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Train Drain

…the past decade have taken control of major railroads and forced them to adopt a new predatory business model. Financiers are maximizing short-term profits and returns to shareholders by effectively…

The People vs Wealth

…Action was required.  Wealth’s response was to pejoratively label these threats as socialism, communism, or un-American.  And, to get organized.  The American Enterprise Institute (AEI) (1938) and the House Un-American…

. . . the Sleeping Giant is Roaring

…Jimmy Kimmel after consumers threatened to boycott a wide range of Disney products. According to Strength in Numbers, the Disney boycott quickly became four times as large as any boycott over…

Labor versus Market and Demand

…value. Jerome Powell: A “curious kind of balance that results from a marked slowing in both the supply of and demand for workers. This unusual situation suggests that downside risks…

Taking A Stand that Will Hurt

…War–era law, to essentially commandeer a more permissive iteration of the AI, or It could label Anthropic a “supply-chain risk,” meaning that anyone doing business with the U.S. military would…