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**Nonilex** @Nonilex@masto.ai · 3d

#Trump Is Planning Lavish Military Parade on His 79th Birthday as Economists Warn of #Recession

Trump's previous attempt to organize a grand parade in 2018 was called off due to its $92 MILLION price tag

#ForTheeButNotForMe #DOGE #GovernmentSpending #TaxDollars #YourMoney #economy #POS #greed
https://people.com/donald-trump-planning-military-parade-on-birthday-reports-11711374

People.comTrump Is Planning Lavish Military Parade on His 79th Birthday as Economists Warn of Recession: ReportsThe Trump administration is reportedly planning a lavish military parade for June 14 — Trump's 79th birthday and the 250th anniversary of the Army — as expert economists warn of a recession

**Jason Stiff** @JasonStiff@sfba.social · 5d

Jason Stiff @JasonStiff@sfba.social

Here it is, folks... the brand new GOP & MAGA "So Much Winning" Voting Booth Patent:

#gop #maga #incompetent

**Kevin Karhan** @kkarhan@infosec.space · 6d

Kevin Karhan @kkarhan@infosec.space

@GossiTheDog pretty shure #Apple's #Greedflation will not result in their #iPhone|s and other products to be sold #cheaper in the #EU, but instead they'll do #PriceGouging even harder!

And because #Fanboys are just beyond help, they still gonna buy that shite regardless!

Or does anyone expect Apple to stop #overcharging for their #AntiRepairDesign|ed products???

Hell no, Tim Cook wants to buy himself the dozenth house just from bonuses!!!

#rant #capitalism #greed

**Ron Gilbert** @grumpygamer@mastodon.gamedev.place · 6d

Ron Gilbert @grumpygamer@mastodon.gamedev.place

There is now a rich capitalists compound protected by moot in Death by Scrolling. They have a ranged weapon call "greed" that takes gold from you. If you manage to kill them they drop 1000 gold bags.

Pixelart rich person compound patrolled by several rich people with tophats

#pixelart #greed

**Catherine Schmidt** @lillyfinch@mstdn.social · Apr 5

Catherine Schmidt @lillyfinch@mstdn.social

#politics #oligarchy #maga #alt #greed #economy
Heather Cox Richardson Trump Candlelight Dinner 4/4/2025

Tonight, as the economy is in turmoil, Trump is speaking at a $1 million-per-person candlelight fundraising dinner at the Trump Organization's Mar-a-Lago property for the super PAC, MAGA Inc., that supports Trump. By law, MAGA Inc. can’t coordinate with Trump’s campaign organization, so the invitations for the dinner say that Trump is simply a guest speaker and is not asking for donations.

Apr 5

**NeeAnah** @dariana@mindly.social · Apr 3

NeeAnah @dariana@mindly.social

I'd rather a poor person "abuse the system" and end up with more than the bare minimum it takes to survive than a rich person abuse the system to make more than anyone could ever need.

#EatTheRich #poverty #greed

Apr 3

**Old White Dude** @Breedlov@mastodon.sdf.org · Mar 30

Old White Dude @Breedlov@mastodon.sdf.org

@Daojoan #Greed is a powerful motivator

Mar 30

**RonSupportsYou** @RonSupportsYou@mastodon.social · Mar 30

RonSupportsYou @RonSupportsYou@mastodon.social

Josh Marshall: "What a ridiculous small man Elon Musk is. His approval outside the Republican Party is plummeting. He ransacked social security, illegally shutdown whole departments, grabbed people's personal data, violated the constitution, and he’s shocked people are upset."
#Musk #ArguablyTheMostHatedManInTheWorld #politics #privacy #greed

Mar 30

**StanceOfMind** @ronaldtootall@tech.lgbt · 2025-03-26T10:31:14.000Z

StanceOfMind @ronaldtootall@tech.lgbt

Paul Krugman | Incompetent or Evil: A False Dichotomy. Trump’s people can be and are both.

https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/incompetent-or-evil-a-false-dichotomy #Trump #Musk #TrumpAdministration #Politics #Greed #Incompetence #Republicans #GOP #Resistance #PaulKrugman #Economics #USA

Paul Krugman · Mar 26Incompetent or Evil: A False DichotomyBy Paul Krugman

Mar 26

**WIST Quotations** @wist@my-place.social · Mar 24

WIST Quotations @wist@my-place.social

A quotation from Chamfort [wist.info]

Preoccupation with money is the great test of small natures, but only a small test of great ones

[L’intérêt d’argent est la grande épreuve des petits caractères, mais ce n’est encore que la plus petite pour les caractères distingués.]

Nicolas Chamfort (1741-1794) French writer, epigrammist (b. Nicolas-Sébastien Roch)
Products of Perfected Civilization [Produits de la Civilisation Perfectionée], Part 1 “Maxims and Thoughts [Maximes et Pensées],” ch. 2, ¶ 164 (1795) [tr. Mathers (1926)]

Sourcing, notes, alternate translations: wist.info/chamfort-nicolas/757…

#quote #quotes #quotation

Mar 24

**Ben The Musing Meerkat** @BenBerwick@ohai.social · Mar 22

Ben The Musing Meerkat @BenBerwick@ohai.social

meerkatmusings.co.uk/?p=3017 one of my more recent thoughts, provided verbally and in written form. I lament this notion that the working class should bear the burden for the greed and mistakes of the wealthy. #Greed #LabourPartyAreTories

Mar 22

**ScienceCommunicator** @ScienceCommunicator@mastodon.social · Mar 20 *

ScienceCommunicator @ScienceCommunicator@mastodon.social

Generally, people's levels of honesty, therefore dishonesty, varies according to the situational context (circumstances). However, & in general, people's level of dishonesty rises sharpy when the subject is the #environment

Various social, personal (personality), political & economic reasons for that dishonesty. However, & again on average (in general), that's because the average person isn't intelligent enough to know any better

#science #ecology #psychology

Mar 20 *

**Frans** @frans@mstdn.social · Mar 17 *

Frans @frans@mstdn.social

We see all the madness, narcissism, anger, greed and so on, making clear there’s still a long way to go to become civilized. There is even doubt whether we as humanity will ever succeed. Individually there are people with wisdom and humor, but as humanity ....
#war #poverty #greed #madness #compassion

A text of Peter Kropotkin. “Competition is the law of the jungle but cooperation is the law of civilization

Mar 17 *

**A. Rivera** @bloodravenlib@mas.to · Mar 17

A. Rivera @bloodravenlib@mas.to

A pretty good overview of the significance of Amazon's #greed and #fuckery. Part of it is the usual by now #AI bullshit.

> Pluralistic: Amazon annihilates Alexa privacy settings, turns on continuous, nonconsensual audio uploading (15 Mar 2025) https://pluralistic.net/2025/03/15/altering-the-deal/ by @pluralistic

pluralistic.netPluralistic: Amazon annihilates Alexa privacy settings, turns on continuous, nonconsensual audio uploading (15 Mar 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

#BadEconomy #BoycottAmazon #privacy

Mar 17

**NeeAnah** @dariana@mindly.social · Mar 12

NeeAnah @dariana@mindly.social

Meme with 2 cartoonish women having a conversation. One is asking the other,
How come every right-wing solution to poverty, hunger, health & employment involves giving rich people more money?

#richpeople #greed #EatTheRich

Mar 12

**Zhi Zhu** @ZhiZhu@newsie.social · Mar 12

Zhi Zhu @ZhiZhu@newsie.social

The Road from ‘Citizens United’ to Trump, Musk & Corruption

A ‘naïve’ #SupremeCourt delivered lawless #greed & #cruelty. We’ll have to save ourselves, if we can.
https://www.thebulwark.com/p/the-road-from-citizens-united-to-trump-musk-and-corruption-campaign-finance-supreme-court

"The court’s 5–4 #CitizensUnited decision, allowing unlimited corporate, interest-group, & individual spending on elections, did trigger dire predictions... But even the most pessimistic among them fell short of imagining #American reality today."

Headline from The Bulwark:
The Road from ‘Citizens United’ to Trump, Musk, and Corruption

A ‘naïve’ Supreme Court delivered lawless greed and cruelty. We’ll have to save ourselves, if we can.

by Jill Lawrence
Mar 10, 2025

#Musk #Trump #Coup

Mar 12

**William Lindsey** @wdlindsy@toad.social · Mar 10

William Lindsey @wdlindsy@toad.social

"These have been the inextricable evils of our day; we cannot address one of them apart from the two others. ...

Greed is racism's fuel. Only when this history is understood can the proper theological and ethical interventions take place.”

~ Ibid., pp. 6-7

#MartinLutherKing #capitalism #racism #WhiteSupremacy #militarism #greed
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Mar 10

**William Lindsey** @wdlindsy@toad.social · Mar 10 *

William Lindsey @wdlindsy@toad.social

“Notably, [Martin Luther] King, especially in the last few years of his life, drew attention to the three-headed evil that has plagued Western civilization: racism, materialism, and militarism."

#MartinLutherKing #capitalism #racism #WhiteSupremacy #militarism #greed
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~ Malcolm Foley, The Anti-Greed Gospel: Why the Love of Money Is the Root of Racism and How the Church Can Create a New Way Forward (Grand Rapids: Brazos, 2025), p. 6

https://bakerpublishinggroup.com/books/the-anti-greed-gospel/419161

bakerpublishinggroup.comThe Anti-Greed Gospel | Baker Publishing Group

Mar 10 *

**Power_to_the_People (he/him)** @PttP@mastodon.social · Mar 5

Power_to_the_People (he/him) @PttP@mastodon.social

Just saw this cartoon posted on the enshittified, dying legacy blogging platform a few worthwhile writers still use. The article says the cartoon is banned on the enshittified, dying legacy social media platform still used by a few worthwhile people - and a lot more worthless ones. (Hint: it's now owned by the cartoon's subject, Cylon Musk.)

Good cartoon, imo.