Hillary Rettig (she / her)
@hillaryrettig.bsky.social
Author of Productivity is Power and other works that examine productivity from a social justice perspective. Underproductivity = disempowerment; laziness, etc., are symptoms, not causes. www.hillaryrettigproductivity.com for free articles and downloads.
Consider the fact that 'at the foundation of every great fortune is a crime' (attributed to Balzac and various others) and your point is even more valid. These people are horrible to start with, and only get worse.
November 17, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Consider the fact that 'at the foundation of every great fortune is a crime' (attributed to Balzac and various others) and your point is even more valid. These people are horrible to start with, and only get worse.
YES x 1000. So this happened in our district while we were all out volunteering our time like schmucks for the Dem candidate. www.nytimes.com/2019/01/23/u...
Joe Biden’s Paid Speech Buoyed the G.O.P. in Midwest Battleground (Published 2019)
www.nytimes.com
November 17, 2025 at 1:48 PM
YES x 1000. So this happened in our district while we were all out volunteering our time like schmucks for the Dem candidate. www.nytimes.com/2019/01/23/u...
sorry for paywall, but yes: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
American Gentry
The jet-setting cosmopolitans of popular imagination exist, but they are far outnumbered by a less exalted and less discussed elite group, one that sits at the pinnacle of America’s local hierarchies.
www.theatlantic.com
November 17, 2025 at 1:46 PM
sorry for paywall, but yes: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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anyway ludicrous to think the right question is “how did DHS lose its way??” and not “why did we build a domestic security super agency in the first place, and who has that power served”
November 16, 2025 at 1:56 PM
anyway ludicrous to think the right question is “how did DHS lose its way??” and not “why did we build a domestic security super agency in the first place, and who has that power served”