What's the deal with Bill Gates being "evil"?
1.2K votes, 700 comments. I want hard evidence here, not some conspiracy bullshit. Back 8 years ago he was warning everyone of the threat of a virus…
8. The Nitty Gritty: Capitalism & Fascism
Eat the Rich: Billionaires Should Not Exist
Charles Koch’s network launches $20m campaign backing Trump tax breaks | Koch brothers | The Guardian
Revealed: fossil fuel billionaire’s Americans for Prosperity vows ‘herculean undertaking’ to renew and deepen tax cuts
Fight the Rich - CounterPunch.org
It’s time to declare war on the rich. We need to build an organized, unified movement of working people to systematically take on the rich who run society
Bro, these people ARE the elites!
32K votes, 1.7K comments. 2.5M subscribers in the clevercomebacks community. Post Funnies.
Trump Is Packing His Cabinet With Crypto, Oil and Private Prison Profiteers
Money in U.S. politics is nothing new, but the scale of crass intervention in 2024 by mega-billionaire donors through super PACs was
Republicans out here reinventing the USSR one step at a time
654 votes, 71 comments. 43K subscribers in the SocialismIsCapitalism community. A subreddit showcasing people who try to explain why socialism…
Economic Overlords Are Destroying Democracy — and Our Lives
Economic power is political power. We spoke with Peter Phillips, author of Titans of Capital, about how the capitalist class is subverting democracy and controlling the lives of billions through massive investments in everything from food to war.
State-Level GOP Attacks on Public Schools Decried as 'Part of a National Playbook' | Common Dreams
The latest Republican efforts include an Indiana bill to dissolve entire school districts where over half the students are enrolled in private or charter schools.
LA Gave More Money to Cops While Cutting Fire Budgets. Now It’s Burning.
“Defunding of other city programs in order to give the LAPD billions a year has consequences,” according to a local activist.
Billionaires have declared a civil war in America. Their 1% against everyone else. Now they are shocked and scared of the consequences.
3K votes, 116 comments. 740K subscribers in the WorkReform community. Working Class News
The Rise of the Meritocratic Elite
Unlike in previous eras, elite reproduction today is now hidden under the veil of meritocracy — creating a need among the rich to present themselves as if they were just like us.
New tracker spotlights corporate criminals Trump could let off the hook - Alternet.org
The progressive advocacy group Public Citizen on Tuesday launched a new project aimed at tracking the incoming Trump administration's approach to corporate crime, an effort the watchdog said is particularly urgent given that many of the companies currently under federal investigation have connection...
These 17 colleges were named in a wealth discrimination lawsuit
At Penn, high school students flagged as bona fide special interests, “would get in almost 100 percent of the time."
Trump assembling US cabinet of billionaires worth combined $340bn | Trump administration | The Guardian
President-elect tapping mega-rich backers for positions that will give them power to cut spending on public services
'Quickly rot from within': Expert reveals 3 traits the US shares with declining empires - Alternet.org
The United States is currently displaying several characteristics that have historically been seen by empires in decline, according to one social scientist.Peter Turchin is one of the pioneers of "cliodynamics," which is the field of study concerning statistical analysis of historical dynamics of so...
More than one in three children in poverty as UK deprivation hits record high | Poverty | The Guardian
Exclusive: Study finds almost quarter of UK population living in poverty, reaching the highest level this century
End of an empire?
38 votes, 49 comments. Yes i am feeling manic rn but seriously. How long more do u guys think the u.s has? Will it be all out war? Famine? Disease…
To help the working class
4.8K votes, 406 comments. 7.3M subscribers in the therewasanattempt community. Where all the attempts happen
The Rise of Bullshit Jobs
In his latest book, David Graeber, the best-selling author of Debt: The First 5000 Years, argues that many jobs today are essentially pointless — or, as the book’s title calls them, Bullshit Jobs.
Ground News - UN report says 1.1 billion people live in acute poverty worldwide
A striking UN Development Program report published Thursday revealed that more than one billion people worldwide are living in acute poverty. It also found that children account for more than half of those affected, and that poverty rates are three times higher in countries at war.
Central Florida would love to ramp up reconstruction after the hurricanes - Can't because DeSantis chased off all the immigrant labor (about 200,000 jobs worth) in construction.
8.7K votes, 338 comments. 1.1M subscribers in the LeopardsAteMyFace community. 'I never thought leopards would eat MY face,' sobs woman who voted for…
Attacks on Public (General)
43-Foot-Tall Naked Trump Marionette Debuts in Las Vegas | Photos
The 'Crooked and Obscene' project -- made of foam over rebar and weighing nearly 6,000 pounds — will be toured across the U.S.
I don't know why I am whispering...it is not a secret.
1.7K votes, 151 comments. 285K subscribers in the onguardforthee community. A Canada-specific subreddit that allows all types of Canadian content…
Sean O’Brien Walked Right Into It - The Atlantic
The Teamsters’ leader should never have lent his credibility to Trump’s project.
Fascism in Canada
Epoch Times CFO Bill Guan is charged in alleged $67 million global money laundering scheme
The Epoch Times is affiliated with the religious group Falun Gong, which opposes the Chinese Community Party and has supported former President Donald Trump.
History's crisis detectives: Using math and data to reveal why societies collapse—and clues about the future
American humorist and writer Mark Twain is believed to have once said, "History doesn't repeat itself, but it often rhymes."
New evidence shows privatization of healthcare services leads to worse health outcomes. : r/CapitalismVSocialism
Freedom Under Capitalism Isn’t All It’s Cracked Up to Be
Libertarians argue that capitalism is superior to socialism because in capitalism anyone is free to do anything — including start a worker cooperative. In truth, capitalism constrains our options, while socialism can liberate us to live as we please.
