Post #4172125

2026-07-28 12:30 UTC

I still believe this is one of the most important articles that most Americans have never read. How a Brutal Strain of American Aristocrats Have Come to Rule America The worldview of the old Southern aristocracy can now be found nationwide. https://truthout.org/articles/how-a-brutal-strain-of-american-aristocrats-have-come-to-rule-america/

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@joriki@infosec.exchange 2026-07-28 19:47

@shoq@mastodon.social modern management theory is straight out of plantation operations your best performance is your new minimum

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@troy_frizzell@mstdn.social 2026-07-28 13:05

@shoq@mastodon.social Sherman didn't get the job done, unfortunately.

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@Ralph@hear-me.social 2026-07-28 14:45

@shoq@mastodon.social #alttext The shirtfront of a man in a suit and tie holding a thick hand-rolled cigar.

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@alessandro@cosocial.ca 2026-07-28 15:09

@shoq@mastodon.social Written in 2012 - impressive.

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@chertridge@beige.party 2026-07-28 17:14

@shoq@mastodon.social Please read and share outside Mastodon.

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@contrasocial@mastodon.social 2026-07-28 19:20

@shoq@mastodon.social It's been pointed out before that conservatism itself was an ideology created explicitly following the decline of feudalism to protect the interests and wealth of the aristocratic middlemen. That's what the founders of the US largely were and why they did things like make voting rights dependent on land ownership and why originally they had it rigged up so the senate wasn't elected by the people, to keep things from getting too democratic up in here.

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