In our town hall meeting this morning, an executive told us that they plan to give all software engineer jobs to Al.
When asked what he might have to say of any comfort to us, he said there are still lots of projects to be done in the meantime.
He ended the call by telling us he's uncomfortable with AI coding, knows that we're all uncomfortable with it, and that's exactly where he wants us to be.
Politics, the State, and American Capitalism in the Civil War Era
Special Issue of the *Journal of the Civil War Era*
See below for the call for papers. Submission deadline for proposals: April 25.
#callforpapers #jcwe #politicaleconomy #state #capitalism #ushistory #histodons @histodons
#UK: three #strikebreakers dismissed by management after talking to picketers. They join #strike
https://www.unitetheunion.org/news-events/news/2025/march/birmingham-bin-agency-workers-fired-for-talking-to-picketers-join-strikes
Life hacks are played out.
Listen to Paul Lafargue.
https://www.everythingisplayedout.com/2025/03/20/life-hacks-are-played-out/
"You said, 'Everybody in the whole world should get one.' They will. Because of you. They'll all be Kier's children." – Jame to Helly R. in the bathroom at the Lumon gala, believing he was speaking to Helena, S1:E9.
Not resurrection, or immortality, other than symbolically, but simple global domination in their image and for their own power and ego satisfaction.
Be Severed and never worry your pretty little head again.
Looking for some catharsis? Get your revenge on corporate greed!
DICK PUNCH EVERY SUIT
A #TTRPG where you take down the oligarchs from inside the office.
Grab your copy now: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/452281/DICK-PUNCH-EVERY-SUIT--Corporate-Revenge-TTRPG?affiliate_id=741284
“[W]hen you #vote for a minor party, like #Australia's Voice, you aren't voting for the same old #political machinery, you’re voting for real representation.”
https://youtube.com/watch?v=xIraCchPDhk&pp=ygUaZ2VvcmdlIGNhcmxpbiBkb2Vzbid0IHZvdGU%3D
"a system that is predicated on ever expanding growth"
I've said it before, many times; one day, I'm going to find out where this misconception comes from.
#Capitalism is not "predicated" on growth at all, "ever expanding" or otherwise. This is a claim peddled only by the ignorant or, worse, the liar.
Good lord, this is so very #Microsoft now. How the once innovative, at least for a brief time through the #Windows 7 to Windows 10 era (ignoring Windows 8), have fallen. Stupid #capitalism. Stupid #AI. Stupid #advertising. #tech #Switch2Linux #UninstallWindows https://www.theverge.com/news/632327/microsoft-windows-11-system-device-specs-recommendations
Funny how capitalists claim that competition is essential to free market until they become a monopoly, then they claim that competition “will hurt European businesses and consumers, hinder innovation, weaken security, and degrade product quality” (as quoted by Google). Their hypocrisy makes me sick.
“Greenpeace must pay hundreds of millions over Dakota pipeline protests, says jury. Non-profit said in statement lawsuits like this aimed at ‘destroying the right to peaceful protest’.” Quite right too. Nasty environmentalists try to save a liveable planet getting in the way of profits. #ClimateCrisis #Capitalism
BASTARDS!
They've shrunk down the Galaxy chocolate bars again, bastards, bastards, BASTARDS!
Why can't we have nice things anymore?
*SCREAMS*
GEO Group Is Fighting to Pay ICE Detainees as Little as $1 a Day to Work
https://www.propublica.org/article/geo-group-ice-detainees-wage #capitalism #prison
Just thought I'd come up with this word/term today:
Techno-feudal-facism
Despite #Australia’s unwavering political, military and financial support to the #US, the president has made clear we won’t be exempt from #tariffs.
https://www.sydneycriminallawyers.com.au/blog/trump-predictably-stabs-australia-in-the-back/
Attorney General Mark Dreyfus dropped 5 of the 8 dubious charges brought against the #ATO officer who exposed #misconduct within the #tax office.
None of this is necessary. It's purely to create fear and intimidation. Plus, profit, companies are making a lot of money off terrorizing harmless people. There are many who think they're safe and always will be, but Chump and his cabal to make so this can be done to anyone if they want. It's revolting.
#Trump #fascism #intimidation #ICE #capitalism
I’m the Canadian who was detained by Ice for two weeks. It felt like I had been kidnapped | US immigration | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/19/canadian-detained-us-immigration-jasmine-mooney
"Clearly, something is sabotaging society’s rational development. We should have those trains, and some big solar-powered apartment buildings near the stations. Even if I think the solutions are probably closer to agroecology than indoor vertical farming and giant sailboats than green jetliners, that doesn’t stop me from agreeing with the Abundance authors that there’s a block. But where Klein and Thompson blame self-seeking “groups” who—according to the work of economist Mancur Olson—are a constant and unavoidable threat to human collective action, Marxists understand capitalist production as riven by particular ironies and contradictions.
For example: capital is reluctant to enter industries that are easy to enter, for fear competition will drive out the profit. The abundant solution to a lack of housing is to make it easier for developers to build for increased density: the more units that come onto the market, the less landlords will be able to charge. But the same supply mechanism that pushes down prices discourages capital from the sector."
https://thebaffler.com/latest/whats-the-matter-with-abundance-harris
