The Communist Manifesto

Dim mantra- whatever it is, it's only bad when Republicans do it

It looks like old JB (jelly belly) Pritzker has actually lost a lot of weight.

It's mostly water weight
I'll show myself out...

Good one!

So, you're saying he didn't lose the weight by consuming fewer calories than he burns?

Astounding...

I’m your source. Communism is killing this city.

what communists?

The ones taking over the area. Who have been sending ducks and geese to the gas chamber. It starts with ducks and geese. Then homeless people, Mexicans — and then all of us.

https://www.idausa.org/canada-geese-massacred-nyc/

And yes, there’s already concentration camps in Mexico.

https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2025/04/25/americas/mexican-activists-killed-jalisco-intl-latam

Because this is a global communist movement. Aimed at North America.

What the hell does any of this mean? I'm afraid you are completely delusional.

Zohran Mamdani Illegally Weaponized Charities to Win NYC’s Mayoral Primary

Maybe I'm wrong but, isn't cheating in an election a federal crime regardless of what level(local/state) the election is?

Antar’s findings expose Mamdani’s movement not as a grassroots uprising at all, but rather as a carefully engineered illusion to fool voters – a campaign built upon deception rather than democracy. Mamdani simply weaponized charitable organizations, taxpayer dollars, and billionaire money to evade campaign finance laws while manufacturing the appearance of popular support.

Antar warns, “This is not just about campaign finance violations – it’s about the erosion of public trust when democratic narratives are scripted by hidden elite machinery and sold as the people’s will.”

Accordingly, Antar believes a comprehensive IRS investigation is needed, and reports he has filed a whistleblower complaint with the IRS. Thanks to Sam Antar, the Mamdani machine may soon face scrutiny as one of the most brazen political funding scandals in New York City’s modern history.

This is a desperate last-ditch attempt by the ruling classes to crush a movement of the people, by the people. Don't be fooled by AmericanViking's use of a CONVICTED FELON'S perspective on this campaign to make himself seem reliable.

Cry harder that he's fighting for the working class

He's not going to help the working class. He's going to destroy them by giving them things. They would be much better served by being given the opportunity to earn things.

You help the working class by making them independent and *less* reliant on the govt, not totally / perpetually reliant on govt. All that does is make the recipients vote for more socialists. With his form of govt, ultimately it's the govt leaders who have everything and the people are barely scraping by. We've seen it time and again when socialism is tried on a national scale. So, that's the one thing he has going for him... meaning he's only going to fail at a city level; granted a huge city, but still fail at a city level.

What the left can't understand, and I have no clue why, is that the self-respect one gets from being able to take care of themselves and their family on their own, and still having enough left over to help others less fortunate, is achieved by having a good job, without help form the government. That results in an incredible feeling of pride, self-worth, dignity, etc. But the left would rather treat us like zoo animals, giving us sub-standard housing and feeding us crappy food twice a day, and all for free, meaning someone else is paying their way in this world. Who can take any self-respect from that?

What the hell? Do you think the left doesn't want people to take care of themselves, or take care of their families on their own? Have you seen the situation that the Western world is in at the moment? Wealth inequality is the highest it has ever been and across the West people are working at least two jobs to get enough money for their families to get by. Is that self-respect? People working sub-standard jobs in poor conditions, because with high unemployment, people are forced to work for whatever they can get?

Every day, more people are becoming reliant on the government, because of Neo-liberal policies that place more value on the dollar than human and communal dignity. Is that self-respect? The billionaire class has no respect for the people; that's why at every given chance they tear down social programs that get people into work and out of poverty, programs that help education to bloom and create strong nations.

The billionaire class are masters of deception; they are always engineering crises, manufacturing enemies, sparking wars. Instead of blaming them for our economic problems, we blame minorities. Sometimes, it's Muslims. Sometimes, it's Christians. Other times, it's immigrants. Other times, it's far-right conservatives. Others, homosexuals.

Why do the people have such wide-ranging enemies? Because the ones who hold all the cards (the wealthy) have essentially unlimited influence in this profit-first system, which they use to devastating effect; splitting us up along false divides, getting us to fight each other instead of working with each other. It's all a smoke-screen. You and I have far more in common than we don't, my friend.

I can't speak for all leftists (there are fools and extremists on all sides of the political compass), but I know for sure that the reason I, and millions of other progressives the world over, are in this fight is to secure a better, more equitable, and more honest future where hard work can get you and your family far beyond just the basics. That's why I'm in this fight.

Yours sincerely, a saddened friend.

"Do you think the left doesn't want people to take care of themselves..."

I hope that they do, but I see very little evidence of that. I see more evidence of them trying to create a permanent class of people dependent on the govt, which means votes for dems so they stay in power.

If you can give me some examples of Dems seriously pushing for policies that are in effect a hand up instead of a hand out, I'd like to see them. I used to vote Democrat, and when I did, it certainly wasn't because of their "hand up" policies, which I could never find.

" Have you seen the situation that the Western world is in at the moment?"

Sure. Your point?

"people are working at least two jobs to get enough money for their families to get by."

Oh, there it is. If they're doing that, they need to find jobs that will pay them more money. To an extent that's what I've done. I work two *full time* jobs, and these aren't the jobs I would have held onto while increasing my monthly nut and wanting help from the govt. I have these jobs not so my family can get by, but so we can get ahead. I guess that's one of the differences between me and libs who want to live on the govt dime.

I guess you could say I decided to address the income inequality situation myself, by increasing my income.

"Is that self-respect?"

Hell yes! Definitely if it means not having to rely on the govt. It's probably the difference in how I was raised, meaning *not* to rely on the govt.

"People working sub-standard jobs in poor conditions..."

I really think you're making my point for me. If they're doing that, they need to get a better job(s).

"because with high unemployment, people are forced to work for whatever they can get?"

And why *did* we have high unemployment / inflation? I think the answer is clear from an economic viewpoint when you look at the difference in our two political parties, personified by our two most recent presidents. One has the economy humming and one just sat back and let the Autopen run the country.

Okay, I could go through the rest of your post and blow hard with my opinions, but we both know you don't care.

I do appreciate that you took the time to write a thoughtful reply. I don't have to agree to appreciate. We just look at the world differently, again likely due to differences in how we were raised. Some believe the govt is the answer to our problems. I believe they can be, sometimes, but are usually the cause of our problems instead.

Firstly, who said I was American? If I was, I certainly wouldn't vote for the Democratic party.
And secondly, all of your rebuttals are anecdotal, which makes all of them invalid for a proper socio-economic discussion.
Thirdly, I'm not sure if I've been clear enough. I don't believe the government is the solution to all our problems, and I certainly don't believe that people should live off the government. That's why I think that the government should work for the people; as in, get them out of poverty and super-poverty, get them a good education, so that they can make their own decisions and have a life of dignity and choice.
However, I also don't believe they should live off the whims of corporations and a wealthy class that is concentrating more and more wealth in the hands of fewer and fewer individuals and firms.
I appreciate that you appreciate that I took time to write a thoughtful reply.

I guess in a decade we will look back and see whose perspective turned out to be correct. I hope that if I am proved right, you will be as open to admitting being wrong as I will be if you are proved right.

who made the image?
ChatGPT?
microsoft copilot?

don't you hate it when the politicians fight for the people!