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> They elected the people that made that decision. If they don't like it, they can vote them out. It seems you didn't read my prior comment, some of their elec
by metildaa 8y ago
> They elected the people that made that decision. If they don't like it, they can vote them out.
It seems you didn't read my prior comment, some of their elected officials are opposed to Amazon moving in.
> Citing an example of some Berliner NIMBYs is not really helping your argument.
It shows how a community can fight back. Much of the change mega-corps bring to the neighborhoods and cities they set up shop in is not good, current locals definitely have a right to reject.
- JumpCrisscross 8y ago> some of their elected officials are opposed to Amazon moving in The opposition to an almost-done deal is almost always louder than the support. Supporters want to keep the status quo, i.e. the deal closing. Opposers want to stop it. I think this is a good deal. I prefer having Amazon in New York, and I prefer the billions of extra tax dollars they're going to pay New York City and Albany versus potentially losing those dollars to another city, state or country. I'm not making a lot of noise because I think the Mayor and Governor have it handled. TL; DR I don't think one can assume popular opposition to this deal.
- Apocryphon 8y agoProbably the best way to gauge the support/opposition was to put this deal into a city-wide referendum to begin with.
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- cycrutchfield 8y agoHow'd that work out in the case of Brexit? Direct democracy is not really the best way to govern.
- Apocryphon 8y agoThe distance of separation between a New Yorker and the city government is magnitudes closer than between a Briton and the EU agencies.