mjr

joined 5 months ago
[–] mjr 31 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Sadly, but which of course doesn't imply the reverse.

[–] mjr 2 points 5 months ago

Ugggh, pass the mindbleach for that mental image!

[–] mjr 9 points 5 months ago (5 children)

You write like those things are incompatible and liberal socialists don't exist in most other countries.

[–] mjr 17 points 5 months ago (1 children)

NYC has lots of foreign residents and visitors, maybe the most of any USA city, so isn't a foreign-born mayor there more than merely 'internal news'? It's not like the mayoral election of Nowhere, North Dakota.

[–] mjr 8 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Blair's government removed their permission to work while waiting for decision. That seems to have created an immoral incentive for decisions to be made very slowly at some later point, because if the government doesn't decide, the ignorant can't complain as much about refugees taking jobs.

[–] mjr 27 points 5 months ago

8.8 million population, which probably means a bit less than 7 million potential voters because kids and others can't vote and it's a relatively young city. Only 5 million registered to vote at present.

So still 2 million is worryingly low, but not as bad as if there were 8m potential voters.

[–] mjr 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Doesn't that just lead to rule by the arrogant and insensitive?

[–] mjr 9 points 5 months ago

Free at the point of use. Like freeways but transport. Still has to be paid for somehow, but is called free. More accessible than some transport projects, so it seems like a good move.

[–] mjr 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

They've been owned!

[–] mjr 17 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Because they feel this is more of a priority than climate change, the cost of living, air pollution, ...?

I wonder how many areas don't have some local councillor's home in them, given that most of England still has county, district and town/parish councils, each with between 12 and 90 councillors. This law could easily have some unforseen consequences.

[–] mjr 9 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Digital ownership? Games producers want to own players' fingers now? I guess that's slightly better than cutting their ears off.

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