conservative* American Enterprise Institute.

Schake warned that a 2nd Trump term could see high-level firings as he pushes ahead with controversial policies.

An #Ontario court has been hearing a #legal case against #BarrickGold for its role in the killing of over 77 at its #NorthMara #GoldMine in #Tanzania.

Cassels Chair in #MiningLaw and Finance at Western #Law, Sara Ghebremusse joined Talking #ForeignPolicy to discuss the case against Barrick, the difficulty of holding #CanadianMining companies accountable in #Canadian courts and how Ottawa promotes a controversial international #mining industry.

m.youtube.com/watch?v=AU934E9t

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[#Trump]…portrays himself as a champion of the #military, but #Democrats point to his public & private remarks denigrating #ServiceMembers.

“I just haven’t seen anything this disgusting. It is completely inappropriate to do any kind of #political activity on a federal installation, & it is #immoral …to conduct any kind of #SelfServing activity on a #cemetery w/the graves of our fallen,”said Paul Eaton, a ret #Army general & adviser to #VoteVets whose father’s remains are interred at #Arlington.

Treatment of Imane #Khelif and #Raygun tells a broader story of the dangers of #socialmedia.

Two incidents — both involving women competing in the #Olympics — provide the latest grim proof of the often #toxic, #menacing and #deranged nature of social media.

One was the treatment of #Australian Rachael "Raygun" Gunn, who literally broke not just dance moves, but also social media when she became the target of hateful comments from internet trolls after her viral performance during the sport's Olympic debut.

The other, Olympic champion boxer Imane Khelif, was the subject of a worldwide gender eligibility debate and was publicly trolled with vile and inaccurate bigotry across social platforms.

Now #JKRowling and Elon #Musk have been named in a #cyberbullying lawsuit filed in #France by the #Algerian boxer. On Wednesday, her attorney Nabil Boudi, said they had filed a #criminal complaint over alleged "acts of cyber-harassment" to the Paris public prosecutor's office. The gold medallist said of her lawsuit: "All that is being said about me on social media is #immoral. I want to change the minds of people around the world."

Both these women — experts in their fields whether you like them or not — are adults, and therefore you'd hope they'd be more able to deal with the viciousness which has become public discourse, particularly online. But the fact that Raygun had to make a public appeal to be left alone, and Khelif is fighting back through the courts shows that we really are entering a new phase of the social media wars.

This is not to excuse the role of legacy media in this — that would be a mistake. The bullying of them both wasn't isolated to the online world. But it is without a doubt social media where the conspiracies and misinformation about both women grew, festered, and caused acute harm.

#auspol #X #Twitter

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abc.net.au/news/2024-08-19/ray

ABC News · Treatment of Imane Khelif and Raygun tells a broader story of the dangers of social mediaBy Patricia Karvelas

Hey, fam. I'd really like to do submissions for #Caturday and #SilentSunday but I just can't. The absolute, and, perhaps at best, accidental support of complete genocide of the Palestinian people prevents me from doing so. And the people who have forgotten student protests of another genocide, Vietnam?, honestly, piss off. BTW, you think your adopted ignorance protects your feeble Managerial Class wealth? It won't. You're a mark. You are a perpetual sucker and accidentally morally corrupt. Have such a nice day "Incredibly Smart People, smarter than any person with a basic conscience." Much Love, V. 💜
#Liberals #ProfessionalManagerialClass #CitizenJournalists #Hypocrisy #Immoral #Inept