@SurrealistShip@kitten_beloved Both sides can do it, the illiterate will still choose the communist offering them free stuff, especially in places like LA and NYC where almost half of the voting base are foreigners.
‘Housing belongs to the penultimate gentrifier.’
Valdez of course is a Texas transplant who moved to a gentrifying neighborhood in Queens where people like her pushed out less affluent residents.
Now that she is there she wants to protect herself from the very same market forces.
‘DSA socialism’ is a very specific class politics that seeks to provide undeserved privileges and sinecures to a relatively affluent group of people.
This brand of ‘Leftism’ launders political demands that would be unsympathetic if they were presented more transparently.
@mattyglesias@kitten_beloved@RogueWPA It’s absolutely not entirely legit. Mass mail in voting makes us unable to confirm the authenticity of any of these ballots or the people who cast them. So many ways the system can be abused. There is no reason 90% of ballots should be absentee.
@coldhealing At least it’s small. Every EU soccer team having Emirates or Quatar in huge print on the front of their jersey is really ugly and pathetic
@avidseries Asians and Muslims and Africans should say in their own country and fix it up, if we need to do some grand experiment about human being equal and culture having no value, just do it in Africa or India. It shouldn’t take much investment to fix up, right?
@RichardHanania Shouldn’t we be working to make these safe and available to everyone, since strength and increased muscle mass would greatly increase longevity and quality of life?
Public sector unions are bad.
These unions are not negotiating against billionaires or some convenient cartoon villain. They're rent seeking and negotiating against taxpayers, and they'll shut down vital infrastructure if we don't humor their tantrum.
“Guys, no more trains,” one officer said. “You’re going to have to take the subway or an Uber, my friend.”
We hung out after midnight in Grand Central Madison, as the Long Island Rail Road went on strike.
NEW story in @THECITYNY https://t.co/HqK7sQbX5s