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gcvsa ⭐️🔰🇺🇸 🇵🇭<p>Advancing <a href="https://mstdn.plus/tags/technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>technology</span></a> was sold to us under the idea that it would lift everyone out of <a href="https://mstdn.plus/tags/drudgery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>drudgery</span></a>, but as we can all plainly see, it was only ever intended to elevate a select <a href="https://mstdn.plus/tags/elite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>elite</span></a> and reduce the rest of us to drudges to serve the <a href="https://mstdn.plus/tags/ruling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ruling</span></a> and <a href="https://mstdn.plus/tags/affluent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>affluent</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.plus/tags/monopoly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>monopoly</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.plus/tags/ownership" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ownership</span></a> classes, their mandarins, and their machines.</p><p>America is now a <a href="https://mstdn.plus/tags/ThirdWorld" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ThirdWorld</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.plus/tags/colonial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>colonial</span></a> extraction <a href="https://mstdn.plus/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a>. The sun will always set on any <a href="https://mstdn.plus/tags/empire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>empire</span></a>, given enough time and enough <a href="https://mstdn.plus/tags/weapons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>weapons</span></a> in the hands of the colonized.</p>
Sean Murthy<p>Of course, <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/colorful" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>colorful</span></a> and <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/beautiful" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>beautiful</span></a> things can also be <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/affluent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>affluent</span></a>:</p><p>1. A silver plate shaped like plantain leaf with food offerings ("naiwedya"). Offered here, clockwise from left top: paayasa, kosambari, chitraanna, palya</p><p>2. A decorated idol of Krishna in a silver encasing ("mantapa")</p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>photography</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/amateur" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>amateur</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/rituals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rituals</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/hindu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hindu</span></a></p>
Chuck Darwin<p>Higher prices have proved to be <br>🆘 one shock too many for the <a href="https://c.im/tags/poor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>poor</span></a>, while <br>❇️ the <a href="https://c.im/tags/affluent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>affluent</span></a> grumble and go about their lives.</p><p>The end of pandemic-era benefits, including the expanded child tax credit, which expired in 2021, pushed an estimated 3 million children in the United States back into the poverty they had only recently escaped. </p><p>Median household income, adjusted for inflation, fell in 2022 for the third consecutive year, according to the Census Bureau.<br>
“We talk about being more divided than ever. I don’t know if it’s a Republican or a Democrat divide. </p><p>It’s a class divide. </p><p>People are <a href="https://c.im/tags/desperate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>desperate</span></a> or they’re <a href="https://c.im/tags/inconvenienced" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inconvenienced</span></a>. </p><p>You’re one or the other,” said Chris Groner, 51, the Erie PA director of development finance.</p><p> <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/08/17/erie-politics-inflation-left-behind/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">washingtonpost.com/business/20</span><span class="invisible">24/08/17/erie-politics-inflation-left-behind/</span></a></p>
Susan Larson ♀️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🌈<p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/WeHoPride" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WeHoPride</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/parade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>parade</span></a>-goers talk <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/joy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>joy</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/inclusivity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inclusivity</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/trans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trans</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/rights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rights</span></a> and a thread of <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/fear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fear</span></a></p><p>“WeHo specifically tends to be a <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Boystown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Boystown</span></a>,” said Vinson, speaking of <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/WestHollywood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WestHollywood</span></a>’s <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/reputation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>reputation</span></a> as primarily a <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/hotspot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hotspot</span></a> for <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/affluent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>affluent</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/white" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>white</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/gay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gay</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/men" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>men</span></a>. “It’s really important for there to be visibility of <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/gay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gay</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/women" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>women</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/nonbinary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nonbinary</span></a> [people].” </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Women" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Women</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Transgender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Transgender</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQ</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LGBTQIA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQIA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/California" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>California</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Pride" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pride</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/PrideMonth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PrideMonth</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Society" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Society</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Representation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Representation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Culture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Culture</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-06-03/west-hollywood-pride-parade-2024-inclusivity-trans-rights" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">latimes.com/california/story/2</span><span class="invisible">024-06-03/west-hollywood-pride-parade-2024-inclusivity-trans-rights</span></a></p>
Susan Larson ♀️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🌈<p>SMH: <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Wealthy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wealthy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/WhiteFolks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteFolks</span></a> Take This <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/DrasticMeasure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DrasticMeasure</span></a> to Get Away From <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/helping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>helping</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Black" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Black</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Neighbors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Neighbors</span></a>. </p><p>After a decade-long <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/battle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>battle</span></a>, the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/State" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>State</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/SupremeCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SupremeCourt</span></a> says that the predominantly <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/white" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>white</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/affluent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>affluent</span></a> part of <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/BatonRogue" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BatonRogue</span></a> can <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/breakoff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>breakoff</span></a> to form new <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/city" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>city</span></a>. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Women" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Women</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Transgender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Transgender</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQ</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LGBTQIA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQIA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Louisiana" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Louisiana</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Conservatives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Conservatives</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Extremism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Extremism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/RepublicanParty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RepublicanParty</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Hate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hate</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Bigotry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bigotry</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Discrimination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Discrimination</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Racism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Racism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/WhiteSupremacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteSupremacy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ThePartyOfHate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ThePartyOfHate</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/BlackMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BlackMastodon</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.theroot.com/smh-wealthy-white-folks-take-this-drastic-measure-to-g-1851446092" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theroot.com/smh-wealthy-white-</span><span class="invisible">folks-take-this-drastic-measure-to-g-1851446092</span></a></p>
Chuck Darwin<p>The world can no longer afford two things: <br>🔸the costs of economic inequality; <br>🔸and the rich. </p><p>Between 2020 and 2022, the world’s most affluent 1% of people captured nearly twice as much of the new global wealth created as did the other 99% of individuals put together<br>And in 2019 they emitted as much <a href="https://c.im/tags/carbon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>carbon</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/dioxide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dioxide</span></a> as the poorest two-thirds of humanity. <br>In the decade to 2022, the world’s billionaires more than doubled their wealth, to almost US$12 trillion.</p><p>The evidence gathered by social epidemiologists, including us, shows that large differences in income are a powerful <a href="https://c.im/tags/social" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>social</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/stressor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>stressor</span></a> that is increasingly rendering societies dysfunctional. <br>For example, bigger gaps between rich and poor are accompanied by higher rates of <a href="https://c.im/tags/homicide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>homicide</span></a> and <a href="https://c.im/tags/imprisonment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>imprisonment</span></a>. <br>They also correspond to more <a href="https://c.im/tags/infant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>infant</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/mortality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mortality</span></a>, <a href="https://c.im/tags/obesity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>obesity</span></a>, <a href="https://c.im/tags/drug" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>drug</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/abuse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>abuse</span></a> and @COVID-19 <a href="https://c.im/tags/deaths" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>deaths</span></a>, as well as higher rates of teenage pregnancy and lower levels of child well-being, social mobility and public trust<br>The <a href="https://c.im/tags/homicide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>homicide</span></a> rate in the United States <br>— the most unequal Western democracy<br> — is more than 11 times that in Norway (see go.nature.com/49fuujr). <br><a href="https://c.im/tags/Imprisonment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Imprisonment</span></a> rates are ten times as high, and infant mortality and obesity rates twice as high.</p><p>These problems don’t just hit the poorest individuals, although the poorest are most badly affected. <br>Even <a href="https://c.im/tags/affluent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>affluent</span></a> people would enjoy a better quality of life if they lived in a country with a more equal distribution of wealth, similar to a Scandinavian nation. <br>They might see improvements in their mental health and have a reduced chance of becoming victims of violence; their children might do better at school and be less likely to take dangerous drugs.</p><p>The costs of inequality are also excruciatingly high for <a href="https://c.im/tags/governments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>governments</span></a>. <br>For example, the Equality Trust, a charity based in London (of which we are patrons and co-founders), estimated that the United Kingdom alone could save more than £100 billion ($126 billion) per year if it reduced its inequalities to the average of those in the five countries in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) that have the smallest income differentials<br> — Denmark, Finland, Belgium, Norway and the Netherlands5. <br>And that is considering just four areas: greater number of years lived in full health, better mental health, reduced homicide rates and lower imprisonment rates.<br>Many commentators have drawn attention to the environmental need to limit economic growth and instead prioritize sustainability and well-being. <br>Here we argue that tackling inequality is the foremost task of that transformation. <br>Greater @equality will reduce unhealthy and excess consumption, and will increase the <a href="https://c.im/tags/solidarity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>solidarity</span></a> and <a href="https://c.im/tags/cohesion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cohesion</span></a> that are needed to make societies more adaptable in the face of climate and other emergencies.</p><p><a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00723-3" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nature.com/articles/d41586-024</span><span class="invisible">-00723-3</span></a></p>
mythologyandhistory<p>Did you know that during the time of the Khmer Rouge’s “<a href="https://mas.to/tags/revolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>revolution</span></a>”, <a href="https://mas.to/tags/death" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>death</span></a> might come for wearing glasses?</p><p>The <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Cambodian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cambodian</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/crimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crimes</span></a> under Pol Pot were based on the idea that the <a href="https://mas.to/tags/peasant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>peasant</span></a> class were due to triumph over the <a href="https://mas.to/tags/rich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rich</span></a>.</p><p>The KR fighters targeted anyone too <a href="https://mas.to/tags/affluent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>affluent</span></a> to benefit the revolution, too soft (not suitable for manual labour) &amp; too <a href="https://mas.to/tags/educated" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>educated</span></a> - as suspected by wearing glasses.</p><p>It was not a death sentence to have them, but it didn't help. Some 2 mil people died.</p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/asia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>asia</span></a></p>
gcvsa ⭐️🔰🇺🇸 🇵🇭<p>Only <a href="https://mstdn.plus/tags/affluent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>affluent</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.plus/tags/cishet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cishet</span></a> able white <a href="https://mstdn.plus/tags/homeowners" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>homeowners</span></a> could have made this sign, the people who are the only ones who benefit from <a href="https://mstdn.plus/tags/patriarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>patriarchy</span></a>, <a href="https://mstdn.plus/tags/whitesupremacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>whitesupremacy</span></a>, <a href="https://mstdn.plus/tags/disarmament" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disarmament</span></a> of the people, and <a href="https://mstdn.plus/tags/militarized" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>militarized</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.plus/tags/police" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>police</span></a>, and the disgusting <a href="https://mstdn.plus/tags/culturalappropriation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>culturalappropriation</span></a> of <a href="https://mstdn.plus/tags/LGBT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LGBT</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.plus/tags/symbolism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>symbolism</span></a> here is a obvious tell.</p>