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Based on some of the hysterical commenters yesterday, you'd think that Lenin himself is moving into the mayor's office. People's sense of scale and the Overton

Based on some of the hysterical commenters yesterday, you'd think that Lenin himself is moving into the mayor's office. People's sense of scale and the Overton window are so wacky right now.

afavour 1y ago
As a New Yorker it’s been exhausting. So many ill-informed takes, like “he wants rent control!!”, ignorant of the fact that NYC already has rent control and has in some form or another since WW2.
- toomuchtodo 1y ago
  It turns out that wide swaths of the electorate are some combination of ignorant, uneducated, and low functioning with a tad of fear thrown in. It’s unfortunate. Kentucky voters were wondering why polls weren’t open Tuesday to vote in these elections, for example, so someone being wildly misinformed about policy proposals or their mechanics would come as no surprise. https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/kentucky-politician-had-remind-residents-195558799.html https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/kentucky-politician-had-... https://x.com/KYSecState/status/1985734353515671601 https://x.com/KYSecState/status/1985734353515671601 > We’re getting calls about polls being closed. They are closed because we do not have elections today. Kentucky votes next year. You cannot vote today in Kentucky for the mayor of New York City or the Governor of Virginia. Sorry. — Michael Adams, KY Secretary of State
- ZeroGravitas 1y ago
  NYC also ran a free bus pilot program recently: https://www.mta.info/guides/riding-the-bus/fare-free-bus-pilot https://www.mta.info/guides/riding-the-bus/fare-free-bus-pil... > From September 24, 2023 to August 31, 2024, five MTA bus routes — Bx18A/B, B60, M116, Q4, and S46/96 — were fare-free. Passengers on these routes were able to ride without paying the fare. > The purpose of the pilot was to study how fare-free service affects ridership, access, equity, and fare evasion. It was made possible thanks to funding from the New York State FY2024 budge
rufus_foreman 1y ago
Seizing the means of production does somehow sound vaguely Leninish to me. Not to you? The Overton window, it moves!

Based on some of the hysterical commenters yesterday, you'd think that Lenin himself is moving into the mayor's office. People's sense of scale and the Overton window are so wacky right now.

afavour 1y ago

As a New Yorker it’s been exhausting. So many ill-informed takes, like “he wants rent control!!”, ignorant of the fact that NYC already has rent control and has in some form or another since WW2.

toomuchtodo 1y ago
It turns out that wide swaths of the electorate are some combination of ignorant, uneducated, and low functioning with a tad of fear thrown in. It’s unfortunate. Kentucky voters were wondering why polls weren’t open Tuesday to vote in these elections, for example, so someone being wildly misinformed about policy proposals or their mechanics would come as no surprise. https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/kentucky-politician-had-remind-residents-195558799.html https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/kentucky-politician-had-... https://x.com/KYSecState/status/1985734353515671601 https://x.com/KYSecState/status/1985734353515671601 > We’re getting calls about polls being closed. They are closed because we do not have elections today. Kentucky votes next year. You cannot vote today in Kentucky for the mayor of New York City or the Governor of Virginia. Sorry. — Michael Adams, KY Secretary of State
ZeroGravitas 1y ago
NYC also ran a free bus pilot program recently: https://www.mta.info/guides/riding-the-bus/fare-free-bus-pilot https://www.mta.info/guides/riding-the-bus/fare-free-bus-pil... > From September 24, 2023 to August 31, 2024, five MTA bus routes — Bx18A/B, B60, M116, Q4, and S46/96 — were fare-free. Passengers on these routes were able to ride without paying the fare. > The purpose of the pilot was to study how fare-free service affects ridership, access, equity, and fare evasion. It was made possible thanks to funding from the New York State FY2024 budge

rufus_foreman 1y ago

Seizing the means of production does somehow sound vaguely Leninish to me. Not to you? The Overton window, it moves!