One of the core claims of #RaceRealism (AKA #ScientificRacism) is that white supremacy is genetic - things like the mutation that let northern Europeans drink cow-milk (nevermind that African groups who herd cattle have the same mutation).
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Their theory is really wild - like the genes that produces the enzymes to consume lactose drifted over from the yeast cultures that ferment milk into other dairy products.
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Basically, they're claiming that Swede genes are made of cheese.
(Who am I to disagree?)
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(And yet, I do)
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A historical accident made Massachusetts a lab for studying how tech can serve monopolies, and the moves, countermoves and counter-countermoves show how businesses, tinkerers, governments and the public can liberate themselves from seemingly all-powerful monopolists. 1/
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It all starts with #RightToRepair. Companies love to monopolize the repair of their products. If the only place to get your broken stuff fixed is at its manufacturer's authorized depots, the manufacturer can move all kinds of value from your side of the deal to their own. 3/
I'm not really a visual person and I can't draw worth a damn but for 20-some years I've been building multiple, daily collages to illustrate blog posts, using The Gimp and public domain and CC sources. I don't claim these are great art, but I'm very happy with today's!
The rail barons were the original monopolists, whose ability to make or break whole industries based on their parochial needs spurred the first American antitrust laws. For generations, railroads were tightly regulated to ensure resiliency, competition and fairness. 1/
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Today, the monopolists are back, and their greed has shattered American supply-chains. The pandemic has seen massive failures in rail service - late deliveries, waves of derailments, huge backlogs. But rail *profits* have soared, as have the prices of carrying freight. 3/