In this episode of Positively Pedestrian, we discuss, an arc of topics from the Pope as an apologist, for fraud waste and abuse to the Sackler family profiting from much the same, and offering the same sort of tacit, and weak apology. From there we look at history and access to information. Visualizing wealth distribution, alongside a world of unparalleled productivity, speed and scale. We talk about the lives of the independently wealthy, those who own the means of production. Proffering a tiered model of wealth and justice. We conclude by offering up a list of tools that can shift the balance of power and a proposal for a Community College class to disseminate it.
Quotable “Drugs, and consumerism are the new opiate of the masses.”
-- Kris Tyte
This quote stands on the shoulders of Friedrich Nietzsche, who spotlit religion as the opiate of the masses.
OECD data - Graph showcasing ever increasing productivity -- GDP per hours worked for 1980 -2021 in 7 countries: UK, US, Canada, France, Japan, Germany, Italy.
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Ephraim Gallardo from Springfield Illinois says...
This episode stitches together a patchwork of ideas, you guys have brought up, I love it!