Daniel Pearson
@enough-for-all.bsky.social
Advocating for economic justice.
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Everyone deserves to have enough.
No one deserves to have too little.
No one deserves to have too much.
No one deserves to have too little.
No one deserves to have too much.
The most harmful delusion of our time is the belief that the only rational way for humans to behave is to benefit themselves regardless of the consequences to others, even at the expense of others. One of the more modern names for this belief is neoliberalism. An older one is avarice.
December 23, 2025 at 7:50 PM
The most harmful delusion of our time is the belief that the only rational way for humans to behave is to benefit themselves regardless of the consequences to others, even at the expense of others. One of the more modern names for this belief is neoliberalism. An older one is avarice.
There are at least two ways to balance a power dynamic. You can try to orient one concentration of power so that it opposes others. Or you can try to reduce the concentrations of power. Which strategy is simpler and more robust?
December 22, 2025 at 10:19 AM
There are at least two ways to balance a power dynamic. You can try to orient one concentration of power so that it opposes others. Or you can try to reduce the concentrations of power. Which strategy is simpler and more robust?
I’m not saying wealth inequality is our only problem. But I am saying it’s the cause of all the other problems.
December 4, 2025 at 8:42 AM
I’m not saying wealth inequality is our only problem. But I am saying it’s the cause of all the other problems.
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"If you tax the rich, they'll just leave."
Massachusetts' tax on millionaires has fixed bridges, funded buses, hired teachers, and made community college and school meals free.
The state has 39% more millionaires than they did before.
Tax the rich.
Massachusetts' tax on millionaires has fixed bridges, funded buses, hired teachers, and made community college and school meals free.
The state has 39% more millionaires than they did before.
Tax the rich.
December 2, 2025 at 11:18 PM
"If you tax the rich, they'll just leave."
Massachusetts' tax on millionaires has fixed bridges, funded buses, hired teachers, and made community college and school meals free.
The state has 39% more millionaires than they did before.
Tax the rich.
Massachusetts' tax on millionaires has fixed bridges, funded buses, hired teachers, and made community college and school meals free.
The state has 39% more millionaires than they did before.
Tax the rich.
“Oh hey, we artificially suppressed the political and economic and otherwise creative power of 99% of the population. And look! All the greatest achievements of humanity are tied to that 1% of the population we didn’t suppress. That 1% must be magically superior! Yep, that’s the only explanation.”
December 1, 2025 at 8:31 AM
“Oh hey, we artificially suppressed the political and economic and otherwise creative power of 99% of the population. And look! All the greatest achievements of humanity are tied to that 1% of the population we didn’t suppress. That 1% must be magically superior! Yep, that’s the only explanation.”
The ability to delay self-gratification is a sign of maturity that benefits the person who can do so. But a person who is delaying self-gratification indefinitely is almost certainly being exploited or abused.
November 21, 2025 at 2:58 PM
The ability to delay self-gratification is a sign of maturity that benefits the person who can do so. But a person who is delaying self-gratification indefinitely is almost certainly being exploited or abused.
Certainty and security are unattainable as an individual. But through the magic of amortization, they are highly attainable by a community. We should demand nothing less from our society.
October 27, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Certainty and security are unattainable as an individual. But through the magic of amortization, they are highly attainable by a community. We should demand nothing less from our society.
“If we tax wealth, won’t all the billionaires leave?”
Good god, I hope so.
Good god, I hope so.
October 20, 2025 at 8:48 PM
“If we tax wealth, won’t all the billionaires leave?”
Good god, I hope so.
Good god, I hope so.
If you've ever wondered what you would have done during the Holocaust, you need wonder no more. You're doing it right now.
October 1, 2025 at 10:33 AM
If you've ever wondered what you would have done during the Holocaust, you need wonder no more. You're doing it right now.
It's not just that rigged economic rules create wealth concentration. Wealth concentration also creates rigged economic rules. It's a vicious cycle.
September 30, 2025 at 7:47 AM
It's not just that rigged economic rules create wealth concentration. Wealth concentration also creates rigged economic rules. It's a vicious cycle.
Every people (in the sense of ethnicity) has inherent moral value, and thus an inalienable right to exist. In contrast, no state has inherent moral value, only practical value contingent on it benefiting humans. Therefore, no state has an inherent right to exist.
July 30, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Every people (in the sense of ethnicity) has inherent moral value, and thus an inalienable right to exist. In contrast, no state has inherent moral value, only practical value contingent on it benefiting humans. Therefore, no state has an inherent right to exist.
Persons have moral value, while corporations do not. A society that sentences millions of actual humans to death and imprisonment for crimes that harm no one, while refusing to dissolve or otherwise meaningfully deter corporations that have harmed and killed millions of people, is evil.
July 30, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Persons have moral value, while corporations do not. A society that sentences millions of actual humans to death and imprisonment for crimes that harm no one, while refusing to dissolve or otherwise meaningfully deter corporations that have harmed and killed millions of people, is evil.
The profit motive ruins everything unless it is curbed by the concept of enough: once you own enough, however we define “enough”, you may not accumulate any more.
July 7, 2025 at 8:19 AM
The profit motive ruins everything unless it is curbed by the concept of enough: once you own enough, however we define “enough”, you may not accumulate any more.
Anyone who can should vote for Zohran Mamdani to be mayor of NYC, not only because of his excellent policies, but also because he's smoking hot. I need to see more gorgeous men with good-hearted morality when I take in the news.
June 24, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Anyone who can should vote for Zohran Mamdani to be mayor of NYC, not only because of his excellent policies, but also because he's smoking hot. I need to see more gorgeous men with good-hearted morality when I take in the news.
Taxing concentrated wealth out of existence won’t solve all the world’s problems by itself. It will just remove the chains that are preventing us from solving those problems cooperatively.
June 17, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Taxing concentrated wealth out of existence won’t solve all the world’s problems by itself. It will just remove the chains that are preventing us from solving those problems cooperatively.
One of my pet peeves is the use of the word “power” when what’s meant is power imbalance. That conflation is as wrong as conflating velocity with acceleration, force with energy, or wealth with income. Such mistakes can easily cause collapse when building anything real.
June 15, 2025 at 7:20 AM
One of my pet peeves is the use of the word “power” when what’s meant is power imbalance. That conflation is as wrong as conflating velocity with acceleration, force with energy, or wealth with income. Such mistakes can easily cause collapse when building anything real.
There are only two valid metrics of a good economy: total global wealth and low concentration of wealth ownership. War always diminishes the former and almost always worsens the latter.
June 12, 2025 at 7:30 PM
There are only two valid metrics of a good economy: total global wealth and low concentration of wealth ownership. War always diminishes the former and almost always worsens the latter.
Whenever you observe someone talking about freedom, try replacing every occurrence of the word “freedom” with “power”. Notice the sameness of technical meaning and the difference in connotation.
May 16, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Whenever you observe someone talking about freedom, try replacing every occurrence of the word “freedom” with “power”. Notice the sameness of technical meaning and the difference in connotation.
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We will stop needing the concept of femininity when men stop fearing and hating it.
May 5, 2025 at 3:36 AM
We will stop needing the concept of femininity when men stop fearing and hating it.
The most important moral axis is egalitarianism versus supremacism. A society that distributes benefits to everyone as evenly as possible will always be morally superior to one that stratifies the distribution of goods.
May 5, 2025 at 4:03 PM
The most important moral axis is egalitarianism versus supremacism. A society that distributes benefits to everyone as evenly as possible will always be morally superior to one that stratifies the distribution of goods.
Remember that killing billionaires does no good: it just turns their heirs into billionaires. The only way to stop their tyranny is to tax them out of existence and distribute that wealth to eliminate poverty and privation.
March 16, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Remember that killing billionaires does no good: it just turns their heirs into billionaires. The only way to stop their tyranny is to tax them out of existence and distribute that wealth to eliminate poverty and privation.
There are two things that cause crime: the desperation that comes from having too little wealth, and the impunity that comes from having too much wealth.
February 22, 2025 at 6:30 AM
There are two things that cause crime: the desperation that comes from having too little wealth, and the impunity that comes from having too much wealth.
“Oh no! A very bad person got into this position of immense power and is now doing very bad things!”
Maybe such an immense amount of power shouldn’t have been concentrated into the hands of any one person in the first place.
Maybe such an immense amount of power shouldn’t have been concentrated into the hands of any one person in the first place.
February 20, 2025 at 7:51 AM
“Oh no! A very bad person got into this position of immense power and is now doing very bad things!”
Maybe such an immense amount of power shouldn’t have been concentrated into the hands of any one person in the first place.
Maybe such an immense amount of power shouldn’t have been concentrated into the hands of any one person in the first place.
Economic justice is the same as geopolitical justice, and is necessary for geopolitical stability. Empires have always been the engine of all international oppression. The primary goal and function of any empire is to concentrate control of wealth as much as possible.
February 9, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Economic justice is the same as geopolitical justice, and is necessary for geopolitical stability. Empires have always been the engine of all international oppression. The primary goal and function of any empire is to concentrate control of wealth as much as possible.
So there’s a theory that racism was cultivated (wittingly or not) by the wealthiest in society as a way to redirect anger away wealth disparity and onto scapegoats. I’m not saying this theory explains everything about racism and economic exploitation, but it does really tie the room together.
February 1, 2025 at 9:04 AM
So there’s a theory that racism was cultivated (wittingly or not) by the wealthiest in society as a way to redirect anger away wealth disparity and onto scapegoats. I’m not saying this theory explains everything about racism and economic exploitation, but it does really tie the room together.