The class war is over
For the first time, in 2018 capital has been taxed less than labor. Billionaires paid less taxes than steel workers, teachers, and retirees. This erases a century of fiscal history.
SpaceX and its reusable rockets What an amazing feat!
Populism
(…) Because of the financial crisis (2008), today there is distrust in government, there is distrust in big institutions, there is distrust on the big elites, it has lead to the populism that we see in politics today (…)
Immigration
The immigration act of 1990 was mainly created to bring cheaper qualified labor force to the US, making life easier to employers, cutting the bargaining power of American Scientists.
Delegation of Power
Obama asks Hillary to be his secretary of state:
“I will focus on the economy and I need you to go travel around and restore our relationships”
The Architecture of Oppression
Edward Snowden on the Covid-19 response.
“What is being built is the architecture of oppression”