Don't Republicans hate New York? You'd think they'd be thrilled with the opportunity for socialism to ruin one of the bluest cities in the US. Maybe they're worried something else will happen.
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They love New York/Wall Street, because that's where the money is, but they hate all the liberal artsy stuff.
Exactly.... It's all so rich coming from these losers who refuse to even enter NYC because Fox News told them it's warzone or some bullshit.
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Do Republicans Know What Communism Is?
Short answer: No.
More precise answer: They don't have a fucking clue.
Most relevant answer: No and they don't really care, but they will still call you a communist and kick you out of the country if you annoy them.
Edit to add archive.ph link if desired.
The first time I heard of "communists" and "socialists" was back when I was in middle school, when Bush Jr got us into war. All I did was ask why in the world we were invading Iraq, which had nothing to do with Osama Bin Laden. Sincerely trying to understand the world. That's when the already-brainwashed kids starting flinging "socialist" and "communist" like they meant the same thing as "idiot."
So, I decided to read about those concepts to see what all the hubbub was about. Surprise surprise, when I later responded to those same kids by asking what they thought the words meant, they couldn't answer the question.
Now I'm thinking it's kind of like the Streisand Effect - 'Muricans don't want you to know about how other countries run. I didn't know about systems besides capitalism yet, until the spawn of conservatives decided to use ancient fears from the 1950s as an insult in the year 2003. Surprise surprise, now there's a swath of Millennials (and other generations, of course) just like me who learned that if conservatives hate something, it's worth looking into.
"Communist" and "socialist" are no different than "liberal" for them -- just labels to selectively target those they don't like, for whatever reason they decide. Just slap the label on and you're good to go
I got called a communist on Blue sky recently and I thought it was hilarious because there's nothing that would indicate that I'm a communist from anything I've ever said in my entire life, they just like to throw around insults cuz they don't know any better and they have no idea what they're talking about most of the time
I was called a communist at work a few years ago because I said, factually, that a lot of the memes about AOC being dumb were of entirely fabricated quotes.
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As a perpetually online individual I could swear that "conservatives" absolutely hated "thought crime" and political persecution for their beliefs...
Ohhhhh right, hypocrisy. I almost forgot. "Conservatives" use words as weapons and are only consistent in their inconsistent stated beliefs.
What will the average non-bootlicking american will do if this happens? I have hope that this kind of event would be the trigger for the passive majority to actually resist.
They will do absolutely nothing, just as they have at every other step of the takeover.
You seriously need to change your news sources.
Don’t worry, I got full coverage of the cute little parades.
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The White House has framed the upset victory by Mamdani, who could become New York City's first Muslim and Indian American mayor, as evidence of uncontrolled migration...
And by "uncontrolled migration" they mean "brown people getting uppity and not knowing their place."
Honestly, "uncontrolled immigration" leads to social and political mobility?
Good. That is what we need. Also, uncontrolled? When was that lol
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Having the Government STRIP the Citizenship of Americans it DOESNT LIKE and THEN Deporting them to El Salvador or Libya is called FREEDOM!
signed DONAKD J TRUMP the GREAT LEADER of THE country united STATES OF AMARICA hits post, shits pants
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER
They really freak out when their carefully cultivated alternative propaganda reality is contradicted by ACTUAL reality, and they have to face the fact that without the ability to cheat, they can't win.
Everyone else asks God to shoot captive bolts into MAGA foreheads but we can't always get what we want.
If he does try to do this, Democrats will fall over themselves to explain why they support the action, but quibble on how the paperwork was filed to implement it.
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So, to be a republican you must be a whiny little ass baby
Consider this: if ICE took him tomorrow and disappeared him, what would happen realistically?
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