Oligarchy (noun): A government of and by a few at the top, who exercise power for their own benefit. Their power and wealth increase as they make laws that favor themselves, manipulate financial markets, and create monopolies that put more wealth into their pockets.

the goal of Joker, like most of DC's batman series, is to image the collective desire for a political alternative to the status quo, pathologize that desire by depicting political discontents as hordes of crazies, and sublimate it through the violent death of the villain extremist.

Anyone that wants to build a leftist movement in the US and doesn’t think that radical political education needs to be at the center of it should not be trusted. No more “it’s not my job to educate you.” We need to educate everyone. We need people to be angry that they are being robbed.

time to really be out here. i'm actually excited we get to clarify our politics now and build fr

The consequences for refusing to accept atrocity, for disrupting the order of things, and for refusing to abandon people will continue to escalate.