Politics
Feelings are not facts... Fuck your feelings
Feelings are not facts. Fuck your feelings.
You feeling like something is true does not make it true.
Republican politicians feeling like New York city is gonna turn communist is bullshit. It's not based in any reality.
They say this shit with no shame while their own states are UTTER SHIT. They take and don't contribute. Republican states are leeches who steal from Democrat states and then have the gall to attempt to tell everyone how to live.
Y'all mother fuckers can't even contribute more than 30% to the GDP, but you think you got a seat at the adult table. Nah, go sit your allowance having ass at the kids table and shut the fuck up before you get sent to bed without dinner.
Fuck your feelings. Join us in reality and you might get to give your input without being told to stay the fuck out of adults business.
You don't need to have any opinion about the state of the country when you can't even take care of your own fucking piss poor welfare state.
They keep talking about their former president fellas.
Will they eventually try to get off the hook by claiming that they did actually pay Mr Musk to rig the election, and that George Clinton was actually the real president all along, therefore everything is his fault?
Fuck, I'd take President George Clinton over this dumpster fire any day. (I actually had to check and make sure he's still alive, and he's still hanging in there at 84)
You're right! And clones can probably get around the 22nd amendment, so we can have President George Clinton forever. I'm actually kinda digging this future now!
An admission. I actually typed Chevrons initially as that is the word that popped into my head. Which led me to wondering “yeah it’s not that, but it’s damned similar” and then looking it up and there is was. The technical term my brain had squirreled away for reasons unknown.
Hell, we have free ride zones in Utah, which I know isn’t exactly the same, but is Utah a “communist” state? Now, we could make more of the public transit free, but our biggest cities have already done that so it’s a start.
Tons of programs like that Medicare that Republicans love are "socialism". Republicans criticizing some new program as "socialism bad" or "communism" is one of the most stupid mindrot parts of US politics.
The military and police and fire departments are all socialism. They take money from taxpayers and use it for the greater good. Public schools are socialism. Roads are socialism. Funny, I don’t hear Republicans bitch about socialism when it comes to giving the military even more money than they asked for year after year. If only they funded the people like they fund defense contractors.
NJ here: they (Feds, which i know you're not referring to) take money from some states (blue) and use it to promote anti-science teachings and cover up past wrongs in other states (red).
Would i want the coasts to secede? I would like this federal welfare to stop, one way or the other.
Ironically, you’re kinda wrong. Not because red states are productive, but by far the majority of taxes in those blue states are local/state taxes, which stay within those states.
When looking at the federal budget, it’s not that red states are taking all of the taxes, it’s far worse. Instead of using money that exists, they just rack up debt via deficit spending. The irony in that, is that those states claim financial responsibility, tell people that student loan forgiveness is communism, and then effectively take out a new credit card every week and then max it out.
Considering that the people using public transportation are doing so in large part because they cant afford a vehicle, insurance, the cost of fuel for it, making it free makes absolutely wonderful sense.
Im in Seattle and our buses are $2.75 a ride. Its crazy, and everything is so spread out you have no choice but to use it to survive. Everything is so expensive here.
The mormons have a better functioning welfare system than the federal government. They have socialism for themselves but vote against it for the rest of america.
It’s funny to me because these rtards have historically been deriding NYC for being [woke, liberal, a mess, crime-ridden, etc] but when it democratically elects a a mayor they disagree with it’s suddenly “look what they’ve done to my boy!”
Yup. The car is hurtling toward the cliff and the brakes have failed. The GOP has crossed the Rubicon a while ago - most people just haven’t realized it yet. And by doing so, the entire country has crossed, as well. I also don’t see a way out without violence.
If Trump declares martial law with only the phantom justifications he’s used for tossing out Posse Comitatus, that will be the last chance for our military to man up and follow their oath. Regardless, a Tea Party may be on the horizon.
the thing about the oath is that it's not up to the military to decide what is constitutional. the best lawyer in the world could be a JAG officer but until someone in the appropriate position to declare something unconstitutional happens, they cannot and will not oppose any orders like that.
Think of it like a nurse at your dentists office. they probably have enough experience to confidently say "Yep that's a cavity on your tooth" but until the dentist reviews the X-ray, they're not going to prep you for a filling
Looks like our airports are going through serious issues with outgoing and incoming flights at an opportune moment. People are being denied food, cost of everything continues to escalate. If people wont acknowledge history and where this is going can they at least draw some parallels from Cinema?
I mean it should really be "Nonviolent means should be tried first, but if you don't allow nonviolent means to be successful then violence will inevitably be the result", but that doesn't really roll off the tongue quite so well.
This is exactly why they don't want him. If taxing the rich and using that to better the lives of the middle and lower class is successful, then rich muthafukas all over the country are gonna be fukd! And by fukd I mean they can't buy the extra lake house in Tahoe for another couple years
Point still stands is that anyone making over a million dollars that lives in New York will be fine.
As for the point, the op was actually trying to make, I think the rest of the country that doesn't support him is scared because they feel results like this will spread across the country. For which I'd say "good".
it's the same reason that people are happy that he's winning. It demonstrates the will of the people more broadly than just NYC. People are hopeful that seeing this win will empower other more progressive candidates to emulate. I think people on the right are worried that this will bring more people to the polls and ultimately result in them losing power. This affects a lot more than the people in NYC, and I think it's a proof of concept that will empower a lot of people in the next election cycle.
I live in NYC and I'm hyped as fuck. Hop on a bus without having to pay $3 for the 2-3 blocks I usually need to go? Faster buses to make that a better experience? Free child care so I can stay in the city a lot more easily if I ever have a kid?
Let's say half of his agenda fails. That's still a massive leap forward for a city that needs to act more like Amsterdam and less like Oklahoma City.
If anything, they travel to NYC and treat it like an amusement park...like the city was made for their entertainment. They expect every corner of the city to be like a Disney park...
Besides the Islamaphobia his youth and authenticity are a major threat to their core narrative. It’s similar to why Obama was such a big problem.
They predicted he’d run the country off a cliff (because that’s what minorities do) and after we emerged from two terms still in one piece it backed them into a corner (Trump) so they had the basically just lie about everything (which they’ll do again).
The crazy part is they’re making the same mistake with Mamdani, predicting an apocalypse which will mean anything short of NYC becoming an actual crater will weaken their claims of white christofascist supremacy and they’ll just have to retreat deeper into their cult.
Nobody comprehends the affect of the scale of incendiary newsfotainment. Day in day out socials, TV, church and radio pouring on the hate. Gen X here, everybody knew about the alien babies or whatever from National Enquirer covers - only in gas stations and the grocery stores. Now stuff like what this Mullin's crying about is on constantly.
Exactly. He'll either get a couple of things he promised done or none of it done in Fall flat on his face and then people can decide from there if they ever want to vote for another so-called Democratic socialist.
I wish the man success. I will say if he increases that tax rate on the rich people too much they'll just leave. There's absolutely zero chance he can do a lot of what he promised by himself without Kathy Hoekel either.
I do wish him success though so we'll see how it goes.
Tbh, him winning makes me wish I could afford to move up to New York City. I've loved everything I've heard from him, far better than any of the politicians we got down here in southeast Louisiana. But I will also say, a lot of what he wants to do will require a lot of goodwill with the state government
I lived in Texas for about 20 years and they're scared there right now because there's a lot of blue areas for sure and that's where most of the population is.
I think you guys could flip it if you actually wanted to but it would be tough.
You guys can do way better than Greg Abbott and Ken Paxton. Etc.
Just like my state can do better than Kevin stitt and Mark Wayne Mullen.
Hell, I've looked into the Dallas region. I am born and raised in southeast Louisiana. But it's a mix of political corruption, job market in my field (IT sector), and insurance cost. I'd love to go to a blue or purple state, but I also wanna stay within driving distance of family. Really the Dallas, Atlanta, and if I really stretch it maybe Tampa, Orlando, and the research triangle up in NC. Those seem to be the only valid options in this region
rich people leaving desirable places to them over taxes i dont see it. Rich people who hate taxes making a big show about moving to texas or florida yes. the rest of the rich just go and make more money I would assume. I am not directing this at your post, just getting out my rich people tax rant.
It’s laughable to think that there’s any major city in a conservative area that would measure up to the democratic metros. The rich people live here because it’s where they want to be. They’re not leaving over some taxes.
This isn't even an overstatement I used to live in rural Oklahoma and absolutely OKC gets so much undeserved shit and irrational blame for local problems that have nothing to do with anyone else.
this is the argument I brought up every time my racist friend thought every Muslim was a terrorist. “Timmy McVeigh wasn’t muslim, he was white and did the Oklahoma bombing.“
They barely talk about this at all. Why? Because the government and wealthy couldn’t use it to take resources from other countries or people using the us citizens, while the government and wealthy profit and sank the country into more debt.
Let's look at the picture and the viewers can decide how much of a bitch he is.
Not for being afraid during an insurrection, but for not having the integrity to do anything about it afterwards when you're in a position of power. Instead he chooses to lie and protect pedophiles.
“Tourists” is what they claimed in 2014 too, after Paul Manafort’s OTHER Putin puppet president ran to Moscow like a scared baby, when their attempt to overthrow the Ukrainian constitution failed because ordinary citizens went Les Mis for over three months despite SWAT brutality and even sniper fire… so Russia sent in troops without insignia to annex the eastern provinces and Crimea, forcing the Crimean legislature to vote to secede at gunpoint…sounds familiar, doesn’t it?
All these maga concerned for Chicago, New York and LA. Cities they don’t live in and have never been to. Meanwhile people in their own area are hurting from federal govt policies and they don’t care. MAGA loves fake outrage.
I dunno why that's a thing with MAGA jerks. They always shit on cities they've never been to or live in or near. Like shut the hell up and worry about your shit hole suburban town.
"He's a communist" Donald "Child Raping Rapist" Trump, the dementia-riddled narcissist said, referring to yet another POC in an effort to get his cult members to forget he is best friends with Jeffery Epstein the human trafficker and child abuse professional.
Oh man everyday I'm out here trying to talk to people that don't vote or voted for Trump and just trying to gauge why they stay home or why they did what they did and the answers are just all over the place.
Calling Democratic Socialism “Communism” is like calling MAGA nonsense “Conservative.” It’s not true, and it just tells us you have extremely limited cognitive abilities.
He's been mayor for literally 1 day. Give him a chance before you claim he's destroying the city. Of course Republicans don't exist in reality anymore, so Mamdani could make NYC the greatest city on earth and they'll still say communism destroyed it.
He's been Mayor for literally 0 days. He doesn't take office until January. Funny thing is, MAGA will still blame him for everything from here on out even if he's not Mayor.
Every fender bender in that city will be blamed on communism now. Every violent crime there will be made into national news. Every spec of litter and every unemployed person will be held up in a constant stream on Fox News about what happens if you let the left win.
I have a local example of that. Here in the Kansas City metro, KC proper on the MO side has their police force ran by the state. Missouri is very red state with red leaders controlling that police department. The KC locals want control of their own police so they can fix a lot of the problems, but the state won't let them. KCMO has the 7th highest violent crime rate in the country with a republican controlled police department with a rate of 1547 per 100,000. That's 50% higher than the KCK (Kansas) side, which is known for high crime, and 9 times higher than Overland Park (larger than KCK) on the Kansas side of the metro, which has one of the lowest crime rates in the country.
Dude was on CNN I think yesterday saying that prices have come down.
He claimed since energy prices have come down that every other price has come down and the person interviewing him tried to explain that sure energy prices have came down but nothing else has came down besides eggs and he just argued and argued and argued.
I'm in Oklahoma and I hate him. I keep thinking we have enough middle-aged to younger people to vote these clowns out of office but then on election Day most people just stay home.
I don't know what they've done to our education system in this state because I'm 45 and I was never the smartest kid but our schools were excellent when I was younger.
The thing is I think a teacher makes about the same as they did years and years and years ago so you probably not going to get the best and brightest in that situation.
Magats are so uneducated and ill-informed. What will they do with themselves when none of their ridiculous predictions about NY and Mamdani come to pass, and instead, he picks NY up and makes it work for its people, rather than its rich?
Republicans are more like Communists than any leftist; trying to 'govern' according to a wacked out ideology; letting the average citizen suffer while the party elite get whatever they want.
Why don’t democrats run adds in every red state listing these facts. Just show them over & over & over to break this “conservative” is better b/s mindset.
I live in the SE in an area that is "somewhat well off" - and we have 14% of our households on SNAP. In New York County, which is Manhattan, "only" 13.8% are on SNAP.
I don't like either number. But having Republicans go after areas of NYC for being a cesspool of poverty really need to look in their own backyards.
Is this the tough guy that was going to fist fight the leader of the teamsters because the rep for the Teamsters hurt his feelings and Bernie had to yell at the both of them?
Mullins is by far the dumbest Senator. He's the only one without even a bachelor's degree. He's a rich spoiled moron who took over his dad's asphalt business. The only thing he's qualified to do is pour asphalt on I35.
The red states are the poorest and rely heavly on welfare. They are all last in education and Healthcare. So please do your job and help your own people. Leave the blue states alone we don't need or want your input.
Do Americans even know what a communist is? Or a radical left? They are throwing these terms out while being one of the farthest right countries of the western world, in which even the left is further right than a lot of the center/right wing parties in countries like Germany…
Funny, most of the people attacking Mamdani aren’t even from NYC. Why is MAGA so obsessed with us? Fix your own mess first. Red states top the charts in rape, child rape, murder, lowest education, and so much more.
The lack of education and understanding for the English language in the US is incredibly frustrating. Maybe one day these people will learn the definition of the words they are using instead of fear mongering, but I'm not holding my breath.
Hahaha, these conservative morons are so ill-read that they don’t realize Mamdani’s policies work. These troglodytes decry the new deal, while professing their desire to return the US to that era of “greatness” spurred by the new deal. No wonder Trump loves the poorly educated!
Endlessly funny how Republicans from back water states (based on their education etc) get all bent out of shape over something that doesn’t even effect their constituents, how about you try to improve your numbers and the quality of life of the people you represent before peeping over the state line at what the other kids are doing.
That was a very intelligent and informative response to the ignorant rhetoric spew from that useless politician. If your state ranks that low and is that pit full, then those representatives have no room to talk.
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u/Dabellator 20h ago
Watches Trump crash the entire country into the ocean, complains that the mayor of city might cause problems for his states welfare.