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Aren’t all actions either intentional ethical deliberation or with ethical consequences?
We oft criticize individuals & systems but don’t criticize ourselves & our prescriptions.
That’s the gist of my critique of “oughts.” There is a moral sum not a moral system.
#Philosophy
(Introspection day)
We oft criticize individuals & systems but don’t criticize ourselves & our prescriptions.
That’s the gist of my critique of “oughts.” There is a moral sum not a moral system.
#Philosophy
(Introspection day)
December 6, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Aren’t all actions either intentional ethical deliberation or with ethical consequences?
We oft criticize individuals & systems but don’t criticize ourselves & our prescriptions.
That’s the gist of my critique of “oughts.” There is a moral sum not a moral system.
#Philosophy
(Introspection day)
We oft criticize individuals & systems but don’t criticize ourselves & our prescriptions.
That’s the gist of my critique of “oughts.” There is a moral sum not a moral system.
#Philosophy
(Introspection day)
Ranking Best Children Opening Presents Moments!
YouTube video by RealRankings
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December 6, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Chris Thile on playing Bach #bach #mandolin #music #shorts
YouTube video by Rick Beato
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December 6, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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Marx was critical but analytical, mostly describing, but also (poorly) predicting, not prescribing.
Most of his commentary shows why
#Democracy
#M4A
#PublicEducation
#Regulations
#ProgressiveTax
#PublicGoods
#SafetyNets
#NordicModel
IS the best measured outcomes thus-far.
Marx was critical but analytical, mostly describing, but also (poorly) predicting, not prescribing.
Most of his commentary shows why
#Democracy
#M4A
#PublicEducation
#Regulations
#ProgressiveTax
#PublicGoods
#SafetyNets
#NordicModel
IS the best measured outcomes thus-far.
Another way to say this is that Marx asks “what conditions produce what actions?”
With science-bias, I see this as very objective.
The focus is structural analysis, not prescribing what “ought” to be done.
The “oughts” turn to anti-science, emotives outside of Marxism.
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With science-bias, I see this as very objective.
The focus is structural analysis, not prescribing what “ought” to be done.
The “oughts” turn to anti-science, emotives outside of Marxism.
1/
December 6, 2025 at 12:15 PM
3-posts
Marx was critical but analytical, mostly describing, but also (poorly) predicting, not prescribing.
Most of his commentary shows why
#Democracy
#M4A
#PublicEducation
#Regulations
#ProgressiveTax
#PublicGoods
#SafetyNets
#NordicModel
IS the best measured outcomes thus-far.
Marx was critical but analytical, mostly describing, but also (poorly) predicting, not prescribing.
Most of his commentary shows why
#Democracy
#M4A
#PublicEducation
#Regulations
#ProgressiveTax
#PublicGoods
#SafetyNets
#NordicModel
IS the best measured outcomes thus-far.
Pochi millimetri possono fare una grande differenza ⚒️
YouTube video by JAGO
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December 6, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Claim: “There is Proletarianization.”
U.S. self-employment
1948 ~19%
1970 ~9%
1994 ~8%
2023 ~6%
U.S. self-employment
1948 ~19%
1970 ~9%
1994 ~8%
2023 ~6%
December 6, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Claim: “There is Proletarianization.”
U.S. self-employment
1948 ~19%
1970 ~9%
1994 ~8%
2023 ~6%
U.S. self-employment
1948 ~19%
1970 ~9%
1994 ~8%
2023 ~6%
When in D.C., 25 House members in 2013 reported spending 10 hours (~2 hours campaign & press) per day:
*35% "Legislative/Policy Work"
*17% "Constituent Services Work"
17% "Political/Campaign Work"
9% "Press/Media Relations"
9% "Family/Friends"
*7% "Admin/Managerial Work"
6% "Personal Time"
*35% "Legislative/Policy Work"
*17% "Constituent Services Work"
17% "Political/Campaign Work"
9% "Press/Media Relations"
9% "Family/Friends"
*7% "Admin/Managerial Work"
6% "Personal Time"
December 6, 2025 at 11:02 AM
When in D.C., 25 House members in 2013 reported spending 10 hours (~2 hours campaign & press) per day:
*35% "Legislative/Policy Work"
*17% "Constituent Services Work"
17% "Political/Campaign Work"
9% "Press/Media Relations"
9% "Family/Friends"
*7% "Admin/Managerial Work"
6% "Personal Time"
*35% "Legislative/Policy Work"
*17% "Constituent Services Work"
17% "Political/Campaign Work"
9% "Press/Media Relations"
9% "Family/Friends"
*7% "Admin/Managerial Work"
6% "Personal Time"
December 6, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Is life never-ending smaller versions of the trolley-dilemma with a continuous stream of constrained trade-offs with moral weight?
#Philosophy
#Philosophy
December 6, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Is life never-ending smaller versions of the trolley-dilemma with a continuous stream of constrained trade-offs with moral weight?
#Philosophy
#Philosophy
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Reminder: This vast consolidation of wealth and power at the top has not been due to neutral market forces.
There’s no such thing as a “free market.”
It is designed.
It either advances public purposes or it serves the monied interests.
There’s no such thing as a “free market.”
It is designed.
It either advances public purposes or it serves the monied interests.
December 5, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Reminder: This vast consolidation of wealth and power at the top has not been due to neutral market forces.
There’s no such thing as a “free market.”
It is designed.
It either advances public purposes or it serves the monied interests.
There’s no such thing as a “free market.”
It is designed.
It either advances public purposes or it serves the monied interests.
The problem with Monopoly
Imagine 100 companies
Each $1,000,000 revenue
Each 10 workers, $50k each
Materials $400k each
Boss makes $100k
Consolidate
100 bosses to 1
$100k to $10,000,000
$10M buys power & influence & lacks competition to increase wages & improve products
#Econsky
#NordicModel
Imagine 100 companies
Each $1,000,000 revenue
Each 10 workers, $50k each
Materials $400k each
Boss makes $100k
Consolidate
100 bosses to 1
$100k to $10,000,000
$10M buys power & influence & lacks competition to increase wages & improve products
#Econsky
#NordicModel
December 5, 2025 at 9:44 PM
The problem with Monopoly
Imagine 100 companies
Each $1,000,000 revenue
Each 10 workers, $50k each
Materials $400k each
Boss makes $100k
Consolidate
100 bosses to 1
$100k to $10,000,000
$10M buys power & influence & lacks competition to increase wages & improve products
#Econsky
#NordicModel
Imagine 100 companies
Each $1,000,000 revenue
Each 10 workers, $50k each
Materials $400k each
Boss makes $100k
Consolidate
100 bosses to 1
$100k to $10,000,000
$10M buys power & influence & lacks competition to increase wages & improve products
#Econsky
#NordicModel
Capitalism is agnostic to morality, yet humans wield it in immoral ways.
If all of your needs & even wants are met, why would you still predict or prescribe a Revolution?
#M4A
#PublicEducation
#Regulations
#ProgressiveTax
#PublicGoods
#SafetyNets
#NordicModel
#M4A
#PublicEducation
#Regulations
#ProgressiveTax
#PublicGoods
#SafetyNets
#NordicModel
December 5, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Capitalism is agnostic to morality, yet humans wield it in immoral ways.
If all of your needs & even wants are met, why would you still predict or prescribe a Revolution?
#M4A
#PublicEducation
#Regulations
#ProgressiveTax
#PublicGoods
#SafetyNets
#NordicModel
#M4A
#PublicEducation
#Regulations
#ProgressiveTax
#PublicGoods
#SafetyNets
#NordicModel
December 5, 2025 at 9:22 PM
If all of your needs & even wants are met, why would you still predict or prescribe a Revolution?
#M4A
#PublicEducation
#Regulations
#ProgressiveTax
#PublicGoods
#SafetyNets
#NordicModel
#M4A
#PublicEducation
#Regulations
#ProgressiveTax
#PublicGoods
#SafetyNets
#NordicModel
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This fall’s shutdown is in the past, but the issue of expiring ACA subsidies is still unresolved. Congress has until the end of the month to prevent premium hikes for millions of Americans.
December 1, 2025 at 8:59 PM
This fall’s shutdown is in the past, but the issue of expiring ACA subsidies is still unresolved. Congress has until the end of the month to prevent premium hikes for millions of Americans.
True. Consolidation hurts consumers & helps oligarchs.
Context:
TV in 1950 was 3: NBC, CBS, ABC.
Radio in 1950 was mostly 2: NBC & CBS was 65%.
(These 2 overlapped with TV)
Context:
TV in 1950 was 3: NBC, CBS, ABC.
Radio in 1950 was mostly 2: NBC & CBS was 65%.
(These 2 overlapped with TV)
Forty years ago, 90% of media outlets were spread across 50 companies.
Now, just 5 companies control 90% of the media market.
This consolidation hurts consumers and helps oligarchs. 🧵
Now, just 5 companies control 90% of the media market.
This consolidation hurts consumers and helps oligarchs. 🧵
December 5, 2025 at 6:55 PM
True. Consolidation hurts consumers & helps oligarchs.
Context:
TV in 1950 was 3: NBC, CBS, ABC.
Radio in 1950 was mostly 2: NBC & CBS was 65%.
(These 2 overlapped with TV)
Context:
TV in 1950 was 3: NBC, CBS, ABC.
Radio in 1950 was mostly 2: NBC & CBS was 65%.
(These 2 overlapped with TV)
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A collection of Vincent Bal's incredible shadow art: #AGoodPlace
Source: www.reddit.com/r/oddlysatis...
Source: www.reddit.com/r/oddlysatis...
December 5, 2025 at 2:11 PM
A collection of Vincent Bal's incredible shadow art: #AGoodPlace
Source: www.reddit.com/r/oddlysatis...
Source: www.reddit.com/r/oddlysatis...
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What do you all like better: Mergers or acquisitions? Me, I just can’t choose!!!
December 5, 2025 at 3:21 PM
What do you all like better: Mergers or acquisitions? Me, I just can’t choose!!!
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December 4, 2025 at 3:54 PM
SNAP 2023
Children 39%
60+ 19%
Disabled 18-59 14%
Working 18-59 37%
(Total of these 109% because some disabled are working)
#SNAP
#PublicGood
#SafetyNets
Children 39%
60+ 19%
Disabled 18-59 14%
Working 18-59 37%
(Total of these 109% because some disabled are working)
#SNAP
#PublicGood
#SafetyNets
No one deserves to starve.
No one deserves to starve.
No one deserves to starve.
Most SNAP recipients work. They need SNAP because corporations refuse to pay a living wage.
The rest are disabled, elderly or unpaid caregivers.
People should be fed. Period.
No one deserves to starve.
No one deserves to starve.
Most SNAP recipients work. They need SNAP because corporations refuse to pay a living wage.
The rest are disabled, elderly or unpaid caregivers.
People should be fed. Period.
December 5, 2025 at 12:24 PM
SNAP 2023
Children 39%
60+ 19%
Disabled 18-59 14%
Working 18-59 37%
(Total of these 109% because some disabled are working)
#SNAP
#PublicGood
#SafetyNets
Children 39%
60+ 19%
Disabled 18-59 14%
Working 18-59 37%
(Total of these 109% because some disabled are working)
#SNAP
#PublicGood
#SafetyNets
So many “Marxists” & “Materialists” & “Communists” demanding (moral & ideal) change, while Marx ONLY described & predicted without aim.
“Classless, stateless” is framed as materially likely, not a moral goal.
#M4A
#PublicEducation
#Regulations
#ProgressiveTax
#PublicGoods
#SafetyNets
#NordicModel
“Classless, stateless” is framed as materially likely, not a moral goal.
#M4A
#PublicEducation
#Regulations
#ProgressiveTax
#PublicGoods
#SafetyNets
#NordicModel
Marx didn’t prescribe change as a (moral) goal.
He analyzed Capitalism & described & predicted that its internal contradictions would produce change.
The change:
#M4A
#PublicEducation
#Regulations
#ProgressiveTax
#PublicGoods
#SafetyNets
#NordicModel
He analyzed Capitalism & described & predicted that its internal contradictions would produce change.
The change:
#M4A
#PublicEducation
#Regulations
#ProgressiveTax
#PublicGoods
#SafetyNets
#NordicModel
December 5, 2025 at 12:12 PM
So many “Marxists” & “Materialists” & “Communists” demanding (moral & ideal) change, while Marx ONLY described & predicted without aim.
“Classless, stateless” is framed as materially likely, not a moral goal.
#M4A
#PublicEducation
#Regulations
#ProgressiveTax
#PublicGoods
#SafetyNets
#NordicModel
“Classless, stateless” is framed as materially likely, not a moral goal.
#M4A
#PublicEducation
#Regulations
#ProgressiveTax
#PublicGoods
#SafetyNets
#NordicModel
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An Upper Peninsula of Michigan pine plantation for #ForestFriday!
December 5, 2025 at 11:51 AM
An Upper Peninsula of Michigan pine plantation for #ForestFriday!
Marx didn’t prescribe change as a (moral) goal.
He analyzed Capitalism & described & predicted that its internal contradictions would produce change.
The change:
#M4A
#PublicEducation
#Regulations
#ProgressiveTax
#PublicGoods
#SafetyNets
#NordicModel
He analyzed Capitalism & described & predicted that its internal contradictions would produce change.
The change:
#M4A
#PublicEducation
#Regulations
#ProgressiveTax
#PublicGoods
#SafetyNets
#NordicModel
December 5, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Marx didn’t prescribe change as a (moral) goal.
He analyzed Capitalism & described & predicted that its internal contradictions would produce change.
The change:
#M4A
#PublicEducation
#Regulations
#ProgressiveTax
#PublicGoods
#SafetyNets
#NordicModel
He analyzed Capitalism & described & predicted that its internal contradictions would produce change.
The change:
#M4A
#PublicEducation
#Regulations
#ProgressiveTax
#PublicGoods
#SafetyNets
#NordicModel