5LL #26 - Burnout, Taxes, Strikes, Capitalism, Hygge

How Millennials Became the Burnout Generation
Anne Helen Peterson, BuzzFeed News
We’re deeply in debt, working more hours and more jobs for less pay and less security, struggling to achieve the same standards of living as our parents, operating in psychological and physical precariousness, all while being told that if we just work harder, meritocracy will prevail, and we’ll begin thriving.
Ocasio-Cortez's 70 Percent Top Tax Rate is a Moderate, Evidence-Based Policy
Eric Levitz, New York Magazine
In terms of public opinion, Ocasio-Cortez’s view on tax policy for the rich is much more mainstream than Susan Collins’s.
The Return of the Strike
Steven Greenhouse, The American Prospect
This year, thousands of teachers, hotel workers, Google employees, and others walked off the job and won major gains. Which raises two questions: Why now? And will this continue?
Republicans and Democrats are Wedded to Capitalism. Americans Deserve Better.
Richard Wolff, HuffPost
Whichever party wins, it’s capitalism that prevails.
You Don't Want Hygge. You Want Social Democracy.
Meagan Day, Jacobin
Hygge has exploded as a cozy, comforting interior design trend. But the security and intimacy it evokes can't be achieved by scented candles alone — that requires social democracy.
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