We live in an era of the great grift. One writer called it Griftopia. This is an era of taking, where people are snatching stuff – just because they want it – straight out of the air. And it’s no longer covered by political niceties, a soft, sonorous voice, international law. They take things because they want things, and they take things using the military because of the strength and the “lethality of the military.” This is the great grift, the great take. And why is it happening now? You know why? I think they know that this thing is on the brink of failure. And if they don’t take it now, they won’t be able to take it tomorrow. But they want to take it before the ecological situation becomes really unlivable, untenable – water systems break down, electric systems collide, because they’re building so many data centers to support AI industries that small towns and villages will get crushed below the weight of their bills and electricity bills and water bills to support these systems. Everybody is getting in on the grift, the take, the getting paid, because this is that moment. Capital is rapacious and awake to the great grift that’s happening every day, right in front of our eyes. With love, not phear. This is Mumia Abu-Jamal.
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