The problem is that everything has become a national spectacle even city-level elections, because both parties are grasping to make absolutely ANYTHING a distraction while they fuck us over constantly.
NYC things don’t affect ANYONE ELSE. Maybe the surrounding counties, but that’s it. Yet here we are with the President of the United States trying to steer the election in one city, and the nationwide media is gobbling it up like they haven’t had dinner in decades because they make money from the advertising, and angry comments it creates across social media every time they say anything.
There’s fairly specific reasons we were watching NYC’s mayoral election though, that being their use as a barometer for progressive ideals’ ability to win.
This right here. It’s not isolated to NYC. It’s a crack in the pavement of ossified ideas and outdated politics. If a more progressive platform works in one place, it could work in many more.
the fact that both the DNC and RNC fought this is incredibly telling of how big a deal this is.
NYC and its surrounding counties provide a disproportionate amount of revenue to the state compared to the rest of it. The rest of the state simply would be bankrupt if it weren’t financed by the NYC area.
The problem is that everything has become a national spectacle even city-level elections, because both parties are grasping to make absolutely ANYTHING a distraction while they fuck us over constantly.
NYC things don’t affect ANYONE ELSE. Maybe the surrounding counties, but that’s it. Yet here we are with the President of the United States trying to steer the election in one city, and the nationwide media is gobbling it up like they haven’t had dinner in decades because they make money from the advertising, and angry comments it creates across social media every time they say anything.
There’s fairly specific reasons we were watching NYC’s mayoral election though, that being their use as a barometer for progressive ideals’ ability to win.
This right here. It’s not isolated to NYC. It’s a crack in the pavement of ossified ideas and outdated politics. If a more progressive platform works in one place, it could work in many more.
the fact that both the DNC and RNC fought this is incredibly telling of how big a deal this is.
NYC thinks absolutely do affect other people.
The congestion charge got me to stop driving to NYC and I live like 200 miles away.
Now I take the train which is much nicer.
Same with me and London. Congestion charge is evidently doing what it intended to
Sadly, NYC policy affects most of the rest of the state, and it reverberates to many other blue states.
Not that I’m a conservative, but it hurts the rural parts of the state and just doesn’t make any sense.
NYC and its surrounding counties provide a disproportionate amount of revenue to the state compared to the rest of it. The rest of the state simply would be bankrupt if it weren’t financed by the NYC area.