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The financialization of the American elite.
https://americanaffairsjournal.org/2019/08/the-financialization-of-the-american-elite/
saved 2019-08-21

The Financialization of the American Elite - American Affairs Journal
On October 1, 2018, the newly christened Klarman Hall opened to much acclaim on the campus of Harvard Business School. The stunning $120 million building houses a conference center as well as a gleaming auditorium built around a 32-million-pixel, 1,250-square-foot video wall and a state-of-the-art, modular design that seats up to a thousand attendees. To mark the opening, the school held a daylong series of speeches and lectures, headlined by the building’s namesake and one of the school’s …

House Republican Troy Nehls
Brags About Eating Lobster Tail on July 4th
and Tells Struggling Americans That
‘Maybe’ They ‘Don’t Work as Hard’ as Him
https://www.mediaite.com/media/news…

House Republican Brags About Eating Lobster Tail on July 4th and Tells Struggling Americans That ‘Ma ...
Troy Nehls bragged about the July 4 feast awaiting him and suggested Americans who can't afford such perks might just not be working as hard as him.

Interior Secretary says President Trump "reached out to Apple directly" about changing Lake Ontario to Lake America and the company may soon alter its maps (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/app

Het nieuws is natuurlijk niet dat justitie in de VS, uiteindelijk, als het niet anders kan Trump tegenspreekt, maar dat zij zich hebben laten gebruiken door Trump...
https://www.rtl.nl/nieuws/buitenland/artikel/5634172/amerik…

Amerikaanse justitie spreekt Trump tegen: schade aan Reflecting Pool was géén vandalisme
De schade aan de beroemde vijver de Reflecting Pool in de Amerikaanse hoofdstad Washington is niet het gevolg van vandalisme, zoals president Trump steeds beweert, maar van een mislukte renovatie. Dat zegt nu ook justitie in de VS.

It tells lots about the US worldview¹ and the world's view on the USA that we take North America and South America to be names of continents but if someone² names some piece of water “Gulf of America” or “Lake America” it is not understood to attribute it to the continent(s) but somehow represents some power claim on these areas by the USA.
It's also interesting that the USA did not even manage to give themselves a proper name³. “United States of America” is more like a descrip…

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American Wrestlers:
🎵 Holy
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https://americanwrestlersband.bandcamp.com/track/holy
https://open.spotify.com/track/4xt46cm5r0eGyXct6ZfpTn

Just started listening to this one, and I'd absolutely recommend it. It's great.
It's really hard to explain how complicated beliefs can be, especially to folks in an urban bubble. The truth is, part of my anarchism came from listening to #rural folks. I didn't really live in a big city until I was like 18, but I came to those places already with a set of liberal biases.
Some of the things I experienced in those places pushed me towards being a Communist. But there are some strangely anarchistic tenancies, even in those who profess to be politically the opposite.
My stance on guns was largely shaped by understanding and extending the arguments of rural gun owners. They continued to evolve long after, but it took actually listening to break through my liberal biases and understand the ways in which gun control can actually intersect with other forms of oppression. There is a lot more nuance than I had grown up to believe.
And it goes both ways. Conservative gun owners have absolutely no intellectual against anarchist gun arguments. They're generally either gonna fall into racism that you can talk about, or start to radicalize left. There are plenty of similar pathways.
But also, not everyone in rural areas is conservative. There are plenty of rural anarchists and communists. They just get buried under stereotypes.
Anyway, this has been great to listen to and I'd recommend it.
https://www.tangledwilderness.org/strangers-podcast/talking-to-rural-conservatives

A survey of US adults finds 56% support banning social media for under-16s, while 21% oppose; majorities across demographic and partisan groups support a ban (Pew Research Center)
https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/20

Majority of Americans support banning social media for kids under 16
Across major demographic and partisan groups, more Americans support than oppose banning those under 16 from using social media.

Negativity surrounding the government has seeped into public perception of the core components of America’s story,
such as its history, notions of American foreign influence and impact, or the way the country’s democracy works.
Pride in American democracy has declined 14 percentage points since 2017, when it was measured at 42 percent, to 28 percent.
The survey also found that a majority of Americans are disillusioned with the American dream:
They are not confident in …

Americans’ Pride Drops to New Low as 250th Anniversary Approaches
The American public aren’t feeling particularly proud of their country, according to a new poll.

Google updates Maps to show Lake America for US users, Lake Ontario for Canadian users, and both for the rest of the world, citing the US GNIS' name change (Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/lake-trump-ontario-america-7c5c9776d72cb8e8d782…

Google Maps changes Lake Ontario's name to 'Lake America' for US users
Google says it has updated its maps application to rename Lake Ontario as “Lake America” for users in the United States. The global technology giant says the move reflects a recent order by President Donald Trump that changed the name of the lake amid an escalating trade war with Canada. The company says that the decision was based on its practice of using the name assigned by the U.S. Geographic Names Information System. The White House as well as the office of Canadian Prime Minister Mark…