Trump’s pursuit of authoritarian power is demolishing the constitutional system. If the laws that govern American society are meaningless - so too are the laws that govern modern American corporations. #eattherich #maga #capitalism #communism open.substack.com/pub/letsmake...

If our government acts lawlessly then law becomes meaningless. The entire power apparatus of American corporations and capital ownership depend upon the rule of law. If the law becomes meaningless, so too are elite and shareholder ownership claims.

When the president engages in openly lawless behavior he undermines the entire legal system, threatening to make all laws meaningless. Which is actually a huge threat to the entire capitalist system. #maga #trump #law #scotus #capitalism open.substack.com/pub/letsmake...

Word to Chicago protesters: going “floppy” is a tactic that annoys police, wastes their resources, and makes them look bad.

Visited the Buck$ and Brew$ podcast… I was a little surprised at how much the others agreed with me for saying things that would have once been considered beyond the pale in American discourse. But hey, if you follow my here, you know I can be pretty persuasive. open.substack.com/pub/letsmake...

Anyone without a brain worm wriggling around inside their skull would agree. RFK Jr.’s conspiracy-fueled takes on public health are actively killing Americans every day. I made this shirt to get more people talking! Get yours here: windycityprintshop.etsy.com/listing/4329...

Warfare is good for business. Just think. If the U.S. wasn't using deadly force somewhere, American military companies could fail! Not having war is bad for share prices. Peace is bad for business. open.substack.com/pub/letsmake...

When you consider that businesses are run by dictators—that a firm is not a democracy—it makes sense why a series of rich guys at the top of the capitalist world think government can be run without following any laws.

“Propaganda and public relations have the same goals and job descriptions; ergo, they are the same thing.” My friends at Fair Observer were kind enough to reprint my Substack post on propaganda and BP’s Deepwater Horizon disaster. Check it out! www.fairobserver.com/business/pub...

Thanks for the info.... open.substack.com/pub/geekyner...

The two party trap… how capitalism keeps a hammerlock on our political economic system… big thanks to Hank Thompson for having me on his Winners and Losers podcast… full episode, Wealth Concentrating Machines, available on YT… #twopartysystem #capitalism #politics open.substack.com/pub/letsmake...

Latest episode is live! We talk with an esteemed panel to discuss the #economic and #political climate currently in the #US. @jdublow.bsky.social @mvsforwi.bsky.social @letsmakethempay.bsky.social #finance #maga #UnitedStates podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...

Indeed! When you're faced with fascism, even an Italian BMT can be a weapon...

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Tonight is the night for a very special Buck$ & Brew$. Join Nick and myself while we talk to @jdublow.bsky.social @letsmakethempay.bsky.social and @mvsforwi.bsky.social about the #political and #economic climate in the US. 7pm Eastern www.twitch.tv/bucksandbrews

those damned outdoor pigs can't keep getting away with this

Thank you, dad, for bringing me into this world. Thank you for passing to me a deep distrust of authority. Thank you for making me skeptical of America's phony baloney two-party political system. Thank you for telling me that revolution is necessary. open.substack.com/pub/letsmake...

Thanksgiving: For many people it's one of the first lessons they get about American history... but the standard version is loaded with lies and inaccuracies. Let's take a look at how our culture miseducates young Americans from the very start. open.substack.com/pub/letsmake...

What's good for General Motors is good for America? That's only true if you define good for America as business profits. This disconnect is killing us. You can't just define "America" as the business class. If you include the working class, life in America sucks. open.substack.com/pub/letsmake...

Nothing is more powerful than an idea whose time has come: tegenverkiezingen.nl

Randomness rules

Is there anything we could possibly do to make our system more fair? Yes! Random chance is fair. And people have known this for thousands of years. #randomness #sortition #chance #governance #democracy open.substack.com/pub/letsmake...

The Bank of North Dakota proves that so much of what we accept about modern private banks are unnecessary: systemic risk, excessive fees for things like overdrafts, exorbitant charges, massive profit extraction. We don't need to accept any of those things. open.substack.com/pub/letsmake...

I’m out on vacation this week but I wanted to share this with everyone… big thanks to Hank Thompson for having me on his podcast. We had a lot of fun! open.substack.com/pub/baldonth...

This internal contradiction embedded within the core identity of the modern Republican Party is their greatest weakness. #christian #capitalism #gop #propaganda #hypocrisy open.substack.com/pub/letsmake...

The mass media is beating the war drums again as Israel and the US try to manufacture consent for war. With propaganda efforts in full swing, here are three things that Israel and the US don't want you to know... #iran #israel #context #trump #history open.substack.com/pub/letsmake...

This entire drift into authoritarianism is caused by fear. Fear of us. Fear of the majority. Fear of workers. We have power. Now is the time to commit. #resist #opposition #classwarfare #eattherich #protest open.substack.com/pub/letsmake...

This is what is known as class struggle. Class struggle wins concessions. Class struggle can make the establishment back down. #protest #ice #dissent #habeascorpus #iceprotest open.substack.com/pub/letsmake...

When you hear every modern American president end almost every speech with “God bless America,” that is what amounts to a political slogan and it is an invention of the modern era. #christian #faith #freedom #freeenterprise #billygraham open.substack.com/pub/letsmake...

The premise was so simple: Enlist the clergy to deliver God’s true message about the glory of America’s free market and the righteousness of the rich. The rubes in the church pews would never see it coming. #christian #capitalism #jesus #gop open.substack.com/pub/letsmake...

Reprogram your brain to believe that positive change is coming and you will see opportunities you might otherwise miss. Pessimism and cynicism won't help us. #hope #optimism #revolution #placeboeffect #brain open.substack.com/pub/letsmake...

Propaganda and public relations have the same goals and job description, ergo, they are the same thing. #propaganda #deepwaterhorizon #publicrelations #advertising open.substack.com/pub/letsmake...

Today's radical position is that the genocide in Gaza must end. Does that strike you as troubling? The position considered extreme by our establishment says genocide is bad and it must stop. #radical #gaza #palestine #genocide open.substack.com/pub/letsmake...

The name of the game is good cop/bad cop. Because money drives our political system, not public interest. And if the public is interested in moving left or in a socialist direction, the Democratic Party only exists to trick you into wasting your votes on them. open.substack.com/pub/letsmake...

I think it’s worth considering the implications of Lee Harvey Oswald potentially working for American intelligence. If true, it adds some curious wrinkles to what we know about the Kennedy assassination. #kennedy #leeharveyoswald #assassination #spy #conspiracy open.substack.com/pub/letsmake...

What if we reconceptualized the afterlife not as some sort of spiritual secondary location like heaven or hell, but as life here on earth after we die? Imagine if the afterlife was simply life here on earth after we die. #afterlife #secular #utopian #philosophy open.substack.com/pub/letsmake...

Scott Bennett just now One reason there are so many bullshit jobs today is because our jobs were designed, scientifically, to make you and all your coworkers as replaceable as possible. #scientificmanagement #labor #unions #capitalism #worksucks open.substack.com/pub/letsmake...

Capitalism is threatened by collective power and tries to deflect blame by foisting the problems it causes onto the individual. This classic ad promoting environmentalism is a perfect example... #cryingindian #environment #capitalism #externalities #propaganda open.substack.com/pub/letsmake...

You do not have to be a racist to criticize Israel. Nor is criticizing Israel the exclusive purview of racists. Here is why this propaganda technique works… #israel #antisemitism #propaganda #capitalism open.substack.com/pub/letsmake...

Behold the living nightmare of monopoly power, thrown in sharp relief by Black Mirror. Capitalist monopolies should not exist... they should chill you to the bone. #blackmirror #capitalism #monopoly #monopolies #analysis open.substack.com/pub/letsmake...

There is a logic to the hunter gatherers' behavior… the motivation was focused on the collective survival of their group as well as the survival of the ecosystem that they were a part of. We can learn from them. #huntergatherer #sustainability #agriculture open.substack.com/pub/letsmake...

The essence of communism is not complicated or hard to understand. Stateless, classless, moneyless, sure… but the most important part the uninitiated need to know is this… #communism #socialism #context #eattherich open.substack.com/pub/letsmake...

It’s easy to imagine things getting worse right now. What we should really be doing is envisioning what a better USA looks like. People got us into this mess. People will get us out. We are those people. #hope #future #optimism #usa open.substack.com/pub/letsmake...

Critical thinking is the most necessary skill you need to interrupt stimulus-response conditioning. That's why the Department of Education is under attack. Authoritarians don't want critical thinkers or people who know history. #propaganda #psychology #anarchy open.substack.com/pub/letsmake...

Exposing the assumptions that the free market faith is built on is a valid way of criticizing capitalism. And free market fundamentalists HATE that. #capitalism #religion #perfectmarkets #marx open.substack.com/pub/letsmake...

In which Scott Bennett lays out how right-wing anti-union sentiment was smuggled behind a veneer of anti-communist hatred, creating the political conditions under which modern Americans seriously believe "there was never a left". @letsmakethempay.bsky.social doesn't miss.

One of the most important aspects of the McCarthy anticommunist period was it gave the powerful the ability to present themselves as victims… Israel is using the same strategy today. #communism #mccarthy #propaganda #redscare open.substack.com/pub/letsmake...

Meme in real life

Did Charles Manson get an assist from the American deep state in transforming hippies from harmless counterculture peaceniks into bloodthirsty, drug-addled killers in the minds of the American public? #chaos #manson #bookreview #conspiracy #mystery open.substack.com/pub/letsmake...