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OccuWorldMay Day Protests Erupt From Coast-to-Coast<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEchx-XAcBg" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEchx-XAcBg</a>Workers all across the country (and the world) stand united in the fight for fair and dignified work, where billionaires don’t exist and workers share in the wealth we help create.<a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/MayDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MayDay</a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/Protests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Protests</a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USA</a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/Workers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Workers</a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/Dignity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Dignity</a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/Billionaires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Billionaires</a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/Greed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Greed</a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/Share" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Share</a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/Wealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Wealth</a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/Decline" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Decline</a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/Impoverishment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Impoverishment</a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/ClassWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ClassWar</a>

NonilexHowever, the dinner maneuver may have political consequences for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a>. In creating the opportunity for anybody w/sufficient <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/wealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#wealth</a> to purchase an audience, Trump risks falling foul of a part of the US <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Constitution</a> — the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EmolumentsClause" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EmolumentsClause</a> — that prohibit the president from accepting <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/gifts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#gifts</a> or financial <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/compensation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#compensation</a> from foreign & domestic state actors. In a worst-case scenario for the president, the potential for negative optics could add fuel to calls for his <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/impeachment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#impeachment</a>.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a>

Zach Everson"Forbes Richest Person In Every State 2025""The 54 entrepreneurs, investors and heirs on the 2025 ranking (including ties) are worth a record $2 trillion combined, up $400 billion since last year’s list."<a href="https://journa.host/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#news</a> <a href="https://journa.host/tags/wealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#wealth</a> <a href="https://journa.host/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USpol</a> <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbeswealthteam/2025/04/30/forbes-richest-person-in-every-state-2025/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbeswealthteam/2025/04/30/forbes-richest-person-in-every-state-2025/</a>

Nathaniel GregoryThe system isn’t broken. It’s functioning exactly as intended: to consolidate <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/wealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#wealth</a> into fewer & fewer hands while keeping the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/workingclass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#workingclass</a> exhausted, too tired to fight back, & taught to blame themselves. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Capitalism</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Politics</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Democrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Democrats</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Republicans</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Liberals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Liberals</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Conservatives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Conservatives</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Vote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Vote</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Election" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Election</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DemocraticParty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DemocraticParty</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DNC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DNC</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RepublicanParty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RepublicanParty</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RNC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RNC</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GOP</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DonaldTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DonaldTrump</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/JDVance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#JDVance</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Vance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Vance</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/JoeBiden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#JoeBiden</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Biden</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/KamalaHarris" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#KamalaHarris</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Harris" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Harris</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TimWalz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TimWalz</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Walz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Walz</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Democracy</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#US</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USA</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ElonMusk</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Musk</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Fascism</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Fascist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Fascist</a>

acemaxxThe wealthiest have gotten richer, and control a record share of America’s wealth. New data suggest $1trn of <a href="https://econtwitter.net/tags/wealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#wealth</a> was created for the 19 richest American households alone in 2024. That is more than the value of <a href="https://econtwitter.net/tags/Switzerland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Switzerland</a>’s entire economy, chart @wsj <a href="https://www.wsj.com/economy/1-trillion-richest-families-wealth-increase-bc13874a" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.wsj.com/economy/1-trillion-richest-families-wealth-increase-bc13874a</a>

Coach Pāṇini ®Transgenerational <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/wealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#wealth</a> vs <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/trauma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#trauma</a>. <a href="https://newsie.social/@TheConversationUS/114394864197372397" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://newsie.social/@TheConversationUS/114394864197372397</a>

Eric Maugendre<a href="https://mastodon.social/@DrALJONES" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@DrALJONES</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/@AndiiB" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@AndiiB</a> I agree that our language should be plain.• Nation-states do not reimburse debt. (They restructure it.) • Nation-states can obtain funding by issuing they own money (or credit). • Nation-states invest or spend as much as they want by issuing they own money (or credit).<a href="https://mas.to/tags/slogans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#slogans</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/debt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#debt</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/deficit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#deficit</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/sovereignty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sovereignty</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/money" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#money</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/centralBanks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#centralBanks</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/currency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#currency</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/MMT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MMT</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/power" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#power</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/wealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#wealth</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/settlements" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#settlements</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/transactions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#transactions</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/policy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#policy</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#government</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#politics</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#economy</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/policies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#policies</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/climatePolicies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#climatePolicies</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/economics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#economics</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#economy</a>

Kent Pitman<a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/@cbctop_mirror" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@cbctop_mirror</a> I'm not religious, nor am I really a huge fan of the Catholic church, but Francis was a far better than average Pope.He pushed the church in key ways I hope the next Pope will continue and expand.Especially it matters that he called for urgent and decisive action on human-caused Climate Change.It matters, too, that he sought paths to acceptance and inclusion of diversity.I liked that he was a humble man, rejecting trappings of wealth, critical of his church's hoarded wealth, pushing for financial transparency, and focused on helping the poor. He seemed to want to be peer of, advocate for, and inspiration to regular people. Anyone, Catholic or not, ought admire such.The contrast is especially apparent from the US, where the sitting administration makes frequent appeals to religion for exactly the opposite reasons, to profit upon the poor for the sake of the rich, to undermine and deplete what meager wealth they have (again in service of the rich), and to sow seeds of intolerance and distrust.<a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/pope" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pope</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/PopeFrancis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PopeFrancis</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/death" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#death</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#climate</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ClimateChange</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/DEI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DEI</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/diversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#diversity</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/poverty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#poverty</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/wealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#wealth</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/humility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#humility</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/inequality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#inequality</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/CatholicChurch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CatholicChurch</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/empathy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#empathy</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#politics</a>

-0--1-Because <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USeconomicPolicy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USeconomicPolicy</a> is based on flawed the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ChristianReligiousDoctrine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ChristianReligiousDoctrine</a> of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ProsperityGospel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ProsperityGospel</a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MuscularChristianity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MuscularChristianity</a> that believes God gives <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Wealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Wealth</a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Health</a> to those who follow him and punishes <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Heretics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Heretics</a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Apostates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Apostates</a> with <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Poverty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Poverty</a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Sickness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Sickness</a>

idealist at heartmost of us get the most basic <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/facts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#facts</a> about the world wrong. that’s why global <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#health</a> researcher hans rosling wrote 'factfulness'. he made it his mission to help people understand the world more accurately and give them the tools to get it right next time. this <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/book" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#book</a> is perfect for <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/nonfiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nonfiction</a> beginners looking to explore the genre's potential.full review: <a href="https://idealistatheart.com/factfulness-by-hans-rosling/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://idealistatheart.com/factfulness-by-hans-rosling/</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#books</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bookstodon</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/read" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#read</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/reading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#reading</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/amreading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#amreading</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/global" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#global</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/wealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#wealth</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/booksky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#booksky</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bookstagram" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bookstagram</a>

Emeritus Prof Christopher MayWhile wealth is hoarded by the top 10%, the two specific wealth taxes (inheritance tax & capital gains tax) raise little tax revenueSo this suggests to some, reforming these taxes would not really expand the tax-take on wealth.... but looking at where wealth is actually stored, we might posit that taxing property & private pensions more could be the answer.However, major political lobbies would resist reform of council tax or reductions in tax relief on pensions!<a href="https://zirk.us/tags/tax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tax</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/wealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#wealth</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#politics</a>

Geriatric Gardener“DWP PIP cuts under fire as Labour MP goes rogue and launches huge petition”by Steve Topple in The Canary <a href="https://independent-media.co.uk/@thecanaryuk" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@thecanaryuk</a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/@UKLabour" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@UKLabour</a> “[Richard] Burgon has initiated a petition titled ‘Tax Wealth – Don’t Cut Disability Support,’ which has already attracted over 40,000 signatures, indicating robust support from the public”<a href="https://www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/2025/04/14/dwp-pip-petition-cuts/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/2025/04/14/dwp-pip-petition-cuts/</a><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Press" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Press</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UK</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Labour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Labour</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Starmer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Starmer</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Burgon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Burgon</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/DWP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DWP</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/PIP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PIP</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Cuts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Cuts</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Petition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Petition</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Wealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Wealth</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Tax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Tax</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Disability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Disability</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Support" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Support</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/FBU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FBU</a>

Karl Voit :emacs: :orgmode:<a href="https://graz.social/tags/Rich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Rich</a> people of the <a href="https://graz.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USA</a> can expect as much life span as the poorest in <a href="https://graz.social/tags/Europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Europe</a>. 😲 <a href="https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMsa2408259" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMsa2408259</a> "Survival in the wealthiest U.S. quartile appeared to be similar to that in the poorest quartile in northern and western Europe."Well, to me, it is an easy choice even if I'd have a shorter life span here in the EU - which is not the case at all.<a href="https://graz.social/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#health</a> <a href="https://graz.social/tags/wealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#wealth</a> <a href="https://graz.social/tags/money" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#money</a> <a href="https://graz.social/tags/eattherich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#eattherich</a> <a href="https://graz.social/tags/MAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MAGA</a>

Mix Mistress Alice💄"In early 1964, Jean Ziegler, a young Swiss politician, received a phone call from a man claiming to represent Ernesto Che Guevara, the Cuban revolutionary and minister of industry. Che would be in Geneva in March for a UN conference on trade policy, and some comrades had suggested Jean might be his chauffeur during his stay. Was Ziegler available for the gig?Today, in his tenth decade of life, Ziegler is Switzerland's most notorious public intellectual. That's because over the course of writing about 30 books, serving for close to three decades in the Swiss parliament, and relentlessly crusading for left-wing causes in his free time, Ziegler has made a career of unsparing criticism of his home country, and its outsize influence on the rest of the world.”—Atossa Araxia Abrahamian‘Here lives the Monster’s Brain’: the Man who Exposed Switzerland’s Dirty Secrets ><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/news/2025/feb/13/here-lives-the-monsters-brain-the-man-who-exposed-switzerlands-dirty-secrets" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/news/2025/feb/13/here-lives-the-monsters-brain-the-man-who-exposed-switzerlands-dirty-secrets</a><a href="https://todon.eu/tags/JeanZiegler" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#JeanZiegler</a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#history</a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/intellectual" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#intellectual</a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#politics</a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/Switzerland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Switzerland</a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/author" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#author</a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/UN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UN</a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/TradePolicies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TradePolicies</a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/coups" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#coups</a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/Marxism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Marxism</a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/revolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#revolution</a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#capitalism</a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/criticism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#criticism</a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/secrets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#secrets</a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/mission" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mission</a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/Congo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Congo</a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/DRC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DRC</a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USA</a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/kleptocrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#kleptocrats</a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/wealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#wealth</a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/Geneva" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Geneva</a>

MediaFaro News DigestFrance wants to make its one-off wealth tax permanent.France's economy minister said Sunday that he wants to make a temporary tax on the wealthy into a permanent levy to make government financing "more equitable."Eric Lombard said the measure would be part of efforts to find 40 billion euros next year, mainly from savings, to bring the public deficit to 4.6% of GDP in 2026.<a href="https://mediafaro.org/article/20250413-france-wants-to-make-its-one-off-wealth-tax-permanent?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://mediafaro.org/article/20250413-france-wants-to-make-its-one-off-wealth-tax-permanent?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward</a><a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/France" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#France</a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/WealthTax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WealthTax</a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Wealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Wealth</a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Tax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Tax</a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Economy</a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Politics</a>

WIST Quotations<a href="https://wist.info/billings-josh/76159/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">A quotation from Josh Billings</a><blockquote>How menny people thare iz whoze importance depends entirely upon the size ov their hotel bills.   [How many people there are whose importance depends entirely upon the size of their hotel bills.]</blockquote>Josh Billings (1818-1885) American humorist, aphorist [pseud. of Henry Wheeler Shaw] Everybody’s Friend, Or; Josh Billing’s Encyclopedia and Proverbial Philosophy of Wit and Humor, ch. 156 “Affurisms: Embers on the Harth” (1874) Sourcing, notes: <a href="https://wist.info/billings-josh/76159/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">wist.info/billings-josh/76159/</a><a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#quote</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#quotes</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quotation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#quotation</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=qotd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#qotd</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=ego" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ego</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=hotel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#hotel</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=importance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#importance</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=budget" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#budget</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=money" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#money</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=pride" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pride</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=selfimportance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#selfimportance</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=spending" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#spending</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=travel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#travel</a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=wealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#wealth</a>

Flipboard News DeskAmericans at all economic levels are more likely to die sooner than their European peers, according to a new study. Read more from <a href="https://newsie.social/@TheConversationUS" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@TheConversationUS</a> <a href="https://flip.it/.a366v" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://flip.it/.a366v</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/America" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#America</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Economy</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Health</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Europe</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Wealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Wealth</a>

Jake RaysonWealth knows best by Antonia MalchikLove her work<a href="https://mas.to/tags/commons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#commons</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/recommoning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#recommoning</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/wealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#wealth</a> <a href="https://antonia.substack.com/p/wealth-knows-best" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://antonia.substack.com/p/wealth-knows-best</a>

Kat O’BrienThis is an excellent piece on the class chasm in the U.S. The “comfort class” truly doesnt grasp the grip of financial fears, of not being able to make rent or pay basic bills. <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/04/class-money-finances/682301/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/04/class-money-finances/682301/</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/wealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#wealth</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/income" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#income</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/money" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#money</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/financialinsecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#financialinsecurity</a>

Metin Seven 🎨"𝚆𝚎 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚋𝚞𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚍 𝚋𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚎𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚒𝚗𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚖𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗, 𝚠𝚑𝚒𝚌𝚑 𝚒𝚜 𝚋𝚎𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚏𝚞𝚜𝚎𝚍 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠𝚕𝚎𝚍𝚐𝚎; 𝚚𝚞𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚝𝚢 𝚒𝚜 𝚋𝚎𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚏𝚞𝚜𝚎𝚍 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚊𝚋𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚠𝚎𝚊𝚕𝚝𝚑 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚑𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚒𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚜. 𝚆𝚎 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚖𝚘𝚗𝚔𝚎𝚢𝚜 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚖𝚘𝚗𝚎𝚢 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚐𝚞𝚗𝚜."─ 𝘛𝘰𝘮 𝘞𝘢𝘪𝘵𝘴<a href="https://graphics.social/tags/TomWaits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TomWaits</a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/quote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#quote</a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/quotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#quotes</a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/thoughts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#thoughts</a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/philosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#philosophy</a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/wisdom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#wisdom</a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/knowledge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#knowledge</a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/wealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#wealth</a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/happiness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#happiness</a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/money" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#money</a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/guns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#guns</a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#capitalism</a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/billionaires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#billionaires</a>

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