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Star Wars fanfic concentrating on Palpatine.

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Masters of the Game - Chapter 1 - FictionGarden - Star Wars Prequel Trilogy [Archive of Our Own]

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The American Dream Depends On Jobs That May Not Exist Much Longer

AI is coming for our jobs. With past technological revolutions, old jobs disappeared but new jobs replaced them. That doesn’t seem to be…

If we cling to the myths that hard work and positive thinking will make you rich, we are doomed. Eventually, one of two things will happen. We will build a system that allows people to live even when the economy no longer needs their labor, or we will condemn millions of people for failing to find jobs that no longer exist. And if we choose the second option, no amount of patriotic mythology about hard work will save us from what comes next.

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A Realist's Guide to the American System

Part 1: Dimon and the enshittification of everything

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RICH PEOPLE SUCK

"The national debt helps drive economic inequality because the wealthiest people alive today benefit from being taxed very little, and I’m not even counting the fact that we don’t tax investment income the same way we tax earned income."

Um. Y'all:

The national debt helps drive economic inequality because who do you think the US government borrows FROM???

RICH PEOPLE.

I mean, c'mon, now. Where else are they going to borrow it? The government doesn't have any money. WE don't have any money. Super rich elites are the ONLY people who have any money.

So these VERY people, whom we SHOULD be taxing to PAY for things … we BORROW from to pay for things instead. Then WE THE PEOPLE owe THEM interest. At the same time as we have to borrow from them to afford a house … (which they own, by the way) … a car … an education … medical debt …

THESE FUCKING PEOPLE own

a.) ALL the assets

and

b.) ALL the debt.

At the same time, they jack prices up on everything and UNDERFUCKINGPAY.

So, they've got us coming and going, babe. When you hold all the money and own all the assets, you're the only game in town. You can hire people at a pittance and charge them whatever you please for whatever shit you're selling. They must borrow from you, and then they pay you back much more than they borrowed out of the shit salaries you're paying them, after paying you for the overpriced shit you're selling them.

And we wonder why we can't afford our bills and Uncle Sam can't, either.

TAX THE FUCKING RICH.

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FUCK TRUMP

What the U.S. is doing in Cuba is unforgivable

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The Law Does Not Apply To RethugliKKKans

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There will be always money for wars!

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Why those in power never wanted you to understand capitalism’s core weakness The argument here was straightforward: capitalism didn’t collapse because people stopped working hard. It collapsed because the system began rewarding only those who were already wealthy. As inequality grew, everyday needs stopped being met while luxury industries flourished. The video showed how this imbalance became the root of today’s economic problems.

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"First class is what's wrong, honey. It used to be a better meal. Now it's a better life." --Renee Zellweger, Jerry McGuire.

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When in history has this happened before? They even quote on “State.gov” that the unlawful attack on George Floyd was a “leftist cell”. Verified facts stated by Miller in comments http://news.usaunify.org/TTjFh5

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GLP-1's

Here's the thing:

Aren't people really supposed to eat more than half a cup of stir fried vegetables at a meal? Don't we call people not on GLP-1's who eat like that "anorexic?"

And if someone has to be anorexic to achieve a "normal" body size, could that maybe mean something else was wrong other than gluttony and laziness?

That's what I want to know.