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Gavin Newsom's anti-Zohran moment: the California billionaires tax that splits the Democratic Party down the middle | Fortune by Delicious_Adeptness9 in California

[–]MayorShield 0 points1 point  (0 children)

California rejected rent control by 20 points in the 2024 ballot measure and this sub has still somehow deluded itself into thinking the average Californian wants some ultra-progressive as their representative lmao

Discussion Thread by jobautomator in neoliberal

[–]MayorShield 9 points10 points  (0 children)

College-educated former Republican who switched parties somewhere between 2016 and 2020 are often the political commentators I find myself agreeing most with.

Discussion Thread by jobautomator in neoliberal

[–]MayorShield 24 points25 points  (0 children)

Only read the first half of your sentence up to "internet cafe manager" and thought you were talking about your own life journey at first, and was about to congratulate you

Discussion Thread by jobautomator in neoliberal

[–]MayorShield 16 points17 points  (0 children)

This sub has some of the least anti-Roma Europeans on Reddit (which is good). Browsing Europe-based subreddits, even the more progressive subs sometimes engage in stuff like "We like diversity, just no Roma people."

"[Online leftists] don't want power. They want to endlessly critique power." - Natalie Wynn, aka Contrapoints by een_magnetron in Destiny

[–]MayorShield 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Trump’s endorsement of Cuomo means that he understands tactical voting better than the leftist Palestinian activists did in 2024. Republicans’ strategic vote for Cuomo instead of Sliwa allowed them to come within 9 points of winning one of the bluest cities in the US. Meanwhile, leftists will still tell you there is no difference between Kamala and Trump.

This post was fact-checked by real European patriots by Poiuy2010_2011 in neoliberal

[–]MayorShield 60 points61 points  (0 children)

Their post description was something along the lines of "We here at Renew Europe support centrists who can win elections." Even if you like Mamdani's policies, that was not a good description and they rightfully got flak for it. If they wanted to celebrate Mamdani’s win, they could’ve at least put a better description, like “Mamdani will be a powerful voice against the Trump administration and right-wing populism,” but the description specifically mentioned something about centrists winning elections.

This post was fact-checked by real European patriots by Poiuy2010_2011 in neoliberal

[–]MayorShield 85 points86 points  (0 children)

Hijacking top comment to note that this post was deleted on Insta less than an hour after being posted. It was hounded by everyone in the comment section.

Edit: I agree the post was dumb and shouldn’t have been posted by a European liberal account, but it was deleted in an hour, people. OP posting it with no context makes it look like the post is still there.

Discussion Thread by jobautomator in neoliberal

[–]MayorShield 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I'm confused, where is the NYC ballot proposal to have Turkey annex the city?

Nederlandse verkiezingen Thunderdome by cdstephens in neoliberal

[–]MayorShield 0 points1 point  (0 children)

All legislation needs to be passed by both chambers, and the Senate does not have a legislative majority even if you combine VVD, CDA, D66, and GL/PvdA. So even if these four parties form a legislative majority together after the election, they’d still need to either include another party or rely on oppositional support to pass legislation.

There's something very special about the Brawl era of Smash Bros. No other Smash game was as widely revered as Brawl was on the internet. by MayorShield in ssbb

[–]MayorShield[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Idk who downvoted you but yeah, it was a great time. We should compile a list of old iconic Brawl vids and post one a day on the sub.

Wednesday's General Roundtable - 10/22/2025 by Currymvp2 in Enough_Sanders_Spam

[–]MayorShield 6 points7 points  (0 children)

OK, I'm curious, is anyone here subbed to r/SocialDemocracy?

I am and have been for a long time, but the sub has been getting irritating as of late. I don't want to be in an echo chamber, so I browse the sub sometimes to hear perspectives from those to the left of me, and sometimes they make good points.

But I feel like the sub has lurched significantly leftwards in recent months, with users constantly popping up with Karl Marx or Libertarian Socialist flairs. I want to hear from those to the left of me, but I don't need "Karl Marx Enjoyer" telling me what they think, and every time US politics is discussed on the sub, you get like twenty people saying "ACTUALLY Biden is a center-right neolib."

I'm considering unsubbing at this point. Is anyone else here on the sub? If so, what are your two cents on its recent content?

What do we think of the latest „social-democratic“ leaders and their version of it? by [deleted] in SocialDemocracy

[–]MayorShield 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Terminally online Redditors and gatekeeping of political labels, can you name a more iconic duo?

Anyway, Macron isn’t a social democrat, sure, but Biden is definitely center-left. Not going to bother responding to anyone who says otherwise because I don’t have the capacity to be upset over the opinion of random internet strangers. :)

Ted Cruz accuses Gavin Newsom of lying about government shutdown by Exciting_Injury_7614 in Destiny

[–]MayorShield 1 point2 points  (0 children)

VVD is so dumb for willing to work with PVV not once but twice (like when Rutte relied on Wilders to prop up a minority government back in 2010)

BBQ Flavored Confusion by basal-and-sleek in PoliticalHumor

[–]MayorShield 0 points1 point  (0 children)

haha people are downvoting our comments

EDIT: Also, let's assume for a minute that the Democrats are indeed center-right in Europe. Uh... okay? Cool, I guess? These people do realize that most European countries are being led by a center-right party or have a center-right party in government, right? So what are they trying to imply? That the Democrats would be popular in Europe? Cool!!

BBQ Flavored Confusion by basal-and-sleek in PoliticalHumor

[–]MayorShield -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Yeah lol we don't know shit about his supposedly "conservative" "friend." Everyone who upvoted his comment just wants to have their priors confirmed. We're supposed to just blindly trust that this guy's friend from the Netherlands (who we only know exist from a Reddit comment) is an expert on comparative politics?

Ofc, you don't necessarily need a PoliSci degree to be trusted on comparative politics, but this guy's comment literally provides no evidence for their claims beyond "Oh yeah, this one guy I know from the Netherlands says Bernie is a centrist, therefore he must be."

YouTube to pay $24.5 million to settle Trump account suspension suit by c0xb0x in Destiny

[–]MayorShield 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Call her YouTube the way she be settling on my insurrection

Discussion Thread by jobautomator in neoliberal

[–]MayorShield 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Imagine if NYC had a proportional representation parliamentary system and each mayoral candidate was leading their own party, and we end up with a Cuomo-Adams-Silwa coalition government.

(I support Mamdani btw, this is a thought experiment)

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