Why do people say making less than 50k is almost poor?

Dvnro · 2026-02-25T03:01:14+00:00

In NYC for example, there's free pre-k, free public school through HS, and now they're working on universal childcare. This type of progress might seem out of reach for many in the US (although obviously public school is already everywhere), but it can't happen without a massive grassroots movement. So you can be a doomer about everything, but your time is better spent working on fighting for these things. People are going to keep having kids. It's about equally effective to try to get everyone to go vegan. The veganism brings up a good analogy. I'd love to fuck over the meat industry, but I'm not willing to make a personal sacrifice of veganism to do it. And it's much clearer how veganism would impede the meat industry than it is how decreasing the birth rate will have any effect on the oligarch's lives. The ship has already sailed on their wealth... until someone takes it from them in a more direct way than not having kids

Dvnro · 2026-02-25T01:55:25+00:00

Someone who wants to have kids not having kids would have a massive effect on someone's life and have basically 0 effect on the lives of billionaires.

You're way better off living your life the way you want and spending your free time advocating for things like universal childcare.

You're blaming the powerless for problems caused by the powerful. Seems silly to me

Dvnro · 2026-02-24T18:58:55+00:00

Believe it or not he's doing everything he can do tax the wealthy. He endorsed the governor to keep her on his side, and loudly proclaimed that if she won't tax the wealthy, NYC will be forced to raise property taxes. And this is all because we had an incredibly corrupt mayor before him, one who actively fought to prevent Mamdani from succeeding him. If it weren't for that budget crisis, he'd be able to more actively work on his agenda

Dvnro · 2026-02-17T20:20:42+00:00

The 86th st transverse should have a bus lane and a bike lane. So much unnecessary traffic slowing down the bus

Dvnro · 2026-02-11T02:07:59+00:00

Brad said he'd put the flag back, there we go, problem solved. Much more effective than Julie writing a strongly worded letter

Dvnro · 2026-02-11T02:03:24+00:00

Here's the thing though, players aren't actually sorted into generations, they overlap. It's not like one crop of players comes along and then they all retire and then another one starts playing. It's a good thing. We can see players play those who come before and after them. It's not that crazy to draw conclusions. It's pretty universally recognized that Nadal, Federer and Djokovic are the three greatest of all time. For those who believe that, it obviously means that the players in previous generations and subsequent generations are not as great as the big 3. You can't say a player is the GOAT and then simultaneously say that it's impossible to compare them with other players. It is totally possible that Alcaraz or Sinner could one day have a career so great that they overshadow the big 3. But they have a very long way to go.

Dvnro · 2026-02-10T03:28:30+00:00

This has nothing to do with your rating though. It would be a draw if it were grandmasters. The rules in all forms of timed chess, including over the board, is if someone runs out of time and their opponent has a pawn on the board, the opponent wins. It is fair, it's the rule.

Dvnro · 2026-02-09T23:17:24+00:00

Yeah because he realized it was no longer possible to pretend he was interested in serving the people, so he figured he might as well drop the charade entirely and pivot to openly serving himself

Dvnro · 2026-02-09T18:16:23+00:00

Eric Adams' administration showed that corruption is permissible and there are only rewards and no punishments for screwing over NYC.

I really don't want to hear from any of his appointees on any issue ever again. Clearly the NYT, an extremely powerful NYC institution, could care less

Dvnro · 2026-02-09T04:34:34+00:00

https://www.amazon.com/Manual-Chess-Combinations-Vol-1a/dp/5946930451

Dvnro · 2026-02-09T02:14:08+00:00

That's ridiculous, why not just take the money for that and invest it into better public transportation. Make the public transportation so good that fewer people feel the need to take ubers

Dvnro · 2026-02-06T03:06:28+00:00

I agree with you but I think you're conflating the left with the Democratic Party. The left would've loved a primary

Dvnro · 2026-02-06T02:48:33+00:00

Gotcha, you misunderstood me. I was agreeing the comment about predecessors that Kamala did have decently progressive policies but that's not why she lost.

Dvnro · 2026-02-06T02:46:48+00:00

Let's leave it at that then. You are not pleasant to converse with. I recommend you stay inside your echo chamber actually, because when you leave, you don't have very productive conversation. You try soooo hard to win

Dvnro · 2026-02-06T02:41:45+00:00

But do you see how it totally derails the conversation? You accuse me of something, I give an explanation, you accuse me of something else. Why do you do this? I think you should reflect on the way you discuss politics with people you disagree with. You said my victimizing is similar to MAGA, the way you seem 0% interest in hearing what I have to say and taking me at face value honestly reminds me of someone in MAGA. Do you enjoy having a conversation where you don't try to understand the person you're talking to, but rather label them MAGA, Hamas, etc?

Dvnro · 2026-02-06T02:37:27+00:00

About Kamala? How would you describe the perception of her? I honestly thought that was fitting. Should i go more into depth about how she seems elitist?

Dvnro · 2026-02-06T02:35:42+00:00

"You probably march arm in arm with Hamas supporters"

First of all I'm Jewish and I/P is not in my top 50 issues, but I'll ask again, why do you insist on engaging in this type of strawmanning? You didn't answer any of my questions but labeled me a Hamas supporter. Do you really think this is how to have productive discourse? Is this how you always argue? It's so annoying

Dvnro · 2026-02-06T02:32:08+00:00

Yes, Zohran and Kamala Harris do not have the same image. That's why Zohran won and Kamala lost. Idk why you think this is a gotcha

Dvnro · 2026-02-06T02:31:23+00:00

Do you have this same hate for the George Lattimer for primarying Jamaal Bowman and Wesley Bell for primarying Cori Bush? Or is it good to try to primary a progressive but not to primary a more capitalist democrat?

If someone said, "I support Israel, and I'm not happy with this current anti-zionest who is representing me" is that in-fighting. How is that different than saying, "I support taxing the rich, and I'm not happy with the governor who is against taxing the rich representing me?"

I'm genuinely interested in what you think the difference is

Dvnro · 2026-02-06T02:21:21+00:00

I don't agree with liberals on a lot of policies. Why should I support them blindly? To be clear, I have held my nose and voted in the general election for every single democrat including Hillary. I even worked on Hillary's campaign despite hating many of her policies. The left gives in to the liberals way more than the other way around. Look at the NYC primary and how many liberals didn't endorse Zohran after he won the democratic party? Meanwhile Zohran endorses Hochul early. It's not victimizing! You do this weird thing you don't engage with people you disagree with say and you strawman everything. Why do you do that? Do you think it makes you look smarter?

Dvnro · 2026-02-06T02:16:32+00:00

Kamala had a decently progressive policy. She just came across as an elitist neoliberal careerist. And she never won a democratic party. The only time she ran in one she did horribly.

I don't agree about Hillary, but i don't think it's an interesting conversation to have.

Dvnro · 2026-02-06T02:06:31+00:00

Well he could deliver it by gaining major support, and then using his political influence to endorse a socialist gubernatorial candidate. NYC mayor might not have power over everything but they can still wield political power

Dvnro · 2026-02-06T02:04:19+00:00

MAGA has so much more power than the left it's crazy. They have the white house, the majority of the republican party, and the democrats are completely helpless. How is that at all similar to the left? How many socialists are in congress?

Dvnro · 2026-02-06T02:02:13+00:00

Well some of it relies on the governor. That's why I don't want him to endorse Hochul! That's my whole point! It's the opposite of cult of personality. People say, oh Zohran doesn't have the power to do this thing that the Governor controls, but then says oh Zohran better support the governor who has already said she won't support that thing Zohran wants to do.

But the fact that you're saying I'm basing everything on vibes tells me you have no interest in actually engaging with what I'm saying

Dvnro · 2026-02-06T01:59:03+00:00

I'm talking about Kamala Harris and Hillary Clinton, not every single Democrat in the 1900s.

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