chema

chema, 1 year ago to random

If anyone ever asks me what Manifest Destiny actually looked like in the United States, I am going to use this AI graphic. Manifest Destiny was about leading herds of cattle onto stolen Native land throughout the continent.

#ManifestDestiny #LandBack #Indigenous #NativeLand #cattle

chema, 1 year ago to random

Let me just say this: If a non-profit is substantially funded by public contracts to provide services, it effectively becomes an extension of the state. Its board of directors should therefore:

• Meet regularly and publicly.
• Have term limits.
• Include meaningful representation for clients and workers.

chema, 1 year ago to random

This is quite a mike drop:

“…existing data indicates that progress [on welfare standards in most of the world] was achieved with the rise of organized labour, the anti-colonial movement, and other progressive social movements, which organized production around meeting human needs, redistributed wealth, and invested in public provisioning systems…“ (my emphasis).

From Capitalism and extreme poverty: A global analysis of real wages, human height, and mortality since the long 16th century.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0305750X22002169?via=ihub