I need someone to explain to me exactly how Mamdani manages to sidestep the very bureaucracy that other politicians always blame for their inability to get anything done.
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@Strandjunker Whatever it is, I want whatever he is doing over here in "progressive Netherlands" too. Tax the rich, invest in education. Wild coming from a European.
Big sidenote: The Netherlands, albeit seemingly having better social programs and infrastructure, is rapidly being Trumpified by consecutive neo-liberal/libertarian governments parroting far-right populists and a general media that is hijacked by white conservatives.
White expats coming over here still laud the country for its progressiveness, but they at least do not have to experience or have lived experience with institutionalized racism.
@McWabbit @Strandjunker I only lived there for a year 1999-2000, before Pim Fortuyn and Geert Wilders, but I could already feel it, despite being a French citizen.
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@Strandjunker at least they are pointed in the right direction and people of good conscience will advocate internally to boost these good policies, so maybe the worst case is something like the ACA, where lots has been done to undermine it but its survived long enough to do some good
@Strandjunker I guess we shouldn't get disheartened if he doesn't usher in some socialist utopia and his reforms are half undone by entrenched interests, better is still better and we can continue to build and push off that
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@Strandjunker balancing a budget is easy when you rob Peter to pay Paul and hard when you try to actually balance a budget
@Slyence @Strandjunker Balancing a budget is easy when you don’t let the ultra wealthy socialize all the risk and privatize all the profit.
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I need someone to explain to me exactly how Mamdani manages to sidestep the very bureaucracy that other politicians always blame for their inability to get anything done.
Explain it to me like I’m in kindergarten.
Trump. everybody in nyc, even republicans, hate him. we are the first ones to get whacked economically, not Texas or Cali. everybody is suffering but the idle rich. and many of those fuckers been warehousing apartments, houses and store fronts since the Giuliani era (1990s).
when fucking Adams came after DeBlasio and spent 4 years licking MAGA and Trump taint and stalling fiscal changes we’ve needed since the 1990s, that was it for.
so nobody is putting up a fight
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@adrianco @Strandjunker The record low murder rate is the one that seems like magic. Maybe just giving people hope?
@dxzdb @adrianco @Strandjunker that’s because so many cops retired or quit. NYPD are a violent gang paid for billionaires (the fight about their secret budget is coming).
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I need someone to explain to me exactly how Mamdani manages to sidestep the very bureaucracy that other politicians always blame for their inability to get anything done.
Explain it to me like I’m in kindergarten.
@Strandjunker Simple - they don't want to - they use bureaucracy as a scape goat to fail for their true benefactors - the lobbyists / bribers.
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I need someone to explain to me exactly how Mamdani manages to sidestep the very bureaucracy that other politicians always blame for their inability to get anything done.
Explain it to me like I’m in kindergarten.
@Strandjunker It turns out that in addition to being charismatic, pragmatic, and out of fucks, he's actually a very talented administrator who works with good people.
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I need someone to explain to me exactly how Mamdani manages to sidestep the very bureaucracy that other politicians always blame for their inability to get anything done.
Explain it to me like I’m in kindergarten.
@Strandjunker I live in another country, but I doubt it is any different in that respect. I also work in the administration. So this is an inside view. There are two major forces in an administration. The solution oriented group and the problem oriented group. The latter hates changes of all sorts. They will even sabotage change and use the frustrated majority to block things.
However, a politician can engage with the solution oriented people and be transparent about his/her goals for ...
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@Strandjunker I live in another country, but I doubt it is any different in that respect. I also work in the administration. So this is an inside view. There are two major forces in an administration. The solution oriented group and the problem oriented group. The latter hates changes of all sorts. They will even sabotage change and use the frustrated majority to block things.
However, a politician can engage with the solution oriented people and be transparent about his/her goals for ...
@Strandjunker ... the frustrated majority. Then the latter will be either positive or indifferent towards the change and then changes can happen. And when you just change the taxation and give the people who perform that task enough time to do it, it will fly.
So maybe he is doing just that. He looks like one who listens to people he works with.
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I need someone to explain to me exactly how Mamdani manages to sidestep the very bureaucracy that other politicians always blame for their inability to get anything done.
Explain it to me like I’m in kindergarten.
@Strandjunker he doesn't side step anything. Nothing significant will change. False premise.
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I need someone to explain to me exactly how Mamdani manages to sidestep the very bureaucracy that other politicians always blame for their inability to get anything done.
Explain it to me like I’m in kindergarten.
@Strandjunker "other politicians bad at their job"
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I need someone to explain to me exactly how Mamdani manages to sidestep the very bureaucracy that other politicians always blame for their inability to get anything done.
Explain it to me like I’m in kindergarten.
@Strandjunker I mean, he absolutely is sidestepping all his promises regarding upholding the rights of trans people and ensuring their access to healthcare with flimsy excuses and/or silence
Erin Reed (@erininthemorning.com)
1. I've written a few times about Mamdani and what he can do for trans people to uphold his promises. But there are disingenuous people who apparently do not read articles, so I figured I would lay out his power and what other trans journos want him to do here directly and what is in his power. [contains quote post or other embedded content]
Bluesky Social (bsky.app)
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@Strandjunker If I explain it to you like you are in kindergarten, Trump could understand it. Maybe we want to avoid that.
@edgeofeurope @Strandjunker No, no he wouldn’t. We’re safe. Go ahead.
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@Slyence @Strandjunker Balancing a budget is easy when you don’t let the ultra wealthy socialize all the risk and privatize all the profit.
@pier @Strandjunker defunding pensions and lying about tax revenue is the ultra wealthy socializing the risk and privatizing the profit? You absolute steamed turnip
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@sleepy62 @Strandjunker I get your point, but in many ways, this is what the system is built to produce. If you require politicians to solicit donations, then you incentivize corruption.
@Strandjunker @sleepy62 @stevestreza it’s like healthcare.
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@pier @Strandjunker defunding pensions and lying about tax revenue is the ultra wealthy socializing the risk and privatizing the profit? You absolute steamed turnip
@Strandjunker @Slyence @pier taxation on unused homes is increasing the wealth tax as well as taking some money from others - share the pain not just blame. Short term vs long term that is where you will see the difference.
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@antjbro @wonka @Strandjunker in monster inc they needed children to be afraid. Turned out they actually didn’t, that was just the first thing they found that worked and they never tried to move past it.
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@Strandjunker @petrillic Well I mean he is a city executive with a friendly council so there’s a ton he can do in the city by fiat and very little he can do beyond without hitting those bureaucracies.
But credit to him – he’s using his executive powers very actively and creatively in ways that should embarrass most big city mayors.
@donaldball @Strandjunker @petrillic I think the point about not being able to effect change beyond the city is also a hidden reason. The “city” is the size of many nations, by metrics other than landmass. He has an amazing array of arrows in his quiver just because of the sheer size of his economy. The NYPD has 34,700 member, Border Patrol only has 21,000 members after their unprecedented surge.
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@edgeofeurope @Strandjunker No, no he wouldn’t. We’re safe. Go ahead.
@Catawu @edgeofeurope @Strandjunker we won’t show him the pictures, the squiggly lines don’t mean anything to him.
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@Strandjunker cocaine?
@gmarcosanti @Strandjunker drugs man, there a hell of a drug, I tell ya.
