“Begin the morning by saying to yourself, I shall meet with the busybody, the ungrateful, arrogant, deceitful, envious and unsocial.” — Marcus Aurelius
Here's a humorous take on the Cantillon Effect and its implications in socialist countries:
The Cantillon Effect: Where the Rich Get Richer, Even in Socialist Paradises!
Picture this: a socialist utopia where wealth is distributed more evenly, and everyone is supposed to be
@MarioNawfal
This is where socialism kills the demographics— entrenched bureaucrats hoard resources and cripple progress with red tape — there is no opportunity for young people outside of wealthy connected families. Socialism breeds corruption, attracts welfare abuse, and calcifies society.
@wideawake_media
Climate change is real (and constant) caused by natural forces like solar activity. Carbon dioxide levels did not spike before the Industrial Revolution— warming started before that. And…. communism can’t change it.
@TheRabbitHole84
Logic of this discussion:
Trans Identified Man: You are CIS
Me: No I am not. I don’t recognize that as a way to identify myself.
Trans Identified Man: Too bad, that’s what you are objectively as people see you.
Me: 🤣
@LHSummers
There is a straight line from the shout down at Evergreen to the intimidation of Jewish students. The administration cracks down on micro aggressions and pronouns while being impotent about antisemitic violence and intimidation.
@ChoooCole
Obnoxious language reverses reality: “Chloe Cole, who lived for years as a transgender boy before returning to the female identity……” — more accurate, Chloe returns to her authentic self.
@_Reaganite_
The Argentina election is going to have an impact every democracy worldwide by seeing the effect of freedom on calcified socialist societies.
@MalcolmNance
Let’s try to help here— Hamas— a group that is objectively Far Right:
1. Misogynistic
2. Violently Anti LGB
3. Theocratic
4. No respect for law
5. Steal all public resources so THEY can choose how to allocate it
6. Reward fanatics
7. Anti free speech
8. Anti art and culture
@ClownWorld_
A real life enactment of the panel on the right of The Garden of Earthly Delights — the triptych oil painting on oak panel painted by the Early Netherlandish master Hieronymus Bosch, between 1490 and 1510
@zerohedge
Explanation:
A carry trade is a financial strategy where an investor borrows money in a low-interest-rate currency and invests it in a high-interest-rate currency to profit from the interest rate differential.
In the context of the tweet, Deutsche Bank is suggesting that the
This
@Stanford
professor,
@joboaler
, has led an unprecedented and devastating assault on mathematics standards in the name of equity in California. Her efforts contributed to the removal of Algebra 1 from 8th grade and helped introduce racialized math, among other injustices.
@AOC
This is literally a policy that hurts your working class constituents, kills wages and grows the underground economy by growing an entrenched underclass — how do you reconcile this with your sanctimonious Marxism?
🇺🇦Ukraine: CBS News is reporting that the billions US taxpayers have funneled into Ukraine have allowed the bar scene in Kyiv to flourish - there are now more bars and nightclubs in the capital than before the war began.
@ianbremmer
@celobr10
Maybe for the closing ceremony they’ll have a transgender Mohammed and a twerking 6 year old Aisha recreating their wedding night
@BBCNews
She embarrassed a continent on the world stage dressed up as a gym teacher and now is the face of cultural appropriation and settler exploitation of authentic native cultures 😂