Sure, and I know for many it already is. I just personally know a lot of folks that legitimately think this stuff and have so much going on in life that it’s really unrealistic to expect them to learn where they’re at. Part of why I talk kids’ ears off about this stuff.
I agree, especially with the young who are propagandized in school, online, and often at home with Marxist influences disguised as caring and common sense.
I agree. There is more than enough information to self correct if one realizes something is off. But the number of people that are wired to dig is small. It's not nothing but it's small.
They also have to be wired to not care so much about being in the out group.
I’ll be real with you, I legitimately know more than a few folks that really don’t. They’re doing their best.
That said, I know a whole other crew (more than a couple people) who being very serious will say they get their news from late night shows. I don’t even respect the person that gets all their info from legacy news, but that’s a whole new level of volitional ignorance.
When you mostly hear criticism of these ideas from hypocrites on the right who really are in favor of a different flavor of socialism lite and do not strike at the root of the issue with integrity... it makes sense.
I firmly believe we are reaping what we sowed in the cold war era. Former socialists overtook the conservative movement and did a piss poor job refuting the ideas of Marx. It was all about the Red Scare and not a rejection of the issues with socialism that have nothing to do with the USSR. I've watched US propaganda films from the 50s and 60s and they largely suck at explaining the core problems with socialism.
Central planning, lack of a pricing system. Price controls. I could go on. The US has done all of these in spades and we see it doesn't work. The US is doomed largely because of this failure to reject socialism. The answer is freedom but most people don't want that.
Mamdani’s 9.5% property tax hike isn’t “budgetary buffoonery”—it’s economic arson. He inherited a $5.4B deficit from Adams, then doubled down on fantasy math: taxing middle-class homeowners while his DSA base screams “eat the rich.” His own comptroller calls it regressive, hitting Black neighborhoods hardest.
Meanwhile, he’s draining rainy day funds to bankroll unworkable programs like city-run grocery stores. Adams kept the lights on with real cuts.
Mamdani? He’s torching the city’s fiscal foundation to fund his socialist cosplay.
Wealth locates itself where it enjoys opportunity to increase. Clearly New York is such a location. Over time it gains leverage over any representative democracy and lobbys for low taxes and more privileges. As a multiple property owner I do not resent taxes on my properties- I understand that the infrastructure and quality of life they enable in my province enhances considerably the value and utility of my properties. Would love to see free to ride public transport in my city. It would reduce GHG emissions and substantially reduce road congestion. The amoral neoliberal greed is good wealth worshipping price of everything value of nothing voodoo economics and dogma that have decimated western civilisation is strong in the article - it is toxic. Mamdani sounds like a voice of reason and morality in a sea of rabid amoral idiots.
Don't worry comrades, all the free stuff is coming soon. Trust me bro.
What’s sad is that I think there’s a lot of honest (non-volitional) ignorance surrounding all that.
The resources are out there for anyone to learn. At some point, we have to say that the ignorance is volitional
Sure, and I know for many it already is. I just personally know a lot of folks that legitimately think this stuff and have so much going on in life that it’s really unrealistic to expect them to learn where they’re at. Part of why I talk kids’ ears off about this stuff.
I agree, especially with the young who are propagandized in school, online, and often at home with Marxist influences disguised as caring and common sense.
And my point is, if it's a kid who's serious, they still got the free time to read a little and see if we're right.
I agree. There is more than enough information to self correct if one realizes something is off. But the number of people that are wired to dig is small. It's not nothing but it's small.
They also have to be wired to not care so much about being in the out group.
And yet how much time do they spend watching TV or planning vacations? It seems I am turning into @DarthCoin with my lack of sympathy for people.
I’ll be real with you, I legitimately know more than a few folks that really don’t. They’re doing their best.
That said, I know a whole other crew (more than a couple people) who being very serious will say they get their news from late night shows. I don’t even respect the person that gets all their info from legacy news, but that’s a whole new level of volitional ignorance.
When you mostly hear criticism of these ideas from hypocrites on the right who really are in favor of a different flavor of socialism lite and do not strike at the root of the issue with integrity... it makes sense.
I firmly believe we are reaping what we sowed in the cold war era. Former socialists overtook the conservative movement and did a piss poor job refuting the ideas of Marx. It was all about the Red Scare and not a rejection of the issues with socialism that have nothing to do with the USSR. I've watched US propaganda films from the 50s and 60s and they largely suck at explaining the core problems with socialism.
Central planning, lack of a pricing system. Price controls. I could go on. The US has done all of these in spades and we see it doesn't work. The US is doomed largely because of this failure to reject socialism. The answer is freedom but most people don't want that.
We reap what we sow.
It's hard to be sympathetic for the willfully ignorant.
All by design
Mamdani’s 9.5% property tax hike isn’t “budgetary buffoonery”—it’s economic arson. He inherited a $5.4B deficit from Adams, then doubled down on fantasy math: taxing middle-class homeowners while his DSA base screams “eat the rich.” His own comptroller calls it regressive, hitting Black neighborhoods hardest.
Meanwhile, he’s draining rainy day funds to bankroll unworkable programs like city-run grocery stores. Adams kept the lights on with real cuts.
Mamdani? He’s torching the city’s fiscal foundation to fund his socialist cosplay.
Meanwhile, he's also taking it on the chin from the left because he's not honoring promises he made.
(I think he might just be a . . . politician.)
It truly baffles me how stupid the average voter is... humans are really cooked.
Wealth locates itself where it enjoys opportunity to increase.
Clearly New York is such a location.
Over time it gains leverage over any representative democracy and lobbys for low taxes and more privileges.
As a multiple property owner I do not resent taxes on my properties- I understand that the infrastructure and quality of life they enable in my province enhances considerably the value and utility of my properties.
Would love to see free to ride public transport in my city.
It would reduce GHG emissions and substantially reduce road congestion.
The amoral neoliberal greed is good wealth worshipping price of everything value of nothing voodoo economics and dogma that have decimated western civilisation is strong in the article - it is toxic.
Mamdani sounds like a voice of reason and morality in a sea of rabid amoral idiots.