so, not shockingly, it turns out that a significant number of the Israelis killed on oct 7th were killed by the IDF itself—intentionally. this is the result of a rule that the IDF has: the taking of all hostages must be stopped at any cost. why do they have this rule? more below
the intention of the palestinian resistance for the oct 7th al aqsa flood attack was to capture as many Israeli hostages as it could—namely soldiers—to exchange for Palestinian prisoners, of which there are thousands being held in Israeli prisons without charge. they thought…
Feb 28, 2023 • 9 tweets • 2 min read
a lot of people think that capitalism = commerce or markets (exchanging goods & services), but both of those things existed before capitalism and are in no way inherent to it — capitalism is simply when the forces of economic production are owned privately
when people conflate capitalism with trade or commerce they're missing the most important aspect of capitalism — its deeply undemocratic nature. despite the fact that wealth is created collectively, it's captured individually and deployed for the benefit of the few (capitalists)
Feb 10, 2023 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
a massive death plume spanning multiple counties in Ohio is raining down hydrochloric acid onto people because a bomb train carrying vinyl chloride was deliberately classified as non-hazardous to save Norfolk Southern money and regulatory inconveniences
Norfolk Southern made $12.745 billion dollars in 2022 — a 15% increase from 2021. executives there made from $3.4 to $13 million. rail workers in the US get exactly zero paid sick days and are not allowed to go on strike
Sep 13, 2022 • 8 tweets • 2 min read
Green capitalism just means that wars and coups for oil will become wars and coups for lithium, copper, and cobalt.
It’s clear we need to decarbonize our economies as quickly as possible to avoid the worst of climate change — but carbon isn’t the only problem we’re facing 🧵
As the world moves towards renewables and away from fossil fuels as an energy source, we can’t forget that the technology and minerals behind this green transition need to come from somewhere — and that somewhere is primarily countries in the Global South.
Jul 17, 2022 • 13 tweets • 3 min read
The thing that terrifies the ruling class most about Marxism and communism aren't the theoretical frameworks or analyses contained within them, it's the simple fact that they actually name capitalism as a particular and in no way natural system that we live under.
Marx's most important work doesn't define or outline a path towards communism, it's simply an examination of what capitalism is. This is terrifying to capitalists. You know the story about the fish asking the other fish how the water is, and the fish responding: what water?
Jun 23, 2022 • 10 tweets • 2 min read
Biden is proposing a 3 month moratorium on the 18.4 cent per gallon gas tax as a way to reduce gas prices and it's the perfect example of how terminally committed our policymakers are to the bankrupt logic of neoliberalism. Here's why: 🧵
Let's just assume that gas prices are up because of reasons outside of the industry's control (more on this later). The proposal has nothing in it to guarantee that gas companies will pass on that meager 18 cents to consumers — it's literally just an ask.
