rmjpearson @rmjpearson@mastodon.social
I'm on a mission to help create the kinds of communities where everyone involved prospers, the earth flourishes, and problems are solved. NE #Seattle area
OK so we now are at 1,569 instances being tracked, with a total of 698,849 users. Almost to even 700,000. And we just crossed the milestone of TOTAL Diaspora users by a decent margin. Curious to see what line we cross next.
Noam Chomsky knows what's going on. It's less about left vs right than elite vs common. Neoliberalism is Destroying Our Democracy #inequality https://www.thenation.com/article/noam-chomsky-neoliberalism-destroying-democracy/
Among the sampled workers, all ages 28 to 34, workers who are employee-owners have
■ 92% higher median household wealth
■ 33% higher income from wages
■ 53% longer median job tenure
relative to workers who are not employee-owners.
https://www.ownershipeconomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/employee_ownership_and_economic_wellbeing_2017.pdf
#ESOP #Cooperatives
How You Can Invest In Employee-Owned Companies http://www.forbes.com/sites/darrendahl/2017/06/04/how-you-can-invest-in-employee-owned-companies/#575636ee8822 … This index will outperform over long-term #corpgov #cooperatives #ESOP
The Internet Doesn’t Have to Be Bad for Democracy
https://www.technologyreview.com/s/607990/the-internet-doesnt-have-to-be-bad-for-democracy/
#democracy #polis #taiwan #alternativet #crowdsourcing #government
I wrote a bit about wealth inequality and engagement with the political system to bring about change:
political establishment: the problems we face are hard. there is no easy solution. we don't have enough ideas. if only creative ideas weren't a scarce resource
the internet, grassroots movements, anthropologists: here are lots of new ideas on how to organise people, overcome challenges of our day, and distribute resources more equitably and efficiently
political establishment: first of all, how dare you. second of all, shut the fuck up.
https://www.dearfcc.org/ Please do this if you haven't, I don't want to have the FCC fuck over the internet
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hashtag typo - meant #LGBTQ - I relate more to the B than the G, I guess 😁 most of all the Q, for sure! also #nonbinary
Anarchists Fill Services Void Left by Faltering Greek Governance
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/22/world/europe/greece-athens-anarchy-austerity.html?_r=0
#democracy #anarchy #anarchism #greece #greek #athens #government
An actual #appalachian coalminer says: "Stereotyping Appalachians Feeds Only the Coal Industry" http://www.yesmagazine.org/new-economy/stereotyping-appalachians-feeds-only-the-coal-industry-20170410 "Exploitative economic systems have ensured that there is no change to our status quo."
Elite #healthcare is available in the US, if you can manage an annual co-pay of $40000 https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/03/business/economy/high-end-medical-care.html #classwar on the medical front
#Bullying Is Driving #LGBTQ People Out of Tech, Study Finds - NBC News - http://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/bullying-driving-lgbtq-people-out-tech-study-finds-n752646 #news #cw 🙁🙁
The Political Potential of the Commons:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bM72NS_P72g
#commons !commons
First day on Mastadon - glad to be here! Interested in #SocialCoop #PlatformCoop #tech #LBGTQ #ProgressiveChristian #feelthebern Working on organizing a feasible method to identify viable alternate political candidates who can realistically push back against USA duopoly. The #commons should be controlled by commoners, not oligarchs. (After this #introduction, I will CW all future political toots.) If you have hashtag recommendations please lmk. :)
