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Submitted by magiamma on Thu, 07/09/2020 - 4:53am

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I recently asked a good friend what he thought the solution to capitalism was, assuming that capitalism is the root cause of the systemic societal breakdown that we are witnessing.

Here are the solutions that we came up with. Choose carefully!

1. In the face of a pandemic, do nothing and allow it to exterminate a great number of people.

2. Go into space and begin resource extraction in order to feed the capitalist system.

3. Other ( Some overarching, nuts-and-bolts solution that puts people (human capital stock) and planet over profit. )

The answer is nontrivial.

Richard Wolff points out that the climate crisis, racism, a failing economy, and the coronavirus pandemic are four major unsolved issues that are converging to bring about a “systemic breakdown” of the US.

[video: https://youtu.be/9HRWWRFyEc8] h/t Cassiodorus' blog

US Covid-19 Death Rate Rises Dramatically

Submitted by apenultimate on Wed, 07/08/2020 - 9:22am

Yesterday (July 7), there were 902 recorded deaths from covid-19 in the United States--the first time since June 8 that there were more than 900 deaths in a single day. Source

On July 6, there were only 244 deaths recorded, and for the couple of weeks leading up to that, in general we were looking at 200-400 deaths per day.

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Edit, per request from BoBM:

US Congress: Out to Lunch from July 3 to July 20

Submitted by wendy davis on Tue, 07/07/2020 - 12:31pm

This is the pre-vacation Congressional Calendar according to the NAB: July: green, House, blue, Senate.

Now given that CongressCritters only earn a paltry $174,000 (and benefits) yearly, and swear not to enrich themselves while in office, we can easily understand while they may require some extra leisure time.

Now there may not be much of the People’s Bidness to tend to, right?  Well, okay, maybe another CARES package and Coronavirus Stim Payment for the rabble classes.

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