#trickling down

[dreaminginthedeepsouth]

Socialist Planning Beyond Capitalism :: @beyond_capital

Never forget that Ronald Reagan tripled the national debt from $738 billion to $2.1 trillion, dropped the income tax rate on the top 1% from 70% to 28%, sold 500 missiles to Iran, let 90,000 Americans die of AIDS, and set into motion the end of mental institutions, creating a massive homelessness crisis that continues to this day. And he’s not even close to the worst president we’ve ever had.

[felixravinstills]

It also like potentially opens up the avenues for names being a status symbol... like Fabrica Whatnot's family might obviously not have the same access to old books as others

i just want you to know that this hit me like a bag of rocks and i cannot stop thinking about it.

it makes so much sense to me! i love the idea of the richer, more elite families having access to media from previous civilizations gatekeeping their knowledge and using it as a status symbol.

It also actually raises the question of the Plinths having that knowledge before getting to the Capitol. The possibility that some people in the Districts who are wealthy enough might have access to old books (or that unknown to the Capitol some old books are in the Districts), or perhaps, encountering people from the Capitol and hearing/getting a chance to read them and imitating them by giving their children names based on old stories.

Anyway, gatekeeping knowledge feels very on brand for the Capitol. I was inspired by reading about private libraries in the Italian Renaissance (although book scarcity was also like because books weren't easy to make even with printing presses), but gatekeeping knowledge is also very much a weaponized tactic now.

[opprobriousremarks-blog]

piraticalwit

       “Is there a REASON you are interrupting the blissful peace of my office?”

Lucius really does NOT have time for nonsense this morning. 

           “I am trying to mark essays. 

            Dismal and stupid though my students may be,                                                  they deserve their marks on TIME.”

[opprobriousremarks-blog]

ahbutimavillain

          “Your students often look terribly distraught when they leave your lessons,                                                                          my dear coworker.

        You really MUST share your methods.”

Not that Lucius needs any advice in SADISM.

[raidiisms-blog]

*kisses*

Air Raid was suprised when a black femme rushed up to him and kissed him royally. He broke off after a couple of moments and tried to move back to restore his own personal little bubble. He grinned. “I know I am one heck of a good-looking mech, but that was a bit overkill in my opinion.”