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Over the past quarter-century, political, legal and economic changes have reshaped the relationship between wealth and political power in America.
Economists say wealth is now more concentrated at the very top than at any time since the Gilded Age.
The tech and market revolutions of recent decades have created riches on an unprecedented scale.
Changing norms on executive compensation and lower-tax policies under Republican and Democratic administrations have helped insul…

It’s not just Trump. Billionaires dominate politics more than ever.
The current concentration of wealth is unlike anything in history. So is billionaires’ involvement in politics.

The next No Kings Day is in the spring?
I guess Americans are just showing what those “color revolutions” missed… why endure massive protest for days or weeks to restore (or create) your democratic future when you could do it on a few sunny weekends and probably not have the same success?
#usa #theAmericanFascist #youGetWhatYouAllow #wishfulthinking #democracy #uspoli
https://mastodon.social/@indivisibleteam/115792873932521973

If you know something about Basic Income, you may be aware that
👉one of the first proposals for a Basic Income came from Thomas Paine, hero of the American and French revolutions.
In 1797, after a stint in a French prison, Paine wrote the pamphlet 
"Agrarian Justice",
⭐️which sets out an argument for taxing land and distributing the proceeds among the population at large as compensation for landlessness.
Paine’s proposal to tax land and distribute the …

Thomas Paine’s 1797 call for a Basic Income: a New Paper Tells the Full Story
You may be aware that one of the first proposals for a Basic Income came from Thomas Paine, hero of the American and French revolutions.

The director of IBM's Research Lab has some bold takes on the future of computation.
We're on the cusp of two simultaneous technological revolutions - #AI and #quantum - that will fundamentally change how the world uses computers to solve difficult problems.
There have only been two c…

IBM predicts a computation revolution
Quantum and AI are ushering in a whole new range of algorithmic possibilities, says IBM’s research lead.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #ComposerOfTheWeek #COTW
Johann Strauss II, Johann Strauss Orchestra Of Vienna & Franz Bauer-Theussl:
🎵 Revolutions-Marsch, Op 54
#JohannStraussII #JohannStraussOrchestraOfVienna #FranzBauerTheussl