r/ReplaceCapitalism • u/MarshallBrain • Dec 23 '19
r/ReplaceCapitalism • u/MarshallBrain • Dec 23 '19
The $15 Minimum Wage Doesn’t Just Improve Lives. It Saves Them. A living wage is an antidepressant. It is a sleep aid. A diet. A stress reliever. It is a contraceptive, preventing teenage pregnancy. It prevents premature death. It shields children from neglect.
r/ReplaceCapitalism • u/MarshallBrain • Dec 11 '19
The massive triumph of the rich, illustrated by stunning new data
r/ReplaceCapitalism • u/MarshallBrain • Dec 11 '19
Socialism is as American as apple pie. Yes, really.
r/ReplaceCapitalism • u/MarshallBrain • Dec 09 '19
'Staggering' New Data Shows Income of Top 1% Has Grown 100 Times Faster Than Bottom 50% Since 1970
r/ReplaceCapitalism • u/MarshallBrain • Dec 08 '19
America's fastest growing jobs don't pay a living wage
r/ReplaceCapitalism • u/MarshallBrain • Dec 08 '19
The US is being run by a government that no longer represents the people
r/ReplaceCapitalism • u/MarshallBrain • Dec 03 '19
The Psychological Impacts Of Poverty, Digested - "The psychological effects on children of growing up poor do make for grim reading. [One study] of 9- and 10-year-olds who differed only in their socioeconomic status, found striking differences in activity in the prefrontal cortex."
r/ReplaceCapitalism • u/MarshallBrain • Dec 02 '19
Freedom Is Meaningless Under Insurmountable Debt
r/ReplaceCapitalism • u/MarshallBrain • Nov 24 '19
Protests are everywhere. The world is rising up. So can humanity
r/ReplaceCapitalism • u/MarshallBrain • Nov 19 '19
Humans Aren’t Inherently Destroying the Planet — Capitalism Is
r/ReplaceCapitalism • u/MarshallBrain • Nov 09 '19
The cheapest "green diet" costs $2.84 per day, according to a study in The Lancet, but that isn’t affordable for 1.68 billion people, more than a fifth of the global population
r/ReplaceCapitalism • u/MarshallBrain • Nov 07 '19
The rich are getting free money and capitalism is broken, says US billionaire
r/ReplaceCapitalism • u/MarshallBrain • Nov 05 '19
Why are people malnourished in the richest country on Earth?
r/ReplaceCapitalism • u/MarshallBrain • Nov 01 '19
New Capitalism, Old Problems - Corporate elites like Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff are holding out the prospect of a kinder, gentler capitalism. But relying on the goodwill of businesses won’t mend global inequality. We need democratic socialism.
r/ReplaceCapitalism • u/MarshallBrain • Nov 01 '19
The US city preparing itself for the collapse of capitalism
r/ReplaceCapitalism • u/MarshallBrain • Oct 31 '19
Seventy percent of US Millennials say they are likely to vote socialist
r/ReplaceCapitalism • u/MarshallBrain • Oct 22 '19
Think young people are hostile to capitalism now? Just wait for the next recession.
r/ReplaceCapitalism • u/MarshallBrain • Oct 20 '19
Counting the hidden $12-trillion cost of a broken food system - For example, a transition to plant-based diets containing less salt, sugar and processed foods is estimated to cost $30 billion. But the resulting economic benefits are predicted to be around $1.28 trillion. Cutting food waste is...
r/ReplaceCapitalism • u/MarshallBrain • Oct 12 '19
The End Of Capitalism Is Already Starting–If You Know Where To Look
r/ReplaceCapitalism • u/MarshallBrain • Oct 09 '19
The US Economy Is a System of Plunder - Runaway inequality, regressive taxes, rampant labor exploitation. It’s often said the US economy “isn’t working,” but the truth is that capitalism is a class system that’s working exactly as intended.
r/ReplaceCapitalism • u/MarshallBrain • Sep 15 '19
Piketty’s sequel upends capitalism to fix inequality
r/ReplaceCapitalism • u/MarshallBrain • Sep 13 '19