Winston “Piggy” Montag @economicheretic.bsky.social · 03/07/2026“In America THE LAW IS KING.” - Thomas Paine, Common Sense, 1776 #America250 000 0
Winston “Piggy” Montag @economicheretic.bsky.social · 30/05/2026In a changing world, the generalist survives and the specialist dies. 000 0
Winston “Piggy” Montag @economicheretic.bsky.social · 13/04/2026“That was the real sentence imposed upon him, he thought - to discover what idea, what simple idea available to the simplest man, had made mankind accept the doctrines that led it to self-destruction.” #AynRand, #AtlasShrugged 000 0
Winston “Piggy” Montag @economicheretic.bsky.social · 24/03/2026A system built on believing the unprovable is ripe for manipulation. 000 0
Winston “Piggy” Montag @economicheretic.bsky.social · 24/03/2026The oligarchs will give us alms to keep us from drowning but will never reward our struggle with the means to build us a boat. 001 1
Winston “Piggy” Montag @economicheretic.bsky.social · 15/01/2026If the God from Abrahamic religions was a man, Judaism would be his old abused wife, Christianity would be is his new lesser abused wife and Islam would be his abused mistress. The women fight each other to lessen the abuse from their abuser. Maybe the problem is with the man and not the women. 000 0
Winston “Piggy” Montag @economicheretic.bsky.social · 11/01/2026More people in an area is good for the economy and bad for the environment. 010 1
Winston “Piggy” Montag @economicheretic.bsky.social · 28/12/2025When an economic system incentivizes profit over all else, participants should not be surprised that greedy people get ahead at the expense of everyone else. 000 0
Winston “Piggy” Montag @economicheretic.bsky.social · 21/11/2025Peace president goes to war with Venezuela to stop fentanyl smuggling, but fentanyl is produced in China. Raises tariffs on China, who then stops buying soybeans from US farmers, opting to buy them from Argentina, who is getting a $20B bailout from the US. #Obvious #IntellectualDishonesty 000 0
Winston “Piggy” Montag @economicheretic.bsky.social · 13/11/2025“Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is the superior of capital, and deserves much the higher consideration." - Abraham Lincoln, 1861 023 3
Winston “Piggy” Montag @economicheretic.bsky.social · 09/11/2025FAA issues arising from the gov’t shutdown impact the wealthy far more than the working class. The reopening of the gov’t will be a reaction to capital losing money and not because people are starving. Sad reality of the US ethos: “Greed is Good”. #PeopleOverProfits 010 1
Winston “Piggy” Montag @economicheretic.bsky.social · 28/10/2025“It’s the economy, stupid” - James Carville 001 1
Winston “Piggy” Montag @economicheretic.bsky.social · 22/10/2025We complain about government being inefficient and bureaucratic, while also choosing not to invest in government systems and personnel to make them better, because government is inefficient and bureaucratic. 011 1
Winston “Piggy” Montag @economicheretic.bsky.social · 16/10/2025Tax benefits for labor income (W2) is limited in favor of tax savings for businesses and capital. If Americans extol the virtues of hard work, why don’t we offer tax benefits to those working for their money rather than expand taxes savings to those who have their money working for them? #TaxtheRich 012 2
Winston “Piggy” Montag @economicheretic.bsky.social · 10/10/2025Disney makes the best ads in the world. For example, The Disney Channel is just one long commercial for toys, clothes, costumes, gift wrap, party supplies, etc. Their secret is making them entertaining. 000 0
Winston “Piggy” Montag @economicheretic.bsky.social · 05/10/2025“They (religions) dread the advance of science as witches do the approach of daylight and scowl on the fatal harbinger announcing the subversions of the duperies on which they live.” -Thomas Jefferson 000 0
Winston “Piggy” Montag @economicheretic.bsky.social · 04/10/2025Not only is Freedom not free, but it’s actually very expensive.. 011 1
Winston “Piggy” Montag @economicheretic.bsky.social · 03/10/2025Based on the recent rhetoric from Trump, he will drive the economy through military investment and declare war with his new toys. He now awaits his moment to disband congress and elections in order to “save” the country from some perceived threat. Obvious parallels with previous dictators. 011 1
Winston “Piggy” Montag @economicheretic.bsky.social · 19/09/2025People are easily lulled into caring about things that don’t matter, and they lose any interest in the things that do matter. And this fact is exploited by society for the benefit of the few. 001 1
Winston “Piggy” Montag @economicheretic.bsky.social · 19/09/2025Don’t work for your money! Make your money work for you! 000 0
Winston “Piggy” Montag @economicheretic.bsky.social · 19/09/2025Higher interest rates annoy those with assets; higher inflation annoys those without assets. 000 0
Winston “Piggy” Montag @economicheretic.bsky.social · 24/08/2025Inflation concerns seem to have evaporated as concerns over asset values have heated up. But that doesn’t mean inflation is still all around us. You can see it in how restaurants are displaying their prices: crossed out, rewritten, blacked out al together Winter is coming! 000 0
Winston “Piggy” Montag @economicheretic.bsky.social · 23/08/2025Why do we spend our lives conforming to rules set out for us by others and yet also cheer on those who don’t? I’d say because we need rules to live peacefully and productively, but we hate that we have to have laws at all. But oh that old Prisoner’s Dilemma! 000 0
Winston “Piggy” Montag @economicheretic.bsky.social · 13/08/2025Fascism and stagflation are two concepts that most Americans don’t understand. Unfortunately, they are about to get a crash course in both. 010 1
Winston “Piggy” Montag @economicheretic.bsky.social · 26/07/2025When deregulation parties with greed, the revelry is epic; but the hangover is so bad even those that didn’t get invited to the party feel the pain too. 000 0
Winston “Piggy” Montag @economicheretic.bsky.social · 22/07/2025Omne ignotum pro magnifico - Everything unknown is taken as magnificent. In other words, the monster is scariest before you see it. And it’s within the unknown that those who wish to distort reality prey on our ignorance for their own benefit. Hence the importance of a well educated populace. 000 0
Winston “Piggy” Montag @economicheretic.bsky.social · 08/07/2025Since you can’t control the waves, you should learn how to ride them. 000 0
Winston “Piggy” Montag @economicheretic.bsky.social · 24/06/2025“Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant.” - Robert Louis Stevenson 000 0
Winston “Piggy” Montag @economicheretic.bsky.social · 08/06/2025Don’t force something or you will break it. But if you want to fix something, you can’t be afraid of breaking it either. 000 0
Winston “Piggy” Montag @economicheretic.bsky.social · 15/05/2025When you put your faith in “God” you are putting your faith in the people who tell you about god and those who wrote the holy books; your faith is not in God herself, but in the stories that we tell about her. Humans are not infallible like gods, so be cautious as to whom you trust with your faith. 000 0
Winston “Piggy” Montag @economicheretic.bsky.social · 09/05/2025Make love, not war. This is truth. 000 0
Winston “Piggy” Montag @economicheretic.bsky.social · 04/05/2025Gold is considered the ultimate “hard” currency. But gold’s value derives from humans’ desire to look at shiny things. And this shiny yellow metal with a low melting point and limited use cases grasp on the human psyche allows faith in its demand to give it value. So isn’t gold a fiat currency too? 000 0
Winston “Piggy” Montag @economicheretic.bsky.social · 29/04/2025The universe and everything in it changes slowly. Quick change requires violence. “Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.” - Ralph Waldo Emerson. “Move fast and break stuff” - Mark Zuckerberg 000 0
Winston “Piggy” Montag @economicheretic.bsky.social · 26/04/2025It is easy to start tomorrow. It is hard to start today. 000 0
Winston “Piggy” Montag @economicheretic.bsky.social · 18/04/2025If people stopped trying to be somebody and just tried being themselves, the world would be a better place. 000 0
Winston “Piggy” Montag @economicheretic.bsky.social · 16/04/2025The question now is when the Feds come to take over left leaning state and local governments will the police in those communities side with the citizens who pay them for their protection, or will the thin blue line side with autocracy? Based on police culture in the US, I bet on the latter. 000 0
Winston “Piggy” Montag @economicheretic.bsky.social · 13/04/2025Why do people still fight over religions? Is it, “Our way of loving and giving thanks for our blessings is better than yours!” Replied with, “Dem fightin’ words! Lord, smite these heathens dead!”? Or is it “We want your resources and will take them with force justified by our faith”? #mysteryoffaith 000 0
Winston “Piggy” Montag @economicheretic.bsky.social · 10/04/2025The illegal immigration issue would be solved faster if we criminally punished (ie jail time and not fines) those who hire (or run organizations that hire) illegal immigrants. But those pushing the illegal immigration narrative would be putting their donors in jail. #ImmigrationReform 000 0
Winston “Piggy” Montag @economicheretic.bsky.social · 10/04/2025Tipping is gratitude for a job well done and does provide incentive to provide above average service. However, tips in the United States have been used to suppress wages as well as to conceal the true cost of the product to the consumer. An obligatory tip is not a tip, it’s a profit subsidizing fee. 000 0
Winston “Piggy” Montag @economicheretic.bsky.social · 09/04/2025The best indication of what is going to happen is what has happened. 000 0
Winston “Piggy” Montag @economicheretic.bsky.social · 07/04/2025If you are curious as to the direction of the current socioeconomic system you should learn about Mercantilism. 010 1
Winston “Piggy” Montag @economicheretic.bsky.social · 07/04/2025Baseball is a great example of how socialism (commission, luxury tax, labor unions, profit sharing) works to enrich all participants while still allowing for individuals and teams to earn more money based on their merit and effort. The system ensures competition, which generates interest and money. 000 0
Winston “Piggy” Montag @economicheretic.bsky.social · 03/04/2025“To define is to limit” - Oscar Wilde “To label me is to negate me” -Soren Kierkegaard 040 4
Winston “Piggy” Montag @economicheretic.bsky.social · 03/04/2025The enlightened mind is also a beginners mind. Or said differently, a fool knows all and a wise man knows nothing. Take the beginners approach of learning and self-development in all you do. Don’t become rigid in your beliefs lest you are crushed by the universe’s constant progression. 010 1
Winston “Piggy” Montag @economicheretic.bsky.social · 03/04/2025One of the US’s greatest sins is tying healthcare to employment. This exacerbates the power imbalances that already exist between employer and employee. And reduces competition as many dont move jobs or start a new business in fear of losing of their work sponsored healthcare. #MedicareforAll 1747892 478
Winston “Piggy” Montag @economicheretic.bsky.social · 03/04/2025The US government is now in its Private Equity stage. PE firms immediately cut costs and liquidate assets to boost near term results damaging the product and brand reputation. Get in, make a quick buck and get out. Leaving the consumers and employees to pick up the broken pieces when they’re done. 031 3
Winston “Piggy” Montag @economicheretic.bsky.social · 27/03/2025To find answers, look at how things are alike rather than different. The recognition of these parallels develops enlightenment. 010 1
Winston “Piggy” Montag @economicheretic.bsky.social · 17/03/2025Capitalists buy a healthy horse, ride it until near death and sell the emaciated remains to the glue factory. All the while, claiming that max profits for them benefits us all. But we’d all be better off if they chose to support and invest in the horse for the long term; albeit for a lower return. 011 1
Winston “Piggy” Montag @economicheretic.bsky.social · 07/03/2025The irony of the MAGA movement’s worship of corporations and the individual is that the origins under Regan harkened back to a better time in the mid-20th century when people believed in and successfully used in the power of the government and community groups to accomplish great things. 001 1
