The urge to make a political hot take, to assert a controversial worldview, a lashing-out, an expression of agency, a show of group belonging.
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guh NY mayor election was so bad I didn't even vote
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I skipped the 2017 election cuz fuck it, it wasn't a contest anyway, and I was humiliated to admit to myself that I would prefer Bloomberg over the current situation, despite his egregious flaws. Mostly I want a new Governor and a new MTA though.
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tfw Robert Moses was a Racist Fuck but actually we could rly use a Robert-Moses-but-Good to tear things up at a state and city level.....
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it's a monstrous thought but I sometimes imagine that a London Great Fire of 1666 would be a really good thing for NYC in the long run
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"Natural Forest Fire Cycles" but for Cities
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"Shake Things Up Every 50 Years" is built into Judaism, actually. Called the "Jubilee Year" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jubilee_(biblical) …
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I know it's super not obvious from talking to me, but this is actually the culture I come from
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Yeah but I feel like even a lot of Jews aren't aware of this concept. There's a lot of random lore and rules out there. I did remember you were Jewish tho.
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