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@ChristopherJM Trump doesn't know anything about history, so I can see how this got on his nerves
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history phd; adjunct instructor; driver for amazon
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@mattxyzed @mattyglesias @MattBruenig Sounds like a good reason to define class by income/asset level and nothing else
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@replyguy123 @mattyglesias @MattBruenig Unlike in places with rigid classes, for any given income, people have a wide variety of education levels and job prestige (and the same is true for any permutation of those three).
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Great chart from @MattBruenig.
I'm sticking with "there is a lot of inequality in America but there aren't really sharp class discontinuities."
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@pdbarnsley @mattyglesias If you're making that kind of money, then you are obviously not working class, regardless of student loan debt
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@replyguy123 @mattyglesias A lot of education is actually people investing in improving their future labor market value. If you spend three years and $300k at law or dentistry school and then go on to earn $350k a year as a lawyer/dentist you are, in an important sense, earning a return on capital.
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If you have a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice from the University of Maine Fort Kent you’re in the upper crust of the American class system, unlike working class hero Mark Zuckerberg who has no college degree.
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@mattxyzed @mattyglesias @MattBruenig Which means that class should be defined by income/assets and not education level
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@replyguy123 @mattyglesias Sure, but there’s this thing called human capital that has a meaningful impact on how you ought to characterise the fruits of one’s labour
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@PostLeftWatch With all his money, can't he at least come up with some more palatable scenery?
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@replyguy123 It's an all-green xylophone. It doubles as a paint swatch.
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Glenn Greenwald says that Graham Platner's accuser saying she needed a glute massage is relevant, and defends Ryan Grim for his repeated insistence that it is important and should have been included in the Politico story.
"The left went apeshit against Ryan Grim."
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America can best mark the sad and untimely passing of Senator Lindsey Graham by sanctioning Russia and rededicating to the victory of Ukraine. Senator Graham just yesterday spoke in Ukraine about working to end Putin’s brutal war which is filled with civilian atrocities and lies. Let’s honor Senator Graham’s fierce support for Ukraine against Putin and his war crimes.
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Fun fact -- Lindsey Graham and JD Vance both voted for the same candidate in the 2016 presidential election: Evan McMullin
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@michaelsue53973 @mtaibbi He started moving to the right in 2016 then had all but repudiated his Bernie past by 2018-2019
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@mtaibbi Sorry for being fascinated by your weird career turn, like i said maybe I'll just ask katie halper for a more clear answer
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So you’re a baker who’s such an aggrieved ex-fan that you post day after day about me, but not about much else? That’s a pretty odd profile. No other interests?
michael suess@michaelsue53973
@mtaibbi @mtracey I work at a bakery, I'm honestly just a fan of yours that is befuddled at your career for the last three years. Maybe i should ask katie halper for a clear answer. I know you're "uncomfortable" talking about israey, but that stols you from talking wars and political influence
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@GunnelsWarren I'm surprised the life expectancy gap isn't even greater
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What country has better healthcare again?
Life expectancy
🇨🇦: 83.42
🇬🇧: 82.21
🇺🇸: 79.54
Infant deaths per 1,000 live births
🇬🇧: 3.08
🇨🇦: 3.64
🇺🇸: 5.07
Yearly deaths due to lack of insurance
🇨🇦: 0
🇬🇧: 0
🇺🇸: 68,000
Bankruptcies from medical debt
🇨🇦: 0
🇬🇧: 0
🇺🇸: 530,000 a year
Acyn@Acyn
Levin: Would you rather see a doctor and get surgery in our country or Socialist Canada or Britain?
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@PostLeftWatch This is where the alt left and alt right have a lot in common: embracing evidence-free conspiracy theories to obsessively advance some bizarre agenda
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@PostLeftWatch It's kind of like Trump blaming imaginary, shadowy people engaged in widespread election fraud
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What are the "evil forces" Cenk is referring to here?
Post-Left Watch (postleftwatch.bsky.social)@PostLeftWatch
Cenk Uygur: "All I know with absolute certainty is that evil forces targeted Graham Platner to make sure that a person who was gonna represent the voters, overwhelmingly won the primary, could not represent those voters."
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Treaty of Versailles 2 update: strait of hormuz closed again until further notice thanks to JD Vance’s cool friends in Iran.
The Kobeissi Letter@KobeissiLetter
BREAKING: Iran has fired a missile at a commercial vessel in the Strait of Hormuz, hitting and damaging the vessel, defying the US ultimatum, US officials say. Details include: 1. The attack comes just hours after President Trump demanded that Iran publicly guarantee safe passage through Hormuz 2. "The Strait of Hormuz will be closed until further notice and until the end of the American interventions in this area," the IRGC said 3. The vessel struck by the IRGC was transiting the southern route that Oman had proposed reopening without restrictions In a sudden turn of events, the Strait of Hormuz is now closed again.
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@caitoz @DougHenwood This is one of the most obviously bad arguments I've heard in some time
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@DougHenwood Sure but I think it's fair to say that after ten years we should be seeing some movement TOWARD the top, and we just aren't. Some gains in deep blue state and local politics are tolerated because they don't threaten the empire, and everywhere else it's stasis.
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@DougHenwood Gains in local politics in deep blue states are not the kind of change I'm interested in as our world hurtles toward disaster on multiple fronts. The few gains in congress keep getting reversed and the ones who get in are disappointing empire managers.
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@caitoz @DougHenwood AOC is also a serious contender for the Dem nomination '28, though I suppose you consider her a sellout or w/e...
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@caitoz @DougHenwood Then why are Dem establishment figures freaking out about a DSA takeover? It's not just in New York. Left or progressive insurgents are demonstrating strong support in several states
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