That's the connections/nepotism. And I hate how they all try to act like they were begging for food in the gutters before their hard work made them famous. Like, The Rock is cool and all, but his "I went home with $7 in my pocket" story _...Read More_

>"Catherine Martin, Ireland’s minister of tourism, culture, arts, Gaeltacht, sport and media, on January 6 initiated an online consultation aimed at soliciting opinions regarding the creation of a basic income plan for a number of the _...Read More_

some good news. From spring 2022, Ireland will pilot a ‘basic income’ plan for artists, offering weekly, no-strings pay-packets to painters, actors, poets, musicians and anyone else courageous enough for the stop-start, up-down struggle of _...Read More_

love this piece on Mutual Aid, and how it differs — and how participating in it, in whatever capacity — changes people's posture towards each other, in a way that charity simply does not.

The Atlantic: How Social Security Screws Parents.

>"Buck Ellison serves bluebloods up for public scrutiny as only one of their own could."

"Wealthy people like me should commit to reducing the ravages of economic inequality." Eli Broad