“[With Oculus] I was just trying to build toys that delighted people. There was no vengeance, there was no malice, there was no killer instinct involved. I think I didn’t develop that obsession or framing until I felt I was stabbed in the back by a lot of people who should have treated me better.”

If the most successful people in your system are out there writing their own supervillain origin stories maybe your system is a stinking pile of shit.

web.archive.org/web/2026040106…

#capitalism #fascism #USA #SiliconValley #PalmerLuckey

Palmer Luckey Is Our Most Terrifyingly Deranged Billionaire

The Silicon Valley “war king” thinks an uncontrolled arms race is the route to peace. He is so, so wrong.

^{Nathan J. Robinson (Current Affairs Inc)}

As Roy Lilley (NHSManagers.net) argues:

'The real growth [in the problems of public health] is in the vast middle ground. Millions of people who are not acutely ill, but not entirely well.

People dealing with anxiety, stress, poor sleep, financial pressure, job insecurity, loneliness.

People functioning, coping, but steadily ground down'.

The increasingly precarious, insecure capitalism our political class has facilitated is taking its toll on our mental health.

#capitalism #MentalHealth

We really do not have our priorities in order, if we cannot even get #aspirin to the people, who need it, if we put lives at risk, because it is about money and not about humans... #healthcare #drugs #economy #economics #capitalism #democracy

bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5ylgv…

Coventry man fears stroke or heart attack due to aspirin shortage

David Slater, 72, says ministers need to step up and sort out issues with the medication.

^{Josh Sandiford (BBC News)}

RE: mamot.fr/@pluralistic/11628388…

"Markets are absolutely capable of inducing reward hacking in participants. The metric becomes a target. You think you're betting on the outcome of an event, but what you're really betting on is what an oracle will say the outcome was. No matter what the outcome is or how robust it is against outside influence, the oracle can be influenced with a gun to the temple..."

If you're greedy & have no moral compass, reality is nothing by an inconvenience.

#capitalism #business

Cory Doctorow (@pluralistic@mamot.fr)

Attached: 1 image The most selectively believed-in verse in the conservative catechism is the idea that "incentives matter." -- If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this thread to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.

^{Cory Doctorow (Mamot - Le Mastodon de La Quadrature du Net)}

How they make it hard to fix this heater - videos.trom.tf/w/krjeSgmcz3HD6…

These motherfuckers put some weird screws on this electrical heater so you cannot open it unless you have a very specific screw driver. Absolutely criminal behavior. But I understand it. You have to trade in this world in order to survive and thrive, and so these tactics can create advantages for you: the heater breaks, people buy a new one. Done. More profit.

If we can't change the incentive we cannot change these behaviors.

#plannedobselecence #assholedesign #enshifification #trade #TradeRuinsEverything #capitalism

https://videos.trom.tf/videos/watch/9d667811-d576-437c-8582-3214a27b7e16

Capitalism Has a Lot of Room to Redistribute Wealth Right Now
jacobin.com/2026/03/capitalism…

"The retreat of social democracy since the 1980s reflects ... a transformation in the balance of power between classes"

"The belief that social democracy has reached its limits is best understood as a symptom of political defeat rather than an accurate diagnosis of economic reality."

🇺🇲 🇬🇧 #Christofascism #antiLGBTQ+ #tyranny

#capitalism #inequality
vs.
#DemocraticSocialism #equality #sustainability

Capitalism Has a Lot of Room to Redistribute Wealth Right Now

Some on the Left believe that the capitalist system will not tolerate any greater interventions in its operation or redistribution of its spoils. There is no good evidence that this is true.

^jacobin.com

Gosh, I wish folks had warned us about this stuff… oh, I don’t know… maybe a decade ago?

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#peopleFarming #surveillance #capitalism

Happy #InternationalWomensDay! 💕💁

#Billionaires #Capitalism #Anarchism #USA #US #Politics #Economic #LucyParsons #Inequality