Land of the rich, home of the corrupt
The sickness of infinite greed cannot be sustained on our finite planet
Submitted 1 month ago by sanitation@lemmy.today to workreform@lemmy.world
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rogsson@piefed.social 1 month ago
ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
Fair share? What California chooses to tax its residents is its business, but the proposed wealth tax claims to apply to non-residents and taxes even those assets they acquired after leaving California. It’s a grotesque violation of any reasonable understanding of jurisdiction.
null@piefed.nullspace.lol 1 month ago
How much revenue would that tax generate?
chunk6235@piefed.social 1 month ago
665 million just from what Brin gained just since Trump took office again alone
null@piefed.nullspace.lol 1 month ago
That’s it? It’s a start, I guess…
Alexfire@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Hoarding wasn’t allowed at one time, in <150 person groups, then came the ever increasing wealth and power inequalities, and the supernatural stories to justify their power, justify the suffering now for later reward and easier than brute force. It’s the same systems and people protecting their wealth and keep the majority in artificial scarcity, so they feel frazzled and not much time to ponder these truths, and decide how they want to go forward, keep the indoctrination of the systems or pull back the curtain?
Alexfire@lemmy.world 1 month ago
More info: The “frazzled” state you describe is literally chronic cortisol dysregulation — the body’s stress response stuck on. Research confirms this drives insulin resistance, visceral fat accumulation, arterial stiffness, immune suppression, gut dysbiosis, and prefrontal cortex damage (impaired planning, impulse control). When someone says “I just can’t get my health together,” the framework gives them a different explanation: you’re running a fight-or-flight response 16 hours a day because the system is designed to keep you in survival mode. That reframe reduces shame and opens the door to action.