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Evil Ernest Luckman @ernieluckman.bsky.social · 2h

I quote this all the time because it bears repeating. In a democracy the only legitimate source of power is that of the people. But capitalism erodes that because it gives power to the capitalist rather than the people. So even if the capitalist is “good” the very concentration of power is a threat.

For all power tends to develop into a government in itself. Power that controls the economy should be in the hands of elected representatives of the people, not in the hands of an industrial oligarchy. Industrial power should be decentralized. It should be scattered into many hands so that the fortunes of the people will not be dependent on the whim or caprice, the political prejudices, the emotional stability of a few self-appointed men. The fact that they are not vicious men but respectable and social-minded is irrelevant. That is the philosophy and the command of the Sherman Act. It is founded on a theory of hostility to the concentration in private hands of power so great that only a government of the people should have it.
US v Columbia Steele-Justice Douglas,

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Evil Ernest Luckman @ernieluckman.bsky.social · 4h

Chinese Democracy beats American Democracy.

Meia tigela @brunodoamaral.bsky.social · 18h

No show do Guns N' Roses de ontem em Bogotá, o Axl recebeu essa bandeira da plateia durante a música Civil War.

Cantor Axl Rose, homem branco de meia idade com cabelo louro, segura uma bandeira da palestina com o logotipo do Guns N' Roses e escrito "I don't need your civil war".

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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · Jul 25

Few “don’t know what you got ‘til it’s gone” examples as potent as an independent DOJ

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Evil Ernest Luckman @ernieluckman.bsky.social · 6h

Please, the leader of Antifa is obviously in a polycule. This is like in Afghanistan how we kept killing every second in command of Al Qaeda.

Schrödinger's Sneetch Belly @rtodkelly.bsky.social · 10h

"the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa"

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Grant @gdubbstl.bsky.social · 7h

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Evil Ernest Luckman @ernieluckman.bsky.social · 7h

I think the same social isolation that makes conservatives think any brown person is MS-13 is the same thing that causes libs to think every person they see is an incalcitrant transphobe. Talk to people

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Evil Ernest Luckman @ernieluckman.bsky.social · 8h

My favorite QI case because it’s so psychotic is one where cop used a rifle he was not trained on, against policy, and told his supervisor “is that proactive enough” after killing someone because he got a review that said he wasn’t proactive enough.

Sorry not enough cases that you can’t do that.

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Evil Ernest Luckman @ernieluckman.bsky.social · 8h

Id argue police become secret when they can no longer be held accountable. If you can’t say Jeff the cop will be punished for being a bad cop, identity is irrelevant. And we’ve been on the path of making police beyond accountability for a long time.

Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 8h

The question isn’t whether ICE has become secret police or its functioning legally within very bad law. Very bad law made it possible for form secret police.

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Evil Ernest Luckman @ernieluckman.bsky.social · 8h

you kind of have to take this position if you think the communists are the bad guys

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 10h

Incredible.

Jack Posobiec references the earliest version of antifa -- the anti-fascists in the Weimar Republic who were opposed to the Nazi Party -- as the bad guys.

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Evil Ernest Luckman @ernieluckman.bsky.social · 9h

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Evil Ernest Luckman @ernieluckman.bsky.social · 10h

you could have said pee-pee soaked heckhole

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Bronze Age Babies @bronzeagebabies.bsky.social · 1d

This here’s a man of the people.

Former Cubs pitcher Lee Smith on why he always walked so slowly out of the bullpen when he was called - he heard the grounds crew got time and a half of the game stretched past 4:30 pm.

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Evil Ernest Luckman @ernieluckman.bsky.social · 12h

had a case where 18-wheeler driver did that.

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Evil Ernest Luckman @ernieluckman.bsky.social · 12h

Not sure why the spirit halloween person asked if the costume is for normal stuff, sex stuff or protesting.

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Evil Ernest Luckman @ernieluckman.bsky.social · 12h

Curious what would’ve happened if others on the flight had agreed to pay for it. Certainly the money could’ve been raised.

Kashmir Hill @kashhill.bsky.social · 13h

This is absolutely wild. I’m on a cross country flight. We are being diverted midway through to Denver. The reason? Some dude is sitting in the exit row who didn’t pay the $155 fee and he refuses to move back to his seat.

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Evil Ernest Luckman @ernieluckman.bsky.social · 13h

There are a number of people who planned out Charlie Kirk Halloween costumes not realizing how quickly he’d fall out of the discourse.

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Evil Ernest Luckman @ernieluckman.bsky.social · 13h

Are they getting high by using fire or are they high and on fire?

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Evil Ernest Luckman @ernieluckman.bsky.social · 13h

Dolly Parton

ghost malone ergo propter malone @proptermalone.bsky.social · 13h

who is the most interesting artist that could appear with Bad Bunny at the Super Bowl that conservatives would interpret as a gesture towards mollifying them?

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Evil Ernest Luckman @ernieluckman.bsky.social · 13h

This one haunts me theonion.com/wild-unattac...

Wild, Unattached Twenties Spent At Work

SEATTLE—The unattached, freewheeling, consequence-free years following Frank Anderton’s graduation from college are being spent in "one of the coolest offices in all of Seattle," the 24-year-old repor...

theonion.com

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Evil Ernest Luckman @ernieluckman.bsky.social · 13h

this is going to actually happen

wolf dressing like a sheep and then enjoying it comic

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Evil Ernest Luckman @ernieluckman.bsky.social · 13h

what vehicles? because people are starting to come after e-bikes and its incredibly short sighted.

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Evil Ernest Luckman @ernieluckman.bsky.social · 14h

there is a psychotic vocal minority and then all the other people opposed who have very weakly held opinions about it. a slight nudge will get them in the right direction.

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Evil Ernest Luckman @ernieluckman.bsky.social · 14h

if youre cis im begging you to talk to someone about trans rights you think might be on the fence, because the vast majority of people ive talked to about it, are just confused and are certainly opposed to Trump's Gestapo stopping trans meds and locking them up.

the tallest stone @talleststone.bsky.social · 16h

I hate to say it but the majority of the country is not going to die on the hill of trans rights. We can’t protect ANY groups if we can’t win a national election, so purity tests only serve to make specific groups feel triumphant. That’s not “erasing” them; it’s long-horizon strategy.

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Evil Ernest Luckman @ernieluckman.bsky.social · 14h

this is especially embarrassing because my mom is Talia Al Ghul

The Onion @theonion.com · 14h

Area Man Has Far Greater Knowledge Of Marvel Universe Than Own Family Tree https://theonion.com/area-man-has-far-greater-knowledge-of-marvel-universe-t-1819571080/

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Evil Ernest Luckman @ernieluckman.bsky.social · 15h

they're not even supportive of their own safety. If they were theyd be the biggest advocates for gun control.

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