Bryan @btzero.bsky.social · 27/06/2026I think people should read Make Your Own Job, a book that talks about the history of the self help industry among other things 180
Supervising Animation Wizard @brendering.bsky.social · 27/06/2026It's not radical! Samuel Smiles' book Self-Help released in 1859. Wealthy propaganda framing poverty as a personal failing goes back even further. 'Personal responsibility' as a means to dodge regulation is also why so many recycling ads are paid for by oil companies: www.npr.org/2020/09/11/8...npr.orgHow Big Oil Misled The Public Into Believing Plastic Would Be RecycledAn NPR and PBS Frontline investigation reveals how the oil and gas industry used the promise of recycling to sell more plastic, even when they knew it would never work on a large scale. 0275
justbcause55.bsky.social @justbcause55.bsky.social · 27/06/2026The self-help industry is more of a giant grift than a method of distraction. 170
Dave Klassen @drklassen.bsky.social · 27/06/2026www.goodreads.com/quotes/65363...goodreads.comA quote from Wealth of NationsAs soon as the land of any country has all become private property, the landlords, like all other men, love to reap where they never sowed, and demand a ... 231
onetrooluff.bsky.social @onetrooluff.bsky.social · 27/06/2026Yes, absolutely. So sick of being flooded by ads trying to sell me ways to feel better. 010
3 springrolls please @shiradrenaline.bsky.social · 27/06/2026amazing how sometimes all we need is to know 'things won't get worse'. 0682
Duckshow @duckshow.bsky.social · 27/06/2026I sometimes imagine what it would feel like to read a headline like "climate change is solved - it's over - we did it, folks!", and... that thought just makes me realize what a massive weight is being pushed down on me, forever. A weight, which, could be lifted mind you, we simply choose not to. 2130
OneWingedSparrow @onewingedsparrow.bsky.social · 28/06/2026I just hope he understands he NEEDS a plan for when that time is up. 000
Grae Hall @graehall.bsky.social · 27/06/2026Part of the Project 2025 roadmap was specifically about keeping people off balance & traumatised, they wrote it there in plain English for all to see. Trump & those behind him are outraged at the rent freeze in part because it gives people some calm & some breathing space. They want you desperate 081
Tom Calhoun @theonlyrealtmcmaui.bsky.social · 28/06/2026It's extremely difficult to walk a path toward enlightenment, when you are spending all your seeking water, food & shelter. 000
Cris 🇨🇦 on LAKE ONTARIO @sinbrujula.bsky.social · 27/06/2026IT COULD BE DONE yet politicians prior to Mamdani didn't have citizens' best interests at heart. 😔 060
Tante Kat @tantekatt.bsky.social · 27/06/2026johannhari.com wrote s couple of books about that. It's intentional ...johannhari.comJohann Hari | Official siteOfficial website of the New York Times Best-Selling Author 011
Brian Schefke @brianschefke.bsky.social · 27/06/2026Self-help doesn’t change one’s material conditions that are outside of one’s control. I think some German guy wrote that. 1472
Stip Buck @stipbuck.bsky.social · 27/06/2026We signed 2 year lease in April with 4.5% increase. dam 120
A Sentient Pile of Spaghetti @spagritty.bsky.social · 27/06/2026the fear of becoming homeless is a necessary tool of the ruling class. they need you to see the poor, unhoused people camping on the streets. to hear them begging for money. so you know to keep quiet and do your job. or else. 020
