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6 Dec, 4 tweets, 1 min read
Another patented #PsakiBomb! Everybody should pay $25 for their take home tests and like it!
I know this is a Person We're Supposed To Like, but the proud condescension in Psaki's smug "Should we just send one to every American? How much does that cost and what happens after that?" is exactly why lots of people aren't excited to vote for Democrats
The Democratic strategy of "you need to feel guilty about this problem and fuck off if you think the government should lose money fixing it for you" isn't the most popular messaging
I think a country that wants to limit the spread of a pandemic wouldn't scoff at not making every American go to the store to pay $25 for a test to see if they have covid, but obviously the Biden White House fears the deficit far more than mass death ahead of the holidays

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8 Dec
Thinking about how Spider-Man 2 is about Peter Parker being desperately poor & Aunt May failing to stop the bank from foreclosing on her home, and that MCU is about Peter happily inheriting a billionaire’s fortune & Aunt May became a well-paid philanthropist ImageImage
Spider-Man 2 is obviously a giant money making venture just like No Way Home, I guess I just think it’s quaint when a superhero movie at least made the heroes struggle financially instead of living in the very rich world of endless charity galas that film producers know better
I had this problem with some Spider-Man comics since like 2005, but I really don’t like Peter Parker looking up to Tony Stark. Even worse in MCU where Stark becomes a father figure essentially replacing Uncle Ben, it’s like replacing George Bailey with Elon Musk
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8 Dec
Love to spend shitloads of money on health insurance to then come with receipts for those take home tests months later at some undefined time to maybe fill out a form and then get paid back in some third form much later. So much better than just getting a free test
And I of course count myself as a lucky enough American to afford the awful health insurance that even gives me “access” to a very complicated rebate for the take home tests I had to visit three different pharmacies to even get ahold of. So great to live here
This whole thread by Psaki is the typical neoliberal combo attack:

1. Snidely scoff at the idea that the government could possibly ever give direct help without means testing

2. List the many needlessly complex ways one might get government help as if it’s incredibly simple
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5 Feb 19
Patreon has made my dream career possible, it has been great, but insightful threads like this speak to potentially the company’s greatest enemy: Silicon Valley’s bottomless hunger for exponentially increasing profits over a sustainable business model
Patreon hosts the content of others to then collect 5% of their income for themselves. As more and more people hear about the site and join to support the people they like, Patreon’s profits increase year-over-year, a growing sustainable business which will make people rich
But it won’t make people super rich, which is the whole point of venture capital investments in Silicon Valley. Aaron Sorkin is an old hack but Social Network’s “A million dollars isn't cool, you know what's cool? A billion dollars,” perfectly sums up the Silicon Valley mindset
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