Gregory A. Hargreaves
@bordergroves.bsky.social
Historian of capitalism, environment, & technology in the longue durée. Assistant director of the @hagleycenter.bsky.social. Adjunct prof. Dad. PhD. Delawarean. First Gen. Hoopy frood. Born at 344 ppm atmospheric CO2. No human is illegal.
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"[A] democracy is not safe if the people tolerate the growth of private power to a point where it becomes stronger than their democratic state itself. That, in its essence, is Fascism—ownership of Government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power." - FDR (1938)
“I would like to extend my best wishes to all, even the haters and losers, on this special date, September 11th.”
“I’m the least racist person you have ever interviewed.”
Who Said It: Donald Trump or Martin Luther King Jr.?
1. “If you can’t fly, then run. If you can’t run, then walk. If you can’t walk, then crawl. But by all means, keep moving.” 2. “Why would Kim Jong ...
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January 19, 2026 at 4:37 PM
“I would like to extend my best wishes to all, even the haters and losers, on this special date, September 11th.”
Without economic equality there can be no political freedom.
January 19, 2026 at 3:09 PM
Without economic equality there can be no political freedom.
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Mercator strikes again!
January 18, 2026 at 9:48 PM
Mercator strikes again!
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Ai companies want to use our electricity? Ok. They can pay triple rates offset all our bills.
Ai companies want to use our water? Ok. They can subsidize infrastructure construction and maintenance.
Ai companies want to use our land? Ok. They can pay taxes high enough to fund affordable housing.
Ai companies want to use our water? Ok. They can subsidize infrastructure construction and maintenance.
Ai companies want to use our land? Ok. They can pay taxes high enough to fund affordable housing.
October 1, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Ai companies want to use our electricity? Ok. They can pay triple rates offset all our bills.
Ai companies want to use our water? Ok. They can subsidize infrastructure construction and maintenance.
Ai companies want to use our land? Ok. They can pay taxes high enough to fund affordable housing.
Ai companies want to use our water? Ok. They can subsidize infrastructure construction and maintenance.
Ai companies want to use our land? Ok. They can pay taxes high enough to fund affordable housing.
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19thC Prussia: “The king needs that Danish territory for national security!”
21stC USA: “The king needs that Danish territory for national security!”
21stC USA: “The king needs that Danish territory for national security!”
January 17, 2026 at 3:44 PM
19thC Prussia: “The king needs that Danish territory for national security!”
21stC USA: “The king needs that Danish territory for national security!”
21stC USA: “The king needs that Danish territory for national security!”
A thoroughly unionized economy could bring a dictatorship to its knees
just saying
just saying
January 18, 2026 at 8:33 PM
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Chicago you are something else ♥️
January 9, 2026 at 7:50 PM
Chicago you are something else ♥️
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You have a barrel of apples. A few of the apples have killed people. How many are you eating?
January 9, 2026 at 8:31 PM
You have a barrel of apples. A few of the apples have killed people. How many are you eating?
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O Captain! my Captain!
January 11, 2026 at 11:37 PM
O Captain! my Captain!
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A thoroughly unionized economy could bring a dictatorship to its knees
just saying
just saying
January 14, 2026 at 3:12 AM
A thoroughly unionized economy could bring a dictatorship to its knees
just saying
just saying
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I wouldn’t bet a dollar on the USA being able to take Greenland.
January 15, 2026 at 1:27 PM
I wouldn’t bet a dollar on the USA being able to take Greenland.
Fascism is clown-ass
bit from The Great Dictator (1940)
bit from The Great Dictator (1940)
January 18, 2026 at 8:19 PM
Fascism is clown-ass
bit from The Great Dictator (1940)
bit from The Great Dictator (1940)
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Ersatzgruppen
January 17, 2026 at 8:31 PM
Ersatzgruppen
Frederick Douglass believed, prophetically, that the swiftest and surest way to abolishing slavery was the militarization and violence of pro-slavery forces against white people. Is it too sanguine (in every sense) to imagine a similar scenario unfolding today vis police state terror?
a black and white drawing of a man in a suit and tie
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January 18, 2026 at 3:41 PM
Frederick Douglass believed, prophetically, that the swiftest and surest way to abolishing slavery was the militarization and violence of pro-slavery forces against white people. Is it too sanguine (in every sense) to imagine a similar scenario unfolding today vis police state terror?
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Harris: *holds public office for twenty years including in the U.S. Senate and Vice Presidency*
U.S. Media: “Harris is an unknown quantity, who is she and what does she stand for?”
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U.S. Media: “Harris is an unknown quantity, who is she and what does she stand for?”
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September 11, 2024 at 5:09 PM
Harris: *holds public office for twenty years including in the U.S. Senate and Vice Presidency*
U.S. Media: “Harris is an unknown quantity, who is she and what does she stand for?”
🤦🏻♂️
U.S. Media: “Harris is an unknown quantity, who is she and what does she stand for?”
🤦🏻♂️
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I was really looking forward to being disappointed in Kamala Harris for the next four years 😞
November 6, 2024 at 1:34 PM
I was really looking forward to being disappointed in Kamala Harris for the next four years 😞
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A president Harris would not be murdering innocents at sea, occupying American cities, deploying secret police, or building concentration camps.
But at least we don’t have to say “Madam President.”
But at least we don’t have to say “Madam President.”
December 7, 2025 at 9:16 PM
A president Harris would not be murdering innocents at sea, occupying American cities, deploying secret police, or building concentration camps.
But at least we don’t have to say “Madam President.”
But at least we don’t have to say “Madam President.”
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At some point someone told Trump that Great Men™️ change the map. That’s his motivation for bullshit like buying Greenland, annexing Canada, and the “Gulf of America” 🙄
October 16, 2025 at 2:39 PM
At some point someone told Trump that Great Men™️ change the map. That’s his motivation for bullshit like buying Greenland, annexing Canada, and the “Gulf of America” 🙄
WTF shouldn’t Newsom be too busy governing California to podcast with Shapiro?
January 17, 2026 at 11:46 PM
WTF shouldn’t Newsom be too busy governing California to podcast with Shapiro?
Watching Stranger Things for the first time and it’s Severance for kids?
January 17, 2026 at 10:17 PM
Watching Stranger Things for the first time and it’s Severance for kids?
Ersatzgruppen
January 17, 2026 at 8:31 PM
Ersatzgruppen
If you have ever used one of these 💾 you’re old
My undergrads don’t know what it is or why it’s the icon for “Save”
My undergrads don’t know what it is or why it’s the icon for “Save”
January 17, 2026 at 6:13 PM
If you have ever used one of these 💾 you’re old
My undergrads don’t know what it is or why it’s the icon for “Save”
My undergrads don’t know what it is or why it’s the icon for “Save”