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decolonize-the-left · 2 months
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it's also realizing that these movies existed because adults felt like those ants. They wanted to organize and do something and they felt like they couldn't so they made those movies for us. So that the next generation of workers would understand their fate and power and be motivated to change our reality.
I'm an anticapitalist because some people at Pixar a long time ago put all of their faith and hope into teaching kids, that we deserved better. And that one day we'd be big enough to fight for it.
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I've grown.
And I'm ready to punch some crickets in the face.
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slithymomerath · 1 year
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“I am typing these words as June 2003 surges with Pride. What year is it now, as you read them? What has been won; what has been lost? I can’t see from here; I can’t predict. But I know this: You are experiencing the impact of what we in the movement take a stand on and fight for today. The present and past are the trajectory of the future. But the arc of history does not bend towards justice automatically—as the great Abolitionist Frederick Douglass observed, without struggle there is no progress . . .”
- Leslie Feinberg
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sirguyofdykesborn · 3 months
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joining the war on yuri on the side of yuri
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kayas-kosmos · 10 months
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Because of what's happening on Twitter...
I've made a little diagram to demonstrate why billionaires and the ultra-wealthy are bad for society.
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"If we view society as a body, every sector is like a different organ within the body that serves a function and works in harmony with other organs to maintain balance. Every part of the body is important for the whole thing to function."
"The ultra-wealthy want you to believe they are the beating heart and thinking mind of the society – they are the innovators who create our jobs and their brilliance drives society forward. They deserve to be at the top of society because they have earned that. Without them, the body won’t function because they are the most important part."
"In reality, they are more like a malignant tumour, sucking all of the blood (resources) away from everything else (people and the planet) to fuel its own infinite growth, depriving the rest of the body and slowly killing it. Workers create all of the innovation and keep things running, the ultra-wealthy take all the credit."
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This is a public domain image so feel free to pinch it for whatever.
Elon Musk has put the careers of thousands of small business owners who depend on Twitter (myself included) in jeopardy by completely running it into the ground. Before this, Mark Zuckerberg had already been doing the same when he started pursuing Metaverse, making Instagram and Facebook much more unusable for artists. Do I really need to go into other examples of CEOs and very normalised practise of wage theft?
Meanwhile, the UK currently has the richest Prime Minister in its history. What is this man doing with this wealth? Continuing the Tory legacy of austerity in order to line his pockets and the pockets of his crony friends. This has resulted in a devastating cost of living crisis that continues to ravage the country as people's energy bills skyrocket out of control.
My diagram is pretty basic and lacks nuance, there's definitely more I could elaborate on with this comparison but I really don't have time. I just want people to get the basic point of how billionaires view themselves vs what function they actually serve. I'm also not here to debate whether some organs are more important than others since I'm not a doctor, that's not really the point here. And no, I don't care if people think I'm being harsh by comparing billionaires to a tumour. If they don't want to be compared to one they should stop acting like one. Jeff Bezos could end world hunger right now and chooses not to.
Also, I know a lot of people are going to come at me with the argument that billionaires give away massive amounts of money. First off, people like Jeff Bezos only give large sums of money to charity a.) for the sake of improving their public image and b.) because giving to charity allows them to write it off in their taxes. Also, charities in of themselves have a lot of problems, but that's a blog post for another day. Mutual Aid is a better way to help people directly. Really, the ultra wealthy need to be taxed, of course they do everything within their power to avoid taxes.
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"Earning a lot of money" and "holding onto a lot of money" are two different things. You cannot be a multi-millionaire unless you hold onto that money. If you give away massive chunks of it to enrich society, you cease to be a billionaire.
Oh and this is worth a watch, too.
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Also before the inevitable great man comments:
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Being a billionaire is a moral failing. Nobody needs that much money.
[Slight edit here - I made the assertion that a billionaire could not spend all of their money in their lifetime, but as someone in the comments pointed out it's very easy for them to completely waste billions in no time. Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg have shown that].
Anyway, if you would like to see more anti-Capitalist art from me, I am currently working on a webcomic called "Flowerpunk" - a story about a group of anarchists who are trying to save the city of Wyrdon from a supernatural plague known as "the rot." The comic heavily discusses disaster Capitalism and how the rich will use mass death and destruction as an opportunity to further line their pockets.
I also like to do little anti-Capitalist doodles relating to this project, which I plan to make into posters at some point.
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Please consider donating a Ko-Fi also if you would like to help support this project. I am really struggling at the moment because I've basically lost a massive chunk of my client base due to this Twitter implosion and also because of the AI BS that has made it impossible for me to get any reach nowadays. The last year or so has been an absolute nightmare for my career because of all of this.
Thank you all for your continued support! Hopefully I can re-establish my audience here on Tumblr and wherever else I decide to go.
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nando161mando · 2 months
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bunnyhugs22 · 2 months
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the-jaffster-official · 9 months
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THIS SEEMS RELEVANT TO PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY HERE. THE SAG IS ASKING THAT COSPLAYERS DON'T COSPLAY CHARACTERS FROM STRUCK STUDIOS AD IT HELPS PROMOTE THEM. IT'S GETTING REAL, PEOPLE.
Edit: This page should explain the situation better, if anyone's interested.
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mobydyke · 1 year
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twitter can't shut down mostly bc danny devito needs a place to loudly and frequently support workers rights
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[ID: two tweets by Danny Devito on Nov 29th. The first reads "Joseph, while you're fixing things with the railroad... get them to pass The Equality Act affording civil rights to the LGBTQ community. And extend the child tax credit. How about the $35 cap on insulin... all's I'm saying, a few things already passed in the house. C'mon buddy" and the second tweet reads "No Joe, you're supposed to help the railroad workers... you got it backwards. a handful of sick days c'mon! workers of the world unite!"]
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victusinveritas · 3 months
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"Workers of the World, Unite!" Caligraphy by Hasan Musa.
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rathayibacter · 10 months
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UNSKILLED LABOR
hey yall! I'm currently working on a ttrpg about supernatural low-wage jobs called Unskilled Labor, and I wanted to hear from folks who've done all kinds of different work.
and, please note, before you assume your work history isn't interesting enough for this, that you've almost certainly done the kind of work that I'm looking for here! even if you've only done food service or retail, even if you've only worked somewhere for a month or two, even if you still don't feel like you know what you're doing, I wanna hear from you!
thank you!
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comradeupdog · 1 year
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Hey, just a reminder that capitalism is the most unstable system ever implemented. We are going through the third major crisis in my memory in this country. Booms and busts was an excepted part of capitalist economics for years, now liberal economists act like every crisis is a shocking development no one could have possibly seen coming. It is eating away at is own foundations, destroying the earth and plundering resources that it needs to carry on as well as for humanity to survive.
Capitalism, even if you somehow think that its the “best system we have” is not sustainable. Reforming it will not work, welfare, putting a human face to it, will not fix the core problem, we have tried it all before and it falls apart as soon as the socialists are no longer threatening revolution or times seem “good.” We can get some reforms now, I think we should try, but the only way to save humanity is to ditch capitalism!
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astralbondpro · 1 year
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** THIS BLOG STANDS IN SOLIDARITY WITH THE WGA STRIKE **
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nando161mando · 11 days
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An illustrated guide how to talk with your supervisors
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hachama · 7 months
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At least once a week, I'm reminded that unions and collective bargaining are the compromise labor struck with management. We used to dismantle their fucking houses, drag them out in the street, break in and eat all their food, etc. If they don't want us unionizing, they're leaving a door open.
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thoughtportal · 1 year
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Every Worker!
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