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Robert R. Raymond

@robpertray

8 years

I woke up last night, scribbled something down, and went back to sleep. This morning:

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Robert R. Raymond

@robpertray

6 years

This weekend the entire town of Paradise, CA was incinerated—but this wealthy neighborhood was able to buy itself protection from the flames. This is what climate change will look like under neoliberalism.

Cosmopolitan

@Cosmopolitan

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Kim and Kanye Reportedly Hired Private Firefighters to Help Them and Their Neighbors

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Robert R. Raymond

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a massive death plume spanning multiple counties in Ohio is raining down hydrochloric acid onto people because a bomb train carrying vinyl chloride was deliberately classified as non-hazardous to save Norfolk Southern money and regulatory inconveniences

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Robert R. Raymond

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we are providing deeply dangerous and deadly surveillance technology to people who cannot spell the word aerial

Atlanta Police Department

@Atlanta_Police

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Ariel View - Atlanta Public Safety Training Center

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Robert R. Raymond

@robpertray

3 years

They could easily send free tests to every house. They could easily send us monthly $2K checks and mandate remote work & learning. They could do all of these things — but they don't want to. And every time they come on TV and say they can't, they're lying

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Robert R. Raymond

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call me crazy but if the United States actually wanted a ceasefire they would simply stop sending billions of dollars of weapons to Israel every few weeks

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Robert R. Raymond

@robpertray

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"voting third party is a sign of privilege" actually motherfucker voting for genocide because it doesn't directly affect you is a sign of privilege

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Robert R. Raymond

@robpertray

2 years

one of the largest banks in the United States just collapsed because of the same 2008 risky gambling shit and without even blinking the very same people who were melting down over your $600 unemployment check are now demanding that we bail them out

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Robert R. Raymond

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everyone on the planet could be living a good life with just 30 percent of our current levels of production but unfortunately a handful of rich guys need second and third yachts. sorry 🤷🏻‍♂️

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a lot of people are comparing the east palestine disaster to chernobyl but I think it's more like the bhopal gas disaster or deepwater horizon — it's a purely capitalist disaster caused by capitalists doing capitalism

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Norfolk Southern made $12.745 billion dollars in 2022 — a 15% increase from 2021. executives there made from $3.4 to $13 million. rail workers in the US get exactly zero paid sick days and are not allowed to go on strike

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Robert R. Raymond

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so, not shockingly, it turns out that a significant number of the Israelis killed on oct 7th were killed by the IDF itself—intentionally. this is the result of a rule that the IDF has: the taking of all hostages must be stopped at any cost. why do they have this rule? more below

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american leftists: using the word crazy is ableist french leftists: we're in the 5th month of uprisings and nationwide general strikes halting essential services in order to lower the retirement age back down to 62

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"america is the freest country in the world" I tell myself as police murder protesters in the streets and peaceful demonstrators are routinely slapped with domestic terrorism charges and where there have been 33 mass shootings in the first 22 days of the year

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silicon valley destroyed entire industries and well-payed professions only to replace them with a new class of permanently unstable and low wage gig jobs which they skimmed off of to enrich themselves and now they're curious why everyone's giddily watching as they squirm

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Robert R. Raymond

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Listen, is the Inflation Reduction Act perfect? No. But does it contain some important climate solutions? It doesn't. However, is it a good start, a step in the right direction? Also no

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1 year

someone once said hippies are bad people pretending to be good and punks are good people pretending to be bad and I think about that like every single day

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Robert R. Raymond

@robpertray

3 months

"coconut pilled?" "kamala is brat?" my brother, civilization will no longer exist in 50 years

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Robert R. Raymond

@robpertray

3 months

I don't think liberals get it. we're not on your side. we're not voting for your candidate. we are ideologically opposed—we want a different world than you do

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2 years

@BillyHeathFOX5 @Atlanta_Police @FOX5Atlanta 🤷🏻‍♂️

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Robert R. Raymond

@robpertray

2 months

just saw my vaccination card from a few years ago and I can't help but think of how many lives would have been saved and how many livelihoods not destroyed if the Biden administration had not entirely dismantled all COVID protections and lied about the pandemic

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@robpertray

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@tminusmat it wasn't stopped because the CEO of this very bank spent tons of resources lobbying against regulations that would've stop this

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@robpertray

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🍉🥥🌴= I support both the people being genocided AND the people genociding them

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Robert R. Raymond

@robpertray

2 years

you can't make this shit up

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Robert R. Raymond

@robpertray

2 years

CEOs think they "create jobs" and landlords think they "provide housing" when in reality they've just enclosed age-old parts of being human (labor and shelter) and commodified them in order to live off of other people like leeches

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Robert R. Raymond

@robpertray

2 years

the East Palestine train derailment has done more to reveal the conflicts of interest with media companies and the corporations they report on than perhaps any other recent event — half the outlets reporting on this are owned by companies that own shares in norfolk southern

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1 year

when you understand that the total amount that striking writers are asking for could come out of the salaries of just two execs & still leave them filthy rich, you begin to see how the wealth of the rich doesn't come from an expanding pie — it comes out of the pockets of the poor

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Robert R. Raymond

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notice how none of AOC's criticism's of Stein have anything to do with policy? they're all things like "WELL YOU CAN'T WIN" or outright lies like "YOU DON'T ORGANIZE BETWEEN ELECTIONS." she knows if she engaged on policy she'd end up looking like the imperialist that she is

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@AOC

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Nobody needs talking points to know Jill Stein hasn’t won so much as a bingo game in the last decade and if you actually give a damn about people, you organize, build power and infrastructure, and win.

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universities from UCSF to UCLA are purchasing assault rifles & drones. they're building over a hundred cop cities to train police on how to break your legs & incapacitate you. all happening under a democratic administration and within liberal institutions. fascism is already here

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Robert R. Raymond

@robpertray

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yeah it's "we" because we're funding this shit with our money

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Robert R. Raymond

@robpertray

2 years

@realeIonmask nope that's someone else

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@robpertray

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@BesDMarx lol omg this reminds me of that time I saw a sign that said "free parking" and I freaked out for a second because I thought it said "all human beings have a right to self determination and dignity"

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@robpertray

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@yourboykhoi @DrTitanz @notbeforenoon @habesha_RA rich people don't create jobs, they extract wealth from the work of the living world.

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Robert R. Raymond

@robpertray

2 years

the most absurd part of the whole "government handout" narrative is that it's literally our money. like, we handed it to you and now it's your turn to hand it back

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Robert R. Raymond

@robpertray

2 years

during the pandemic we had a fleeting and muted glimpse of what public services could be like (extended unemployment, expanded medicaid, child tax credits, WFH) — it's why it's been so difficult to take anything seriously since then. we all know the scarcity is manufactured

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Robert R. Raymond

@robpertray

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@hopppernickle "just say the thing that I invented in my head so that I can get mad at somebody online"

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@robpertray

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the intention of the palestinian resistance for the oct 7th al aqsa flood attack was to capture as many Israeli hostages as it could—namely soldiers—to exchange for Palestinian prisoners, of which there are thousands being held in Israeli prisons without charge. they thought…

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Robert R. Raymond

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@IHateNYT the point of not using alienating language is because we want to show people that we care, it's not to come up with lists on twitter as a way to virtue signal. these people don't actually care about the people they claim to be doing this for, it's completely about image

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Robert R. Raymond

@robpertray

2 years

and in the process they gutted public transportation and destroyed the housing markets of dozens of cities, got us addicted to their little serotonin machines, and taught us all that selfishness and hyper-individuality are in fact good things

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Robert R. Raymond

@robpertray

2 months

look I wish I didn't have to vote for adolf hitler but the genocide is just a single issue and he said he'd let me keep my health insurance that I pay $500 a month for

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@robpertray

2 years

you're not depressed and anxious because of a chemical imbalance in your brain, you're depressed and anxious because you're forced to do meaningless work that you hate for most of your waking life

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@robpertray

2 years

Plastics recycling was invented by the fossil fuel industry in an attempt to distract from the wastefullness of plastic products and to minimize the calls to "reduce and reuse." It was, of course, a lie. Only 5% of plastic products are recycled — the rest end up in landfills

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Robert R. Raymond

@robpertray

3 years

@_bahhumbug @emilydawnlove it sounds like you're pretty committed to misunderstanding the point of the original tweet and are searching for rage likes to boost some dopamine? That's cool we all need dopamine these days, but let's just call it what it is

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Robert R. Raymond

@robpertray

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we all thought this website's decline would be apocalyptic but much like our wider societal collapse, it's an excruciatingly slow and mundane decline that you acclimate to a little bit each day not realizing the full extent of how terrible things have really become

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Robert R. Raymond

@robpertray

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that they would be able exchange these IDF soldiers for their own prisoners—in the past Israel has engaged in prisoner exchanges where a single IDF solder was traded for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners. a sound strategy. but things went awry on oct 7th, according to Hamas...

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Robert R. Raymond

@robpertray

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Instead, Netanyahu decided to launch the ongoing 9-month genocide on Palestine and to, in the process, potentially kill even more of the Israeli hostages than the IDF already killed on oct 7th. this all could have ended with a prisoner exchange but Israel chose genocide...

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Robert R. Raymond

@robpertray

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The Federal Reserve has literally admitted that their interest rate hike will: 1) not reduce gas or food prices 2) will most likely lead to a recession 3) reduce the rate of wage increases for workers and increasing unemployment

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Robert R. Raymond

@robpertray

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@kdgriffit @BandsIsland organs of the capitalist class gonna organize for the capitalist class

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Robert R. Raymond

@robpertray

2 years

@tminusmat sucks to suck 🤷🏻‍♂️

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@davidsirota

2 years

NEWS: Documents show Silicon Valley Bank’s president personally pressured lawmakers to weaken bank regs. Some lawmakers objected. But the bank spent big on lobbying & regs were weakened. Today the bank became the 2nd largest bank collapse in US history.

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Robert R. Raymond

@robpertray

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@stephn0tcurry the reason stein's chances are so low is because the Democrats keep suing her off of state ballots and because folks such as yourself continue to enable them doing that

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Robert R. Raymond

@robpertray

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@ScarletMarxist look at what you're defending lmao

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Robert R. Raymond

@robpertray

2 years

a lot of people typing a lot of paragraphs trying to justify why aoc voted to impose an unpopular contract onto rail workers when all you need to know is that she voted to break a strike, period

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Robert R. Raymond

@robpertray

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when hundreds of Palestinians trapped in the concentration camp which is Gaza poured out of the gates and took hostages like women, children, and the elderly. "these are people that have been imprisoned in what they view as concentration camp for their entire lives...

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Robert R. Raymond

@robpertray

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it must suck to realize that even tens of billions of dollars can't undo being a loser

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Robert R. Raymond

@robpertray

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— multigenerational reality has been living in this prison. And so, people pour in, and they’re taking hostages back to Gaza." Hamas tried to return these hostages immediately, according to the well-known Israeli peace activist Gershon Baskin...

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Robert R. Raymond

@robpertray

2 years

get em joyce 🔥

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Robert R. Raymond

@robpertray

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these accounts come from Israeli media, from Israeli peace activists, and from those within the Palestinian resistance movement. they may not be the full story, but they should certainly be taken seriously and, when viewed through the lens of all of the lies and deception...

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Robert R. Raymond

@robpertray

2 years

universal healthcare in this country would save corporations a massive, massive amount of money — but almost none of them support it. in fact, they lobby against it. why? because they understand that tethering healthcare (your life) to your job is the ultimate means of control

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but, Israel said no. "Yahya Sinwar, the head of Gaza, said he wanted to end the war by making a comprehensive deal for the release of every single person that had been taken back to Gaza as a hostage in return for emptying the prisons of Palestinians." Israel rejected this...

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Robert R. Raymond

@robpertray

2 years

'capitalism has pulled millions out of poverty' my brother in christ what do you think put them in poverty in the first place

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Robert R. Raymond

@robpertray

6 years

@yourboykhoi @DrTitanz @notbeforenoon @habesha_RA no you misunderstood. if they were to move to another country (which they wouldn't), then I'm being polite and waving bye to them.

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Robert R. Raymond

@robpertray

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@PaceyWilliams my brother she is arming the genocide. very sorry about how easily duped you are

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@robpertray

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@jackcalifano The American middle class is so accustomed to boundless consumption that the slightest inconveniences are seen as premonitions of apocalypse

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Robert R. Raymond

@robpertray

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wait, so you're telling me that under capitalism I can have a tomato any day of the year and that the only downside is a trail of hyper exploited workers, a rapidly warming climate, and that the tomato will be the most disgusting one I've ever tasted? yes pls sign me up

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Robert R. Raymond

@robpertray

6 years

The orchestra continued playing as the titanic sunk

CNET

@CNET

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Dyson may make wearable air purifiers that double as headphones, says report

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Robert R. Raymond

@robpertray

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coming out of Israel (the lies about the mass systemic rapes, the lies about the 40 beheaded babies, the lies about the command center under Al-Shifa Hospital complex, etc., etc.) we have no reason not to take this reporting at face value. it's even more important for us to...

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Robert R. Raymond

@robpertray

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@JoshuaPHilll you know when you REALLY think about it BLACK people should be paying reparations to WHITE people

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Robert R. Raymond

@robpertray

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rainwater was drinkable for a billion years but isn't anymore because a tiny group if people on a dreary island off the decided to enclose its commons, colonize the planet, and force upon the world a system of private ownership and profit

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@robpertray

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it makes absolute sense that Norfolk Southern has been identified as a major funder of cop city in the Weelaunee (Atlanta) Forest — the capitalist class understands well the need for a municipal army to protect capital accumulation and suppress the backlash against deregulation

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Robert R. Raymond

@robpertray

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@DrTitanz @notbeforenoon @habesha_RA bye 👋

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Robert R. Raymond

@robpertray

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believe Palestinians. Hamas, Islamic Jihad, and all of the different factions of the Palestinian resistance are courageous freedom fighters standing up against a genocidal, nuclear armed, US-funded ethno-state that has been massacring them for over 75 years

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Robert R. Raymond

@robpertray

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they're trying to manipulate you—and the saddest part is it'll probably work. turns out that decades of manufacturing celebrity culture and superstar worship had political benefits as well

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Listen, I’m just not much of a spice guy.

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Robert R. Raymond

@robpertray

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share these accounts when the overwhelming majority of all outlets in the west ignore this reporting and continue to regurgitate zionist talking points word for word without any serious investigating. it's important for us to stop dehumanizing the Palestinian resistance and to...

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Robert R. Raymond

@robpertray

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"the woke left has completely taken over my campus," I mutter to myself as I walk to my econ class in the newly built multi-million dollar business school to learn about why it's ok for poor people to starve to death

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Robert R. Raymond

@robpertray

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we could all be working 15 hours a week and everything would be just fine, our society would be totally fine — in fact we'd probably all be much happier. the only reason this isn't the case is because one percent of the population wants servants and yachts

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@robpertray

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@hopppernickle good job being the exact person in the tweet I was joking about

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@robpertray

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@ShuratHaDin child murder girl boss feminism

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Robert R. Raymond

@robpertray

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I co-produce a documentary podcast series called @UpstreamPodcast which explores a variety of themes on economics through stories and expert analysis. Check it out:

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Robert R. Raymond

@robpertray

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the almost unimaginable death and destruction wrought by capitalism would not be possible without otherwise nice, friendly people who are able to turn off or dim crucial parts of their humanity in order to go to work, clock in, and do the empire's bidding for it

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@robpertray

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there was literally a mushroom cloud of death chemicals spreading over the midwest as you gave your state of the union speech

President Biden

@POTUS

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A week defined by finishing the job for the American people.

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@robpertray

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if you're afraid of another trump presidency, hold your nose and vote for one of our candidates. we've got three of them, and none of them are responsible for a genocide

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@robpertray

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anyone know of any mutual aid efforts or other grassroots community responses to this? pls share here if you do.

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@robpertray

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nonviolence is an absurd concept. no community was ever defended, no right was ever won, no oppressor ever defeated through nonviolence. it's a concept advocated for by privileged and naive people who rely on invisible violence every day of their lives

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@robpertray

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the state using taxpayer money to bail out bankers isn't socialism for the rich — it's just capitalism. under capitalism the state exists as an organ of the capitalist class. of course they will bail out the banks, of course they won't cancel student debt — it's class war

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“it’s harder to organize under trump” ...it is? ok can you explain why? like concretely, how was it harder to organize under trump than biden? give examples

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@robpertray

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@samwa and they're right

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@robpertray

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@maxwellhallel not disagreeing with any of this but adding the very important context that the power of the french uprisings is in a large part due to how organized french workers are and that that's one of the (many) reasons (but a big one) that a general strike in the US is next to impossible

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liberals and conservatives are two sides of the same coin—capitalism needs both. it needs the performative virtue, the shallow rhetoric of equality to keep the system from imploding. but it also needs the fangs and the claws, the blood that keeps the machine lubricated

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@bruleebitch

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for more on this read @jeremyscahill 's report linked below. there's also a great interview with him on Democracy Now! today where he summarizes his reporting.

On the Record with Hamas

In a Drop Site News exclusive, Hamas officials discuss their motivations, political objectives, and the human costs of their armed uprising against Israel

www.dropsitenews.com

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@robpertray

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@polyfraggrenade FYI the fact that the blue tracks have no people on them in this version is because the person who altered this meme doesn't think that Palestinians are humans

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@RJonnyblack my point here isn't that the left shouldn't be fighting against ableism, it's that policing language in extreme ways and lateral in fighting have outweighed the kind of organizing that can actually make material differences for people

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@robpertray

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outlet after outlet is doing extreme levels of mental gymnastics to explain why that giant plume of death chemicals isn't actually that dangerous, doing absurd "fact-checks" that are meaningless hair-splitting, and using language that minimizes the disaster in irresponsible ways

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@robpertray

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"doing your taxes" is a scam. the IRS knows exactly what you owe but businesses like H&R block have an arrangement with the state to make sure you have to pay for their services every year. everything in this system is designed to extract wealth from you — every single thing

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@robpertray

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joining a union will increase your lifetime earnings more than going to college will

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The thing that terrifies the ruling class most about Marxism and communism aren't the theoretical frameworks or analyses contained within them, it's the simple fact that they actually name capitalism as a particular and in no way natural system that we live under.

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@robpertray

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imagine tweeting this 9 months into a genocide

Clay Cane

@claycane

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President Joe Biden might mess up a few words but he doesn't mess up policy.

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the "but Project 2025!!" crowd sure is remarkably quiet about the continued violent crackdowns on college encampments. I thought you guys were worried about the right to protest and organize?

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