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You can say it's not about liberal cities or progressivism but about "big business" hollowing out the city, but when all of the cities in question are 60 to 80%
by subradios 4y ago
You can say it's not about liberal cities or progressivism but about "big business" hollowing out the city, but when all of the cities in question are 60 to 80% democrats favored and only ever vote Democrat, as well as the large multinationals that headquarter there making explicit devotionals to progressive causes ("ESG" investing) - you do not escape entirely the idea that these may be related.
- Spooky23 4y agoYou have no idea about NY politics. As a state it’s more “conservative” than a talking head on TV would have you believe. The people who are the cogs of the political machine are catholic, Hispanic and black. Consider when the Feds were monitoring elections, it wasn’t just Mississippi… parts of NYC were included. NYC has loud progressive movements, but it’s a city fueled by cash power.
- _8j50 4y agoCities always vote democrats because american republicans depend on being hostile to those who are different from you and you have to be neighbors with people different from you in cities. Do you know a very large conservative city?
- subradios 4y agoThere are many, all of Asia. Large parts of Europe are also much more conservative than this reductionist view of politics. Additionally the view of American conservatism that requires implicit racism ignores that there are a whole host of Republican voting Hispanic folks, Vietnamese people, etc.
- bettyx1138 4y ago
- johnnymorgan 4y ago..that your generation built and created...such a boomer answer and can't even take responsibility for it even now.
- Tostino 4y agoHow does one "take responsibility for their generation"?
- subradios 4y agoThe issue is that the antifa/anonymous/occupy ethos is the corporate ethos, and that should be concerning, if big business really is the problem.