Illinois has terrible politics but genuinely surprised by Pritzker.
Friendly reminder that most of Europe has TWENTY FIVE DAYS MANDATORY PAID TIME OFF PER YEAR and still gets 11 holidays in addition. Fuck this rat race in the US.
It makes fun of the French in particular but it’s my favorite, funny pro-America work/life thing.
Well it seems at least one member of the capitalist class remembers how they maintained their wealth and avoided revolution by throwing the workers a bone every now and again
Isn’t Jay Inslee the governor of Washington a billionaire and okay-ish by US ghoul standards?
I was almost entirely sure this wasn’t true and a cursory search indicates that his “net worth” is estimated at 7 million. This is up from like 300k prior to assuming the governorship in 2013, so there is room to complain (and it illustrates the core problem), but it’s still good to be within the realm of reasonable approximation
edit: To some extent it’s a moot point because the position fulfills many of the same awful drives that being a billionaire does, but I think that it’s reasonable to recognize that this wasn’t purely class warfare, which is probably the reason he is “okay-ish”
it’s both tragic and funny that the last people to notice this isn’t working are the same people with all the leverage to do anything about it.
Quite a few realise early, they’ve read Wealth of Nations if not Capital. but if you’re committed to the system and believe it’s good, the fix looks more like adding another set of epicycles rather than a new system. These people genuinely believe that every crisis can be solved with a few Social Democratic reforms and kicking the can down the road 50 years 20 years 5 Years 9 months
Blue bloods with a conscience. It’s like finding a $50 on your way home. It’s no way to plan a monthly budget, but fuck it I’ll take it
