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Mathius Einai

@mathiuseinai.bsky.social
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Musician, baker, technologist, and professional skeptic. Finding truth stranger than fiction because fiction has to make sense. Observations on the Gilded Age 2.0.

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Mathius Einai @mathiuseinai.bsky.social · 8m
Project 2025 seems to view the President as a useful piece of stage property. They wheel him out to distract the crowd with grievances and tales of strength, while behind the curtain, the technocrats assemble a corporate state to ensure the workers stay precisely where they are.
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Mathius Einai @mathiuseinai.bsky.social · 3h
People buy the illusion of status. It’s the exact psychological trick currently pushing capitalism. #GildedAge2
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Mathius Einai @mathiuseinai.bsky.social · 3h
Project 2025 views the President less as a commander and instead as a piece of stage property. #GildedAge2
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Mathius Einai @mathiuseinai.bsky.social · 4h
Remember when your local diner wasn't a brand? Tales of the Drunken Samurai was built from that feeling. No algorithms. No focus groups. Just strange sounds and stories. www.youtube.com/play... #HumanMade #GenX #Millennials #GenZ
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Mathius Einai @mathiuseinai.bsky.social · 7h
"what kind of society do we actually want to build?" Right now, the answer seems to look like one that's more interested in caging problems instead of solving them. wp.me/pgUqIh-1eD #GildedAge2
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The Prison Boom Nobody Talks About Enough » Mathius Einai
It's "what kind of society do we actually want to build?" Because right now, the answer we've built looks a lot like one that's more interested in caging problems than solving them.
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Mathius Einai @mathiuseinai.bsky.social · 10h
The tech robber barons need you to believe: if you favor economic fairness, you’re against the majority. The machinery has changed since the steam engine, but the trick remains the same: getting the working crowd to protect the master's ledger. #GildedAge2
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Mathius Einai @mathiuseinai.bsky.social · 11h
A new survey claims 57% of Americans are fine with trillionaires, provided the wealth comes from "value creation." It seems we have learned to drape the raw, bony frame of old-fashioned avarice in very fine modern velvet. #GildedAge2 #Greed #GildedAge2
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Mathius Einai @mathiuseinai.bsky.social · 14h
Instead of God, how about life sometimes will throw you a curve ball. This is the same,as open a new business, tornado comes through and wipes out the building. Shit happens. God is too busy for some insignificant backwater planet in a far off galaxy
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Mathius Einai @mathiuseinai.bsky.social · 14h
Who Is for the Children? #Chicago #Elections #SchoolBoard
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Who Is for the Children?
Mark Twain gave the first Gilded Age its name, and I suspect he would not be surprised that we are due for a second. Gilt is cheap. It looks like gold from across the room.  Chicago is holding an election for its school board on November 3rd. Twenty-one seats. Here is what I found: everyone is for the children. The Illinois Network of Charter Schools has about five million dollars in its super PAC and has said it will spend up to four million of it.
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Mathius Einai @mathiuseinai.bsky.social · 16h
Public service has been replaced by corporate capture A congressional seat one of the most lucrative business ventures on the market. wp.me/pgUqIh-1eB #GildedAge2
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A Dream Deferred by a Dollar Sign » Mathius Einai
America is still a great, unfinished poem. But right now, the rhythm is broken, the rhyme is forced, and the poets in power are counting their money instead of matching the meter of the people.
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Mathius Einai @mathiuseinai.bsky.social · 18h
This "othering" of our neighbors isn't just cruel; it's an incredibly efficient business strategy.
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The Gospel According to San Jose » Mathius Einai
The line dividing us isn't a border on a map, nor is it a difference in how we pray. It is the simple, unvarnished distance separating the boardroom from the shop floor.
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Mathius Einai @mathiuseinai.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
We are buying the illusion of freedom from the very men who built the cage.
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Mathius Einai @mathiuseinai.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
You can't worship a man who fed the 5,000 for free while voting to cut school lunches for the poor. Well, you can, but you’re practicing a cultural identity, not a faith. #GildedAge2
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Mathius Einai @mathiuseinai.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
If you read the Gospels and the MAGA platform back-to-back, you might get a bit of whiplash. One preaches "the least of these," the other preaches "America First" (and usually "Me First" shortly after). #GildedAge2
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Mathius Einai @mathiuseinai.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
The "American Dream" sold decades ago has been systematically dismantled. wp.me/pgUqIh-1eB #GildedAge2
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A Dream Deferred by a Dollar Sign » Mathius Einai
America is still a great, unfinished poem. But right now, the rhythm is broken, the rhyme is forced, and the poets in power are counting their money instead of matching the meter of the people.
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Mathius Einai @mathiuseinai.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Project 2025 views the President less as a commander and instead as a piece of stage property. #GildedAge2 #Greed
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Mathius Einai @mathiuseinai.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
People buy the illusion of status. It’s the exact psychological trick currently pushing capitalism.
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Mathius Einai @mathiuseinai.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
We are buying the illusion of freedom from the very men who built the cage. #GildedAge2
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Mathius Einai @mathiuseinai.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
We are treated daily to a brand of muscular, "alpha" Christianity from this administration—a cultural identity used much like a rented tuxedo. It's worn elegantly for the cameras, but clearly lacks any room for the actual Beatitudes. #Politics #Hypocrisy
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Mathius Einai @mathiuseinai.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
In the old Gilded Age, the robber barons at least had to build physical tracks to rob you. Today, they just give you an app with "satisfying user experience" and let the back-end infrastructure crumble out of sight. wp.me/pgUqIh-1ey #GildedAge2 #Greed
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From the Assembly Line to the Golden Ticket » Mathius Einai
We ought to stop looking for salvation in the silicon chips of California or the campaign rallies of Florida.
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Mathius Einai @mathiuseinai.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
A new survey claims 57% of Americans are fine with trillionaires, provided the wealth comes from "value creation." It seems we have learned to drape the raw, bony frame of old-fashioned avarice in very fine modern velvet. #GildedAge2 #Greed
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Mathius Einai @mathiuseinai.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
True character isn't found in a campaign slogan or a corporate press release—it is found in the work. When the rules apply to the many but exempt the few, the democratic promise isn't just deferred; it is broken. wp.me/pgUqIh-1eB
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Mathius Einai @mathiuseinai.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
A new survey claims 57% of Americans are fine with trillionaires, provided the wealth comes from "value creation." It seems we have learned to drape the raw, bony frame of old-fashioned avarice in very fine modern velvet. #GildedAge2 #Greed
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Mathius Einai @mathiuseinai.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
True patriotism doesn't look like an executive order or a sleek digital dashboard. It looks like a government that treats its people’s hard-earned money with respect, rather than treating the citizenry like a captive market for insider trading. wp.me/pgUqIh-1ey #GildedAge2 #Greed
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From the Assembly Line to the Golden Ticket » Mathius Einai
We ought to stop looking for salvation in the silicon chips of California or the campaign rallies of Florida.
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Mathius Einai @mathiuseinai.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
The values they use to divide us are opposed to the lives they lead off-screen. They preach sacrifice, patriotism, and traditional virtue, but the true religion is exclusively in the ledger of campaign contributions. wp.me/pgUqIh-1ey #GildedAge2 #Greed
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From the Assembly Line to the Golden Ticket » Mathius Einai
We ought to stop looking for salvation in the silicon chips of California or the campaign rallies of Florida.
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Mathius Einai @mathiuseinai.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
When politicians tell you about "what Americans deserve," hold onto your wallet. It usually means they are about to give you a beautiful user interface on an app, while they take the real dividend to the bank. wp.me/pgUqIh-1ey #GildedAge2 #Greed
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From the Assembly Line to the Golden Ticket » Mathius Einai
We ought to stop looking for salvation in the silicon chips of California or the campaign rallies of Florida.
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Mathius Einai @mathiuseinai.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Project 2025 views the President less as a commander and instead as a piece of stage property. #GildedAge2 #Greed
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Mathius Einai @mathiuseinai.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Project 2025 views the President less as a commander and instead as a piece of stage property. #GildedAge2
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Mathius Einai @mathiuseinai.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
"$5,000 for My Song?" -- Exposing a Music Licensing Scam #Scam #Soundcloud #Ads
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"$5,000 for My Song?" Exposing a Music Licensing Scam #scam #soundcloud
We all want to believe in the dream. That a music supervisor or brand will randomly discover our track on SoundCloud and hand us a big break. Scammers know this dream all too well, and they exploit it to con independent artists out of their hard-earned money. In this video, I walk through a real i
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Mathius Einai @mathiuseinai.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
The government appointed a billionaire Chief Design Officer to make federal websites look like an Apple Store. The back-end is still a rusted, broken mess from the last century, but the font will be pretty while you wait for your denial of benefits.
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From the Assembly Line to the Golden Ticket » Mathius Einai
We ought to stop looking for salvation in the silicon chips of California or the campaign rallies of Florida.
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Mathius Einai @mathiuseinai.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
A Letter to the Editor #MarkTwain #GildedAge2 #USA
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A Letter to the Editor
From the desk of Mr. Samuel L. Clemens, lately of the river, now of the republic To the Editor: Sir — I have been dead a good while now, but a man does not have to be alive to recognize a confidence game. What is being run on the American public at present is as fine a piece of flimflam as ever I saw worked on a riverboat, and I saw a great many.
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Mathius Einai @mathiuseinai.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
They're designed to keep you angry enough to keep scrolling, amplifying divisions that serve the status quo. wp.me/pgUqIh-1ew
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The Gospel According to San Jose » Mathius Einai
The line dividing us isn't a border on a map, nor is it a difference in how we pray. It is the simple, unvarnished distance separating the boardroom from the shop floor.
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Mathius Einai @mathiuseinai.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
When the digital town square is owned by the world's wealthiest individuals, the algorithms aren't designed to find the truth. wp.me/pgUqIh-1ew
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The Gospel According to San Jose » Mathius Einai
The line dividing us isn't a border on a map, nor is it a difference in how we pray. It is the simple, unvarnished distance separating the boardroom from the shop floor.
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Mathius Einai @mathiuseinai.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Figures of immense wealth now wield absolute control over modern information warfare—operating without transparency, without accountability, and without restraint. wp.me/pgUqIh-1ew
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The Gospel According to San Jose » Mathius Einai
The line dividing us isn't a border on a map, nor is it a difference in how we pray. It is the simple, unvarnished distance separating the boardroom from the shop floor.
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Mathius Einai @mathiuseinai.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Al Franken got sent packing for a bad joke. Jim Jordan turned a blind eye to abuse and gets a committee gavel. If you're looking for consistency in congressional ethics, you'd have better luck looking for gold in a cabbage patch. wp.me/pgUqIh-1h5 #GildedAge2 #Ethics #USA
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A Mirror for Two Faces » Mathius Einai
They divide the flock with ancient prejudices, to ensure that while the sheep are busy with which side is more holy, the shearing continues in peace.
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Mathius Einai @mathiuseinai.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The new "Trump Accounts" have officially begun trading, accompanied by grand speeches about wealth creation for the masses. It is a marvelous thing to watch Washington discover the stock market on behalf of ordinary folks, after discovering it for themselves. wp.me/pgUqIh-1ey #GildedAge2 #Greed
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From the Assembly Line to the Golden Ticket » Mathius Einai
We ought to stop looking for salvation in the silicon chips of California or the campaign rallies of Florida.
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Mathius Einai @mathiuseinai.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Project 2025 views the President less as a commander and instead as a piece of stage property. #GildedAge2 #Ethics #USA
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Mathius Einai @mathiuseinai.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
A new survey claims 57% of Americans are fine with trillionaires, provided the wealth comes from "value creation." It seems we have learned to drape the raw, bony frame of old-fashioned avarice in very fine modern velvet. #GildedAge2 #Greed
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Mathius Einai @mathiuseinai.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The ruling class uses cultural values to divide us precisely because it works. While we argue over who is holier, corporate America and campaign-money-dependent politicians are quietly changing the rules of the economy to our detriment. #GildedAge2 #Ethics #USA
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Mathius Einai @mathiuseinai.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
When power is the only true religion, the Commandments become entirely optional. They don't hate the sin; they just calculate the electoral cost of the sinner. wp.me/pgUqIh-1h5 #GildedAge2 #Ethics #USA
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A Mirror for Two Faces » Mathius Einai
They divide the flock with ancient prejudices, to ensure that while the sheep are busy with which side is more holy, the shearing continues in peace.
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Mathius Einai @mathiuseinai.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
This is the classic Gilded Age trick, updated for the 21st century: polish the brass on the front door until it shines, while the foundation of the house is being carted away by insiders and campaign donors. wp.me/pgUqIh-1ey
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From the Assembly Line to the Golden Ticket » Mathius Einai
We ought to stop looking for salvation in the silicon chips of California or the campaign rallies of Florida.
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Mathius Einai @mathiuseinai.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The Poorhouse and the Powder Keg #SNAP #Poverty #Billinaire
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The Poorhouse and the Powder Keg
I have lived in enough states to know that a man who tells you the trouble is Left against Right is usually selling something, and the thing he is selling is your attention, so you won't notice who's holding your wallet while you argue about the bathroom or sports. Here is what I notice instead. There are tents in the park. 
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Mathius Einai @mathiuseinai.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Ken Paxton faced criminal allegations, known infidelity, and was actually impeached by his fellow Republicans. In Texas. Yet he is preserved and promoted by the machine. Because a Democrat who actually practices Christian values might win instead. #GildedAge2 #Ethics #USA
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Mathius Einai @mathiuseinai.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Let’s look at the double standard of American political morality. In Maine, a candidate is justly forced out over a sex scandal because his party demands "clean banners." But down in Texas? The rules are... different. wp.me/pgUqIh-1h5 #GildedAge2 #Ethics #USA
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A Mirror for Two Faces » Mathius Einai
They divide the flock with ancient prejudices, to ensure that while the sheep are busy with which side is more holy, the shearing continues in peace.
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Mathius Einai @mathiuseinai.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Our influencers and billionaires live a life that would make ancient Rome look like a church picnic, yet preach "sacrifice" to the working class. The status quo hasn't changed since 1890—the gilding is just a little thicker. #TwoJusticeSystem #Ethics #USA
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Mathius Einai @mathiuseinai.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
We’ve traded the public common square for a billionaire's private playground. wp.me/pgUqIh-1ew
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The Gospel According to San Jose » Mathius Einai
The line dividing us isn't a border on a map, nor is it a difference in how we pray. It is the simple, unvarnished distance separating the boardroom from the shop floor.
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Mathius Einai @mathiuseinai.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The old Gilded Age Robber Barons merely bought politicians and hid their cash in iron vaults. The modern ones are far more sophisticated: they take billions in fake money and real debt, turn it into an IPO, and call it "innovation." #TwoJusticeSystem #Ethics #USA
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Mathius Einai @mathiuseinai.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
They divide the flock with ancient prejudices, to ensure that while the sheep are busy with which side is more holy, the shearing continues in peace wp.me/pgUqIh-1h5 #TwoJusticeSystem #Ethics #USA
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A Mirror for Two Faces » Mathius Einai
They divide the flock with ancient prejudices, to ensure that while the sheep are busy with which side is more holy, the shearing continues in peace.
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Mathius Einai @mathiuseinai.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
When will the working crowd realize these people care nothing for us? They divide the flock with high-sounding phrases solely to ensure the shearing can continue in perfect peace. #GildedAge2 #Ethics #USA Have we had enough yet?
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Mathius Einai @mathiuseinai.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
To keep us from looking at the ledger, the elite use a classic trick: they divide us. They teach us to "other" our neighbors, blaming minority groups or different social classes for systemic anxieties, while wealth climbs higher into fewer hands.
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A Dream Deferred by a Dollar Sign » Mathius Einai
America is still a great, unfinished poem. But right now, the rhythm is broken, the rhyme is forced, and the poets in power are counting their money instead of matching the meter of the people.
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