The Simple Gentleman

@Benhm3@mastodon.social @sophieschmieg@infosec.exchange Economics is a science. Friedman and other conservative economists explicitly rejected empiricism and convinced politicians to go along with their economics of speculation. Keynesian economics is empirical and has the data to back it up. Unfortunately, most voters don't understand it and billionaires don't like economic stability (boom/bust cycles help them hoard more wealth), so we don't really do that economic science stuff unless there's a major crisis.

@n1xnx@tilde.zone @davidculley@hachyderm.io The point of the modern tank isn't to be used as a tool for war, it's to enrich military contractors.

@zer0billionaires@mastodon.social My county treasurer might want to help me, but there's not much they can really do.

@QasimRashid@mastodon.social The right always wants to blame “mental health issues” when these mass shootings occur, but if you ask them to invest in mental health support all you hear are crickets.