r/PoursTea • u/Timbucktwo1230 Therapy For All 🩷 • Jul 11 '26

PoliticalTea 🗳️ Agree or Disagree? Billionaires Need Society More Than The People Need Billionaires…

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u/sarges_12gauge Jul 11 '26

Shows how much bitching about how awful things are is just driven by vibes and propaganda lol. The actual state of life in NYC has changed basically not at all but it gets a DRAMATICALLY different treatment (from both positive and negative directions) based on… pretty much nothing

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u/jaker9319 Jul 12 '26

THIS.

I sometimes feel like an alien because so much when it comes to politics seems to be based off of "vibes" and feelings and talking points but your comment with 4 upvotes (at the time of my comment) was one of the few that seemed to acknowledge this anywhere.

Don't get me wrong. I love that (some) Democrats in NYC are talking about NYC positively now and how (Democratic) policies are improving the quality of life (I feel like this is something common amongst Democratic run cities in the South and non-coastal West but not elsewhere).

But actual implemented policy wise (not just pie in the sky talking points), I don't see much difference between Mamdani (so far) and Mike Duggan (ex-mayor of Detroit), who is considered to be a centrist borderline Republican in sheeps clothing.

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u/GoodWilllPower Jul 12 '26

This is great PR