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@lordkenneth.bsky.social

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Citizen at large. On my better days a seeker of truth, justice, goodness, decency, beauty, connection with nature, and gratefulness. Hubris, greed, consumerism, and predatory capitalism are among the greatest evils of our time.

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lordkenneth.bsky.social @lordkenneth.bsky.social · 7h

Nobel Peace Prize.

lordkenneth.bsky.social @lordkenneth.bsky.social · 7h

Ha ha ha!

lordkenneth.bsky.social @lordkenneth.bsky.social · 2d

Wait! I thought it was sponsored by Satan.

lordkenneth.bsky.social @lordkenneth.bsky.social · 3d

Was Argentina a signatory to the U.S. Constitution? I can't remember, and Fox News is not saying one way or the other.

lordkenneth.bsky.social @lordkenneth.bsky.social · 4d

Outrage fatigue?

lordkenneth.bsky.social @lordkenneth.bsky.social · 6d

Nobel Peace Prize, anyone?

lordkenneth.bsky.social @lordkenneth.bsky.social · 17d

Stench of Satan

lordkenneth.bsky.social @lordkenneth.bsky.social · 17d

Putin's inner circle must stay up all night trying to figure out what Trump's next move should be.

lordkenneth.bsky.social @lordkenneth.bsky.social · 17d

Dogs cheat?

lordkenneth.bsky.social @lordkenneth.bsky.social · 20d

Making tyranny great again.

lordkenneth.bsky.social @lordkenneth.bsky.social · 20d

They can't even get their lies straight. And what's even worse is that they don't care.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 24d

The richest man on earth owns X.

The second richest man on earth is about to be a major owner of TikTok.

The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.

The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.

See the problem here?

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lordkenneth.bsky.social @lordkenneth.bsky.social · 27d

And because love of gain trumps morality every time.

lordkenneth.bsky.social @lordkenneth.bsky.social · 27d

How can foreign leaders even take this guy seriously?

lordkenneth.bsky.social @lordkenneth.bsky.social · Sep 17

The system is designed for these kinds of outcomes. It's wired into our legal and corporate DNA. All wealth is derived from various forms of exploitation.

Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · Sep 16

Kroger will lay off ~1,000 employees.

In December, it announced $7.5B in stock buybacks – which juice stock prices, enriching shareholders and boosting CEO pay.

Just so happens that Kroger's last CEO was paid 457x its typical employee in 2024.

Textbook corporate greed.

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lordkenneth.bsky.social @lordkenneth.bsky.social · Aug 26

!!!

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · Aug 21

The clearest picture of corporate greed in this country is CEO-to-worker pay ratios.

At the 100 lowest-paying major US companies, CEO pay averaged $17.2M in 2024.

Median worker pay at these companies was just $35,570.

That’s a ratio of 632 to 1.

How can anyone defend this?

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lordkenneth.bsky.social @lordkenneth.bsky.social · Aug 18

Why the fuck are we taking advice from a war criminal on how to run our democracy?

lordkenneth.bsky.social @lordkenneth.bsky.social · Aug 18

Always the classy one!

lordkenneth.bsky.social @lordkenneth.bsky.social · Aug 13

From now on the U.S. economy will boom to new heights the likes of which we've never seen before!

Even when it isn't.

lordkenneth.bsky.social @lordkenneth.bsky.social · Jul 22

Prior restraint

lordkenneth.bsky.social @lordkenneth.bsky.social · Jul 22

This is more than a mere distraction. Trump is setting the table for something wicked.

lordkenneth.bsky.social @lordkenneth.bsky.social · Jul 22

The Framers would be so proud!

lordkenneth.bsky.social @lordkenneth.bsky.social · Jul 9

Thesaurus abuse

lordkenneth.bsky.social @lordkenneth.bsky.social · Jun 27

This is not America.