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'Extraordinary situation': How Musk could personally reap billions from 'efficiency' panel - Alternet.org
'Extraordinary situation': How Musk could personally reap billions from 'efficiency' panel - Alternet.org
Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk — the world's richest man with more than $320 billion in net worth — is openly planning an effort to gut federal budgets for virtually every agency. But he also stands to personally profit to the tune of potentially billions of dollars if some of those proposed cuts co...
·alternet.org·
'Extraordinary situation': How Musk could personally reap billions from 'efficiency' panel - Alternet.org
From Capitalism to Technofeudalism
From Capitalism to Technofeudalism

This post largely aligns with my views on the near future (and likely explains my fascination with cyberpunk culture to boot) - and name drops Naomi Klein's latest book Doppelganger.

I'm almost finished her book and you'll be hearing more about soon as it brilliantly connects the dots to the parallel (distraction) world of conspiracy culture while in reality capitalism continues its unchecked conversion of the living to the dead.

·open.substack.com·
From Capitalism to Technofeudalism
It’s not too late to stop Trump and the Silicon Valley broligarchy from controlling our lives, but we must act now | Carole Cadwalladr
It’s not too late to stop Trump and the Silicon Valley broligarchy from controlling our lives, but we must act now | Carole Cadwalladr
In her final piece for the Observer, Carole Cadwalladr reveals what happened when she returned last week to give the opening speech at Ted, where she gave her first – life-changing – talk six years ago
·theguardian.com·
It’s not too late to stop Trump and the Silicon Valley broligarchy from controlling our lives, but we must act now | Carole Cadwalladr
How the 'Broligarchs' plan to use Trump
How the 'Broligarchs' plan to use Trump
One of the things that I think anybody can observe is that, even among the ultra-rich, they never seem to have enough. Never enough wealth, never enough toys, never enough. So what do you want if you've bought everything already? You want limitless wealth, limitless power. Even the feeble laws
·thenerdreich.com·
How the 'Broligarchs' plan to use Trump
Revealed: Fox News' billionaire Murdoch empire 'headed toward collapse'
Revealed: Fox News' billionaire Murdoch empire 'headed toward collapse'
The Rupert Murdoch-owned Fox News and its sister channel Fox Business faced their share of challenges during former President Joe Biden's four years in the White House. Fox News agreed to pay Domination Voting Systems $787.5 million to settle a major defamation lawsuit — while facing a separate $2.7...
·alternet.org·
Revealed: Fox News' billionaire Murdoch empire 'headed toward collapse'
What the global elite reveal to Davos sex workers: High-class escort spills the beans on what happens behind closed doors - and how wealthy 'know the world is doomed, so may as well go out with a bang'
What the global elite reveal to Davos sex workers: High-class escort spills the beans on what happens behind closed doors - and how wealthy 'know the world is doomed, so may as well go out with a bang'
4.9K votes, 261 comments. 835K subscribers in the LateStageCapitalism community. A One-Stop-Shop for Evidence of our Social, Moral and Ideological…
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What the global elite reveal to Davos sex workers: High-class escort spills the beans on what happens behind closed doors - and how wealthy 'know the world is doomed, so may as well go out with a bang'
Trump is instigating unrest to invoke the insurrection act - paused all social spending, including food stamps and wic to go into effect Tuesday 5 p.m.
Trump is instigating unrest to invoke the insurrection act - paused all social spending, including food stamps and wic to go into effect Tuesday 5 p.m.
10K votes, 1.4K comments. 1.2M subscribers in the LeopardsAteMyFace community. 'I never thought leopards would eat MY face,' sobs woman who voted for…
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Trump is instigating unrest to invoke the insurrection act - paused all social spending, including food stamps and wic to go into effect Tuesday 5 p.m.
r/ToiletPaperUSA
r/ToiletPaperUSA
**Official Subreddit of TPUSA.** All posts in this subreddit should be considered ironic/parodic/satirical unless they are flaired as \*REAL\* *and* have a relevant, trustworthy source in the comments (which should be your standard for all internet content anyway).
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r/ToiletPaperUSA
History repeats
History repeats
12K votes, 472 comments. 8.2M subscribers in the facepalm community. /r/facepalm - please sir can I have some more?
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History repeats
How Gen Z is doomed to own nothing, but pay forever
How Gen Z is doomed to own nothing, but pay forever
Check out Pair Eyewear here https://paireyewear.yt.link/1zNDS1y and get 15% off your first Pair! Thank you Pair for sponsoring this video! BONUS CONTENT || Join the community over at my Patreon at https://patreon.com/AshleyEmbers for all behind-the-scenes content! PODCAST || https://motherhoodinprogress.buzzsprout.com/ TIME STAMPS 00:00 - intro 01:59 - the subscription economy 09:22 - Pair Eyewear 11:16 - the ownership facade 21:23 - buy now, pay later 27:42 - the generation of debt 33:46 - a future with no personal wealth 38:57 - final thoughts REFERENCES & RESOURCES The End of Ownership: Personal Property in the Digital Economy - https://amzn.to/3PQEixP The Average Consumer Pays Nearly $1,000 a Year for Subscriptions — What Do You Pay? - https://finance.yahoo.com/news/average-consumer-pays-nearly-1-190009547.html BMW drops plan to charge a monthly fee for heated seats - https://www.theverge.com/2023/9/7/23863258/bmw-cancel-heated-seat-subscription-microtransaction John Deere faces U.S. lawsuit over farmers' ability to repair tractors - https://www.npr.org/2025/01/15/nx-s1-5260895/john-deere-ftc-lawsuit-right-to-repair-tractors The erosion of personal ownership - https://www.vox.com/the-goods/22387601/smart-fridge-car-personal-ownership-internet-things My Printer Is Extorting Me - https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2023/02/home-printer-digital-rights-management-hp-instant-ink-subscription/672913/ 27 Buy Now, Pay Later Statistics - https://explodingtopics.com/blog/bnpl-stats 2024 Buy Now, Pay Later Trends Study - https://www.fool.com/money/research/buy-now-pay-later-statistics/ The Downsides of Using ‘Buy Now, Pay Later’ - https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/29/your-money/buy-now-pay-later-loans.html Liberty Street Economics - https://libertystreeteconomics.newyorkfed.org/2023/09/who-uses-buy-now-pay-later/#:~:text=While%20lower%20income%20individuals%20are,more%20likely%20to%20use%20it Millennials had it bad financially, but Gen Z may have it worse - https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/06/22/gen-z-millennials-debt-inflation/ How Does Gen Z Student Debt Compare with Millennials’? - https://www.stlouisfed.org/on-the-economy/2022/aug/how-does-gen-z-student-debt-compare-millennials The cost of living has led us into record debt. What does that mean for Canadians? - https://thehub.ca/2024/01/30/mark-hill-the-cost-of-living-has-led-us-into-record-debt-what-does-that-mean-for-canadians/ The average millennial will spend over $200,000 on rent before buying a house — but Gen Z will spend even more - https://www.businessinsider.com/how-much-millennials-gen-z-renters-spend-expensive-cities-2018-5 The Biggest Wealth Transfer In History is Happening Right Now. Are You Ready? - https://medium.com/@moneytent/the-biggest-wealth-transfer-in-history-is-happening-right-now-are-you-ready-1e7e8c9a7104 The 'wealth transfer' from boomers won't save Gen X and millennials - https://www.nbcnews.com/business/consumer/generational-wealth-transfer-baby-boomers-cant-save-gen-x-millennials-rcna128099 Eat Now, Pay Later: Going Into Debt for Food - https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/29/dining/buy-now-pay-later-loans-groceries.html?searchResultPosition=1 Pay2Play by Gavin Prophet https://open.spotify.com/track/6wynY1nYFTZMcvpnDGrvd1?si=0162975a3609490a CONTACT ME My name is ashley, if you didn't know ;) https://www.instagram.com/ashley_embers_ Email: hello@embersash.com Business Inquiries: ashleyembers@sparkmedia.la #theendofownership #genz #tiktokban ##buynowpaylater #subscriptions #ownnothing #socialmedia #videoessay #motherhoodinprogress
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How Gen Z is doomed to own nothing, but pay forever