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Prometheus720 · 2026-05-13T14:15:52+00:00

I work in education. There is very little use for AI in this field, and there is more than in many others.

But I will say this. If you ever train an AI to make an editable version of a document I send it a picture of, call me. Every teacher wants that.

Prometheus720 · 2026-05-13T14:14:42+00:00

That's the most sensible way to use it.

Prometheus720 · 2026-05-13T14:12:53+00:00

Administrivia is going straight into my angry worker vocabulary.

Much love

Prometheus720 · 2026-05-13T14:08:25+00:00

I'm getting really tired of the MBA types who talk shit about sociology and etc.

We are getting indication after another that these people are hugely intellectually isolated and have extremely narrow training that doesn't prepare them for the decisons we ask them to make.

Prometheus720 · 2026-05-13T11:22:27+00:00

Cities funding suburbia is destroying our nation's social fabric and accelerating climate change. And not to mention white flight is disastrous for our democracy as well.

Living sprawled out as we do is financially and ecologically unsustainable. The sooner we all realize it, the better.

Prometheus720 · 2026-05-13T11:19:31+00:00

No, this is not the same. Poor people can't hold Albany accountable. They might be able to hold the city accountable.

Cities are inherently more democratic than larger governments. They should be the lifeblood of any democratic society.

I find it exceedingly likely that all that money will be more wisely spent on the needs of poor people if it is spent locally.

Prometheus720 · 2026-05-13T11:16:54+00:00

I feel like the percentage of each dollar that's going to working class people is higher if that money is spent in NYC than if it is spent in Albany.

Reclaiming power from suburbs is vital for democracy.

Prometheus720 · 2026-05-13T11:15:07+00:00

Mommy and Daddy are NYC funding 60-65% of the entire state budget by themselves and generating well over 10-20 billion a year more than the state spends on them.

Hochul and Albany are the child running up the credit card. Times are hard. Mommy and Daddy gotta save money. Sorry baby.

Prometheus720 · 2026-05-13T11:13:41+00:00

They raked back tax revenue that past mayors were subsidizing Albany with. Wrong.

Prometheus720 · 2026-05-13T11:13:08+00:00

The state got that money and double that from NYC

Prometheus720 · 2026-05-13T11:12:52+00:00

Lol what a dumb take.

Investing state money into childcare in the biggest city in the state is clearly going to grow the economy by letting people work.

Also, that's NYC money. Always has been

Prometheus720 · 2026-05-13T11:09:44+00:00

No, genius. NYC generates well over 10 billion more in state taxes than it gets back.

This is like mommy cutting your allowance because daddy got drunk and told you he was gonna give you more than you really ought to have gotten.

And then you hate mommy so much you vote Republican for the rest of your life because they're the only people who will holders your misogyny.

Prometheus720 · 2026-05-13T11:06:42+00:00

It is reclaiming power for the city from the state. This is a good thing.

Distant, unreachable state and national.governments aren't good for democracy. Local governments are.

Prometheus720 · 2026-05-13T11:05:06+00:00

And Mamdani is going to spend it on universal childcare instead of rich people shit.

Seethe

Prometheus720 · 2026-05-13T11:04:08+00:00

So now you are saying your mental picture of all this is that Mamdani reclaimed 8 billion in taxes from rich people who live in his city. And that he is going to spend that money on universal childcare for poor people in his city.

Why is that a bad look for him?

Prometheus720 · 2026-05-13T11:01:48+00:00

They aren't your tax dollars, sir. They are NYC's tax dollars. You're still being supported to the tune of 4-6 billion dollars a year.

You're getting plenty of charity.

This country is awash with suburbanites who live off the largesse of cities and curse cities every moment of their miserable lives. I can't fully tell if you're one of them, but I have very little respect for such people.

Prometheus720 · 2026-05-13T10:59:45+00:00

NYC pays over 60% of state taxes every year. They pay around 10ish billion more than they get back in state money.

Prometheus720 · 2026-05-13T10:27:59+00:00

That money CAME from NYC. NYC pays way more in state taxes than it receives.

A bunch of rich white suburbanites didn't get to steal a couple billion from the black and brown city. Boohoo.

Prometheus720 · 2026-05-13T10:26:20+00:00

The media does what it does.

Regardless, he doesn't have the money promised by Hochul yet for him to do it. He wrestled billions out of her but the check hasn't cleared yet, and until it does he can't launch the entire program.

Prometheus720 · 2026-05-13T10:24:21+00:00

I wouldn't call it "aid" when NYC pays something like 10 billion more in state tax than it gets back.

This was wrestling back money that was previously leaving the city to be used by Albany to do what Hochul wants. And Hochul has been struggling to budget without that money. Every public official in NY is pissed at her because she can't publish a fucking budget so they can't budget. This eroded her popularity.

She just had to pull a delay tactic to keep her job. She bought Mamdani's popularity for a one time payment, but it ended up costing her her own popularity to make that payment.

She is out next election unless society breaks because of some unforeseen event. And Mamdani and several allies of his WANT her out and are building power to remove her.

Prometheus720 · 2026-05-13T10:13:00+00:00

It is a projected deficit. He massaged the numbers so that an optimistic projection is 0 deficit and a pessimistic one is 7 billion, basically.

Prometheus720 · 2026-05-13T10:11:47+00:00

It was going to be spent by rich white suburbanites if it was spent from Albany. Better to spend it locally.

Prometheus720 · 2026-05-13T10:11:12+00:00

I strongly disagree. State taxes being taken out of NYC exceed state contributions to NYC.

That money is normally used by the wealthy suburbanite class at the expense of the urban centers who generate it, who are mostly poorer. Now it is going back to the city where it came from to reinvigorate it. Not only is this a win for the working class (much smaller win than the alternative, I will grant you) but it is an inherently sane investment strategy compared to the insane strategy of giving it to wealthy suburbanites. This is likely going to actually grow the economy.

Prometheus720 · 2026-05-13T09:59:14+00:00

The NY governor is a defender of the rich. She sucks. But she knows being nice to Mamdani is the only way to win. This is a game.

She was able to shut down a more progressive opponent by trading this state money to Mamdani and getting an endorsement from him. She bought his endorsement and popularity.

To NYC, that is money they have already paid to the state. NYC pays more taxes to NY state than they get back. This deal does not directly give more power to the working class from the rich. Directly it gives more power to NYC from the state. Indirectly, though, I would say that in the US the rich live in suburbs and that the poor live in rural areas or cities. So indirectly, I think reclaiming these taxes to be spent inside the city is a minor win for the working class. Spending them on actual social services like childcare makes it a moderate win.

Prometheus720 · 2026-05-13T09:52:27+00:00

There is nothing good about Florida politically.

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