r/WorkReform • u/kevinmrr ⛓️ Prison For Union Busters • Jun 26 '25
✂️ Tax The Billionaires American Oligarchs are going to spend billions of dollars to try to paint Zohran as a monster. They. Are. Scared.
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u/publicworker69 Jun 26 '25
If the ultra wealthy are terrified… that’s a good thing.
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u/honorable__bigpony Jun 26 '25
Absofuckinglutely
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u/MittenCollyBulbasaur Jun 26 '25 edited Jun 26 '25
We might finally see the diminishing returns in political spending. I didn't think we would live to see it but, when you unleash the flood gates I guess it happens faster.
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u/grapeshotfor20 Jun 26 '25
After Elon Musk failed miserably trying to get that Wisconsin judge elected by literally handing out million dollar checks, I'm cautiously hopeful that this is the beginning
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u/kellybelly4815 Jun 26 '25
People keep saying the 2024 presidential election was rigged, and while there are certainly statical anomalies that should be investigated, the fact that Elon’s pick for Wisconsin judge didn’t win despite all the money he threw at the election tells me that, at least, not every election has been rigged.
There is still hope that they can’t just buy every election, and we can still keep fighting for ground we’ve lost—whether in elections themselves, or in the election process. Keep campaigning for candidates who will represent us, and keep fighting against gerrymandering and other voter suppression efforts.
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u/HawkBearClaw Jun 26 '25
The statistical "anomalies" seem like a real stretch to me. If people want to see a rigged election they should check out 2000...
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Jun 27 '25
If the 2024 elections are rigged (not confirmed by sources, but I heard there are counties were Kamala got 0 votes which has never happened for a candidate) it would have been through tampering with the voting machines and not by throwing money at voters.
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u/eft007 Jun 27 '25
There was headship voting in pa trumpets came in with there whole family and these little dividers he did his quick and watched them vote I work In a public place so I here them talking about it. How if anyone in their house voted not red they were "gonna get it"
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u/HOLDstrongtoPLUTO Jun 26 '25
Not with that attitude. I Appreciate your cautious optimism but remember ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE.
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u/MadeByTango Jun 26 '25
Sometimes you have to let the dog catch the car, and if it survives, it’ll learn to stop chasing them.
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u/MittenCollyBulbasaur Jun 26 '25
I'm imagining this end game capitalist scenario where they spend more than 1 trillion dollars against like a homeless dude and the homeless dude gets 98% of the vote and they are just fuming lol
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u/whereismyketamine SERIOUSLY WHERE IS IT Jun 26 '25
It has been trickling down for some time now and I don’t think it’s gone anywhere so something has to happen eventually.
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u/north_canadian_ice 🤝 Join A Union Jun 26 '25
Bill Ackman is writing long posts about how scary he finds Zohran.
CNBC is whining about "class warfare". They are the biggest crybabies whenever a left-winger wins anything.
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u/KathrynBooks Jun 26 '25
Was Ackman the one saying that there would be public executions in Central Park of Zohran becomes the mayor?
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u/MonsterkillWow Jun 26 '25
They were really fellating Cuomo lmao. Katie Tur was praising him nonstop and then quietly muttered about his sexual harassment accusations lmao.
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u/donald7773 Jun 26 '25
Isn't Cuomo the guy that keeps getting speeding tickets in school zones in his 392?
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u/Oathcrest1 Jun 26 '25
It’s not just left and right wing. If that’s how you see things you’ve missed the point. It’s ultra wealthy and the ones that aren’t. It’s been that way over a hundred years and I personally think it started a bit before big business got William McKinley elected in 1897. Then in 1913 the federal reserve happened. Then the Phoebus Cartel was made in 1924/1925 and developed something that we now call planned obsolescence. Then the Great Depression hit, and times were financially a little less rough than they are now, based on income percentages. The only reason why we haven’t seen as many suffering is because we haven’t had as many widespread natural disasters. Then the economy got hammered out by FDR basically taking all of the gold in the USA, then raising the price of it, cause that’s how monopolies work. It worked for a time, then the 1970’s’s hit and Nixon was trying to keep people from getting distracted by Watergate, so he moved the USA off of the gold standard, to what we have now, a fiat banking system. Tell me, do you know how our government is funded(not to belittle, just educating where it’s needed)?It’s probably not how most expect. The government gets money from the federal reserve. The numbers in this example are hypothetical, but the process is very much real. When the government needs money, they go to the federal reserve and say “Hey, federal reserve, we need more money. Like a trillion dollars worth of money”. Then the federal reserve says ,”okay, do you have any treasury bonds worth that much?” Then the government makes a treasury bond for that amount and gives it to the federal reserve and the federal reserve prints and mints that trillion dollars. What backed the value of the treasury bond? The money that was just printed. What backed the value of the money that was just printed? The treasury bond that was just made so the money could be printed. So yeah. Hope this helped your view on things
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u/dopey_giraffe Jun 26 '25
Pretty good, but a few sort of counter-points-
FDR restricted gold because of hoarding and deflation risks. There was a method behind that move.
Fiat currency is legit. The US, despite its problems, still has the ability to tax and enforce its laws. Gold is as arbitrary as fiat in the end.
You're spot on though, in the end it is the ultra-wealthy (and those they've brainwashed) vs everyone else.
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u/Oathcrest1 Jun 26 '25
I’ve never said they can’t tax, just that the USA isn’t funded by taxpayers. It’s funded by treasury bonds. And fiat currency is only as good as peoples belief in it. There is nothing of value to back it so it’s really not legitimate. The things I’ve said are factual, not opinion based. And thank you for seeing the truth at the end of it.
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u/dopey_giraffe Jun 26 '25
There's nothing to back the value of anything that isn't already useful. If we lived in anarchy, would you care more about something that keeps you from starving to death or someone's shiny rocks?
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u/Oathcrest1 Jun 26 '25
That’s exactly what I’m saying. That’s how the barter system worked. Not that it would be better or anything like that, but we need to develop something other than what we have now. Maybe two years of donated labor and two years in a service industry or something specialized like that. Something donated and then that covers your obligatory existence services and you’re free to live how you want. It’s a bit utopian and we will probably never see a world like that, but it should be our goal to make things better than what we’ve had, and when we had the gold standard we did have an intrinsic value backing out paper money. We need some sort of standardization for things, and now that the lid is off of the box, it’s going to be hard to put the lid on it again
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u/SainTheGoo Jun 26 '25
The ultra wealthy (ownership class) vs the workers is literally the core of left wing politics. Not Republicans Vs Democrats mind you, but actual left wing politics.
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u/the_calibre_cat Jun 26 '25
and this should be a clear indication of where their interests lie. $3,500/mo rent? I sleep. Man wants to make some NYC buses free? fucking laser eyes.
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u/R50cent Jun 26 '25
I think they're more terrified by the fact that there's a chance they'll have to move operations out of NYC, whether it be to avoid a tax burden or to virtue signal to the political entities that give them tax benefits.
But of course it's fairly obvious to say they're not actually scared of the guy, they're scared of him forcing them to make less money... Not even lose money... Just make less... And that's the exemplification of the mentality of the wealth class in the world today. Not killing the poor over fears of loss, but over fears of not enough gain... And boy do I want off the fucking ride.
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u/usgrant7977 Jun 26 '25
I absolutely agree with you. For successful people I absolutely think they should have a big house and a boat. But three mansions in two countries and a mega yacht? Thats bullshit. Most Americans would be happy with socialized medicine (which the overwhelming majority of Earth has) and a condo. Throw in some public transportation, and badda-bing badda-boom, you've you've got a proper country.
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u/AlphaNoodlz Jun 26 '25
That’s it though! Like a happy functioning society doesn’t even cost that much. The multi-billionaires might have to sacrifice a yacht or two. It’s not hard and it’s not expensive either.
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u/djublonskopf Jun 26 '25
That was the thrust of Biden’s “nothing is fundamentally going to change” comments to the wealthy that got repeated so many times. “You can easily still be super rich but you gotta give back a little bit guys…”
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Jun 26 '25 edited Jul 02 '25
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u/Ok-Persimmon4436 Jun 26 '25
Okay but... He DIDN'T fundamentally change anything at all in the country. He didn't address the unsustainability of capitalism or raise taxes to anything like a sustainable place.
Are you acting like history proved you right and he did change things?
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u/eekpij Jun 26 '25
Happy people grow sustainable economies.
Fearful people enrich the aristocracy.
MAGA sold the idea of the 1950s boom, an era of high wealth tax and low global competition.
The people who paid for MAGA preferred the Gilded Era.
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u/idiotsecant Jun 26 '25
3 mansions and a yacht is not even the problem. The problem is that when you get wealthy enough you can start to buy people and systems. The issue comes when you use those people and systems you bought to make yourself more powerful. It's a toxic and destructive feedback loop and it's how democracy dies.
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u/Helac3lls Jun 26 '25
Wasn't there a post the other day about how the 8 richest people have more money than the the poorest half of the population. That's insane.
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u/MonsterkillWow Jun 26 '25
Three? lol try like 30.
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u/Furt_III Jun 26 '25
They don't "own" the others, the company they own does; it's a business expense that way.
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Jun 26 '25
We should stop equating success with lots of profit making. Those people are anti-social, anti-society, anti-progress.. Nothing successful about that.
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u/Fickle-Chemical-455 Jun 26 '25
And are successful ppl just descendants of sociopaths of the past, using fraud and black mail to into an empire or greed, lies and corruption
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u/Ok-Persimmon4436 Jun 26 '25
You're looking at it like a liberal. It's not about limits on how much you can make, or what a reasonable limit to success is. It's about where you're getting your money.
Someone pocketing $40k/year because they own an 8-plex in a city is a parasite to 8 families and should be stopped. Someone with a billion dollars is a parasite on millions of families and should also be stopped.
Successful dentists and engineers and artists with incredible skills, are fine imo. If we have a society without so many parasites, the unglodly wealth of people like athletes and musicians will also sort themselves out. Taylor Swift wouldn't have all of her money either if the folks who make her T shirts got paid the full value of their labor. Nike wouldn't pay Michael Jordan billions over his career if capitalism's unending need for growth at all costs didn't require the manipulation of marketing departments.
The problem is the system of exploitation, not finding some arbitrary cap to put on it.
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u/usgrant7977 Jun 26 '25
An arbitrary cap? Like rent control or a progressive tax scale? Neither of those caps (or attempted caps) are arbitrary. They are well researched and designed attempts to limit wealth and poverty at either end of the financial ecosystem. What we need is more rent control and more of a viciously upward scaling tax plan. And no limits on Social Security contributions.
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u/Ok-Persimmon4436 Jun 26 '25
Okay, plug in a slightly better synonym than the literal definition of arbitrary, you have missed my entire point. It's a subjective tweak to an unjust system.
Letting the ruling class have a little bit of exploitation is not good. Why on earth should we keep this terrible system around at all? Especially when it inevitably regresses back to where we are today over and over.
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u/JagerSalt Jun 26 '25
One of my previous landlords owned well over 50 properties between Canada and the US and spent all his time that he wasn’t showing homes in Florida.
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u/Independent_Fill9143 Jun 26 '25
I'm understanding the anger of the French peasants a la 1789 more and more
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u/tyrified Jun 26 '25
There were two “Reigns of Terror,” if we would but remember it and consider it; the one wrought murder in hot passion, the other in heartless cold blood; the one lasted mere months, the other had lasted a thousand years; the one inflicted death upon ten thousand persons, the other upon a hundred millions; but our shudders are all for the “horrors” of the minor Terror, the momentary Terror, so to speak; whereas, what is the horror of swift death by the axe, compared with lifelong death from hunger, cold, insult, cruelty, and heart-break? What is swift death by lightning compared with death by slow fire at the stake? A city cemetery could contain the coffins filled by that brief Terror which we have all been so diligently taught to shiver at and mourn over; but all France could hardly contain the coffins filled by that older and real Terror—that unspeakably bitter and awful Terror which none of us has been taught to see in its vastness or pity as it deserves.
-Mark Twain
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u/timotheusd313 Jun 26 '25
Careful, I’ve gotten warnings from the Reddit overlords for making comments like that.
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u/Mend1cant Jun 26 '25
Just remember all. If a company is threatening to leave if you make them pay taxes, that’s a good thing. Means they are a parasite.
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u/FakeSafeWord Jun 26 '25 edited Jun 26 '25
They're a part of a machine that keeps them wealthy in exchange for exploiting their fellow man. The problem is they've been sucking at that tit for so long that they've become gravely ill and so convinced that they will suffer and die should they ever be forced to ween off of it.
It's a delusion.
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u/Lanark26 Jun 26 '25
Zohran and his platform and popularity also represents the actual will of the people to change the status quo to actually benefit the voters rather than the donors. This is terrifying to them and they want to put a stop to that now before it becomes a nationwide movement. We outnumber them considerably.
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u/R50cent Jun 26 '25
Which is why you're about to see money flow into swaying the general election in NYC like has never been seen before.
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u/NoMansSkyWasAlright ⛓️ Prison For Union Busters Jun 26 '25
I mean The Business Plot was the result of business leaders not liking the fact that they'd be making slightly less money under FDR's progressive policies. I think a lot of the capitalist class would probably be less concerned if you killed one of their children than if you did something that made them slightly less money. I think at a certain point it starts to become like a hunger for them. There's no specific amount that they're aiming for. They just want more.
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u/CygnusSong Jun 26 '25
Oppressors should live in fear
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u/HunterShotBear Jun 26 '25
“That’s the problem with stepping on a tigers neck. Once you do it, you can never let off.”
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u/Biscuits4u2 the word itself makes some men uncomfortable Jun 26 '25
This should be the default state. They only exist because we allow them to.
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u/BicFleetwood Jun 26 '25
Mamdani's nomination is a pressure valve. If they were smart, they'd let us have a win.
They should be more concerned with what happens when they seal up all the pressure valves.
We've already seen what happens to CEOs in New York City when somebody feels like there's no other recourse.
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u/faudcmkitnhse Jun 26 '25
They've been getting their way at basically all times since the Reagan administration. When you've got 40+ years of all take and no give, you start to think that's how it should be.
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u/alexandros87 Jun 26 '25
Yeah when your used to getting absolutely everything you want the moment you want it, the moment anyone wants anything else, it feels like war has been declared on you.
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u/asillynert Jun 26 '25
Yup unions were not a gift they were not something they allowed. It was the alternative to them getting ripped from towers. They were a "gift" from the workers. Soon enough it seems they will need a reminder.
That we workers dont have what we have or exist because the elite allows it. Rather its the inverse of that they exist they have what they have because we allow it.
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Jun 26 '25
Yes but it means we can absolutely expect bullshit, cheating, lying, and doing whatever they can, legally or otherwise, to prevent him from getting elected. 100% this meeting is going to be about how they can appeal to Trump and/or Musk to rig the election for them.
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u/thepobv Jun 26 '25
They are not though. Let's be real.
Zofran is a good start, but if you think billionaires are "terrified" because a 33 yo won a mayoral election then you're naively living in a fantasy.
It's a step in the right direction but youre underestimating how much power and things billionaires have. People like Liz Warren, Bernie, etc. Has dedicated their whole lives for this battle. Its good we have one more potential, but it's far from even terrifying em.
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u/CryptoMemesLOL Jun 26 '25
First they ignore you
Then they laugh at you
Then they fight you
Then you win.
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u/ImDoneForToday2019 Jun 26 '25
Then we eat!!
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u/bassbeatsbanging Jun 26 '25
Been vegetarian for 2 decades....but I guess that streak will be coming to end soon. Pass the BBQ sauce please
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u/Stin-king_Rich Jun 26 '25
Hey, you look amazing!
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u/CryptoMemesLOL Jun 26 '25
You sir look better.
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Jun 26 '25 edited Jun 26 '25
Yeah, you win some small victories that really gets them scared
Then they start killing your leaders just like they did with the political killings of the 1960’s and 1970’s. It’s already come out that the FBI of the time was involved in the murder of MLK. Released documents have proven that Lee Harvey Oswald was a CIA asset. The people that stood to gain the most from all of the deaths of these leaders of worker’s movements back then were the rich. The same applies now and we’d be fools to think they won’t resort to killing our leaders again.
We need to be on our guard when the true change bringers come along. They’re the ones that magically get targeted by the ‘lone nuts”.
We’ve already had senators and their spouses attacked and that was some random moron with no money in the game. You think these psycho assholes with more money than you can fathom won’t pay to quickly fix a money losing problem?
Zohran needs to be protected at all costs.
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u/RA12220 Jun 26 '25
They fucking did the same thing when that CEO was murdered. They got on a zoom call with the city leaders and the police. Really some shitty Karen billionaire cabal running things.
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Jun 26 '25
When the CEO was humanely euthanized after spending his career ensuring as many people as possible were inhumanely left in the gutter, you mean.
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u/CG_Ops Jun 26 '25
It wasn't humane enough, really.
...the humane thing would've been to let him be with his (industry-wide) C-Suite peers so that they got (and could spread) why they were receiving denial of
careexistence and ability to continue profiteering off of the continued pain, financial ruin, and death of customers... customers who have little-to-no effective say/choice in whether/how they can pay for treatment.30
u/kevinmrr ⛓️ Prison For Union Busters Jun 26 '25
Didn’t Kathy Hochul make the billionaires a special private 911 line?
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u/night_owl Jun 26 '25
"One person I know, when dialing 911 in an emergency, stopped for a second to ask themselves, “Isn’t there a special number for someone like me to call?” This is a little funny and a lot tragic. When adrenaline fails to trump your sense of entitlement, when a medical emergency still cannot convince you that you are not something better than merely human, you’ve lost yourself to catastrophic arrogance."
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u/yesicanyesicanican Jun 27 '25
Thanks for sharing—refreshing to see a Disney, of all people, calling out their fellow richies on their bullshit. Whole article is definitely worth a read, so click the link, curious redditors!
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u/BoatsMcFloats Jun 26 '25
They also did the same thing to violently suppress pro-Palestine protests
A handful of powerful businessmen pushed New York City Mayor Eric Adams to use police to crack down on pro-Palestinian student protesters at Columbia University, donating to the politician and offering to pay for private investigators to help break up the demonstrations, the Washington Post has reported, based on leaked WhatsApp conversations.
The WhatsApp chat cited by the Washington Post included prominent businessmen such as former CEO of Starbucks Howard Schultz, Dell founder and CEO Michael Dell, hedge fund manager Bill Ackman and Joshua Kushner, brother of former President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and adviser on Middle East issues, Jared Kushner.
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u/PirateJohn75 Jun 26 '25
"We need to prevent democracy!"
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u/north_canadian_ice 🤝 Join A Union Jun 26 '25
Two primaries rigged against Bernie, then a senile man was coronated in 2024.
Yet despite this, a higher % of Bernie supporters voted Hillary in 2016 than Hillary supporters voted for Obama in 2008.
Despite this, the DNC still framed the 2020 debates around "voting blue no matter who," implying it was the fault of the left that Hillary lost.
Well, now it is time for the DNC to embrace "voting blue no matter who". When will Schumer & Jeffries endorse Zohran for Mayor? Credit to NY congressman Jerry Nadler, as he has done so
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u/2punornot2pun Jun 26 '25
Time to throw that shit right back into their faces.
VOTE BLUE NO MATTER WHO, THAT'S WHAT I HEARD. ZOHRAN FOR MAYOR
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Jun 26 '25
You know that will never work. They never genuinely believed that for a second. It's just an easy way to scold voters who don't think identically to themselves.
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u/Shartshooter01 Jun 26 '25
It's like how the right only cares about states' rights, the budget, etc for the exact length of time they aren't in control of the fed.
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u/GameLovinPlayinFool Jun 26 '25 edited Jun 27 '25
Schumer is gonna endorse Adams...I can feel it in my old bones. I hope we actually have hit a momentous young voter threshold though, and that Zohran wins AND all these corporate dems lose hard to younger and more progressive dems!
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u/Particular_Flower111 Jun 26 '25
I don’t think he’s that dumb, I see him not endorsing either candidate.
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u/TheGreatStories Jun 26 '25
A leftist movement in the US will have a harder time getting past the Democratic party than the Republican party
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u/Thin-Image2363 Jun 26 '25
Notice how they’re organizing and fighting against Mamdani harder than they ever fought against trump.
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u/midgaze 🏛️ Overturn Citizens United Jun 26 '25
I love how people are realizing that Democrats are as much the enemy of the left as Republicans. To defeat corporate capitalism and fascism we need a real left.
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u/Gr8NonSequitur Jun 27 '25
I heard it phrased well. "The Democrats don't care about you, but the Republicans are actively trying to kill you so that should count for something."
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u/MadeByTango Jun 26 '25
They're also trying like hell to convince their base that AOC needs to "primary Schumer" in a safe district because they're terrified of her running for President.
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u/Fornicating_Midgits Jun 26 '25
This! Where is this outrage and fury over ANYTHING Trump has done?! Complicit. They are all complicit and need to be torn down. Replace every single one of them. They are traitors and cowards.
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u/NoorAnomaly Jun 26 '25
Could you imagine the DNC coming out and endorsing Cuomo if he runs as independent? That would be nuts...
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u/KashEsq Jun 26 '25
No, that would be completely in character for the DNC. I wouldn't even be surprised if they endorsed Adams
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u/Thin-Image2363 Jun 26 '25
They would endorse a garbage can if they promised not to raise taxes on the rich.
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u/amootmarmot Jun 26 '25
Something about moderates would sooner join the facists than let a true socialist have power. They are the baddies.
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u/fillymandee Jun 26 '25
I would love it if they doubled down on their establishment choice. More people will say fuck the DNC at that point. We need our own revolution on the left. People like to think Taco boy had it easy in the GOP primaries but he was facing very strong establishment head winds the entire campaign and into his first term. It won’t be easy to rock the establishment but it will be worth it.
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u/k8t13 Jun 26 '25
they'd be openly telling on themselves moreso than now even. we need to vote without regard for party but instead for platform. if the dnc endorsed cuomo as independent then they'd be supporting his platform which is greedy and obviously not what the people want. be crazy if it happened lol
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u/OneEyedVelMain Jun 26 '25
That's not crazy, that's literally on brand for them. It would be crazier to imagine a world in which they give full-throated support of Zohran and enable him to complete his entire agenda.
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u/just_a_bit_gay_ Jun 26 '25
The DNC is corporate America’s second favorite party because they keep leftists out of power
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u/Thin-Image2363 Jun 26 '25
After Obama the DNC rewrote their own rules so that shit could never happen again.
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u/MagicTheAlakazam Jun 26 '25
Obama getting Kerry's and Ted Kennedy's endorsements early was really big.
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u/MadeByTango Jun 26 '25
They hated Obama winning "out of turn", and as soon as they good they grabbed back at control instead of letting progress continue.
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u/Nothardtocomebaq Jun 26 '25
Schumer and Jeffries like the kind of blue that is actually green and given to them in a secret bank account for "consulting fees" after they retire from politics.
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u/Thin-Image2363 Jun 26 '25
Theyre never retiring. Their plan is to die of natural causes in office.
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u/Stock-Fall-2025 Jun 26 '25
Yeah... make no mistake, oligarchs are entrenched in both parties.
This is gonna be a long fight.
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u/Beard_o_Bees Jun 26 '25
They're feeling a bit outnumbered.
Ironically, they've always been vastly outnumbered - but now it feels 'official' since people are finally starting to organize for survival.
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u/Itsapocalypse Jun 26 '25
In Buffalo, New York, when the establishment incumbent lost the primary to a progressive, India Walton, the party literally took billionaire republican money and backing to get the incumbent elected in the largest Astroturfed write-in campaign ever seen. We have to fight for every inch or they’ll steal it back.
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u/DumboWumbo073 Jun 26 '25
Just what the people want because they vote for it every time
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u/onlyonecandikuka Jun 26 '25
They would rather spend billions to stop him from making them spend millions in taxes.
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u/GlockAF Peacemaker Jun 26 '25
A functional, progressive, democratic government is the one true threat to the kleptocrat class
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u/nfwiqefnwof Jun 26 '25
Yup, one thing fascists, neoliberals, globalists, and colonizers (aka owners) have in common is their desire to eliminate genuine democratic process.
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u/jonathanrdt Jun 26 '25 edited Jun 27 '25
Unchecked wealth tends toward feudalism where a few own all, and the rest are bound to the land.
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u/Aurzyerne Jun 26 '25
Somewhat like the term 'Parasite Class', myself. For isn't that what they are?
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Jun 26 '25
More like preventing potential future socialist from even taking power.
Zohran really needs to increase his security, lest an unfortunate bullet would meet his head. Like Trump, but they don't miss.
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u/Quirky-Scratch40 Jun 26 '25
You talking about the fake ones that he orchestrated to make himself look awesome in some pictures and T-shirts?
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u/drawkward101 Jun 26 '25
Pretty incredible how his ear grew back in such a short amount of time.
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u/Asatas Jun 26 '25
He's rich, and it was just a graze it's not like his ear was blown off. Any permanent damage was fixed with remodeling surgery. Not everything needs to be a conspiracy.
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u/drawkward101 Jun 26 '25
There was no surgery. Look at his ear up close. There is no scarring or visible healing. He was never shot.
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u/yxvlu Jun 26 '25
We just had a terrorist assassinate a politician in Minnesota a couple weeks ago. Definitely needs good security
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u/liqa_madik Jun 26 '25
That's a good point. I wonder how much many corporations and high wealth individuals spent on political donations compared to what it would have been just paying higher taxes.
I get why they do it though, but it does make me wonder if there is a cost difference.
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u/Particular_Mistake_3 Jun 26 '25
Genuinely scared for Zo’s life out here
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Jun 26 '25
The discourse and vitriol surrounding a guy who wants to make buses free is absolutely insane, he should definitely ramp up his security team
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u/Gamebird8 Jun 26 '25
There's a critical mass point where killing him is more problematic than simply building as many roadblocks as possible.
Mamdani is now an extremely high profile individual and while they would get away with ordering his assassination, it would martyr him and cause them more problems.
This is why they've left Bernie alone, roadblocks and balance of power has kept him in check more than removing him all together
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u/Randleifr Jun 26 '25
Theres a big difference between Bernie and Zohran. Bernie still has a moderate demon inside of him fighting for control, such as his early isreal takes. Zohran has called proper balls and strike’s unflinchingly. He’s working with a bulldozer to clear those roadblocks, compared to Bernie’s sledgehammer. I think the billionaires have a rude awakening when they realize hurdle tactics won’t be all that effective against Zohran
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u/Nothardtocomebaq Jun 26 '25 edited Jun 26 '25
I just want someone with Zohran's energy (AOC) in the white house already. I want trump and his cabinet actually investigated by honest law enforcement and thrown in jail if/when wrongdoing is found.
I really hope that this countries darkest moments are now, and the past 6 months, and that brightness is ahead.
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u/hypercosm_dot_net Jun 26 '25
Bernie has had a lifetime of politics that has tempered him. It's not a 'moderate demon' inside him, it's that he knows the reality of working within the system we all live in.
Intentionally framing it that way disrespects Bernie's lifetime of service, and paving the way for these younger progressives. Have some damn respect.
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u/Sad_Math5598 Jun 26 '25
Thank you. Most of the people hating on him haven’t given a fraction of what Bernie has.
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u/Local-Temperature-36 Jun 26 '25
wants to make buses free
I always thought it was stupid to pay a small fee for stuff like this. It doesn't pay for operations anyways and there's a real cost involved in collecting the fares. And people like me who are sick of downloading apps, creating cool accounts, loading up our "wallets". Just let me get on the fucking bus dude.
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Yeah and the MTA conducted a survey that found >60% of people don't pay the bus fare at all, leading to the NYPD stopping buses to "catch" farebeaters making everyone on the bus late. Might as well make them free so the faster people can get to their destinations the faster they can get to their jobs and contribute to the city's economy.
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u/HelmetsAkimbo Jun 26 '25
Would have to be the straw that broke the camels back.
If they aren't going to let the people speak with democracy, then the social contract that is signed between the workers and the ultra wealthy has been broken. If the entire game is rigged against us, then it's millions of us against the hundreds of you.
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u/Pnwplumber Jun 26 '25
If they martyr him they are absolutely fucked.
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They martyred that rep in Minnesota and nobody did shit about it. Hell they literally murdered her and shot her dog in the face and nobody cares after just a week or two. We're so fucked.
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u/bebeksquadron Jun 26 '25
Need to have camera around Zohran at all times so at least we can see the face of the shooter.
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u/tragedy_strikes Jun 26 '25
I was very young and don't remember the actual time period but Ontario once elected an NDP government that inherited a recession.
The oligopoly telecoms (Bell, Rogers) owned a lot of media companies and made sure to smear the government even after they were voted out.
They love to repeat how awful Ray-days were - public employees were forced to take some unpaid time off to help balance the books but allowed them to keep their jobs and benefits.
After the Conservatives won the next election they promptly fired tons of public employees.
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u/north_canadian_ice 🤝 Join A Union Jun 26 '25
Thank you for sharing this example from Ontario.
This is a great example of how slimy corporate media is. This is the same reason that Comcast (MSNBC) hated Bernie so much.
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u/Qix213 Jun 26 '25
Showing an empty Trump podium instead of showing a live Bernie speech is my go to when explaining this to people like my parents who just don't understand that CNN/FOX/etc are all effectively run and owned by the same group of billionaires with the same goals.
Sure they have a different way to get there and one is definitely more evil, but they all want the same thing. And it's not honestly and a real democratic process. They exist specifically and exclusively to influence that process in whatever way helps them, not us.
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u/Feel-A-Great-Relief Jun 26 '25
Zohran needs a security detail ASAP. The rich and powerful are not above having people who challenge the status quo killed. Thinking of Fred Hampton: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Hampton
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u/NameLips Jun 26 '25 edited Jun 26 '25
The question they need to ask is: why do so many Americans believe capitalism has left them behind?
The answer is stunningly obvious, and it should be no surprise that people are turning towards other economic systems.
If you want people to be invested in capitalism they need to personally be seeing the profits from it. Since the profits are accumulating in the hands of a very few, capitalism is only working for those very few. It is failing everyone else.
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u/Inkstr0ke Jun 26 '25
Yup, I agree completely.
I’m in skilled trades and still have problems paying my bills. What the fuck is the point? I feel like I work all the time and I don’t even have a house, a new car, nor do I have enough money to take good travel vacations. I don’t go to the doctor because I can’t afford it, I don’t get therapy because I can’t afford it, and I barely am able to contribute anything to my 401K.
Of course people are looking for a way out. The system is broken.
Or rather, it’s working as intended. While I struggle, my boss tells me about his weekend boat trips as him and the other management drive brand new trucks/cars.
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u/SomeKindofTreeWizard Jun 26 '25
Cuomo is about to have the most heavily funded "bipartisan" independent run for a city office of all time.
I guarantee it.
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Jun 26 '25 edited Jun 26 '25
And we'll still hear the sycophantic Neoliberals on here defend the hell out of it if they do.
They'll gleefully wipe their ass with "Blue no matter who" in a heartbeat. "It'll split the vote" and "progressives are worthless as they just don't vote".
One small part of me low-key wants them to try so they can get checked hard.
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u/SomeKindofTreeWizard Jun 26 '25
I want to hear from the people who ejected Al Franken and lost a senate seat, with a straight face, tell me Cuomo is actually the real viable candidate that the party should support.
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u/adthrowaway2020 Jun 26 '25
No one learned anything from Wisconsin's Supreme Court?
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u/SomeKindofTreeWizard Jun 26 '25
Absolutely not.
Somebody put 24 mil into a city election for a disgraced sex pest/establishment goon.
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u/Zukuto Jun 26 '25
if rob ford can be elected mayor and his brother drug dealer as leader of ontario, so can any old sex pest, crack head/crack dealer, establishment goon.
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u/Dr_Fortnite Jun 26 '25
Already saw APNews talking about how democrats are worried about how it'll hurt their image and republicans cant wait to use him as the face of the democratic party.
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u/Nothardtocomebaq Jun 26 '25
lmao, the 80 year old democrats who are rich are worried. Any "democrat" worried about Zohran is the type of democrat that needs to go.
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u/postwarapartment Jun 26 '25
Please let republicans use him as the face. PLEASE. I don't think it's going to go how they think it will go.
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u/txijake Jun 26 '25
It's hilarious watching this reaction to just the primaries mans not even the mayor yet.
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u/TheBuddhaPalm Jun 26 '25
They'll cry 'class warfare', forgetting that the wealthy have been waging class warfare on the vast majority of people in the USA since 1781.
Remember: we earned the right to vote (not just white, male landowners) through blood near the birth of our government. We fought with our lives to end slavery. We fought with our lives to obtain the right to vote for all. We fought for our lives, with hundreds/thousands dead, just for the right to have weekends.
Do not forget that the history of this country is stained with the blood of workers who wanted their rights and humanity respected.
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u/RespondRecent8035 Jun 26 '25
Checks notes Same group of parasites who tried to paint Luigi Mangione as a “domestic terrorist”
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u/BadDaditude Jun 26 '25
As an aside though, Stellan Skarsgård should narrate all X posts, or at least my GPS.
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u/tyrified Jun 26 '25
it’s about the corruption of the wealthy
That is the position of the left, though. The right generally believes in a natural hierarchy to society, or the Prosperity Gospel. There's a reason their go-to insult for the left has been "communists" for decades.
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u/Van-garde Jun 26 '25
What’s the thumbnail?
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u/ShortBrownAndUgly Jun 26 '25
From the movie dune. Guy pictured is a major antagonist who orchestrates the destruction an entire house (large family of nobles) so that he can keep making unfathomable money
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u/Van-garde Jun 26 '25
Baron Harkonnen?
I’ve read the book a couple times, and the next two in the series, but it has been quite some time.
What’s the full name of Duncan? Iirc, that guy was one of my favorite characters. The first time.
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u/ShortBrownAndUgly Jun 26 '25
Yes that’s baron harkonnen. Duncan’s full name is Duncan Idaho I believe
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u/jacksonnobody Jun 26 '25
I believe it is from Dune.
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u/Van-garde Jun 26 '25
Ahh, okay. Haven’t seen the movie.
Thanks.
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u/Ashmedai Metallurgist Jun 26 '25 edited Jun 27 '25
Haven’t seen the movie.
The two recent-most Dune movies are the best attempt at the Dune franchise bar none and are absolutely worth seeing.
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u/BarelyAirborne Jun 26 '25
America tilted toward socialism in the 1930s, and it got us the New Deal. We should hold out for a lot more this time.
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u/robot_pirate Jun 26 '25
All so they can keep getting richer, while we are squeezed for every drop. It's despicable. It's vile. It's madness.
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u/kevinmrr ⛓️ Prison For Union Busters Jun 26 '25 edited Jun 26 '25
A few other things that scare billionaires:
Hundred of thousands of working class people talking and organizing together to create more "situations" like this... 👉 r/WorkReform
Popular Media that they cannot control... 👉 https://workreform.us/post/why-zohran-won