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TechGoblin @techgoblin.bsky.social · 14h

That's honestly not enough either.

The power of the rich to control the political system that regulates them has to be stripped away entirely so at the very least politicians serve their constituents rather than just the highest bidder.

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Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 16h

Honestly, it needs to go further than this.

We need to confront the fact that democracy and wealth hoarding cannot coexist. Allowing people to amass the resources of a small state/country allows them to act as such, which is inimical to a shared society of “one person, one vote.”

John Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 16h

“No Kings” is great , but we really don't get a functioning democracy back until we internalize, bone deep, the instinctive response to this and every other statement like it: “I don’t care what that rich guy thinks.”

Make it your morning affirmation. Say it ten times at the top of every hour.

The Independent @the-independent.com · 16h

Elon Musk calls for US troops to be sent to San Francisco for war on drugs: ‘It’s the only solution’

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TechGoblin @techgoblin.bsky.social · 15h

An alternative to centralized planning is decentralized planning where communities have greater autonomy in a federalized system to address their needs more efficiently.

We need fundamental change to our economic and financial systems but we also have to learn from past failures.

TechGoblin @techgoblin.bsky.social · 15h

The destruction of the social good for private gains is really bad for society.

To combat that we should create policies that promote worker and consumer cooperatives within markets to distribute economic power and the dismantling of the ability for private institutions to influence regulators.

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TechGoblin @techgoblin.bsky.social · 15h

I actually agree that markets are superior for allocating resources but they also consolidate economic power in private institutions who seek profit over the well being of society as a whole and influence the regulations that are supposed to keep them at bay.

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TechGoblin @techgoblin.bsky.social · 17h

Providing universal access to all necessities rather than relying on markets would probably be more effective than a UBI though since UBI wouldn't fix many issues inherent with market economies.

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Kelvin van Hoorn @kelvinvanhoorn.com · 19h

I think I've found my solution for the leaves.

It's still a multimesh of billboard quads, but I use a base mesh to construct it. For each vertex of the base mesh I instantiate a billboard and copy the normals. I then use the base mesh for shadow casting with front culled.

#GodotEngine #shader

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TechGoblin @techgoblin.bsky.social · 1d

It's also nuts that there are services like Farm Together that let people buy shares of farms.

I feel like a food cooperative version of it where people get discounted groceries instead of traditional returns would be much better for society.

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FarmTogether - Invest in US Farmland

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TechGoblin @techgoblin.bsky.social · 1d

On the topic of farms failing, is there a fiscal policy that could assist small farms without empowering large farms that consolidate the industry?

It also seems like many farms are more in the business of land speculating with farming being a side gig so it'd probably be good to curb that.

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TechGoblin @techgoblin.bsky.social · 1d

Absolutely, I see this as something like UBI but instead of private companies using the UBI funds to accrue more wealth the funds could instead be kept within the public sphere.

Both would be useful to transition towards a government that's controlled by the people and works for the people.

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TechGoblin @techgoblin.bsky.social · 1d

@moneyontheleft.bsky.social Another interesting concept is a monetary commons that basically gives everyone access to the same federal rates that private banks have through a government bank account whose policies could be democratically decided.

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A Trust Fund for Everyone

A Trust Fund for Everyone Paying a Dividend to Each within a Monetary Commons

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TechGoblin @techgoblin.bsky.social · 1d

DPF can lead to a transition from the private finance system including the stock market that uses public funds/taxpayer to bolster private gains to a public finance system that serves society.

Currently we have a society controlled by private finance instead of the other way around.

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TechGoblin @techgoblin.bsky.social · 1d

The red scare and the sidelining/destruction of movements fighting for economic autonomy after the successes of the new deal is the worst thing that ever happened to the country.

Then the neoliberals who helped destroy it, claim the successes were thanks to them.

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TechGoblin @techgoblin.bsky.social · 1d

This is exactly the kind of thing that I think the world needs more of. Our political/social/economic/tech systems should be by and for the people, not billionaires who exert control over our lives.

Money on the Left @moneyontheleft.bsky.social · 2d

Democratic Public Finance: A Radical Vision for Mamdani’s New York City

Summary This document elaborates an emerging economic paradigm that is already latent in Zohran Mamdani’s plans and practices. The paradigm, which we call Democratic Public Finance (DPF), reframes …

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TechGoblin @techgoblin.bsky.social · 1d

youtu.be/AON5I0R3L4w?...

Why Democrats Need Leftists: Lessons from the FDR Era (ft. Michael Kazin)

YouTube video by History of Elections

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TechGoblin @techgoblin.bsky.social · 1d

There isn't as much industry today as back then so we need to focus on things that can organize broad groups of the working class from both middle and lower incomes. Stuff like mutual aid daycares would also be huge.

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TechGoblin @techgoblin.bsky.social · 1d

Leftists back then used to also be way more active in organizing workers and tenants. I think today leftists should look to creating alternative social media platforms, alternative media, churches, coops, mutual aid, and other things that can organize the middle class on top of traditional unions.

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TechGoblin @techgoblin.bsky.social · 1d

I watched a pretty good video that summed up how FDR and the subsequent massive successes of the social movements of the early 1900's were only possible because leftists pulled the Democrats to the left against the threat of fascism coming to the US.

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TechGoblin @techgoblin.bsky.social · 3d

Utility companies should be owned and managed by the communities they serve.

Necessities with inelastic demand shouldn't ever be privatized, it's impossible to have private necessities without the extortion of the government and the community.

Anything other than community ownership is feudalistic

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TechGoblin @techgoblin.bsky.social · 4d

The state has the capacity to be the most violent actor regardless of the system which is why the unchecked centralized power that communists advocate for is so dangerous and can harm even allies.

They do make good points about organized structures though and unity for the most part would be good.

TechGoblin @techgoblin.bsky.social · 4d

I think there have been just kings and hierarchies but when those power relations stop being fair then they should change.

Ideally there would be mechanisms within the system to change it peacefully because even violence from the oppressed can create more violence and turn them into oppressors.

TechGoblin @techgoblin.bsky.social · 4d

It's insane to be "libertarian" without wishing to limit the consolidation of all power over others, including businesses, which is why I went from being a free market libertarian to being a libertarian socialist.

Power over others without consent is tyranny and all hierarchies should be justified.

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TechGoblin @techgoblin.bsky.social · 4d

Yeah there isn't a significant difference from what they believe to what the neo-feudalists like Curtis Yarvin believe.

Both want the ultimate authority in society to be the private business which is essentially a localized autocracy where life and death is determined by profitability/usefulness.

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TechGoblin @techgoblin.bsky.social · 4d

Most of the good stuff she's done benefited her first and foremost but she did pay her staff well during the eras tour and her individualistic actions have still improved the music industry to an extent.

TechGoblin @techgoblin.bsky.social · 4d

I don't think she's a MAGA person, I think she's more of an apolitical neoliberal type which still isn't good. I wish she'd do more to improve the system that made her successful with her wealth but it is what it is I guess.

I feel like there are other people more worthy of the hate she gets.

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