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“you could simply describe Trump as a never-ending poop cruise, guaranteed to create new content daily. And I don’t know how Licht can solve that systemic problem, with or without Trump.”
#CNN
I have ideas in the next post…

vox.com/2022/8/26/2332…
Imagine a network that filled those no-breaking-news hours with mind-blowing civic education and systems-level narratives. Examples: What @maddow did with #Ultra. @doctorow dissections of the #enshittification of big tech and media. @HC_Richardson-style historical parallels…
Explaining how fascism works and why it works, the Tolerance Paradox, etc. Blowing the minds of white suburban people (like me!) with the history of redlining and stories like this…
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I’ll fix your headline:

“Republicans take United States AAA credit rating hostage, scheme up demands list so they can cut social security.”

First paragraph should read… washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2023…
Fortunately, as Koch-backed group Heritage have themselves written, the government is already precluded from allowing itself to default.

The article should continue:
“Noted constitutional law professor @tribelaw said…
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📌Jakmile uvěříme v ekonomický nedostatek, vyvstanou naléhavé otázky „kdo si zaslouží prosperitu“ (nastavovat pravidla budou fašisté nebo libertariáni nebo to udělají společně?).

Co víte o Mýtu nedostatku? A v čem je nebezpečný?

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Mýtu o nedostatku bravurně využívají politici k manipulaci obyvatelstva a voličstva. Velmi jednoduchým způsobem tak lze nastolovat otázku omezení v přístupu (k lékařské péči, vyššímu vzdělání, bydlení atd.) a znovu a znovu vytahat lidem z kapes peníze,
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Watching the UK🇬🇧 self-immolate❤️‍🔥, first with Brexit and now the disastrous libertarian economic policies of Liz Truss, it’s time to debunk the Scarcity Myth. 1/🧵
#ScarcityMyth
If you’re catching up on the UK, read this @jaredbrock post.

“Churches and pubs are applying for grants to become ‘warm spaces’ just to keep the nation alive this winter. No one else can afford to turn their heat on.” #ScarcityMyth 2/
survivingtomorrow.org/britain-is-try…
Of all the economic myths (my pinned tweet video debunks 8 of them), the #ScarcityMyth is the most pernicious because it creates a self-fulfilling prophecy. If we believe in it and act upon it, we are *guaranteed* scarcity. 3/
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