Samuel James
@samueljamesauthor.bsky.social
Trained Philosopher, Natural Dingus.
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Authoritarianism can only succeed when democracy fails to deliver for working people.
Authoritarian parties can only succeed when the pro-democracy parties fail to fight for working people.
We need a new democracy and a new party system which can represent working people.
Authoritarian parties can only succeed when the pro-democracy parties fail to fight for working people.
We need a new democracy and a new party system which can represent working people.
November 11, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Authoritarianism can only succeed when democracy fails to deliver for working people.
Authoritarian parties can only succeed when the pro-democracy parties fail to fight for working people.
We need a new democracy and a new party system which can represent working people.
Authoritarian parties can only succeed when the pro-democracy parties fail to fight for working people.
We need a new democracy and a new party system which can represent working people.
Next week time you listen to a politician, any politician, you must ask yourself;
Does this position/person challenge power, or does it serve it?
Does this position/person challenge power, or does it serve it?
November 10, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Next week time you listen to a politician, any politician, you must ask yourself;
Does this position/person challenge power, or does it serve it?
Does this position/person challenge power, or does it serve it?
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"Owning everything we own forever is not the right thing to do, I suspect."
They're happy to say this without hiding.
Aotearoa, this is extremely worrying.
#nzpol
They're happy to say this without hiding.
Aotearoa, this is extremely worrying.
#nzpol
National to mull asset sales as part of next election, Christopher Luxon says
National to mull asset sales as part of next election, Christopher Luxon says
But the prime minister has ruled out asset sales this term.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 9, 2025 at 9:48 PM
"Owning everything we own forever is not the right thing to do, I suspect."
They're happy to say this without hiding.
Aotearoa, this is extremely worrying.
#nzpol
They're happy to say this without hiding.
Aotearoa, this is extremely worrying.
#nzpol
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Remember: If we allow ourselves to fall into fatalism, or wallow in disappointment, or become resigned to what is rather than what should be, we will lose the long game.
The greatest enemy of positive social change is cynicism about what can be changed.
The greatest enemy of positive social change is cynicism about what can be changed.
November 8, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Remember: If we allow ourselves to fall into fatalism, or wallow in disappointment, or become resigned to what is rather than what should be, we will lose the long game.
The greatest enemy of positive social change is cynicism about what can be changed.
The greatest enemy of positive social change is cynicism about what can be changed.
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What happened, @nytimes.com? Why not stand by your original headline? Because it’s absolutely an accurate representation of this trash conversation.
To publish this at all should be a fireable offense - but to publish it as women’s rights are being decimated is deeply immoral, bordering on evil
To publish this at all should be a fireable offense - but to publish it as women’s rights are being decimated is deeply immoral, bordering on evil
November 7, 2025 at 8:10 PM
What happened, @nytimes.com? Why not stand by your original headline? Because it’s absolutely an accurate representation of this trash conversation.
To publish this at all should be a fireable offense - but to publish it as women’s rights are being decimated is deeply immoral, bordering on evil
To publish this at all should be a fireable offense - but to publish it as women’s rights are being decimated is deeply immoral, bordering on evil
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@ churches
If you’re scared to look politically motivated, **you are politically motivated**
November 7, 2025 at 8:53 PM
@ churches
Why is there a news article about a minister rating her own ministry highly with no critical thinking involved?
This woman has gutted education in NZ and now pats herself on the back and the news reports this as good?
Not to mention she’s throwing her advisors under the bus.
Useless
#RNZ #NZpol
This woman has gutted education in NZ and now pats herself on the back and the news reports this as good?
Not to mention she’s throwing her advisors under the bus.
Useless
#RNZ #NZpol
November 7, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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Nz greens: we will give you fully funded healthcare for everyone
Nz labour: well give you private healthcare but three free doctors visits a year
Nact: we'll give you private healthcare
Kiwis: "i love killing people, labour and nact are the only viable options"
Nz labour: well give you private healthcare but three free doctors visits a year
Nact: we'll give you private healthcare
Kiwis: "i love killing people, labour and nact are the only viable options"
November 6, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Nz greens: we will give you fully funded healthcare for everyone
Nz labour: well give you private healthcare but three free doctors visits a year
Nact: we'll give you private healthcare
Kiwis: "i love killing people, labour and nact are the only viable options"
Nz labour: well give you private healthcare but three free doctors visits a year
Nact: we'll give you private healthcare
Kiwis: "i love killing people, labour and nact are the only viable options"
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***three doctor's visits that are free
not free doctor's visits, full stop.
If only there was a party who has the guts to promise AND deliver universal basic services.
#nzpol
not free doctor's visits, full stop.
If only there was a party who has the guts to promise AND deliver universal basic services.
#nzpol
November 6, 2025 at 4:54 AM
***three doctor's visits that are free
not free doctor's visits, full stop.
If only there was a party who has the guts to promise AND deliver universal basic services.
#nzpol
not free doctor's visits, full stop.
If only there was a party who has the guts to promise AND deliver universal basic services.
#nzpol
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'Climate finance is determined by the needs of the investors instead of the people affected by the emergency.'
Well, who could have guessed that climate finance was not going to be used in a fair way? ✋
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Well, who could have guessed that climate finance was not going to be used in a fair way? ✋
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Only 3% of international climate aid going to transitioning communities: ‘This is absurd’
New report on funding to slash carbon emissions finds startlingly low engagement with the people affected
www.theguardian.com
November 4, 2025 at 2:44 PM
'Climate finance is determined by the needs of the investors instead of the people affected by the emergency.'
Well, who could have guessed that climate finance was not going to be used in a fair way? ✋
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Well, who could have guessed that climate finance was not going to be used in a fair way? ✋
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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I love that Zohran did not praise Cuomo in his speech. You absolutely do not have to say nice things about bad people. We should normalize that in “polite” politics: Praising bad people is not actually “civility.”
November 5, 2025 at 5:04 AM
I love that Zohran did not praise Cuomo in his speech. You absolutely do not have to say nice things about bad people. We should normalize that in “polite” politics: Praising bad people is not actually “civility.”
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Good things are possible and we don’t have to settle.
November 5, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Good things are possible and we don’t have to settle.
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Incredibly funny to watch the right wing going Oh so just because I love money and hate poor people I'm a bad Christian according to "the pope"???
November 4, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Incredibly funny to watch the right wing going Oh so just because I love money and hate poor people I'm a bad Christian according to "the pope"???
Alt Headline:
Man directly responsible for creating the “war on terror” which lead to the deaths of over 500,000 Iraqi people alone (including many many children) is now for some reasoned honoured for his crimes.
#pol
Man directly responsible for creating the “war on terror” which lead to the deaths of over 500,000 Iraqi people alone (including many many children) is now for some reasoned honoured for his crimes.
#pol
November 4, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Alt Headline:
Man directly responsible for creating the “war on terror” which lead to the deaths of over 500,000 Iraqi people alone (including many many children) is now for some reasoned honoured for his crimes.
#pol
Man directly responsible for creating the “war on terror” which lead to the deaths of over 500,000 Iraqi people alone (including many many children) is now for some reasoned honoured for his crimes.
#pol
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The authoritarian takeover of X was a harbinger of the regime’s strategy for America at large.
Bluesky is a perfectly adequate refuge for X exiles. The biggest problem with Bluesky is that so many political and media elites are still on X. That’s not Bluesky’s fault—it reflects poorly on the elite.
Bluesky is a perfectly adequate refuge for X exiles. The biggest problem with Bluesky is that so many political and media elites are still on X. That’s not Bluesky’s fault—it reflects poorly on the elite.
I'm doing a big Bluesky column today! Hit me with your where-Bluesky-is-at-this-moment-in-2025 takes
November 3, 2025 at 9:51 PM
The authoritarian takeover of X was a harbinger of the regime’s strategy for America at large.
Bluesky is a perfectly adequate refuge for X exiles. The biggest problem with Bluesky is that so many political and media elites are still on X. That’s not Bluesky’s fault—it reflects poorly on the elite.
Bluesky is a perfectly adequate refuge for X exiles. The biggest problem with Bluesky is that so many political and media elites are still on X. That’s not Bluesky’s fault—it reflects poorly on the elite.
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Mike Johnson: ‘My Christian Faith Is More About Not Jacking Off Than Feeding The Poor’
November 3, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Mike Johnson: ‘My Christian Faith Is More About Not Jacking Off Than Feeding The Poor’
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By November 2026, the government will enact austerity to our rangatahi - despite of an available option preferred by the Ministry of Social Development.
Another example of reckless, unsubstantiated policies that force kiwis to needlessly suffer. #nzpol
www.msd.govt.nz/documents/ab...
Another example of reckless, unsubstantiated policies that force kiwis to needlessly suffer. #nzpol
www.msd.govt.nz/documents/ab...
November 3, 2025 at 8:55 AM
By November 2026, the government will enact austerity to our rangatahi - despite of an available option preferred by the Ministry of Social Development.
Another example of reckless, unsubstantiated policies that force kiwis to needlessly suffer. #nzpol
www.msd.govt.nz/documents/ab...
Another example of reckless, unsubstantiated policies that force kiwis to needlessly suffer. #nzpol
www.msd.govt.nz/documents/ab...
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we have seen, and will see much more in the future here
92%: the percentage of funding for Nigel Farage's far-right political party Reform UK that comes from fossil fuel interests.
Across the world, anyone blaming immigrants, etc, it's all just a smokescreen to allow the rich to keep on getting richer by killing our planet.
share.google/W2gwfc0XVpUy...
Across the world, anyone blaming immigrants, etc, it's all just a smokescreen to allow the rich to keep on getting richer by killing our planet.
share.google/W2gwfc0XVpUy...
‘You can’t eat electricity’: how rural solar farms became the latest battlefront in Britain’s culture war
Reform UK is exploiting opposition to solar panels – but most farmers are more worried about climate change.
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November 3, 2025 at 9:55 AM
we have seen, and will see much more in the future here
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it's utterly wild how the Heritage Foundation president talks about other people
if you found a guy talking like this outside, you'd probably call the cops
if you found a guy talking like this outside, you'd probably call the cops
November 3, 2025 at 1:54 AM
it's utterly wild how the Heritage Foundation president talks about other people
if you found a guy talking like this outside, you'd probably call the cops
if you found a guy talking like this outside, you'd probably call the cops
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This:
It’s maddening that people making $80k a year are the ones donating food so people making $20k a year can eat, while the people making $32 million a year get tax cuts to pay for $10k a night hotel in Bali.
November 1, 2025 at 1:42 AM
This:
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I love how Rep. Joe Neguse reframed this question.
October 31, 2025 at 8:19 AM
I love how Rep. Joe Neguse reframed this question.
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An estimated 15.7 million workers use SNAP. It’s a lifeline for those in low-wage jobs.
Meanwhile, CEOs are paid 280x as much as the typical worker.
Don’t be angry at workers for using food stamps.
Be angry at the corporations paying them so little that they need them.
Meanwhile, CEOs are paid 280x as much as the typical worker.
Don’t be angry at workers for using food stamps.
Be angry at the corporations paying them so little that they need them.
October 30, 2025 at 7:45 PM
An estimated 15.7 million workers use SNAP. It’s a lifeline for those in low-wage jobs.
Meanwhile, CEOs are paid 280x as much as the typical worker.
Don’t be angry at workers for using food stamps.
Be angry at the corporations paying them so little that they need them.
Meanwhile, CEOs are paid 280x as much as the typical worker.
Don’t be angry at workers for using food stamps.
Be angry at the corporations paying them so little that they need them.
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Seattle Councilmember Bob Kettle just invoked "a Six Sigma thought in the back of my head"
we HAVE to stop the cult of "leadership principles" among elected officials. everyone does not need a "growth mindset" or whatever the latest management jargon is
we HAVE to stop the cult of "leadership principles" among elected officials. everyone does not need a "growth mindset" or whatever the latest management jargon is
October 29, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Seattle Councilmember Bob Kettle just invoked "a Six Sigma thought in the back of my head"
we HAVE to stop the cult of "leadership principles" among elected officials. everyone does not need a "growth mindset" or whatever the latest management jargon is
we HAVE to stop the cult of "leadership principles" among elected officials. everyone does not need a "growth mindset" or whatever the latest management jargon is
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