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Everything You Wanted to Know About Maintaining the Status Quo (But Were Afraid You Already Knew)
by C.A. Matthews
From time to time The Revolution Continues
(TRC) likes to do a “man on the street” interview to get a finger on
the pulse of the public. What’s on the ordinary person’s mind lately?
Here is the transcript of our latest meet-up with an Average American
Voter (AAV).
TRC:
Thanks for agreeing to speak with us today. You told us earlier that
something is really bothering you. You suspect it’s also worrying
others, and you want to hear our thoughts on the matter. What’s your
concern?
AAV:
Well, it’s hard to put into words, but here goes: Why does it seem the
more Americans vote the way they tell us to, the worse things get? I
mean, why aren’t the Democrats doing anything to stop Trump and his
cronies from ruining the economy or stopping arms sales to Israel? I
thought the Dems were different.
TRC: Different? In what way are they supposed to be “different”?
AAV:
I expected them to take a more active role in protecting ordinary
people like me. You know, protect us from being taken advantage of by
the billionaires. But they’re just letting Musk tear the government
apart. You’d think they’d stand up and stop him from destroying so many
social programs, not just talk about it and do nothing of consequence.
TRC: And this inactivity on the Democrats’ part worries you?
AAV: Yes, it does. I’d like to be able to retire and collect my Social Security in a few years if possible.
TRC:
Completely understandable. To re-state your concern, you’re wondering
why the opposition party doesn’t seem able or willing to challenge the
actions of the party in power currently. The Democrats seem to be
cooperating more with the Republicans than actually challenging them. Is
that right?
AAV: Right. That’s not what I voted for. I want change. I want them to challenge the status quo, not go along with them.
TRC:
I see. I think that’s where your misinterpretation of the DNC’s
inactivity comes in. Because the Dems have, in fact, been quite active
as of late.
AAV: They have?
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Humanity
refers to the quality or state of being human, which includes traits
like kindness and compassion towards others. --Wikipedia
Humanity: understanding and kindness toward other people. --Cambridge Dictionary
Humanity
is the quality of being kind, thoughtful, and sympathetic towards
others. Synonyms: kindness, charity, compassion, understanding.
–-Collins Dictionary
“Verify
that you’re a human” the instructions tell you with an online check
box. But are you? Just because you can check a box that an A.I. ‘bot
might not be able to doesn’t really verify your humanity, does it?
I’ve
been having doubts for several years now, doubts that keep me awake
nights. What if some of the people I see on the streets, in the grocery
store, at the doctor’s office, online and particularly on the television
news aren’t actually “human”? What if they’re just sophisticated
facsimiles of human beings, but there’s no “soul” or “conscience”
within? In other words, what if these individuals display no humanity?
What should I do about those persons who are able to check the box, but
whose heartless actions demonstrate they are anything but human?
In
science fiction action movies, the aliens are usually not the good
guys. They want to eat us, enslave us, or use our bodies as batteries to
power a matrix. Should we assume these faux humans we encounter on a
daily basis are equally nefarious?
Here are some examples of individuals who worry me—and possibly you, too, if you’re human.
One
perfect example of this “human or not?” conundrum is Donald Trump,
better known in our household as the Cheeto Bandito. If Trump knows how
to send a post on Twitter/X, then he probably can check that box
verifying he’s a human, but is he really?
To
be considered human you have to be able to do more than apply orange
face paint on a daily basis. You have to demonstrate your humanity to
the world, or show empathy and compassion for others, especially to the
most vulnerable in society. Trump fails in this area big time...
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I’m
as sick as a dog (sorry canines) and trying hard to put out a post this
week that makes coherent sense. Please forgive me if it gets ranty or
if it ends abruptly.
Now,
where was I? Oh, yes, I was going to point out that all this craziness
that Trump, Vance and Musk (The Three Muskrateers?) are putting out
there for public consumption is nothing new. Really, it’s been done
before by different a-holes with different names utilizing different
industries, lobbyists, foreign entities, and government agencies.
Remember
the subprime mortgage fiasco of 2008? The “too big to fail” banks were
bailed out by the US government. They bailed out the billionaires but
not the ordinary folks, and many families lost their homes. If your
brain has blocked out that unpleasantness, I apologize for bringing it
back into your consciousness, but it’s necessary.
In other words, most of this DOGE-ing nastiness of Musk’s is predictable in its unpredictability...
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There’s something everyone can do this week to make the world a better place that’s as simple as doing absolutely nothing.
I’m
not kidding. It’s that easy. Everyone can stop spending money all at
the same time. Withholding our money even for twenty-four hours can make
a strong point to the powers that be.
How
do we coordinate such an action? Here’s how: There’s a planned
“economic blackout” scheduled for this Friday, February 28, that you can
join. (See meme for details.)
“But...but…”
I hear some of the whiners objecting to the sheer simplicity of
everyone not supporting Amazon, Walmart, Target and the like for a day.
“Surely we must do something big and difficult to catch the
oligarchs/billionaires’ attention, to let them know that we don’t care
for what Mr. Musk is doing, that we want them to stop spending our tax
dollars on wars and genocide. How can depriving mega-corporations of a
few sales for one day get our message across?”
You’d be surprised how sales being cut back by even a few percentage points can catch a capitalist’s eye and make them worry...
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In Memory…
Protest comes in many forms. Rest In Power, Aaron Bushnell!
February 25, 2024
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“If you give a mouse a cookie… He’s going to ask for a glass of milk.” From If You Give A Mouse A Cookie (read aloud on YT) youtu.be/TRtSJ5Zu4MM?si=qYyJh-0FRHZKbgPK
“If you give a moose a muffin… He’ll want some jam to go with it.” From If You Give a Moose a Muffin (read aloud on YT) youtu.be/PBIXvlO_RBs?si=kMnOX7F-epy4kXSm
My
daughters absolutely adored these picture books when they were little.
The mouse or the moose keeps asking for more and more things until the
human characters’ whole world becomes one big chaotic mess. They’re
funny, cautionary tales, but mostly they’re just plain good ol’
toddler/early reader entertainment.
Somehow
these children’s stories instantly sprang to mind upon watching
excerpts of Donald Trump being sworn in as president this past week.
While the children’s stories are adorable and silly, there’s nothing
particularly adorable about Trump and company and their chaos. Their
silly parts are equally annoying, too.
I
find the best way to handle a Trump presidency is to ignore the man. I
did it from January 2017 to January 2021. I just didn’t watch or listen
to Trump on TV or online, and I still don’t. I will read about his
actions or watch others discuss whatever insane thing he said that day,
but I won’t listen to his voice or look at his face if I can avoid it.
In that way, I keep my already high blood pressure from going any
higher.
This
method works well for me. I stay informed, but at a distance that is
comfortable for my sanity. If you haven’t tried this ignoring
technique of dealing with Trump, I highly recommend it. If you find that
you really do miss listening to the dunderhead after a few days, then
you can always switch him back on and watch and listen to him live to
your heart’s content.
I
don’t tend to write much about Trump, either. Sure, he’s bound to pop
up now and then like a silly mouse or moose asking for baked goods in
whatever I write for the next few years, but he is seldom the “main
character” of any story I’ll tell.
Why is that you ask? It’s because I sincerely believe Trump isn’t the main character or protagonist of anything...
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People who are ideologically prohibited from seeing capitalism as the
obvious source of society's ills are forced to make up other things to
blame those ills on like elite pedovore cabals, Jews, immigrants, the
LGBT community, and Satan.
Vastly outnumbering your rulers but choosing not to overthrow them
because you think the status quo might someday make you wealthy is the
same as having all the power in the world and trading it away for a
lottery ticket.--Caitlin Johnstone, For Warmongers It's Always 1938
The Boot
by C.A. Matthews
Have you ever felt like you
had the weight of the world on your shoulders? How about the weight of the
world resting upon your neck like a giant yoke? A yoke you're forced to wear in
order to keep pulling and pulling a heavy load uphill without ceasing?
Most Americans have learned since
the BLM Summer of 2020 just how dangerous having an immense weight resting on
your neck can be. But can you imagine having this weight resting on your neck,
crushing your shoulders, breaking your back without reprieve since the day you
were born, perhaps even before you
were born? Can you imagine never experiencing freedom from this immense weight
in your lifetime or even in your children's or grandchildren's lifetimes?
That's what "the
boot" of capitalism feels like for most Americans. We realize as we grow
older that we can never escape the boot's weight no matter what we do. We
discover through life experiences, for good and for ill, that we'll never be
rich enough or white enough or the "correct" gender or connected to the
movers-and-shakers of our society enough.
We learn that there's no way for
a poor worker to get ahead of the day-to-day grind to survive in a society run
by insanely wealthy oligarchs (or billionaires if you like to think of them
that way). There is no one in a position of leadership who can stand up and
plead our case, either, because these self-same oligarchs own the vast majority
of our political leaders. It's a most effective form of slavery, too.
Our political leaders love to
be owned by these capitalists. Cash passes freely from the briefcases of the
corporate lobbyists and into the pockets of our elected representatives at all
levels--federal, state, and local. The oligarchs, emboldened with how easy it
is to own the US government, openly mainstreamed this activity through a
Supreme Court ruling known as Citizens United. The courts state that spending
massive amounts of money to influence politicians is "free speech." We
who struggle find now that we have no voice.
Money--or capital--talks. And
many people who are struggling seem to listen to the money/capital rather than to
their own insights or those of their
fellow strugglers. These misguided folk somehow think that they're what John
Steinbeck called "temporarily embarrassed millionaires." Tomorrow
they'll be flying around the globe in their own luxury jet or sailing the seas on
their own $500 million yacht just like Amazon's Jeff Bezos. Just you wait and
see.
Whether they realize it or
not, American workers have much more in common with each other than they do a
billionaire clown like Bezos. No matter
where or how they work--white collar, blue collar, no collar at all--all workers
are powerless to raise the federal minimum wage, which hasn't increased in
decades and remains at $7.25/hour. Workers are powerless to move it even one
red cent. The Haves make sure the Have-nots will never get ahead or even get close
to their level of financial security. The Haves knowingly and without empathy
for the workers' plight maintain their superiority in capital and political
power at our expense.
And still, some struggling American
workers idolize these tormentors, praise their persecutors. Perhaps you're one of
them. I've got to ask you a question then: What has a billionaire ever done for
you personally? Why do you think they'll care about you enough to do anything
for you in the future?
Has Bill Gates ever walked up
to you and given you food when you were hungry and didn't have a penny to your
name? Has Elon Musk ever offered to make good on your past due rent or mortgage
payments? Is Jeff Bezos currently paying off your medical debt or student
loans?
If you answered
"yes" to any of those questions, then I could see why you'd sincerely
love that person. They were kind and helped you out when you needed it. Otherwise,
why do you assume oligarchs (or Haves) like Gates, Musk, or Bezos give a rat's
ass about you or any other working class American?
Wake up and smell their stinky
foot fungus!
The Haves wear "the
boot" of capitalism. They will continue to rest that boot heavily upon
your neck until you do something to stop them from doing so. What can you do? You
must learn to work together with your fellow strugglers to throw off the
billionaire class that oppresses all workers everywhere.
Stop pretending you're better
(or worse) off than others who live under the tyranny of capitalism. Reach out
and join or form a union with your fellow workers. Propose and establish workers'
co-ops and the like. Be creative!
Practice caring and support
for one another through mutual aid societies. Don't leave anyone behind. Why? you ask. Easy--would you like to be
left behind? Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.
Workers organizing and coming
together to demand fair pay and fair treatment is what the oligarchs fear the
most. United, workers have the power and ability to kick "the boot"
off each others' necks. Freed from tyranny, they can build a fair and just
society for all.
Together we can create a beautiful
and healthier planet where the weight of the world will be shared by all, not only
by those without capital.
Very revealing quote of the week:
"A Bank of America executive stated
that “we hope” working Americans will lose leverage in the labor market
in a recent private memo obtained by The Intercept. Making predictions
for clients about the U.S. economy over the next several years, the memo
also noted that changes in the percentage of Americans seeking jobs
“should help push up the unemployment rate.”
The memo, a “Mid-year review” from June 17, was written by Ethan
Harris, the head of global economics research for the corporation’s
investment banking arm, Bank of America Securities. Its specific
aspiration: “By the end of next year, we hope the ratio of job openings
to unemployed is down to the more normal highs of the last business
cycle.” (...)
The memo is an uncanny demonstration that the economist Adam Smith was right when he described the politics of inflation in his famed 1776 work, “The Wealth of Nations.”
“High profits tend much more to raise the price of work than high
wages,” Smith argued. “Our merchants and master-manufacturers complain
much of the bad effects of high wages in raising the price. … They say
nothing concerning the bad effects of high profits. They are silent with
regard to the pernicious effects of their own gains. They complain only
of those of other people.”
Thus, exactly as Smith would have predicted, Bank of America
complains loudly about the bad effects of high wages in raising prices,
but appears to be silent about the pernicious effects of high profits.
This is especially remarkable given the role that corporate profits
have played in the recent increase in inflation. After-tax corporate
profits stood at 8.1 percent of the economy at the beginning of 2020 but
have since shot up to as high as 11.8 percent of the GDP. In an economy
the size of the U.S., that equals an increase of more than $700 billion
in profits per year. These higher corporate profits have been the cause of over 50 percent of recent price increases.
Instead, the memo is focused on the enticing prospect of the Federal
Reserve raising interest rates, slowing the economy, and bludgeoning
workers back into line. (...)
We deserve a better economic system than capitalism, which has produced 14 recessions since 1929 and averages 1 recession every 7 years. We deserve an economy that is sustainable, eco-socialist, and puts the needs of the people over the greed of corporations.
there should be a law that requires all doctors to accept Medicaid. it's so wild that doctors can turn away patients for being too poor for predatory private insurance.
Under U.S. capitalism we’ve had 14 recessions since 1929—which is an average of 1 recession every 7 years. These boom-bust cycles enable the ruling class to extract as much wealth as possible while any gains the working class makes during a “boom” are erased after the bust hits.
Over a billion people around the world do not support communism because they love having their freedoms stripped away, or love being controlled. You’re thinking of capitalism. That has always been capitalism.
Capitalists be like, “mental health comes first” then exploit the shit out of your labor while working you to death
— Revolutionary Blackout Network🥋 (@SocialistMMA) July 29, 2022
We’ve become a people who are under complete and total control of giant corporations and sociopathic billionaires who exploit our labor, plunder our wealth, bribe our politicians & destroy our planet all under the guise of “freedom.” This is what capitalism has done to humanity.
When did it become normal for poor people to go hungry and cold to save the economy?
— Sir Norman of Nowhere, KBE, CSE.🏴☠️ (@Normanjam671) July 30, 2022
How capitalists plan to manage late stage capitalism:
-Push Christian extremism and social issues to divide the workers and keep them fighting
-Drastically expand the police to fight social unrest
-Push for endless foreign conflict so people can focus on fighting the "other"
— Revolutionary Blackout Network🥋 (@SocialistMMA) July 29, 2022
We are on track to be the first species to cause our own extinction by destroying our own habitat for something that is not even real. pic.twitter.com/oaZ2Ew5tbc
It
confounds me. We're angry when we aren't paid what we should be, tired of how some
capitalists blatantly steal from the public purse and don't pay their fare
share, and yet we act mesmerized whenever the ultra-rich pull a flashy stunt
to generate more publicity for their money-making machines.
You
know what I'm talking about--the heavy mainstream media coverage of both
Richard Branson's and Jeff Bezos' recent "joy rides" into the upper
atmosphere. You'd think their private lives would be of zero interest to
everyday folks slaving away in dead-end jobs in these billionaires' concerns,
but the mainstream media seems to think their activities are more important
than climate catastrophes happening around the globe this week. In fact, the big
news outlets spent almost the same amount of air time covering Bezos' pretend
space race adventure than they did on stories dealing with the multitude of
deadly floods, droughts, forest fires and other climate emergencies that
occurred on the same day.
Obviously,
what rich people do with their billions for fun is infinitely more important
than our children's safety or futures.
Or
could it be…the mainstream media just wants us to think we love billionaires
and find their antics lovable? Could it be we don't really love the hoarding toadies
at all, but the powers-that-be want us to be tolerant of them and their destructive ways?
Tolerant enough that we don't all grab our pitchforks and build guillotines before our homes burn down in
a drought-driven forest fire?
"Just
a little off the top," one can imagine Jeff Bezos muttering as
thousands of his ill-treated warehouse workers lead him up the scaffolding to
meet the blade.
It's time to be honest with
ourselves. We--and by this I mean you, me, our children and loved ones--are the
99%. We can't afford to put up with these "lovable antics" by the überwealthy any longer. The 1% have by far the largest carbon footprint.
Scientists tell us that the 1% and their conspicuous consumption is the leading
cause of climate change. The 1% are the spoilers of this planet and human life
in general.
It's time we stopped admiring
them. It's time we stop kidding ourselves that we'll ever become one of them.
You know deep down the odds that you will ever become a billionaire are a
billion to one. So, if we're never going to become a member of the billionaire club what can we do to give our lives meaning?
First off, we can stop the idol
worshiping right now. There's no such thing as a "good billionaire"
as I heard someone say. It's an oxymoron like "military
intelligence." The two words don't belong in the same sentence.
Billionaires aren't God. They're not "good" because they own just
about everything and everyone on the planet and keep it to themselves. End the adoration of their
senseless buffoonery in fast planes and dildo-shaped rockets.
Second thing, stop making excuses
for these clowns in designer clothing. They are not better than the rest of us.
They're not even smarter than the rest of us. Didn't Trump's nonsensical tweets make that fact more
than obvious? Billionaires were simply born into wealth and have used that wealth to
take things away from those less fortunate--such as our land, natural
resources, our labor, our clean air, drinking water, and now even outer space. They live to make
a profit off of everything and everyone.
(And you do qualify as one of the
"less fortunate" if you actually pay your taxes. Most billionaires
don't pay any.)
Last, but not least, call out the
mainstream media and others who attempt to glorify the billionaires
and their activities. No more spreading their propaganda. Tell it like it
is--they're greedy bastards who don't share their wealth, treat their workers like slaves, and get away without
even paying their fair share of taxes. They're not to be emulated, idolized,
admired, or tolerated. Shut down their PR spokespeople.
Think of billionaires as your ex.
You walked away from that dysfunctional relationship, didn't you? You know you are
strong enough to walk away from the likes of Branson, Bezos, Musk, Gates, Buffet, the Walton family, etc. You
don't need them to distract you from what really matters in life--taking care of yourself, your loved ones, and your neighbors.
Let the billionaires go--and be sure to let the door hit
them hard on the backside as they exit!
Fifty years ago, poet Gil Scott-Heron expressed a similar attitude on this very subject.
If you're arguing the success of capitalism based on this psychopath having spent 10 minutes in space while millions are deprived of medical care and/or bankrupted by medical bills, you're as twisted as he is. Just dumber. pic.twitter.com/JMm4nHSb7U
As Seattle was breaking records with triple-digit temperatures, Amazon
warehouse managers called for a "power hour." They were pushing workers
to run fast and pack faster despite having no indoor air conditioning
in the warehouse.1
Amazon puts productivity over the safety of their workers.
They use high-tech algorithms to enforce it, surveilling workers and
punishing them if they can’t meet the algorithm’s goals, even in the
heat. This kind of workplace surveillance shouldn’t be legal, that’s why Congress needs to act now.
Even before the "heat dome" Amazon warehouses were already dangerous places to work. Amazon
uses high-tech algorithms like Rate and Time off Task to push workers
to the physical limit and then punish them for taking bathroom breaks.2 It’s so bad OSHA once called Amazon warehouses one of the most dangerous jobs in America.3
Workplace
surveillance and productivity algorithms shouldn’t be legal in the
first place. But our legal system lags behind the pace of technology. Unless Congress closes the gap, Amazon will continue to use its high-tech grip to squeeze the life out of its warehouse workers. Like, increasing productivity rates, during a historic heatwave, in a warehouse without air conditioning.
Join thousands of activists already calling on Congress to fix this and protect Amazon workers.
Sources:
1. Daily Dot, "Amazon warehouse runs productivity contest at warehouse despite record-breaking heatwave," June 28, 2021.
2. The Verge, "How Amazon automatically tracks and fires warehouse workers for 'productivity'" April 25, 2019.
3. Futurism, "After Deaths, Amazon Lands on List of Most Dangerous Employers," October 18, 2019.
***
It’s a big week for the resistance. As the Line 3 protest camps
continue to meet the unprecedented advancement of Enbridge’s dangerous
pipeline — arrests are happening nearly every day as this Indigenous-led
movement attempts to stop a host of river crossings — my colleague,
Chase Iron Eyes, and our full media team are heading out to the
frontlines right now.
This trip, and our staff’s ongoing dedication to media creation,
outreach, and logistical support, is a huge investment — and it’s one we
hope you’ll help us make. We’re going all in on providing the camps
with needed equipment and capability to amplify this struggle now, while
we still have a chance to protect Anishinaabe homelands. Will you give generously in this moment to protect our relatives and our world?
Water protectors at a Line 3 front in June. Photo by Christopher Francisco.
Our presence — and that of any allies who can also make the trip — is
badly needed. In 2016 and 2017, the movement against the Dakota Access
pipeline at Standing Rock attracted tens of thousands. In Minnesota, we
are far fewer, and we’re spread thin across several camps. Those already
on the frontlines are struggling logistically to stop Enbridge’s rapid
build across many bodies of water. As you can see below, the police
presence is mighty. We must do all we can.
Police ready to enforce Line 3’s incursions in June. Photo by Christopher Francisco.
Fortunately, we’re joining a coalition led by knowledgeable
Indigenous leaders like Winona LaDuke of Honor the Earth, who was
arrested this week, and Tara Houska of Giniw collective (pictured
below). Our first jobs are to get there, set up, listen to the needs,
and begin amplifying the voices of those on the ground.
Giniw Collective’s Tara Houska provides leadership against Line 3. Photo by Christopher Francisco.
The time is now. This week, another mistake in construction spewed
noxious fluids into another sacred river. As they always do, this
pipeline is already despoiling pristine waters. How much worse will it
be when the tar sands oil — some of the world’s dirtiest — is spilled in
these same water systems? We must not let that happen. We’re preparing
to hold our ground for as long as it takes, and we thank you from our
hearts for your generous support of this mission.
Wopila tanka — thank you for supporting our direct action against this toxic pipeline!
Madonna Thunder Hawk
Cheyenne River Organizer
The Lakota People’s Law Project
