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Strike That @jayabird.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

that's totes me, just chockful of ego :) Have a lovely day.

Strike That @jayabird.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

about which thing? i lost track. also i have to plunk a brisket in the slow cooker, and invigorating as all this is i kind of feel like we're all just repeating ourselves best of luck to you all. call BS or not, make fun all you like. I don't care. i do care that the plutocracy gets dismantled.

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Strike That @jayabird.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

Unconventional would be the job I got out of school. Totally unconnected. I definitely dont have advanced degrees in all those subjects, though. While I don't care what anyone here thinks (good thing, eh?) for my own honor, I dont want to misrepresent myself.

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Strike That @jayabird.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

Fwiw I didn't intend to attack OP (and apologize without reserve to them.) I got attacked myself, but I dont care. I do care that folks - maybe stop alienating the millions who own capital, aren't plutocrats, and could be allies - use words correctly, it matters. bsky.app/profile/jaya...

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Strike That @jayabird.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

Huh. That is interesting. I've always wanted to be petit something or other. Is bourg middle class, or the skilled tradesman class? or is it French for "those who persist in posting regardless of common sense" (by which I mean me.)

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Strike That @jayabird.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

My whole point: ppl "defining" words on social media with their own personal spin is Not Helpful. Par example: At No Kings, we saw ppl w "No Kings" signs harass others w a "Rule of Law" sign. Upon inquiry, the harassers replied in all sincerity that as communists they were against law enforcement.

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Strike That @jayabird.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

ok. I confess. the literature courses were really on classical literature. And while i loved textual criticism, I got a shameful shameful B in it. Feels good to get that off my chest.

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Strike That @jayabird.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

Yes, the term "capital class" exactly what you describe. Capital and capitalism are related but distinct concepts, from each other and from the capital class. It matters because a world without capital is much harder for people to even envision than a world without the capital class.

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Strike That @jayabird.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

Ffs. Cite a definition. Otherwise you are proving my point for me. oi, you know what. nvm. go on just being wrong, confusing the crap out of other ppl, and using speech that alienates those who might otherwise agree with and support your position.

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Strike That @jayabird.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

I guess I see what you mean. It's been many years since I took advanced graduate courses in history, literature, and business. But yes, this thread has convinced me that y'alls ill-defined and inaccurate use of "capitalism" will help us work together to achieve the changes we all urgently need.

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Strike That @jayabird.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

You tell me to google, someone else told me googling proved how ignorant I am, and others said it didn't matter what I cited because I am terrible/white/old/lame/wrong/too reliant on Merriam-Webster vs Oxford English. It's almost like social media is reaction devoid of thought....

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Strike That @jayabird.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

That's quite a span. I am Gen Oregon Trail, if that helps fulfill any preconceived ideas about me. Kids in middle school. We had email in high school but I didn't use it til college. Can't believe people got this worked up about confusing capitalism with plutocracy.

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Strike That @jayabird.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

my god, read a book? never!!!!! what an idea. but wherever will I find one?

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Strike That @jayabird.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

I can shit post more easily outside, as I have the full use of my hands :) It's 36 here. although, also not raining. but good for your brain to get outside regardless not mad but, as always, concerned ppl would rather be mean than, you know, actually do something useful.

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Strike That @jayabird.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

do you? from a site called investopedia. (Per this thread, me using a site with the word "invest" probably means I'm a) a liberal white Karen b) a wanna-be Bezos c) illiterate d) not really a dog owner e) deeply invested in convincing everyone here of my bona fides)

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Strike That @jayabird.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

I totally agree. I also hate managing people. That's why we don't do employees - profit-sharing partners, all the way. If we ever need more (and have more money for lawyers) it will be a worker-owned biz. we can dram. i mean dream. that one was just a reg typo

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Strike That @jayabird.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

aah big tent coalition building at it's finest. I've never been piled on before. I don't get why ppl would mind. It's no more or less fun than anything else on social media. Nice day out. recommend getting outide, if you can

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Strike That @jayabird.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

that's fair. this is the only post here that actually made me pause, think, and feel bad about myself. well done

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Strike That @jayabird.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

omg you are funny. This is actually the best part of this thread for me. Keep guessing! I love ppl who mansplain me to me

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Strike That @jayabird.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

this being my exact point. do you really want to hate on people who believe in free enterprise? because lots of people believe in free enterprise *and* in socialized healthcare/education, worker-owned businesses, etc. Hating on robber barons is fine. Hating on the bodega owner, not so fine

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Strike That @jayabird.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

yes. and what is capital, again?

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Strike That @jayabird.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

sadly the first thing that popped up on google was ai slop. and you are totally free to think whatever you like

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Strike That @jayabird.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

Although I think bourgeoisie meant "middle-class", at least it did 500 years ago. No idea about today.

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Strike That @jayabird.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

Ok. Have it your way. and...what is capital, again? ok seriously dog needs walking and books need shipping. I definitely haven't read everything in my 4000+ library/catalog, but I have read some. But as always, no one need let facts or truth or self-awareness get in their way.

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Strike That @jayabird.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

Good lord. I've been a radical anti-capitalist before you were born. Probably. That's why I hate to see ppl screwing this up. It's important.

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Strike That @jayabird.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

oh no, let me post something defensively to prove how wrong you are. (actually going to go take my dog for a walk)

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Strike That @jayabird.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

dude, i dont care :) cant you tell?

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Strike That @jayabird.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

No, I am capitalist. And if you have any of the other things i mentioned, so are you. Capitalism is a word, people. It has a meaning. Redefining it in crappy ways doesnt help workers, it jusr deprives us all of language we need to work together to defeat the plutocrats/oligarchs/idiots l

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Strike That @jayabird.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

means *of* production. oi. this is my dog btw

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Strike That @jayabird.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

But I do agree with this, absolutely. That would, incidentally, make the workers capitalists. Because the means or production are capital.

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Strike That @jayabird.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

Yes, totally agree. But words fricken matter, because language = meaning = community, and that is not the definition of a capitalist.

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Strike That @jayabird.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

This is actually a good example of me trying to post while my dog tried to knock my phone out of my hand. :b smart dog

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Strike That @jayabird.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

I think who you are all bitching about is plutocrats. Who I am bitching about are people who do far more harm than good, by muddying important messages through ignorance. And who mistake snark for courage. Class over.

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Strike That @jayabird.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

Merriam Webster. If you have a) a bank account b) own your own business c) have a 401K or a 509 then by definition you are a capitalist. Because you have capital.

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Strike That @jayabird.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

The other day someone told me they had a "hum drum" day, which included a job i offer, and encounter with a wild turkey, and a (thankfully) minor car accident. Turns out they thought "hum drum" meant "exciting and busy." Because "drum" reminded them of "drum up excitemeng." Christ.

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Strike That @jayabird.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

"Capitalism" I dont think that word means what you think it means. Tired of people who co-opt actual words by layering on their own personal opinions. We are all entitled to express our own ideas... but for other people to understand us, nice and accurate word choice matters.

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Strike That @jayabird.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

I believe there are many many good people in the military who would want that. And I respectfully disagree that those would definitely be the voices that win through. But as I said, it’s just my opinion. It’s not like I am in charge of any damn thing. :) Happy Holidays!

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Strike That @jayabird.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

Yes, what you say is true and correct. Legal mechanisms aside, my point is what happens afterwards....? Common sense aka the antidote to wishful thinking, Power abhors a vacuum, Those who don’t learn from history etc. My veteran relatives, including those lost on active duty, taught me this.

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Strike That @jayabird.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

That’s flattering, but my opinion is probably not a big deal either way. anyhoonyou’re joking, right? or trolling? a narc? is the 90s? am i on punk’d? I assume that is what would happen because - Humans - History - Obviousness Check them out for yourself, no need to take my word for it.

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Strike That @jayabird.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

Have you ever heard the phrase “the cure is worse than the disease”? Agree it’s a crisis. But bad as things are, if can still get so much worse. Under a military dictatorship, for example.

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Strike That @jayabird.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

Not sure if those calling for this type of event a) don’t understand what it would look like in real life vs fantasy b) don’t care c) think the call has benefits and it won’t really occur. I do, I do, and am not sure. So no thank you, I do not want a military dictatorship. #resistance #nokings

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paularevere69.bsky.social @paularevere69.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

Sojourner Truth American evangelist and social reformer (born c. 1797, Ulster county, New York, U.S.—died 11/26, 1883, Battle Creek, Michigan) was an African American evangelist and reformer applied her religious fervor to the abolitionist and women’s rights movements. rumble.com/v70y45e-pres...

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 29/11/2025

It’s on 🔥 The boycott rolled right up to their front door. ‘We Ain’t Buying It”

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Strike That @jayabird.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

It's true - what I need and what my family needs is for the Trump admin and MAGA to pack up all their crap and push off to Mars w Musk, Bezos, the Koch brothers, and Ghislaine Maxwell. I'm sure they'll do great. Oh and ffs do take Zuck too. #dream #freedom #peaceofmind #whatiwantforchristmas

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