Some basics. The US Dollar is a tax credit. It is a unit of measure. You can't run out of inches You can't run out of numbers The government can't run out of dollars... unless it purposely, politically chooses to. Thread 1/x

Someday soon, what’s been obvious to so many of us from the beginning will be understood by everyone: that if a city can be reduced to rubble with its people held captive inside, if they can be starved in full view of the world, everything is permitted, and this threatens us all.

Share of wealth held by top 1% 🇧🇷 Brazil: 48.4% 🇮🇳 India: 41% 🇺🇸 United States: 34.3% 🇨🇳 China: 31.1% 🇩🇪 Germany: 30% 🇰🇷 South Korea: 23.1% 🇮🇹 Italy: 23.1% 🇦🇺 Australia: 21.7% 🇫🇷 France: 21.2% 🇬🇧 UK: 20.7% 🇯🇵 Japan: 18.8% (Global Wealth Report 2023)

Is taxpayers' money just a myth? youtu.be/mqSBiLfcNS4?si… In this video, I explain why your taxes do not fund government spending, how government money is actually created, and why the taxpayer's money myth exists to serve an agenda of austerity.

One of (if not the most) important issue in 🇨🇦👇

It. Is. Rent. Land rent is the root cause of the cost of living. We rent space to exist on earth from people who have no right to claim the uncreated earth as private property. Georgism means becoming stewards of the earth instead of everyone fighting over land and resources

They're converting this classic film into an immersive 360 experience and people are losing their minds. I genuinely don't get it. So many more important avenues to channel your rage. Plus, all this dunking is actually aiding their marketing campaign.

Fiat based monetary systems. If you want to know "who are we indebted to?" please read up on MMT.

“The equal right of all men to the use of land is as clear as their equal right to breathe the air — it is a right proclaimed by the fact of their existence. For we cannot suppose that some men have a right to be in this world, and others no right.” ~Henry George #Georgism 🔰

A new report from the Center for Land Economics reveals a half-billion-dollar 'error' in how the state of Maryland values land. This isn't just a local story; it's a textbook case of a market distortion that city leaders across the country should be watching closely. The state

Going through the comments on this post and liking every comment that says "sleep apnea" and "get a cpap" like it's a civic duty. It sucks wearing it, but it changed my life for the better

I'm still holding on to a deluded hope that "x" is just a phase and one day the twitter of yore will be back

Note that China does not say 'there is no money to do this'. That's because their government understand that neoliberal economics is a fraud, a lie; and that the government, and its funding and finances, is not like a household.

All social media should start rolling out "Verified Human" badges

Need Georgism so bad. The exact solution to the housing crisis involves naming and removing the economic behavior of rent-seeking. Its buying land and real estate for its monopoly rent value NOT its production value or value as a consumer good to house families.

UK ad exec Rory Sutherland, when asked about Garys Economics, said to read up on Henry George and land value tax. "Property ownership is, effectively, you are buying the right to impose taxes on the younger generation" Here's what he said🧵

"In a way we’ve sanctified wealth and been pretty mean on income. We've taxed away income discrepancies pretty energetically... By contrast, wealth inequality is monumental." The best wealth tax is a tax on land holding

Good thread on how to think about wealth inequality