<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 20:43:49 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/created/crony-capitalism/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Nick Hanauer: When a billionaire has lost connection to reality.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Fascinating, that a billionaire can be so economically illiterate. He claims that the fact that there are more CEOs today than in the past is an argument for minimum wage - while keeping a straight face.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/minimum-wage/@torsten/nick-hanauer-when-a-billionaire-has-lost-connection-to-reality</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/minimum-wage/@torsten/nick-hanauer-when-a-billionaire-has-lost-connection-to-reality</guid><category><![CDATA[minimum-wage]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[torsten]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 19 Nov 2018 01:52:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45eMXANr2u2hqr8L68HspKjWji9Hk3wvmNQoQ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do Libertarians Support a President Who Attacks the 1st Amendment and Advocates Punitive Taxation?]]></title><description><![CDATA[It really is amazing libertarians voted for Donald Trump. There isn’t a libertarian bone in his body. On Saturday, Trump emphasized his contempt for freedom of speech and defended a government monopoly.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/trump/@kurtnimmo/do-libertarians-support-a-president-who-attacks-the-1st-amendment-and-advocates-punitive-taxation</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/trump/@kurtnimmo/do-libertarians-support-a-president-who-attacks-the-1st-amendment-and-advocates-punitive-taxation</guid><category><![CDATA[trump]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[kurtnimmo]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Mar 2018 16:49:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/cyxkEVqiiLyAJMrzqHfWLT7YbdgoprDQGwdeDRwr9MJchqcww22oue5kh68wXpf2DZqqTWsnWpkz8URz3eUFBXFYzuK13vAXX2zfbydDbMwNmvc4NYe318qUbVBQqAk7Nte?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[How do banks screw us?]]></title><description><![CDATA[What is a central bank? Is it privately owned, partly so, or a government agency? Who are the member banks? Who are the Rothschilds and Warburgs? How is money created or printed? What is fractional reserve]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/bankers/@voice-of-apollo/how-do-banks-screw-us</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/bankers/@voice-of-apollo/how-do-banks-screw-us</guid><category><![CDATA[bankers]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[voice-of-apollo]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 04 Jul 2017 22:31:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXYwKyNAWR7mDtxSaqrvQymeaFDEEoXzQBs8hegwNuWPirJJB2KsxbnsWZhRizWQk2PvN7MdWPcS?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Big Internet Firms to Oppose GOP Plans to Roll Back Net-Neutrality Rules]]></title><description><![CDATA[Obama-era rules are ‘vital’ to a ‘free and open internet’ SURE they are, can you spell 'regulatory capture?" .........................................................................................]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/newslink/@everittdmickey/big-internet-firms-to-oppose-gop-plans-to-roll-back-net-neutrality-rules</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/newslink/@everittdmickey/big-internet-firms-to-oppose-gop-plans-to-roll-back-net-neutrality-rules</guid><category><![CDATA[newslink]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[everittdmickey]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 12 Apr 2017 15:41:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXZjJrtDYFMG6Y7RQcVqtamQ2KcMLuu4L8qdRPx1cZuNZ8iVP7C3uA8bBi6mHsGU8RYbZmtgspjg?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The overlap of the Clinton campaign with big business]]></title><description><![CDATA[Several members of Hillary Clinton’s 2016 campaign staff have lobbied for corporations that are pretty un-progressive. Do her progressive supporters realize this? The Grocery Manufacturers Association]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/corporatism/@daoine-sidhe/the-overlap-of-the-clinton-campaign-with-big-business</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/corporatism/@daoine-sidhe/the-overlap-of-the-clinton-campaign-with-big-business</guid><category><![CDATA[corporatism]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[daoine-sidhe]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 14 Aug 2016 22:02:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/ADdPNhvhBjaz6L9QYXqTGR9rRfTf5z5ZJxBWivxsW5FAwjiNJ7AvyzWTCkNrBrNSEPCrD3h9VZNWUk28HY4BTzixe?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item></channel></rss>