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Donors of scapegoater used Mexican workers illegally

vendredi 14 février 2025 à 11:38

*Major Donors [for the scapegoater] who complained of immigrant "invasion" used Mexican workers illegally, sources allege.*

It would not surprise me if they were hypocritical. Why wouldn't they be?

Frozen potato market in the US

vendredi 14 février 2025 à 11:38

The frozen potato market in the US is dominated by just four companies, and the result (whether explicitly planned or not) is price fixing.

Infection by parasites in Mississippi Delta

vendredi 14 février 2025 à 11:38

*Infrastructure neglect and poverty lead to [infection by] parasites in the Mississippi Delta.*

Ukraine invasion used to influence the wrecker

vendredi 14 février 2025 à 11:38

Historian Timothy Snyder argues that Putin invaded Ukraine as a way to use his influence with the wrecker, supposing the latter became president of the US.

He also explains the importance of refusing to "obey in advance". Even if bigger and richer people are bowing down and obeying, we must continue to refuse.

"It's particularly distressing that it's the billionaires who have the media outlets, so who are in some sense the most powerful. Like, what do you have to be afraid of? Why don’t you do something interesting that the historians will remember you for instead? But I also want to say it’s not surprising. The reason we have Lesson One of On Tyranny is because we can’t count on the non-regime-proximate oligarchs to do the right thing. Like the regime-proximate oligarchs, like Elon Musk, they're doing the wrong thing."

Misleading use of term "antisemitism"

vendredi 14 février 2025 à 11:38

Various political camps weaponize the term "antisemitism" misleadingly, and that obstructs campaigning against the real wrong of bigotry against Jews.

I'm richer than you! infinity loop