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Dom Spurling @domspurling.bsky.social · 1d

What's new? The rich have been placating us with cheap consumer goods for decades, while they hoover up all our assets and those of our governments

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Dom Spurling @domspurling.bsky.social · 4d

Similarly, he's calling out the liberal establishment for making an "honest mistake" in not considering wealth distribution, rather than simply accusing them of protecting their own selfish interests

Dom Spurling @domspurling.bsky.social · 4d

I think Gary probably knows that Reform is a 100% racist party. He is simply saying that it's a better strategy to try to open people's eyes to the sources of their brutalisation rather than starting out by calling them brutes

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 5d

In case you missed it - here's this weeks episode of @boldpolitics.bsky.social with Gary Stevenson.

100k views and growing!

youtu.be/WRVfmQkCSdk?...

How Labour Sold Their Souls To Billionaires | Gary Stevenson | Zack Polanski

YouTube video by Bold Politics with Zack Polanski

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Dom Spurling @domspurling.bsky.social · 11d

Or Jesse Welles youtu.be/OjGHf7OvglM?...

Join Ice

YouTube video by Jesse Welles

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Dom Spurling @domspurling.bsky.social · Sep 5

I needed this for a presentation and came up with "rules-based" but I'm sure there's better

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Dom Spurling @domspurling.bsky.social · Aug 31

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Dom Spurling @domspurling.bsky.social · Oct 2

New class system incoming...
Upper class: own AIs
Middle class: train AIs
Working class: clean up after AIs

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Dom Spurling @domspurling.bsky.social · Aug 19

Making software simple is a very complex problem :)

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Dom Spurling @domspurling.bsky.social · Jul 16

For me it was in 2023 when I visited the USA for the first time in 25 years. The downward spiral was all too apparent

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Dom Spurling @domspurling.bsky.social · Jul 11

It's been a while since I posted for #FallFriday. Here's one I'd never heard before -

Session Musician

The Fall
youtu.be/u8I_mFr3xgw?...

The Fall - Session Musician

YouTube video by Live in Reykjavik

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Dom Spurling @domspurling.bsky.social · Jul 8

As a resident of Scotland I sympathise but fear it would be giving Trump what he wants

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Dom Spurling @domspurling.bsky.social · Jul 1

My bad!

Dom Spurling @domspurling.bsky.social · Jul 1

She means they should not exist. The allocation of large piles of resources should not be decided by flawed individuals. It's bad for all our prosperity. Better tax structure won't cut it. We need to squeeze them until they have to sell their assets

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Dom Spurling @domspurling.bsky.social · Jun 8

We can take back the reigns of civilisation. We easily outnumber those who would have us believe it's not possible

Dom Spurling @domspurling.bsky.social · Jun 4

@climatetown.bsky.social Hey would you consider bringing a live show to the Edinburgh festival? I know you focus mainly on the USA but it would be a great cautionary tale for us Brits

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Dom Spurling @domspurling.bsky.social · May 24

A colleague once saw me give money to a gentleman who panhandled regularly outside our offices.

"You know that guy has a better phone than you"

What an asshole...

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Dom Spurling @domspurling.bsky.social · May 21

I think your plumbus has malfunctioned

Dom Spurling @domspurling.bsky.social · Apr 14

The cynic in me wants to say it's the same people as always: posh boys in the treasury and the bond markets

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Dom Spurling @domspurling.bsky.social · Mar 28

I love that joining a library is now the most subversive thing you can do in the USA

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Dom Spurling @domspurling.bsky.social · Mar 26

It's not jealousy. I'm wealthy enough. Inequality is bad for everyone youtu.be/hNmroSMVDYc?...

Gary Stevenson demands wealth tax outside Treasury

YouTube video by PoliticsJOE

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Dom Spurling @domspurling.bsky.social · Mar 26

It's not just USA. There is a black hole in the global economy which has been sucking money and power upwards. I mean, this is what happens normally in most societies. Post war social democracy was a blip

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Dom Spurling @domspurling.bsky.social · Mar 26

That's when the problem started. Subsequent administrations, including dems, have done nothing to reverse the trend

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Dom Spurling @domspurling.bsky.social · Mar 26

When did democrats ever raise wealth taxes since the 80s? They are not serious about change. Had a chance to elect Bernie and bottled it

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Dom Spurling @domspurling.bsky.social · Mar 26

True in the sense that both sides are 'intensely relaxed" about power and wealth concentrating in ever fewer hands.
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Garys Economics

@garyseconomics is focused on teaching people about real world economics. Inequality Economist. Former Trader. Other Economists make predictions, but my ones are actually right.

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Dom Spurling @domspurling.bsky.social · Mar 23

This is not a left/right thing. This is about power and wealth. Follow @garyseconomics youtube.com/@garyseconom...

Garys Economics

@garyseconomics is focused on teaching people about real world economics. Inequality Economist. Former Trader. Other Economists make predictions, but my ones are actually right.

youtube.com