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2·2 天前I agree!
Yes, the right-left spectrum is always used as a divide-and-conquer strategy to keep the working class fighting each other instead of uniting and forcing politicians to push for populist policy like the two lists below:
We won’t agree on 100% of our views, but we may agree on some of these points.
Eleven Demands for Real Democracy:
- Fix big money in politics and government
- Healthcare for all
- A minimum standard of living for everyone
- End the wars
- Racial and criminal justice reform
- Respond to the climate emergency
- Reject censorship
- Immigration reform
- An election system we can trust
- Revamp taxation and funding
- Democratize the enterprise[1]
What We Stand For:
1. Fight the Rich! End the Billionaire Class & Their System
2. Workers Need a Real Raise — $25/Hour Minimum Wage [Living Wage]
3. Good Union Jobs for All
4. Stop the Climate Catastrophe — Take Big Energy Corporations into Workers’ Ownership
5. Fight Racism, Sexism & All Oppression
6. Stop Mass Deportations
7. Medicare for All & Quality Affordable Housing — Tax the Rich
8. End the Genocal War on Gaza — No Military Aid, No Occupation
9. Bring Down Trump, the Billionaires & Their Two Parties
10. No More Sellouts — We Need a New Mass Party[2]
The problem with this quote, and things like Ur-fascism is they apply to both sides if you look at the full picture
That is why it is called a duopoly; they both work against the working class while offering crumbs so as to keep us thinking that they fight for us.
We need an independent (from the duopoly, oligarchy) working-class movement to address the systematic issues that continue to increase the struggles we all face.
TIL
“Ur-Fascism” or “Eternal Fascism: Fourteen Ways of Looking at a Blackshirt” is an essay authored by the Italian philosopher, novelist, and semiotician Umberto Eco. First published in 1995, this influential essay provides an analysis of fascism, a definition of fascism, and discusses the fundamental characteristics and traits of fascism. Drawing on Eco’s personal experiences growing up in Mussolini’s Italy and his extensive research on fascist movements, the essay offers his insights into the nature of fascism and its manifestations.
I disagree.
the real-world Party “intellectuals[sic]” can’t argue for shit
They don’t need to articulate or argue in good or bad faith if all media propaganda is on their side, aside from some ‘independent’ platforms.
“If you repeat a lie often enough, people will believe it, and you will even come to believe it yourself.” – Joseph Goebbels, Reich Minister of Propaganda, 1933 to 1945
“Propaganda works best when those who are being manipulated are confident they are acting on their own free will.” – Joseph Goebbels, Reich Minister of Propaganda, 1933 to 1945
MAGA is splitting up a bit due to what Trump promised versus what he is delivering.
Promised:
- To be anti-war, for peace.
- The Jeffrey Epstein List.
Independent journalists and commentators have reported on this split between the duopoly and the working class.
If only it was like the Black Panthers Rainbow Coalition, while showing off our 2nd Amendment rights.
An independent (from the duopoly, oligarchy) working class movement.
But we know what happens when we come together, class solidarity, as the working class while showing off our 2nd amendment rights.
Throughout the late 1960s, the militant Black nationalist group used their understanding of the finer details of California’s gun laws to underscore their political statements about the subjugation of African-Americans. In 1967, 30 members of the Black Panthers protested on the steps of the California statehouse armed with .357 Magnums, 12-gauge shotguns and .45-caliber pistols and announced, “The time has come for Black people to arm themselves.”
The display so frightened politicians—including California governor Ronald Reagan—that it helped to pass the Mulford Act, a state bill prohibiting the open carry of loaded firearms, along with an addendum prohibiting loaded firearms in the state Capitol. The 1967 bill took California down the path to having some of the strictest gun laws in America and helped jumpstart a surge of national gun control restrictions.
They also organized a march to the Capitol to draw attention to their cause of fighting against a government that sought to infringe on their right to bear arms. On May 2, 1967, 30 fully-armed Black Panthers occupied the California state Capitol. The demonstration was motivated by Republican Assemblyman Don Mulford’s bill to repeal the law allowing Californians to openly carry weapons, a direct response to the Black Panthers’ “police patrols.”
The group of activists occupying the Capitol with fully loaded weapons on full display was an unforgettable sight. However, their demonstration backfired and the bill passed both the state Assembly and Senate, with support from the NRA. In addition to repealing open carry gun laws in California, Mulford made it illegal to take firearms into the Capitol. On July 28 it was signed into law by Governor Reagan, who later commented that he saw “no reason why on the street today a citizen should be carrying loaded weapons.
In the 1920s and 1930s, the NRA supported restrictions on who could carry guns on the streets in order to decrease hostility towards European immigrants—who were known to openly carry weapons at the time—within the country. And after the assassinations of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy in 1968, the NRA backed the Gun Control Act that passed the same year, which put substantial restrictions on the purchase of guns based on mental illness, drug addiction and age, among other factors.
Ironically, it was the gun control laws that were put into effect against African-Americans and the Black Panthers that led “rural white conservatives” across the country to fear any restriction of their own guns, Winkler says. In less than a decade, the NRA would go from backing gun control regulations to inhibit groups they felt threatened by to refusing to support any gun control legislation at all.[1]
Related Links:
- https://odysee.com/@alltheworldsastage:0/Gaza-Doctors-Under-Attack---2025-Full-Documentary:4
- https://archive.ph/Q9nbm | https://zeteo.com/p/watch-now-gaza-doctors-under-attack
- https://www.channel4.com/programmes/gaza-doctors-under-attack
- https://www.basementfilms.co.uk/work/gaza-doctors-under-attack
- https://odysee.com/@BIOLOGÍA_y_CONCIENCIA:e/BBC-Gaza:b
WATCH NOW: ‘Gaza: Doctors Under Attack’ – The Full Film They Didn’t Want You To See
Exclusive: The powerful film the BBC refused to air is out now, released globally by Zeteo. It documents Israel’s destruction of Gaza’s hospitals and the killing of Palestinian doctors.
“We are in the theater, in the operating room, full darkness, no water, no electricity. But we have a hero, surgeons in Gaza.” – Dr. Adnan al-Bursh, 1974-2024
It goes without saying that the livestreamed cruelty of Israel’s genocide has been indescribably shocking and painful to witness over the last 21 months. A particularly problematic and disturbing aspect of it has been around Gaza’s hospitals, targeting healthcare workers and the besieged Strip’s medical infrastructure at an unprecedented scale, and in clear violation of international law. Now, a new documentary, available in most countries across the globe exclusively here at Zeteo, takes you inside those hospitals to hear accounts from doctors there, on the ground, about the impossibility of saving lives in a Western-backed Israeli onslaught. It is a comprehensive investigation into the systematic targeting of Gaza’s healthcare system, including all 36 of its main hospitals, multiple times, and the killing of its doctors, nurses, and paramedics.
‘Gaza: Doctors Under Attack,’ produced by the award-winning Basement Films team that brought us last year’s Zeteo exclusive ‘Israel’s Reel Extremism,’ includes harrowing on-camera testimony from Dr. Adnan al-Bursh, who was arrested by the Israeli military in December 2023 and, according to a UN report, “subjected to sexual violence in an Israeli prison prior to his death in Israeli custody.”
It also features shocking accounts of torture at the Israeli prison Sde Teiman from an anonymous Israeli doctor there, who accuses his fellow Israeli medics of being complicit in the abuse of Palestinians held in detention.
This was a film that the BBC had originally commissioned. However, after several delays, they decided, very controversially, not to publish it, issuing a statement saying they had “come to the conclusion that broadcasting this material risked creating a perception of partiality.” In a response, Basement Films, in a statement posted on Twitter/X, said, “The truth must be told… It’s a damning indictment that it is not possible under the national broadcaster’s current leadership.”
The final film that you’re about to watch, above, is no longer a BBC film. It is ours.
For the tens of thousands of you who are paid subscribers to Zeteo, we could not have acquired it without your support. In fact, it may have remained in the BBC archives forever, never to be seen or shared as widely as we can do so now. For those of you in the UK, you can watch it on Channel 4 – and we commend that British broadcaster for also stepping forth and allowing this to broadcast in the UK.
Around 1,500 doctors, nurses and healthcare workers have been killed at home or in their workplaces in Gaza, a conservative estimate, and many have been illegally taken into Israel where they, their relatives, human rights groups, watchdogs, allege they have been tortured, and some of them killed. Attacks on hospitals and healthcare workers are prohibited under international law, but started almost the day after Hamas’s attacks on October 7, 2023 which killed 1,200 Israelis.
Please note that this is not a Zeteo original documentary, like ‘Israel’s Reel Extremism’ or ‘Who Killed Shireen?’ but one we acquired once it had been filmed, edited and finished, so as to share it with the world as fast as possible.
We at Zeteo, as journalists, as a media organization that has vowed to uncover and share the truth and hold those in power to account, had one clear goal: to ensure this important documentary from Basement Films, dropped by the BBC, was released. We cannot say when this genocide will end, when the Western world will say ‘enough,’ but we take our responsibility seriously in making sure the public knows – and that no one forgets – what is happening. Thank you for supporting and joining us on this mission.
1·2 天前I wonder!
They may be labeled as contractors or similar to a merc.
Third-party contractors that don’t have to follow the same ‘rules’ as government or military personnel.
Edit:
- Word, merchs to merc, meaning mercenary
Most third parties struggle to raise more than a few million in a federal election.
Correct.
This party could split the vote and swing the election to the GOP too. This could all be BS, and Trump and Elon are still working together.
It may be a bigger split between Trump and Elon due to the Epstein post Elon made.
“The speculation about Elon Musk having compromising information on Donald Trump related to the Epstein files.”[1]
You are right; we shall see how this goes. Some say Elon may lose interest between 6 months and a year.
You are right.
It would only affect close races so as to swing the election.
Third parties would have to increase their turnout a good amount for them to have a chance in the national elections, but I think local elections can be impacted if more parties challenge the duopoly seats.
The Green Party and other third parties have won seats at the local level.
Great points.
I would prefer if it split the duopoly votes so third parties could win seats.
Related Links:
- https://archive.ph/aXzSz | JUL 07 2025 | Startup founders and others in tech call on Sequoia Capital to act after a partner called Zohran Mamdani an ‘Islamist’ | Business Insider | https://www.businessinsider.com/open-letter-sequoia-capital-partner-shaun-maguire-zohran-mamdani-islamist-2025-7
- https://archive.is/GHnEI | JUL 06 2025 | Sequoia’s Shaun Maguire slammed for racist jibe at Zohran Mamdani: ‘Comes from a culture that lies’ | Hindustan Times | https://www.hindustantimes.com/trending/sequoias-shaun-maguire-slammed-for-racist-jibe-at-zohran-mamdani-comes-from-a-culture-that-lies-101751767467601.html
- https://archive.is/mn4Dm | JUL 08 2025 | Tech founders call on Sequoia Capital to denounce VC Shaun Maguire’s Mamdani comments | NBC Chicago | https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/business/money-report/tech-founders-call-on-sequoia-capital-to-denounce-vc-shaun-maguires-mamdani-comments/3784238/
It is a smear piece, but what Zohran did was wrong.
Sabby talks about specific issues with the smear, Mamdani, and with ‘progressive’ politicians in the video.
She goes into the details.
“The speaker argues that even if the article is a smear, Mandami should be held accountable for his actions, similar to how other politicians like Elizabeth Warren and Mindy Kaling’s brother have been criticized for similar actions.”
“The speaker criticizes white progressives for sometimes dismissing the concerns and needs of Black Americans within the progressive movement.”
1·4 天前Oh, damn.
Calling the store may help when they have someone physically check the item, but not if they only check their system.
I think stores struggle with keeping their inventory updated, especially online.
Home Depot also struggles with keeping their inventory updated online and in their system.
No, re-read.
It is about technology.
All is well.
Peace.
Do you see Mark Zuckerberg and Peter Thiel as part of the oligarchy?
Is calling them out on what they do being a shill? I think it would be the opposite of a shill.
Glenn has already proven himself with his record and investigative journalism, especially his work with Edward Snowden.
fascist oligarch shill
I am not sure these words have any meaning when they continue to be used so loosely.
We may not agree with him 100% on all topics, but I don’t think there are people you can agree with 100%, unless you are an apologetic or celebrity worshipper and you just blindly follow people.
I see the topic he discusses here as important, and it is directly tied into technology, with Mark and Thiel being the direct tie.
I am interested in learning about the criticism of the analysis and arguments Glenn has made that you disagree with.
Feel free to post people that have brought these topics up as well.
Topics discussed are “transhumanism, AI, and the potential dangers of unchecked billionaire influence.”
A generated summary is included so people understand the basics of what the video is about.
I am not sure how to make it easier for people to understand, sorry.
The people Glenn discusses are part of the oligarchy of the United States; they have great power and influence.
Meta and Palantir are a big part of the United States and companies that collect private data on the populace.
Here you go:
Peter Thiel | German-American entrepreneur and venture capitalist (born 1967)
Peter Andreas Thiel is an American entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and political activist. A co-founder of PayPal, Palantir Technologies, and Founders Fund, he was the first outside investor in Facebook. According to Forbes, as of May 2025, Thiel’s estimated net worth stood at US$20.8 billion, making him the 103rd-richest individual in the world. After graduating from Stanford, Thiel began his career as a clerk for Judge James Larry Edmondson, worked as a securities lawyer at Sullivan & Cromwell, a speechwriter for former U.S. secretary of education William Bennett, and a derivatives trader at Credit Suisse. He founded Thiel Capital Management in 1996 and co-founded PayPal with Max Levchin and Luke Nosek in 1998. He was the chief executive officer of PayPal until its sale to eBay in 2002 for $1.5 billion. Following PayPal, Thiel founded Clarium Capital, a global macro hedge fund based in San Francisco.
Mark Zuckerberg | American Internet entrepreneur
Mark Elliot Zuckerberg is an American businessman who co-founded the social media service Facebook and its parent company Meta Platforms, of which he is the chairman, chief executive officer, and controlling shareholder. Zuckerberg has been the subject of multiple lawsuits regarding the creation and ownership of the website as well as issues such as user privacy. Born in White Plains, New York, Zuckerberg briefly attended Harvard College, where he launched Facebook in February 2004 with his roommates Eduardo Saverin, Andrew McCollum, Dustin Moskovitz and Chris Hughes. Zuckerberg took the company public in May 2012 with majority shares. He became the world’s youngest self-made billionaire in 2008, at age 23, and has consistently ranked among the world’s wealthiest individuals. According to Forbes, Zuckerberg’s estimated net worth stood at US$221.2 billion as of May 2025, making him the second-richest individual in the world.
This post seems to affect you personally, maybe due to the topics it discusses…
All is well; we all get highly emotional on certain topics.
Peace!
I think we are taught to believe that we need to be ruled by corporate hierarchy so as to function efficiently to maximize profits, but when profits and shareholders are not the primary goal, humans can work well together without falling apart.
Cooperatives are what they are explaining. Democracy at Work is a source I enjoy; I included information below.
I agree!
I agree as well!
Great points and explanations, thanks for taking the time to explain them to me in simple terms!
About Co-ops
“By democratizing workplaces, worker co-ops can give shape to a real, daily democracy on a society-wide basis.” - Richard Wolff
We believe cooperatives (and specifically worker co-ops) are a critical component to realizing a more sustainable, equitable, and democratic future. Read more to learn why.
What is a cooperative?
A co-op is a business that is owned and self-managed by its members with the principle of “one person, one vote.” There is no boss, CEO, or Board of Directors who can make decisions by themselves and for their own personal benefit. Co-ops are people-centered, and are driven to create sustainable enterprises and long-term stability for all involved in them.
The values that form the base of any cooperative are self-help, self-responsibility, democracy, equality, equity, and solidarity. The management structures and day-to-day operations are designed according to the needs and desires of the co-op members and can vary greatly.
There are many types of cooperatives:
Cooperatives are not a new idea. Today, the International Cooperative Association’s research shows that “at least 12% of humanity is a cooperator of any of the 3 million cooperatives on earth.”[1]
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[1] https://www.democracyatwork.info/about_co_ops ↩︎