#anandwrites

[tsmhm]

A tweet

RT @AnandWrites: Hi https://t.co/9x2H8TP0dr

— ErinLuhks (@ErinLuhks) Mar 20, 2023

[steal-this-idea]

[anandkumarnath-blog]

#Citizens in a #democracy need #diverse #sources of #news and #information. #quotes #anandwrites #oneindia (at Haridwar) https://www.instagram.com/p/B4mP1iqnUFe/?igshid=pob37wu3h7yy

[stoweboyd]

.@McDonalds has a brilliant tearjerker ad rebranding itself as “America’s best first job.” So lovely, you think. Until you realize: what a deft way to justify low pay, benefits and security. It’s a starter job. It’s your problem if you’re doing it at 40. https://t.co/rUPjg16p5i

— Anand Giridharadas (@AnandWrites) September 7, 2018

[zorancuckovic]

I'm SURE Anand, Joe, Dem establishment & the media will definitely listen the next time they're warned by "the folks drawn to Bernie Sanders" who worn them about Trump, when they warn them about something else; i.e. Biden's ineffectually leading to the rise of the next "Trump." #JoeScarborough #MorningJoe #AnandGiridharadas #AnandWrites #Trump #TrumpAdministration #BernieSanders #BernieSandersSupporters #JoeBiden #JoeBidenAdministration #BidenAdministration https://www.instagram.com/p/CI6gbHyFPe3/?igshid=3k2dhlqe0ygq

[maaarine]

@verge @AnandWrites

[lets-steal-an-archive]

"Despite the easily available knowledge about Oxy and the Sacklers, MarketWorld embraced the family's do-gooding and kept mum about the harm. The most common single-word descriptor for members of the family became 'philanthropist.'"

"Generosity is not a substitute for justice, but here, as so often in MarketWorld, it was allowed to stand in. The institutions that benefited from the Sacklers' largesse have shown little interest in demanding that they atone for any role they might have played in fomenting a national crisis. The generosity tended to be in places where influential people gathered, whereas the injustice tended to happen out of view, in places like McDowell County, whose storytelling apparatus had little chance of competing with a headline about a gift to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The generosity was in the millions; the injustice had helped to build a $14 billion fortune. According to the New Yorker, 'two hundred thousand Americans have died from overdoses related to OxyContin and other prescription opioids' since 1999."

Rogers, J. [jonrog1]. (2020, October 21). "I certainly hope somebody making a TV show about rich people suffering consequences isn't inspired by this story. That would be wrong." [Tweet].

Giridharadas, A. [anandwrites]. (2020, October 21). "It's not every day that you hear someone suggest that art museums may have helped get a lot of people killed, but here we are." https://the.ink/p/purdue-pharma-and-philanthropy-as [Tweet].

Rogers, J. [jonrog1]. (2020, October 21). "The darkly hilarious thing is we wrote this episode six months ago. Still just that little horrifying bit ahead of the curve." [Tweet].

Update: July 9, 2021

The New York Times (@nytimes) Tweeted: Breaking News: Fifteen states agreed to stop fighting a bankruptcy plan by Purdue Pharma, the maker of OxyContin, paving the way for a $4.5 billion settlement of thousands of opioid lawsuits.

AG William Tong (@AGWilliamTong) Tweeted: Connecticut continues to strongly oppose this plan. While some progress has been made this plan is far from justice. Purdue and the Sacklers have misused this bankruptcy to protect their vast wealth and evade consequences for their callous misconduct.

This deal allows the Sacklers to still walk away with their personal wealth intact, and now allows funds already intended for charity to be included this deal. We are evaluating all options to continue to fight this bankruptcy plan until all viable options are exhausted.

We need to take a hard look at our bankruptcy laws and our system of justice that allows the Sacklers to walk away clinging to their jewelry, art and vacation homes while the victims of their depraved schemes continue to suffer and grieve.

[azspot]

Billionaires love and hurt and try and fail just like the rest of us. They are fallible. Which is why they shouldn’t have any more power to make public choices about your life than you have power to make decisions about theirs.

Anand Giridharadas

[thesociologicalcinema]

Article 1: $300 billion. That's the amount of money needed to stop the rise in greenhouse gases and buy up to 20 years of time to fix global warming, according to UN climate scientists. Article 2: The world's 500 wealthiest people gained $1.2 trillion this year, boosting their collective net worth 25% to $5.9 trillion. "Nothing more needs to be said." ~ @AnandWrites

[bitchesgetriches]

I love this man (@AnandWrites), his books, and his giant, beautiful brain... and hair. Anand Giridharadas: A tale of two Americas. And the mini-mart where they collided

[cloudytomboy]

“Coronavirus makes clear what has been true all along. Your health is as safe as that of the worst-insured, worst-cared-for person in your society. It will be decided by the height of the floor, not the ceiling.” - @AnandWrites on Twitter

[forgottenbones]

The joke and tragedy of Silicon Valley is that some of the most socially unintelligent men on earth ended up in charge of remaking social interaction.https://t.co/U6rwvl8tCX

— Anand Giridharadas (@AnandWrites) September 25, 2020

[political-fluffle]

https://twitter.com/AnandWrites/status/1316045621057511424 Mark Zuckerberg is trying to use “election infrastructure” salvation as a drive-through reputational laundromat to wipe off the stink of his continued despoiling of democracy through the enabling of hate and disinformation. (…) We don’t need Zuck to give more but to take less. We don’t need him to do more good but to do less harm. We don’t need him to make a difference but to stop making a killing at democracy’s expense. We don’t need him to change the world but himself. And he won’t, so we need to do it for him, using the power of the law. Don’t be fooled by the philanthropy that he’s got. He’s still, he’s still Zucky from Facebook.

[anandkumarnath-blog]

If you #hate a #person then you are #defeated by them. #quotes #anandwrites #oneindia (at Haridwar) https://www.instagram.com/p/B4lYOnxHDz1/?igshid=z3lrvb1ll9yz

[marchagainsttrump]

Supercut of MAGA Karens throwing tantrums for being asked to wear a mask. - [ https://twitter.com/AnandWrites/status/1263818537132531714 ]

[grootpoepjeplasjehoofd]

This is just gonna keep happening huh?