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Gregory A. Hargreaves @bordergroves.bsky.social · 12h

Had a major plumbing problem fixed today. Do I love paying so much for house maintenance? No. But I’ll tell ya, it feels pretty good to be able to do it. 🚽 🏡 👍🏽

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Gregory A. Hargreaves @bordergroves.bsky.social · 14h

legal academia is a weird mix of some of the best and most immediately actionable policy research about the impact of specific laws and procedures, and then there’s originalism

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Gregory A. Hargreaves @bordergroves.bsky.social · Jan 26

"[A] democracy is not safe if the people tolerate the growth of private power to a point where it becomes stronger than their democratic state itself. That, in its essence, is Fascism—ownership of Government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power." - FDR (1938)

a man stands at a podium with microphones that say wor on them

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Gregory A. Hargreaves @bordergroves.bsky.social · 20h

I take your point, and agree in principle. But consider. A society like the one described above would, over time, become infinitely more affluent than one like ours based upon assumptions of exploitative hierarchy in a zero-sum game. If the ceiling were removed, and the pie made bigger, then maybe?

Gregory A. Hargreaves @bordergroves.bsky.social · 20h

In a free and fair society cleansed of abuse and exploitation, that enjoys equality of opportunity and outcomes (a fantasy perhaps), one could imagine the theoretical possibility.

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Gregory A. Hargreaves @bordergroves.bsky.social · 1d

I’ve recently seen takes on here that boil down to: "there are ethical ways to become a billionaire in America." And perhaps that could be true theoretically. However, it is patently false given the current configuration of the American political economy, which incentivizes abuse and exploitation.

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Gregory A. Hargreaves @bordergroves.bsky.social · 20h

I’m looking forward to the No Kings rally on Oct 18! Reminds me of the Women’s March in 2017. Took my kids to that one, they were just little boogers. Now they can make their own signs and march alongside us!

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 21h

They are terrified of the No Kings rallies and doing everything they can to discredit them.

If you're on the fence about going, just think of how much it'll piss off these assholes.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21h

Emmer: "We call it the 'Hate America' rally because you'll see the hate for America all over this thing when they show up. The rumor is that they can't end this shutdown because this small but very violent and vocal group is the only one that's happy about this."

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Gregory A. Hargreaves @bordergroves.bsky.social · 21h

#NoKings

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Gregory A. Hargreaves @bordergroves.bsky.social · 21h

still from the black and white movie Sierra Madre with a man in a sombrero saying “badges? We don’t need no stinkin’ badges!”

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Gregory A. Hargreaves @bordergroves.bsky.social · 21h

A lot of folks are just now learning about grifters like Kirk and Weiss, and this is good.

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Gregory A. Hargreaves @bordergroves.bsky.social · 1d

fry eagles fry

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Gregory A. Hargreaves @bordergroves.bsky.social · 1d

Now with more eagle!

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Gregory A. Hargreaves @bordergroves.bsky.social · 1d

cryptocurrency is bullshit like artificial intelligence is bullshit

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Gregory A. Hargreaves @bordergroves.bsky.social · 1d

Americans love drugs.
Americans also love drug tests.
While those things may help explain one another, they are also in tension.
Learn more on this episode of my podcast!

Hagley Center for the History of Business, Technology, & Society @hagleycenter.bsky.social · 1d

The USA drug tests its citizens more than any other country and ties Americans' rights, to keep one’s baby, to do one’s job, or to vote or move freely, to the results of drug testing. Learn the history behind America's chemical citizenship on the #HagleyHistoryHangout!
www.hagley.org/research/his...

still image from a 1980s tv news broadcast of a graphic featuring a shape of continental USA imprinted with the USA flag with the text "Drug Use: Marijuana 23,000,000" above alongside two joints and green dust

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Gregory A. Hargreaves @bordergroves.bsky.social · 1d

Neapolitan

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Gregory A. Hargreaves @bordergroves.bsky.social · 1d

America is bigger than Trump.
America is stronger than Trump.

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Gregory A. Hargreaves @bordergroves.bsky.social · 1d

Americans love drugs.
Americans also love drug tests.
While those things may help explain one another, they are also in tension.
Learn more on this episode of my podcast!

Hagley Center for the History of Business, Technology, & Society @hagleycenter.bsky.social · 1d

The USA drug tests its citizens more than any other country and ties Americans' rights, to keep one’s baby, to do one’s job, or to vote or move freely, to the results of drug testing. Learn the history behind America's chemical citizenship on the #HagleyHistoryHangout!
www.hagley.org/research/his...

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Gregory A. Hargreaves @bordergroves.bsky.social · 1d

I’ve recently seen takes on here that boil down to: "there are ethical ways to become a billionaire in America." And perhaps that could be true theoretically. However, it is patently false given the current configuration of the American political economy, which incentivizes abuse and exploitation.

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Gregory A. Hargreaves @bordergroves.bsky.social · 1d

Yes, and! Taxing and regulating billionaires out of existence.

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Gregory A. Hargreaves @bordergroves.bsky.social · 1d

I had a fascinating chat for the podcast with prof Laura Browder about the history of drug testing in America. Check it out!

Hagley Center for the History of Business, Technology, & Society @hagleycenter.bsky.social · 1d

The USA drug tests its citizens more than any other country and ties Americans' rights, to keep one’s baby, to do one’s job, or to vote or move freely, to the results of drug testing. Learn the history behind America's chemical citizenship on the #HagleyHistoryHangout!
www.hagley.org/research/his...

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Gregory A. Hargreaves @bordergroves.bsky.social · 1d

Now with more eagle!

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Gregory A. Hargreaves @bordergroves.bsky.social · 1d

yeah, where it’s og ip used to be

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Gregory A. Hargreaves @bordergroves.bsky.social · 2d

Bringing receipts

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Gregory A. Hargreaves @bordergroves.bsky.social · 1d

One down, one to go.

Sam Bankman Fried cryptocurrency scammer

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