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Attacking truth is the way anti-democratic movements consolidate their power. My latest on substack writekaths.substack.com/p/you-know-i...
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Truth is the enemy of anti-democratic movements of all types. Attacking truth is the way they consolidate their power.
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July 15, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Attacking truth is the way anti-democratic movements consolidate their power. My latest on substack writekaths.substack.com/p/you-know-i...
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people say The Great Gatsby is “no longer relevant,” but careless people have never been more brazen, or more prominent.
![[“They were careless people, Tom and Daisy—they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made.”]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:hppum4l25hcczzffastsicpq/bafkreiexvgjd7znr3dm5pqixs6ovqor5ngwerzgle7p7w73kdqhj5lipja@jpeg)
March 20, 2025 at 6:29 PM
people say The Great Gatsby is “no longer relevant,” but careless people have never been more brazen, or more prominent.
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It helps to understand that oligarchical monopolist control over tech and development has completely stalled progress, pushing us into a state of decay in which the wealthy require fascistic solutions to curb unrest, expedite exploitation, plunder resources, and cement total control.
January 24, 2025 at 11:08 PM
It helps to understand that oligarchical monopolist control over tech and development has completely stalled progress, pushing us into a state of decay in which the wealthy require fascistic solutions to curb unrest, expedite exploitation, plunder resources, and cement total control.
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Just a reminder that tech oligarchs are just the newest iteration of the industrialists who bankrolled and cheered on the Fascists and Nazis.
At that level of wealth you turn antidemocratic in a hurry. We are dealing with a very, very serious threat and people need to learn from history.
At that level of wealth you turn antidemocratic in a hurry. We are dealing with a very, very serious threat and people need to learn from history.
December 14, 2024 at 2:48 AM
Just a reminder that tech oligarchs are just the newest iteration of the industrialists who bankrolled and cheered on the Fascists and Nazis.
At that level of wealth you turn antidemocratic in a hurry. We are dealing with a very, very serious threat and people need to learn from history.
At that level of wealth you turn antidemocratic in a hurry. We are dealing with a very, very serious threat and people need to learn from history.
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Elect people who are willing to scale fences to stop authoritarians and give up on people who have built their careers on expressing concerns, performing gestures, and then using it all to fundraise.
December 3, 2024 at 5:30 PM
Elect people who are willing to scale fences to stop authoritarians and give up on people who have built their careers on expressing concerns, performing gestures, and then using it all to fundraise.
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Free Leonard Peltier.
December 2, 2024 at 1:12 AM
Free Leonard Peltier.