The Lie & False Promise Of The Left

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“Don’t believe everything you read on the internet”
- Abraham Lincoln

lol - wait, wdym Lincoln said that? there was no internet when Lincoln was around, was there? lol

Einsten never said the "insanity" quote. But if you see a meme online suddenly people believe it.

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lol ur on2 something

Whenever politicians promise you Utopia, they are lying.

Although, to be fair, those cities are also economic powerhouses. The San Francisco area, for instance, has THE strongest economy in the entire nation.

And yes, the homelessness is pretty bad in SF, and it's impossible to find decent housing unless you're the son of an oil baron. However, the average house in the city is worth around $1.5 million because that's what people are willing to pay to be a part of the city.

Why do I care about the city I live in being and economic powerhouse? How does that profit the individual?

Places that have high cost of living have to have higher salaries (on average) in order to make the local economy work -- but that higher salary is absorbed in cost of living so there is no net gain. That' qny income is a poor measure of socio-economic class.

Guy, you give too much power and attention to the fictions of goverments and politicians.

Add to that big heaps of bullshit to help your fantasy ride along, and, well, if you were here it would make sense why you would vote Cult45. Appeals to a certain 'shortchanged' demographic, and shoe/fits...

Oh, you need to recheck which of the adorable parties you're so fixated on 'ran' NYC for 20 years spanning the 90s - 00s. Sucks for your ''century'' narrative, but que sera, c'est la vie,,,

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I'm sure you found a missing comma (see what I did there?) to build your 'argument' around. I'm sure it was really swell too.

As for your ridiculously asine bit of dystopian fantasy, you're the ONLY tree pruner round the 'city' (we call those "neighborhoods" in my neck of the woods, son) closest to your home in C-A-N-A-D-A. Why not compare that place along with all the dying small towns that dot the otherwise empty spaces in so-called Red State country USA, whose economies have been comatose since the Civil War.

Just the dollars generated in those cities from tourism alone far exceeds the economic activity of those sleepy flyover States, which suckle on the teat of Uncle Sam as if the Socialist New Deal only just began. And, as you know, that's just the frosting on that towering cake.

You post partisan propaganda, but offer no comparisons to them with successes in some unnamed mystery locales in the USA that do better because there are NO locales in the USA that do better.

Keep trying shill, your fellow trailer park cultists are sure to lap it up.

Your list of mega sized Republican cities that put those sparkling jewels to shame is as expected.

Hurry now, the tumbleweeds (that's a Russian invasive plant that has become something of a symbol of the US West, particularly - although not exclusive to - ghost town serenades and cowboys long turned dust in their sun worn graves) are posing for selfies in many a trailer park.

That reminds me, why is it that those well off folks who live in that hive of economic activity known as Tornado Alley live in plywood homes? Has the advent of brick & mortar not arrived at a Home Depot near them yet?

So SF is a great place if you are in the 1%.

Not my opinion, just what I gather from your comment.

SF has been, and is still in a decline economically. Regulations, combined with the fact that the city lets homeless people live right in the same space as high end hotels and convention locations, is driving any hotel related business (conventions) to other places, like Las Vegas. Plus, they charge outrageous rates for anyhthing that the city has any control over, either directly or through surcharges or taxes. Las Vegas actually wants your business, so they don't pile on like that.

SF itself is not that big relative to other world class cities. It's got to be comfortably under a million in population, with the entire bay area being around 8 million. I'm speculating on those numbers since I haven't checked in a while.

It's the rest of the bay area that is the real powerhouse, economically. The south bay, including San Jose, Palo Alto, Redwood City, Santa Clara, Sunnyvale, Cupertino, Milpitas, etc., are where the high tech companies want to be, because the housing is cheaper (and that's relative, since a 1700 sq. foot home in a nice middle class area can cost at least $1 million) which means that's where the talent pool is, and of course the big plus is you don't have to deal with the crazy city govt in SF.

How many Republican major cities don’t have these same problems is the question.

All good reasons to defund the police. No police = No crime.

I can defend myself, read my name.

You are in portion of liberalism that does not, but the left does.

I cannot speak for Republican cities, My county and most of the surrounding cities are run by Democrats, we are basically suburbs of Chicano Illinois here in Northwest Indiana.

When the first protest was announced to gather at Target. Home Depot and the mall. every city and the State Police showed up and formed barriers in front of the buildings and there was no destruction, looting or fires.

I watched live video from one of the protesters complaining about the police snipers on top of all the buildings.

So far every protest in the region has been kept peaceful in spite of the protesters chanting "NO PEACE"

A couple hundred cops in full riot gear make a difference, in spite of the agents provocateurs trying to incite something.

I can not say the same for Indianapolis, their Democrat mayor told police to stand down, and now my friends that live in the area say that the last 20+ years of renovations and beautification are lost to the mob.

the point: let the green party take over

Why? They're really green.

You'll have to reform the electoral system first

Pretty much that. A country with a "first over the bar" election system always ends up with two dominant parties, max. Everybody else hold their noses and vote for the least bad of these two options, since voting third party just wastes your vote.

That is so true, Timber1972

Not I disagree with you, but I'm curious: how do you rule out correlation? How do you know that both are not caused by a third factor?

They are controlled by other factors and Republicans know this.

City governments don’t work in a vacuum. For instance, a city might want to allow dispensaries within city limits, but if the state hasn’t passed a law legalizing medicinal or recreational use, then they’ll be subjected to sheriffs or other law enforcement coming in and shutting them down.

I’ve seen it in the early days of legalization where it was the feds doing crackdowns. They can however ban it within city limits, which I’ve seen happen where the city council is getting their chains yanked by local donors, so they’ll turn off the water and power to these places.

But city governments can still only do so much if they’re controlled by a red state legislature that cuts funding for their programs because Republicans don’t care about poor people.

Dispensaries make the cities better? Most of the places that are rebelling have dispensaries. I thought weed made you "CHILL".

Where did I say dispensaries make the city better? That wasn’t even my point.

Who keeps putting them in office?

the military industrial complex, big pharma, amway, the oil industry, the prison industry; basically democrats and republicans are puppets for people to think they have freedom in america

And in that respect there’s something to say about progressives like AOC. But how many bushy eyed greenhorn legislators went into the government with a head full of change and either got corrupted there or were just stonewalled into ineffectiveness? The entire system needs an overhaul.

Why is AOC poison?

Comparing the two, honestly, who has achieves more in life.

It's hard to accept that someone with a degree in economics could be so colossally ignorant about the economy, and the world, work. That doesn't say great things about education.

People who know that Republicans will enact legislation against their interests and well-being.

It's just a weird coincidence.