there is an industry of selling poor Americans' blood for export and it is worth more than our soy and corn exports.
https://www.mintpressnews.com/harvesting-blood-americas-poor-late-stage-capitalism/263175/
when Marx said that capital was vampire-like he did not know how fucking prescient he was
I tried to alert my company to a guy going around pretending to be an employee to scam people.
I got a phone call from a big dummy who didn't look at the screenshot I had attached, and who was very stern about me NOT giving out private information about employees.
"How did you get his name?" Uhhh it's in the screenshot? On a public website? This person doesn't work for us?
@dankwraith @garfiald See also:
- the statement “planets revolve around the sun” is technically an approximation
- the “scientific method” as taught in public school isn’t how scientific work is actually done
- too many science-lovers idolize individual “gods” of science and spin narratives pitting them against alleged religious prudes
- Science as an elitist institution is different from science as basic human curiosity possessed by everyone
So this one was inspired from one of @dankwraith's posts earlier today about heliocentricism vs geocentricism, because fun fact: the sun isn't even the thing at the centre of the solar system
friendly reminder that you shouldn't nitpick the term "antisemitism". Yes, there are plenty of other Semitic groups, but Jews did not pick the term.
It was invented by German race scientists in the 19th century because "Judenhass", meaning "Jew-hatred", was getting bad press. So they coined antisemitism instead in order to switch to a more scientific-sounding justification for their bigotry, especially one that would fit into their racist categories.
Trans, guy of center, well over 18.
I'm in tech and it feels weird.