In America, a "FICO Credit Score™ " is a blacklist administered by an unelected private oligopoly.
Americans are inducted into this capitalist credit initiative from birth, which controls everything from where they can live and which employer they are allowed to work for.
In order to be allowed to live in a house when they're older, Americans must begin taking out loans starting from an early age—even if they don't need a loan.
Americans call this ritual to appease private banks and landlords "building credit".
Before being hired, many employers require Americans to divulge their FICO credit history to assess their trustworthiness.
If deemed insufficiently trustworthy, an applicant will not be hired.
When an American's FICO credit score drops too low, they can face debtor’s prison. These prisons are part of a complex system of forced labor camps, which are very profitable and significantly contribute to the US's GDP.
If an American has their Social Credit Number stolen—which can be accomplished by glancing at their unencrypted 9-digit paper ID or be leaked by FICO themselves—they are not allowed to get a new number and must fight the criminal in court for remuneration.
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It has become clear Israel has no plan beyond trying to force millions of Palestinians into the Sinai desert by starving and bombing all that remain in Gaza. Israel is acting as if any Egyptian objection to this plan is a bluff.
This is utter insanity. 🧵
Despite being led by a US puppet, Egypt is facing a dramatic economic crisis of their own that worsens each day of Israel’s ongoing genocide of the Palestinian people.
Both Suez transit fees and tourism—key buttresses of govt revenue—have fallen off a cliff since Oct 7.
Egypt's recent decision to increase transit fees betrays a level of desperation, since higher fees only make the shipping via the alternate route around Africa more attractive when new insurance risk premiums are factored in, and thus risk additional rerouting.
Earlier today, the UK govt convened an emergency cabinet meeting to discuss a joint US+UK joint strike on Yemen for their blockade targeting ships facilitating the ongoing genocide of Palesianians.
We are now at a critical crossroads 🧵
Having spent almost a decade showing they’re incapable of wiping out the Yemeni resistance, the US+UK again plan to strike this country in hopes it will deter the Yemeni people from standing against a genocide.
That this paltry “coalition” lacks even the participation of what until now were reliable partners in imperialism, seems not to be a barrier to charging ahead.
In response to US+Israel’s ongoing genocide of Palestinians, Yemen just hit another two Israel-bound oil tankers with drones.
This is interesting for a few reasons. 🧵
Firstly, the location.
Instead of hitting these ships as they transited through the Bab al-Mandab as previous strikes had, the tankers were targeted in the vicinity of the Maldives, over 2,000 km away!
Secondly, the lack of any reporting on these most recent strikes by western media appears deliberate. Similar to the severe undercounting of IOF casualties in Gaza, the US appears to be hoping to conceal from western audiences the true effectiveness of the multi-front resistance.
See I actually believe this guy saw atrocious images in the private screening he was invited to. It’s just that the images were most likely Palestinians.
On Nov 14th, Yemen announced they would begin targeting Israeli-flagged ships in retaliation for the massacre of Palesitnains in Gaza.
Earlier today, Yemen captured a ship in the Red Sea, an act which may turn out to be the most significant development in the war so far.
Why?🧵
Marine shipping accounts for 80% of the world's trade in goods, and a full 12% of ships pass through the Suez Canal.
The southern end of the Suez is accessed via the Red Sea, which in turn is accessed via the Bab-el-Maneb, a constriction less than 30 km across at its narrowest.
The ship, a vehicle carrier named ‘Galaxy Leader’, was captured by Yemen’s AnsarAllah in the Red Sea off of Yemen’s coast and has been docked in Yemen’s Al Hudaydah on the west coast.