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refreshingtime.bsky.social
43% burt
@refreshingtime.bsky.social
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Brooklyn. Leftist. Stoner. Musician/creative. Humanity is worth saving. Medium: https://medium.com/@refreshingtime MAGAs, alt righters, bigots and grifters are all blocked on sight
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43% burt @refreshingtime.bsky.social · Jul 12
friedrich engels on “social murder” in his book condition of the working class (1845)
When one individual inflicts bodily injury upon another such that death results, we call the deed manslaughter; when the assailant knew in advance that the injury would be fatal, we call his deed murder. But when society places hundreds of proletarians in such a position that they inevitably meet a too early and an unnatural death, one which is quite as much a death by violence as that by the sword or bullet; when it deprives thousands of the necessaries of life, places them under conditions in which they cannot live— forces them, through the strong arm of the law, to remain in such conditions until that death ensues which is the inevitable consequence— knows that these thousands of victims must perish, and yet permits these conditions to remain, its deed is murder just as surely as the deed of the single individual; disguised, malicious murder, murder against which (cont.) none can defend himself, which does not seem what it is, because no man sees the murderer, because the death of the victim seems a natural one, since the offence is more one of omission than of commission. But murder it remains. I have now to prove that society in England daily and hourly commits what the working-men’s organs, with perfect correctness, characterise as social murder, that it has placed the workers under conditions in which they can neither retain health nor live long; that it undermines the vital force of these workers gradually, little by little, and so hurries them to the grave before their time. I have further to prove that society knows how injurious such conditions are to the health and the life of the workers, and yet does nothing to improve these conditions. That it knows the consequences of its deeds; that its act is, therefore, not mere manslaughter, but murder, I shall have proved, when I cite official documents, reports of Parliament and of the Government, in substantiation of my charge.
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43% burt @refreshingtime.bsky.social · 1h
gowron from star trek saying “then go. your blood will paint the way to the future”
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43% burt @refreshingtime.bsky.social · 2h
hearing word that, with tay tay’s exciting and bold new record drop, many of her fans are “getting swifty”
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43% burt @refreshingtime.bsky.social · 2h
these goods all have perpetual demand so if they are nationalized you have a secure labor force as well
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43% burt @refreshingtime.bsky.social · 2h
a friend and i were discussing retail theft and high priced essentials are the most often stolen products. and the truth is those items should be drastically priced down through mandate or not priced at all. there is no reason taxes cannot pay for toilet paper or condoms or pregnancy tests or advil
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43% burt @refreshingtime.bsky.social · 2h
bizarre little man. you have the board
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43% burt @refreshingtime.bsky.social · 2h
if capitalism supposedly breeds innovation, why are products that we are unable to innovate not nationalized and sold at set prices or provided for free? what point is there to different competing brands of toilet paper, or pregnancy tests, or medications, or pencils?
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old uncle BATface @catfacejoe.bsky.social · 1d
tweet screenshot Matt the outlaw @cursedgloryhole Lady behind me at the thing screening last night to her partner "why are they shooting at the dog?" and her partner says very firmly "have you never seen a film before? you watch and information is revealed"
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43% burt @refreshingtime.bsky.social · 17h
i only found this video because someone gifted me an old ovation forever ago and i was searching "is it just me or do ovations sound horrible"
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43% burt @refreshingtime.bsky.social · 18h
ever seen "Robert Fripp Has Gone Mad With Power"?
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43% burt @refreshingtime.bsky.social · 18h
kaiji and monster are my go to animes. i dont like most of the others
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43% burt @refreshingtime.bsky.social · 18h
he was already winning by insane margins. he could have just said nothing
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43% burt @refreshingtime.bsky.social · 18h
instead of saying the appeasement “both sides” stuff zohran is saying, i would suggest trying: not saying any of that crap at all
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43% burt @refreshingtime.bsky.social · 19h
and you cant even speak on the data, yet you do! you judge people’s votes and the left, even though, for the fourth time, they had no effect on this. exit polls BACK THEN showed otherwise, directly after the election. you have chosen to lie about who was at fault
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43% burt @refreshingtime.bsky.social · 19h
the article is showed you specifically shows it was not outcome determinative at all, period, regardless of which states you want to cherry pick. it had no effect on the outcome of the general election
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43% burt @refreshingtime.bsky.social · 20h
you are the third person today i have had to show this two month old article to, about something exit polls already showed. you guys are angry about an issue that literally does not exist
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43% burt @refreshingtime.bsky.social · 20h
you are incorrect
Trump still would have won in 2024 even if everyone had turned out to vote, Pew finds
In 2024, 64% of the eligible-voting population turned out, the second highest in 120 years. New data show that even if all those voters who stayed home had voted, Trump would still be president today.
www.npr.org
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43% burt @refreshingtime.bsky.social · 20h
that provably did not happen though. regardless of jill stein’s intent the votes for her had no actual effect on the election. you are angry about nothing
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43% burt @refreshingtime.bsky.social · 21h
if you want to be mad at trump voters, by all means waste your time on that! they are not on here though. they wont see you complaining or care about your advice
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43% burt @refreshingtime.bsky.social · 21h
every day on this site i see at least a handful of people whining about things disproven by this article. stop relitigating the election and getting angry about how people voted. your primary focus has never been an actual issue
Trump still would have won in 2024 even if everyone had turned out to vote, Pew finds
In 2024, 64% of the eligible-voting population turned out, the second highest in 120 years. New data show that even if all those voters who stayed home had voted, Trump would still be president today.
www.npr.org
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43% burt @refreshingtime.bsky.social · 21h
you are angry at the wrong people
Trump still would have won in 2024 even if everyone had turned out to vote, Pew finds
In 2024, 64% of the eligible-voting population turned out, the second highest in 120 years. New data show that even if all those voters who stayed home had voted, Trump would still be president today.
www.npr.org
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43% burt @refreshingtime.bsky.social · 21h
they provably did not
Trump still would have won in 2024 even if everyone had turned out to vote, Pew finds
In 2024, 64% of the eligible-voting population turned out, the second highest in 120 years. New data show that even if all those voters who stayed home had voted, Trump would still be president today.
www.npr.org
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 21h
not today, kim.
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43% burt @refreshingtime.bsky.social · 21h
Joe Biden Has Died
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43% burt @refreshingtime.bsky.social · 22h
it is pedocons all the way down
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mother dysnomia 🌚 @mamatried.bsky.social · 23h
lol it’s this guy
Tweet from 11/2/24 showing Harry Sisson and his 4 friends in a car that reads “we’re Gen Z voters and we all PROUDLY voted for Kamala Harris! Real men support Harris” Robert J O’Neill quotes it with “You're not men. You're boys. If there was no social media, you would be my concubines.”
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43% burt @refreshingtime.bsky.social · 23h
that is murder
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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 1d
500 hospitals, nursing homes, and clinics are now closing or at risk of closure because of the Republican bill that guts health care funding, per @protectourcare.org.
Map of the U.S. with dots for each of the 500 health facilities closing or at risk of closing.
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