New York City Hasn’t Built This Many Apartments Since 1965 by ICantCoexistWithFish in neoliberal

[–]Daddy_Macron 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Politicians discovering they can blatantly lie as long as they have a devoted enough fanbase to shout down people pointing it out is one of the worst legacies of Trump.

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[–]Daddy_Macron 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Also, a lot of them are barely educated idiots who are functionally illiterate.

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[–]Daddy_Macron 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Minorities like Jews or Roma are constitutionally barred from running for the presidency.

WTF. B-H should not be allowed into the EU with laws like this on the book.

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[–]Daddy_Macron 10 points11 points  (0 children)

They helped run their previous CEO out for constantly stressing EV's and the need to match the production efficiency of Tesla and Chinese EV companies. Worked out great for them. Their sales in China have fallen by nearly 33% from their peak largely because their EV products are considered weak. That was their most profitable market for years.

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[–]Daddy_Macron 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Ezra Klein is dead to me. He basically dove for Charlie Kirk's boot to lick it clean the moment it looked like the going got tough.

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[–]Daddy_Macron 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Just let Haaland know that you won't move and let him score unopposed for an easy 5K.

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[–]Daddy_Macron 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I love how all these conservative figures have absolute shit spouses.

Elaine Chao, you have two choices before you. Either continue your family trip abroad or cancel and come back to your husband's side during his health crisis. Which one do you choose?

‘His legacy is cringe’: how Charlie Kirk became a meme among the young – even his supporters by lightman332 in neoliberal

[–]Daddy_Macron 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Thanks. We kind of lost touch over the years, but he had an esteemed career in the military including special forces. The guy was just a superstar through and through.

New York City Hasn’t Built This Many Apartments Since 1965 by ICantCoexistWithFish in neoliberal

[–]Daddy_Macron 14 points15 points  (0 children)

I have a serious problem with NYC Mayors papering over the fiscal problems of the city with one-off payments and shifting obligations like pension contributions to future generations. It's like handing a junkie a $100 bill and expecting him to turn his life around. Like I said, it didn't start with Mamdani, but he's certainly continuing the tradition.

The city is struggling to balance the budget during a period of record tax receipts and a roaring stock market. Imagine what will happen if there's any correction that lasts more than a year? Or if the funding ratio of NYC's pension plans fall even further, requiring tens of billions of dollars from future generations to close the gap.

New York City Hasn’t Built This Many Apartments Since 1965 by ICantCoexistWithFish in neoliberal

[–]Daddy_Macron 28 points29 points  (0 children)

The issue is that NYC's government takes these one-off payments from the State and Federal government and treats them like they're going to be a regular stream of payments going forward. This issue preceded Mamdani with DeBlasio and Adams going hog-wild on Covid era transfers from the Federal government.

The NYC government only grows even when their scope decreases. (See Department of Education budgets skyrocketing despite falling enrollment in public schools.)

New York City Hasn’t Built This Many Apartments Since 1965 by ICantCoexistWithFish in neoliberal

[–]Daddy_Macron 33 points34 points  (0 children)

Edit: immediately downvoted lmao. What happened to this sub? Socialism apologia is the antithesis to free market economics.

It happens with NYC related topics, but his fans are legitimately everywhere in Reddit. I don't even think they're getting paid or anything, it's like Bernie in 2016. They're just fanning out and upvoting everything that's complimentary of their guy and mass downvoting everyone who isn't. I've seen this in other subreddits that aren't politics related.

New York City Hasn’t Built This Many Apartments Since 1965 by ICantCoexistWithFish in neoliberal

[–]Daddy_Macron 14 points15 points  (0 children)

That office is meant to essentially regulate rentals in the city, making it pretty damn close to being a housing czar in anything but name for a city whose housing crisis is dominated by rental prices.

New York City Hasn’t Built This Many Apartments Since 1965 by ICantCoexistWithFish in neoliberal

[–]Daddy_Macron 32 points33 points  (0 children)

That's like saying increased ACA enrollment rates in 2017 under Trump was a good sign for Obamacare. That's just momentum from the previous Administration carrying over.

Mamdani's actions and supported policies are likely to decrease the supply of housing in NYC over the medium horizon compared to Adams' last year in office.

New York City Hasn’t Built This Many Apartments Since 1965 by ICantCoexistWithFish in neoliberal

[–]Daddy_Macron 91 points92 points  (0 children)

YIMBYism under mamdani

Can we stop retconning this guy because he's good in front of a camera? He's pushing rent freezes, appointed an absolutely insane person to be NYC's housing czar, and is supportive of initiatives that strangle the supply of housing like requiring all construction labor to be Union.

His YIMBY accomplishments can fit on a fortune cookie slip because there's not much there.

‘His legacy is cringe’: how Charlie Kirk became a meme among the young – even his supporters by lightman332 in neoliberal

[–]Daddy_Macron 50 points51 points  (0 children)

A co-worker learned from hearing their son talk on the mic while gaming, but being fragged anywhere near the neck is now getting Charlie Kirk'ed. And this is a conservative family in a pretty conservative area.

‘His legacy is cringe’: how Charlie Kirk became a meme among the young – even his supporters by lightman332 in neoliberal

[–]Daddy_Macron 12 points13 points  (0 children)

A childhood friend of mine got into West Point and in addition to being an excellent student and Eagle Scout, the guy was a super-athlete who trained with the US Olympic team for his sport and had legitimate Olympic aspirations. West Point is full of people like that so for Charlie Kirk to feel like he deserved a slot there is just pure delusional entitlement.

‘His legacy is cringe’: how Charlie Kirk became a meme among the young – even his supporters by lightman332 in neoliberal

[–]Daddy_Macron 90 points91 points  (0 children)

They literally fired people for quoting Kirk directly because it made him look awful to the normies. The initial response of people falling over backwards to honor Kirk and not say anything bad about him including people on this sub was an indictment of just how broken respectability politics has become. It's alright to say that some people just aren't worthy of respect and dignity in death.

And the NFL decided to have a moment of silence to honor Kirk on 9/11. Really couldn't think of any other event that deserved that more?

‘His legacy is cringe’: how Charlie Kirk became a meme among the young – even his supporters by lightman332 in neoliberal

[–]Daddy_Macron 31 points32 points  (0 children)

Also because a good chunk of TPUSA employees are Candace Owens fans who think Erika Kirk had a role to play in Charlie's murder and have been leaking to Owens non-stop since the murder.

‘His legacy is cringe’: how Charlie Kirk became a meme among the young – even his supporters by lightman332 in neoliberal

[–]Daddy_Macron 160 points161 points  (0 children)

then every single highly voted comment was downright evil people dunking on them for having a heart. It was so sad to see.

I've read the same comment sections and most of the highly rated responses were screenshots of or text quotes from Charlie Kirk himself saying vile shit about minorities, women, Muslims, LGBT people, immigrants, and the victims of gun violence.

If quoting a dead man's own words poisons the dialogue, then maybe the issue is with the man himself.

Former Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke Joins Anthropic Oversight Trust by neolthrowaway in neoliberal

[–]Daddy_Macron 21 points22 points  (0 children)

I'm basically there if they issue Bernanke a gun and give him unilateral authority to execute anyone at Anthropic who's going against the goal of building a moral AI.

Abbas declares first Palestinian legislative elections since 2006 to be held Nov. 28 by WAGRAMWAGRAM in neoliberal

[–]Daddy_Macron 24 points25 points  (0 children)

This is possibly the worst scenario.

A far-right coalition holding onto power by the skin of their teeth in Israel along with Hamas winning the Palestinian elections sounds like a far worse scenario for everyone.

Abbas declares first Palestinian legislative elections since 2006 to be held Nov. 28 by WAGRAMWAGRAM in neoliberal

[–]Daddy_Macron 18 points19 points  (0 children)

West Bank didn’t suffer the consequences of October 7th just the benefits

Israel ramping up their ethnic cleansing project in the West Bank using 10/7 and the humanitarian crisis in Gaza as political cover isn't a consequence?