The donor society: Restaurants, Uber, even coffeeshops where you buy at the counter don't pay workers enough -- but you can tip! Our government doesn't fund schools enough -- but you can donate! Our government is full of liars -- but you can GoFundMe the truth out of them!
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I remember writing about the founder of TaskRabbit. This was her vision of the economy of the future. https://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/02/us/02iht-currents02.html …pic.twitter.com/OplbiLnYvz
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We are heading toward a state in which a small few throw bucks and tips and donations at the many while capturing and draining our shared institutions. A Downton Abbey republic. If you want to go deeper, there is a book where this thread came from: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/539747/winners-take-all-by-anand-giridharadas/9780451493248/ …
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Ensuring everyone has access to a decent education levels the playing field. Keeping people ignorant is part of the
@GOP master plan for controlling the masses. A person doesn’t know what they don’t know.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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