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Dominic D'Astice retweeted
James Talarico traces 50 years of trickle-down back to one 1971 document, the Powell memo, a corporate blueprint to buy power
“In fact, you can, you can pinpoint this one document called the Powell memo, 1971.”
“But if you read this memo, it's basically a blueprint for how corporate interests can start to dismantle the Great Society and the New Deal”
“They're going to spend massive amounts of money in our politics, buying politicians in both parties, elevate corporate voices in media, appoint sympathetic judges.”
“And that has really been the story of the last 50 years in this country, last five decades.”
w/ @jamestalarico
Dominic D'Astice retweeted
Jon Stewart: "Remove that system of seniority from Democratic politics, it is a bullshit system... They're already like 'Chuck Schumer deserves a lot of credit for putting together this--' Chuck Schumer fought tooth-and-nail against half of these fucking people."
Dominic D'Astice retweeted
Jon Stewart on Chuck Schumer: “Someone has to meet this moment. You have an opportunity to actually govern. One of the first things you need to do is remove that system of seniority from Democratic politics. It’s a bullshit system and it needs to go. Chuck Schumer fought tooth and nail against half of these fucking people. He does not understand the urgency of the moment and what the future demands”
Dominic D'Astice retweeted
today feels so bittersweet as a californian
happy for the rest of the country, but when will we eat the rich ‼️
Dominic D'Astice retweeted
Prop 40 failing and Prop 42 preventing future taxes on billionaires is the most embarrassing possible outcome.
You embarrass yourself, California.
Dominic D'Astice retweeted
Interesting take on why so much of Gen Z is unfamiliar with the pop culture that preceded them compared to millennials. I had a similar conclusion but had never heard it articulated
Dominic D'Astice retweeted
I said this a year ago: human-made art will become a luxury good, just like local and nutritious food, natural-fiber clothing, and tech-free education for children. Basic human things are increasingly only for the rich.
Dominic D'Astice retweeted
Elon straps some high-pressure compressed air thrusters under a Roaster, seals it to a ramp, then drops it and calls it a "flying car"
No spatial navigation system, no human operator, no actual flight. No regulatory clearance for this to even be legal.
Reminds me of the hype over his AI robots that were found to actually be human operated.
Or the CyberTruck that would be able to "serve as a boat" to cross rivers.
OG's also remember the underground highways, and of course, the moon colonization shtick.
The guys more of a magician than an engineer, people still fall for it, and for that I can't even hate.
It's just crazy how many people become believers based on pure theatrics.
10000%
Just like the HyperLoop, it’s a scam to pump the stock that will never see the light of day
Cool stunt. Great hype marketing.
Time for me to be that guy everyone hates - It's a scam and this will never ship.
The external compressor and cooling system to charge the tank once, likely cost more than the car. A multi-stage compressor and heat echanger setup that would fit in a car, would take several days to the better part of a week of constant running for a single charge.
250kg of 10,000psi air in a composite tank, with all the potential failure points of complex plumbing and valves in a human occupied confined space... If your sphincter didn't just make a diamond reading that sentence, you're not comprehending it.
Go ask grok about the physics involved just in compressing, cooling, storing and controlling a compressed air system with these specs, and what's possible with typical industrial equipment. This is just a cool gimmick to pump fans and stock.
Id bet money, the car in the demo didn't have a full size battery in it. Wouldn't be surprised if someone isn't currently doing analysis on the video to calculate the vehicles weight.
Sorry.
Dominic D'Astice retweeted
Here’s a clip of Gronk’s injury in 2015 that ended up being a Grade 1 knee strain.
He pounded the ground, rolled around, and yelled for 2 minutes. He only missed ONE game.
This was your reaction, @stoolpresidente.
“The man tweaked his hammy, and acted like both ACLs, MCLs, and everything else had been torn…”
-@stoolpresidente has given Caleb Williams a new nickname; “The Thespian”
Dominic D'Astice retweeted
The literal vice president of the United States saying “give us another chance” after 2 years of pure dystopia is fucking insane and you’re an idiot if you vote for them
Dominic D'Astice retweeted
"Just seems like a way for a bunch of billionaires to become trillionaires; what the hell do I wanna help them do that for?"
Legend.
Dominic D'Astice retweeted
MIT mathematically proved that AI will destroy the democracy.
A Nobel-winning MIT economist published a terrifying paper called "Automation and Repression"
As AI and automation replace human labor, wealth concentrates heavily in the hands of a tiny group of capital owners. Inequality skyrockets.
When inequality hits a critical mass, workers realize they are being crushed and the threat of a popular revolt spikes.
Faced with that threat, the ruling elite are forced to make a choice.
They can redistribute the wealth through taxes, or they can use force to keep people down.
The paper mathematically proves a dark reality: there is a direct, inescapable link between automation and political repression.
The more capital accumulates through AI, the more the elite prefer repression over redistribution.
Why? Because sharing the wealth cuts into their power. Funding a police state protects it.
It gets worse.
The authors modeled what happens when an economy starts inside a clean, stable democracy.
As automation advances and capital concentrates at the top, the math shows that the elite eventually find democracy to be a liability.
They stop supporting democratic systems. They back a coup. They install a repressive system just to protect their automated wealth.
Nobody is voting to end democracy.
The technology’s economic incentives just make authoritarian control the logical next step for survival.
