Steve Dustcircle ⍻ · @dustcircle
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"Where existential insecurity is an inherent feature of our being — and something I believe we need to accept and learn from — manufactured insecurity facilitates exploitation and profit by waging a near constant assault on our self-esteem and well-being... Only by reckoning with how deep manufactured insecurity runs will it become possible to envision something different."

The sticky problem and clear solution to the crisis plaguing the nation.

nytimes.com/2023/08/18/opinion

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Emeritus Prof Christopher May · @ChrisMayLA6
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's research suggests that over half of in rental properties are only one payday away from falling into arrears & risking eviction....

The of the poor is not some bug in the system, its a feature of the UK exploitative, rentier that is structured around an insecure workforce in a weak bargaining position, so allowing the maintenance of

[see also: the BoE's policy (earlier post)]

theguardian.com/money/2023/aug

#shelter #workers #insecurity #capitalism #profits #interestrates

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Timothy B Taylor · @taylortb
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We've heard and read a lot about and . Consider , a much broader concept, and then "manufactured insecurity," which of course just make things worse.

nytimes.com/2023/08/18/opinion

#inequality #inequity #insecurity

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JBRoss · @jbross
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"No sane person is as confident as they seem. We all carry baggage." — Jim VandeHei — — —

#jimvandehei #quote #quotes #sanity #confidence #baggage #insecurity

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#insecurity #about #insert #this

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Mihai Lazarescu · @mtl
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politicians sometimes engineer because they know that frightened people yearn for rule. are much more than a Western piety. They are a mechanism that fortifies societies against insecurity.
economist.com/leaders/2023/08/

#cynical #insecurity #strongman #universalvalues #authoritarianism

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