#plunder : to take the goods of by force, or without right

- French: piller

- German: plündern

- Portuguese: saquear

- Spanish: saquea

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See previous words @ https://wordofthehour.org/r/past

What would Americans' lives look like, if they were given the same freedom to make rational & informed choices that people have in civilized countries — without the dictates of overprivileged fascists?
#regressionIsPlunder #fascismIsCover #disruptionIsDeflection #redistributionIsStrategic #dismantlement #feudalism #plunder #plutocracy #liberty #publicServicesArePublicGoods #publicSavingsArePublicWealth #artOfTheSteal

Whether or not the mass #tariff program is an entirely idiotic economic substitute-for-policy shouldn't be an issue and not just because it's settled/obviously so. It is a *deliberate* tactic, not a mistake, in furtherance of the Giant #Plunder and #Disruption, to collapse The #Public #society, systems, #norms, institutions, and of course, #democracy. Economists and pundits must categorically weigh in with clear messaging to that effect, in the crucial spirit of #counterdisruption, #publicOversight, sensible #regulation, #humanSecurity, #antiTrust, #teslaTakedown, #disloyaltyToFelons, and #peopleFirst policy. Without this focused view we're doomed, is the issue.

More evidence that the #Libs’ strategy is not about policies but about pictures, sountbites & vibes. We should be used to this by now.

They do this because it works. Same as circus Donald: it’s not about economics or governance, it’s about #distraction as cover for accelerating #plunder in times of crisis. #AusPol

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-12/coalition-policy-lack-of-detail-anthony-albanese-fall/105165142?utm_source=abc_news_app&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_campaign=abc_news_app&utm_content=other

On the plus side, more Americans are now #learning the fundamentals about how not to govern — especially how not to craft & impose economic #policies.
#civics #cautionaryLessons #silverLinings #policyFailure #impoverishment #plunder #dismantlement #disruption

"Maybe they won't remember our #plundering of their life savings," the kakistocrats are likely thinking.

Current administration priorities, to be nuanced, might not be intended *specifically* to kill a huge number of us and our families, but that is absolutely the consequence of MAGA. #dismantlement #disruption #plunder #privatization #democide #publichealth #health #healthNews #kakistocracy #plutocracy #publicResourcesArePublicGoods #publicGoods #theftOfPublicGoods #theftOfPublicGoodsIsTheirPoint

https://mastodon.social/@jeffjarvis/114296278069005013

Alan Kohler #HousingCrisis #ResponsibleGovernance #plunder #AusPol

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02-10/housing-crisis-hypocrisy-lip-service/104915610?utm_source=abc_news_app&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_campaign=abc_news_app&utm_content=other

"This is the #DOGEplaybook. It's all about #plunder:take something that was carefully built up over generations & burn it to the ground, warming yourself in the pyre, leaving nothing behind but ash.
Trump's a plunderer…elected by the #plundererclass—like the #cryptobros who want to run wild, transforming workers' carefully shepherded #retirementsavings into useless #shitcoins, while the crypto bros run off with their perfectly cromulent #fiatmoney."
@pluralistic
https://pluralistic.net/2025/02/07/broccoli-hair-brownshirts/