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Is everything sensible or socially conscious Communism now? Taking public transit, being more physically active, telling my family that I love them... all communism?
Is everything sensible or socially conscious Communism now?
No, this is way off base.
Everything sensible or socially conscious has been Communism since the 1930s. Shoutout to Behind the Bastards, who coincidentally aired a couple of episodes about this very subject this week (Elizabeth Dilling episodes).
Heyo, saw the episodes but didn't know who Dilling was, now I know I gotta listen. Thanks 👍🏿
if you're murican then everything progressive is communism
Not quit. It's more like: "Anything someone they don't like says" is "something they think sounds bad". Mamdani said to conserve power, that's communism. AOC said she likes pineapple on pizza, she's basically Voldemort.
Correct. Anything MAGA doesn't like is Communism.
Basically anything.
Its a thing they apply to specific people. You either do things communistly or freedomly even if its the same exact action.
For instance, when the DSA is saying the public should have ownership over Intel they're being real communists about it.
When Donald Trump does it, he's doing it freedom style, which makes it okay.
Edit - It occurs to me the analogy here is that these are sorcery rules the 'communist magics' are evil and musn't be cast while the 'freedom magics' are good. Imo it might be funny to create a "Christian Socialists of America" so you can cast out of the DSA spellbook using 'freedom magics'
Standing behind you in my space suit with a pistol aimed at your spacesuit helmet.
Always has been
Jimmy Carter asked the nation to turn down thermostats ~50 years ago, and these people are still freaking out about it.
Carter was promptly voted out of office and replaced with Ronald Reagan. We all know how that went.
It might have had something to do with Carter putting solar panels on the White House roof as well. Or the backroom deal that Reagan's people made with the Khomeini regime to keep the American hostages in captivity until after the election. Who knows.
backroom deal that Reagan's people made with the Khomeini regime to keep the American hostages in captivity until after the election
I still hold that that was treason and should have been tried as such, but we only ever try people that attempt to make America better for treason
They must think a certain 2013 party anthem by DJ Snake and Lil Jon is actually about thermostats.
Kinda like telling a woman what they can and can't do with their body, right?
Men telling women what they can do with their bodies is like a dog giving advice on car repairs cause it likes to ride in it sometimes.
Fox and their audience would happily unplug someone's life support to charge their cell phones. God forbid they turn up their thermostats a degree or two to prevent widespread blackouts.
If they hate Mamdani so much why don’t they leave New York instead of whining about it ?
Better to live in blue states and blue cities and complain than to live in a red state, I reckon lol
How they make their money is by constantly bitching at what a Democrat does and gladly misinterpret good policy or announcements to their own greedy benefit.
All while living in that Democrat-controlled area because it's much nicer than the Republican hellhole they keep clamoring for
But haven't you heard? All cities are crime-ridden hellscapes full of immigrants who will steal your job while also being lazy and collecting welfare, and who are brutish rapists/murderers but also sickly plague carriers, and who... don't always speak English. 😱
I always laughed at the "stealing jobs" comment.
There is no stealing involved. If anything they got outbid and their employer took the bait.
FrEe MaRkET
Ah yes, asking your community as Mayor to be conscious of thermostat temperatures during a heatwave, to avoid brownouts or blackouts...
Communism. Not common sense.
Off topic, but as somebody who remembers when eastern seaboard grid died during the summer. I wouldn't want it to go down in this fucking heat.
And these "hosts" seem old enough that they should remember.
Someone might say they are on point, this is communism. Leading to the conclusion communism actually is common sense.
The best part is, now that Mandami is being criticized by the Fox outrage machine, all of the government websites that had similar recommendations are being changed.
Automatic temperature controls engineer here:
This is exactly what you want to do in a heat wave. It’s called load shedding.
78°F in 100°F weather is going to feel perfectly cool. You’ll prevent your equipment from breaking down faster and see a notable difference in your electric bill.
Fox morons - this is definitely a Gandalf-I’m-trying-to-help-you moment.
No it does not feel perfectly cool for all of us. Sincerely, someone who was soaked in sweat in their own home due to high indoor temperatures like this all week.
Fox news logic is:
IF person who said is Mamdani THEN its communism
We can then extract from that communism isn't a set of actions and values to Fox News, its an adjective we apply to specific people to make them scary.
But we also need to understand what they think is so scary about it: the government might give benefits to people that they hate.
American conservatives talking about “freedom” have very much come to resemble spoiled children wailing about any resistance to even their flightiest whims. A government advisory does not impinge upon your freedom, jackasses.
in other words. they can't find any legitimate issues with the mayor of new york and how he's governing and presenting himself to his constituents and the public, so they came up with this line of bullshit about thermostat settings.
The Grey Poupon issue of our time!
This is why an actual democratic socialist wins in new york.
To them, Gavin Newsome, Joe biden, and Kamala Harris get called socialists like it's a prize in a cereal box. At one point the young just ignore them.
In America, asking someone to do anything for anyone other than themselves…
is COMMUNISM
I wonder if it'll still be communism when the data centers advise it
Just use celcius like the rest of us and it doesn't seem that high!!!
Why are they suddenly back to using "Communism" as a catch-all pejorative, while at the same time apparently sending their kids to learn Mandarin?
Fuck these assholes.
In Canada it's also become a dirty word all of a sudden.
It's a legacy we inherited from the cold war. Half the time, Fox News is speaking to Boomers and older gen-X, all of whom grew up and/or lived under the shadow of thermonuclear war and the looming threat of "Communism" (USSR). Nevermind that's all passe, the propaganda still echoes in their ears and can be recalled in an instant by uttering that one trigger word.
People on Twitter pulled up old tweets of Nikki Haley and Greg Abbott asking for the same things. It's a day that ends in "y", which is how you know Republicans are arguing in bad faith.
Damn commies! I'ma go check a real state to see what they say. So DeSantis appointed every member of the FL commission, and they say it should be set to .. 78. More commies! What about TX? ERCOT is the worst run energy commission in history. Surely they have it right .. 78! IT'S EVEN IN THE STOCK IMAGES!
This is literally what got Reagan elected. The same tactic will still work on many people.
It predates him by far, but yes. It just goes to show how effective nearly a century of government propaganda can be.
My A/C can't even get my rental to go below 80°F in this heat wave anyway 😆. I'll be relocating to the basement with frozen açai until further notice.
COMMUNISM is Suggesting THERMOSTAT LEVELS!
-People telling Schools NOT to use Water or Electricity because FREEDOM!
Fox news viewers need to feel like victims every single day.
Has anyone told them who is in charge?
Fine, ignore it and pay more for your energy usage as you are free to do.