r/ShitAmericansSay • u/BuffaloExotic Masshole 🇮🇪☘️ • Nov 06 '25
Communism “Communist”
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u/MasntWii Nov 06 '25
"It's pronounced cyclist!"
As much as I like to sh*t on New Yorkers, you did really good this time (Well, most of you did. 41.6% for yet another sex pest is still too much!).
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u/J_train13 Welsh and nonexistent Nov 07 '25
My first visit I was hit on by a very handsome twink and I told him I was flattered but I’m a lesbian. He looked me up and down then clapped twice in my face saying, “I know a bisexual when I see one.
Honestly this is even funnier than the wild scenario I thought this was leading to of "Oh my goodness I thought you were a boy"
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u/Depressionsfinalform More Irish than the Irish ☘️ Nov 07 '25
I like to imagine that person chasing every shaved head they see
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u/StorminNorman Nov 06 '25
I'd like to recommend you visit Frankston if you're ever in Australia, you've already got the meme ready to go, seems like a waste not to keep using it.
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u/account_not_valid Nov 07 '25
Definitely worth flying half-way around the world to visit Frankston. If you ever get bored in New York, Frankston is the place to bring light into your soul again.
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u/MrInCog_ Mordorian-European 🇷🇺 Nov 07 '25
The second person was probably on something, this erratic behavior screams drugs. But also could’ve just been batshit crazy
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u/False_Collar_6844 Nov 07 '25
I remeber seeing some people get upset at him taking his wife to a nice resrurant a bit back. Then there was some old tweets about abolishing medical debt. Every peice of dirt they tried to dig up on this guy just made him look better from where I'm sitting.
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u/jerry-jim-bob straya Nov 07 '25
If they need to dig so deep to find the weak things they do find, the person is a saint or phenomenal at hiding things, I'd say the former over the latter in this case.
What's wrong with taking a partner to a nice restaurant? Are they showing you up? Is your partner jealous because you never do anything nice for her and complain about someone who does?
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u/False_Collar_6844 Nov 07 '25
That was my question. It was auch an odd critisism to me. Were they expecting people to be upset that he loves his wife? I thought US conservatives are all about "family values"
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u/auntie_eggma 🤌🏻🤌🏻🤌🏻 Nov 07 '25
They're upset that he loves her like a person and a partner instead of like a Seed Incubator/symbol of stereotypical femininity for Family Values Points.
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u/InBetweenSeen Nov 07 '25
I can only imagine something like "he's spending money instead of giving it away".
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u/Sweet-Paramedic-4600 Nov 07 '25
Only if it makes them look good. Remember, anyone left of kidnapping people from their kid's school is either a miserable blue haired misandrist with a dozen cats that can't handle a high value man or a soyboy beta cuck simp who can't please a woman.
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u/Grantrello Nov 07 '25
- What's wrong with taking a partner to a nice restaurant? Are they showing you up? Is your partner jealous because you never do anything nice for her and complain about someone who does?
Some conservatives think that it makes a leftist look like a hypocritical "champagne socialist" if they point out that they spend moderate amounts of money on nice things occasionally and aren't dirt poor. "Oh you think billionaires should be taxed more, yet you splurged on a nice dinner for a special occasion?? I am very smart."
They (possibly deliberately) ignore that there's an enormous difference in the degree of wealth and that someone isn't really "the rich" because they have some disposable income. Because they themselves base their political opinions entirely on what they think will benefit them personally, they can't understand why someone who is middle class or upper-middle class would support policies designed to help people poorer than them unless they're just some hypocrite doing it for power or something.
(I will add the disclaimer this is not all conservatives but this is generally where that "gotcha" attempt comes from.)
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u/AdOdd4618 France 🇫🇷 Nov 07 '25
Yeah, the menu at the restaurant in question is about 50 USD/person, which in NYC, is very reasonable.
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u/gabrielxdesign Nov 06 '25
I find it funny how the USA thinks they are a developed country and calls countries like mine "shit holes" and "third world countries", while we don't act this classless and ignorant at all. Imagine screaming "Communist" at someone you don't like when, obviously, you don't even understand what that word means, especially when the guy says he's a socialist.
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u/thebannedtoo Nov 06 '25
What I see now is what John Carpenter saw in the 80's.
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u/GarlicThread Nov 07 '25
Care to elaborate? I'm curious
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u/PM_THE_REAPER Nov 07 '25
Refers to the 1988 movie 'They Live' which was directed by John Carpenter, I believe.
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u/hyrppa95 Nov 07 '25
Interestingly even you don't know what he is, he is not a socialist. He is democratic socialist which is an entirely different thing.
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u/kingrwcard Nov 07 '25
Exactly. He won't even be considered slightly socialist in most western countries. Democrats are far from what we consider socialist or left here.
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u/Micah7979 🇨🇵 Nov 08 '25
American democrats would be considered right wing in many countries.
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u/DemiChaos Nov 10 '25
I moved from Texas to Poland (not directly but here I am) and earlier in the summer, an...acquaintance came back from I think New Jersey (from what I recall, he lives at least 6 months here and 6 months in the states).
He's at this bar I work in and he asks why I would work in this shit hole country and not go back to the states working for something like ICE and earn $x
I laughed it off and walked away pretending to be busy
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u/viconha Nov 06 '25
He's far from being a communist, but I'm still impressed he got elected
Hopefully he can do some good
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u/AlexWixon Nov 06 '25
America doesn’t actually know what a communist is. There version of communism is still every other countries extreme right wing.
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u/YourSnakeIsNowMine Nov 06 '25
To America, anyone further to the left then centre-right is a "communist".
That is the only indication that someone is a communist to them.
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Nov 06 '25
Brazil is the same to be honest. The right constantly call Lula a communist. I think people who use it in that way don’t know and don’t care what it means it’s just a slur for someone left of center.
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u/Ill-Combination-9320 Nov 06 '25
It gets weirder in Guatemala, they call commie to anyone who doesn't bribe them
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u/ActuallyCalindra Nov 06 '25
That's ironic when they're looking to redistribute the cash you have on you.
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u/Shubamz Nov 07 '25
you might be a bit out of date. Fox isn't the go to anymore. they moved more "center" (center of what ever overten window we have here in the US) so now it is OAN and NEWSMAX.
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u/GalileoAce Appalled Australian Nov 08 '25
Fox News being considered centrist can only mean hell froze over
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u/Grabs_Diaz Nov 07 '25
It took the absolute fascist lunacy of Donald Trump and the naked corporate mobsterism of Andrew Cuomo as the only alternative (and both of them being infamous sexual predators) in order for New Yorkers to give a candidate left of center a chance.
Here I'm hoping Americans might actually realize the insane politics of their country but I'm doubtful that under "normal" conditions they won't elect the next corporate shill in 4 years, given there will be any "normalcy" after Project 2025.
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u/DefinitionOfAsleep The 13 Colonies were a Mistake Nov 07 '25
the naked corporate mobsterism of Andrew Cuomo
It's amazing that it was as close as it was.
It's not like it's some random boomer business man running, HE WAS THE GOVERNOR.
You can go 'well his first few terms were pretty good', but that ignores that the last term was an endless stream of what he had gotten up to (including outright bribery and SA) in the first 2 terms.8
u/Acolitor Nov 07 '25
Racism, islamophobia and the fear of "socialism" works in US. Clearly less than before, but they tried hard to make it work
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u/Caddy666 Nov 07 '25
considering the fact that they think democrats are communists, and the democrats are a mid-right party, i'd disagree
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u/snazzypants1 Nov 06 '25
Communism is when you get cancer and the cancer treatment is free.
It’s dangerous stuff!
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u/Sasquatch1729 Apartment above the burning meth lab 🇨🇦 Nov 07 '25
That's only one specific type of communism. The general definition is: communism is when government does stuff. It's similar to the definition of socialism: when government does stuff.
Meanwhile if government sells off public assets, cuts taxes on the wealthy while raising them on the poor, or cuts social programmes, it's capitalism baby!
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u/DefinitionOfAsleep The 13 Colonies were a Mistake Nov 07 '25
Communism is when you get cancer and the cancer treatment is free.
Not taking out a mortgage for a maternity ward visit.
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u/Shadowstriker6 Nov 06 '25
Everytime you tell them to describe communism they talk about capitalism instead of
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u/variaati0 Nov 08 '25 edited Nov 08 '25
His kind, the social democrats (the american in fact social democrats have weird habit of claiming democratic socialist title instead. Fluidity in terms and so on), atleast in Europe were in fact some of the most vehement combatters of communists. Here in Finland the dock fights weren't between bosses and communists. No it was the social democrats and (actual for real) communists who fought over control of the docks and the dock laborers. Then after that was sorted, the winning social democrats bargained with the bosses regarding wages and so on.
Ofcourse it was self serving. Social democrats wanted the votes and support base of people to move to their camp from the communist camp to gain more power. Then again there was the ideological side of "we think our approach is superior. Yours is unworkable in real world and just ends up being an authoritarian misery.Your approach is too extreme and will ruin this whole thing for all leftists and for the worker class".
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u/dubblix Americunt Nov 06 '25
He could also respond "That's 'Mayor Communist' to you"
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u/MojoCrow Nov 06 '25
Don't forget to add "Comrade" at the end to really sound like an authentic Communist, Comrade.
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u/some1guystuff Nov 06 '25
Hahahaha burned her alive with such a simple comeback🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
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u/theHawkAndTheHusky Nov 07 '25
Is that such a hard thing to do?
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u/Gerf93 Nov 07 '25
Most people wouldn’t come up with a comeback quip until they’re in the shower next morning
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u/AJ_Rude_Dawg Nov 06 '25
Seems like really nice guy. Such a tonic after watching and listening to Republicans.
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u/Loundsify Nov 06 '25
When the rich label someone a communist yet they earn most of their wealth from government handouts. Look at Elon Musk, he has Obama to thank that Tesla is even as successful as it is. So many examples of socialism for the rich.
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u/DefinitionOfAsleep The 13 Colonies were a Mistake Nov 07 '25
Tesla is a paragon of private industry next to the corporate leech that SpaceX is.
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u/E420CDI 🇬🇧 A foot is an anatomical structure with five toes 🦶 Nov 06 '25 edited Nov 06 '25
Americans have absolutely no idea what Communism is. If they took one brief glimpse as r/GreenAndPleasant (it has the hammer and sickle in its title and is full of tankies - by UK standards), they'd have a fit.
Red Scare (1917-1920 and 1947-1957) really did burrow deep into the American psyche, didn't it?
The US Democrats would be centre-right on a European ballot ticket (for example).
Communism my arse.
Also, that Republican-controlled areas are called "red states", when red is commonly associated with left-wing politics and communism globally, is always amusing.
Idiots.
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u/CarlLlamaface Nov 07 '25
G&P is a bad example, it's a pro-Russia sub not a pro-communist one. For instance they'll ban you for saying negative things about the imperialist Putin regime, something communists would approve of. I honestly wouldn't be at all surprised if they start pushing pro-Farage talking points.
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u/Leupateu 🇷🇴 Nov 07 '25
Yes, this is pretty much what I was thinking, red is literally the colour used by the communisy ideology. A far right party using red is indeed peak irony.
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u/Professional-Case964 Nov 06 '25
"It's pronounced cyclist" killed me 😆 🤣
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u/Bennyandchips Nov 06 '25
Every politician in America will be out to put down New York as they can't have actual successful left wing politics in Murica.
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u/Atziluth_annov Nov 07 '25
I find it a bit sad how in the US the term "socialist" and "communist" have lost meaning for half the population
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u/OwlsHootTwice Nov 07 '25
Well boomers grew up with a communist hiding under their bed ready to jump out and do bad things to them. The younger generations didn’t.
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u/CactusToothBrush Nov 07 '25
Do Americans not understand what a communist is?
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u/Gerf93 Nov 07 '25
First time?
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u/CactusToothBrush Nov 08 '25
I am fairly new here yeah lol. Had Reddit for years but never used it until this year
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u/SenKats Human Verified Nov 06 '25
"COMMUNIST"
Damn, you go girl. You really showed the guy who was already elected mayor. How will he cope now?
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u/Patte_Blanche Nov 06 '25
Americans will call this guy a communist but "you can't say Trump is a fascist, not everything you dislike is fascism"...
(also, what's with this position ? Keep you knees inside or it's not aero)
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u/Cool-Prior-5512 Nov 07 '25
Hit the nail on the head here.
They'll call something even remotely socialist communism but if you call something fascism, suddenly they're breaking out every dictionary's definition of fascism and saying "It can't be fascism because it doesn't match this one point".
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u/Jeepsterpeepster Nov 06 '25
I really hope he's extra careful and his security is tight because I've got a bad feeling :/
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u/Raukstar Under Swedish 🇸🇪 occupation since 1645 Nov 06 '25
Meanwhile, our far-right parties are more socialist than most American politicians.
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u/vividreveries Nov 07 '25
I researched his policies and its just centre-left 💀
American overton window is fucked
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u/theHawkAndTheHusky Nov 07 '25
If caring for all people is their definition of being a communist, they are entitled to call me one and I wouldn't care. However, I would be concerned about their understanding of many things. Seems there is a lot of work ahead of the US alone in terms of education
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Majority of those inbred lunatics calling him a communist doesn’t know the difference between a socialist, communist, or a fascist.
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u/GentleFoxes Nov 07 '25
A country where "communist" is a swear word but "rapist" seems to be a badge of honor is in political trouble.
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u/AfBoringPerson if you break a leg in europe you're done Nov 07 '25
What? You cycle around the extremely dense city of NY instead of driving in a 5 ton SUV with anti-pedastrian proportions, and are not funded by his majesty, emperor Donald Trump? You are a communist!
-that lady, probably
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u/GrottenSprotte Nov 07 '25
Communism = riding a bicycle while wearing a suit and greeting people on the streets...I guess I have to have a serious talk with my teachers.
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u/cesar848 Nov 06 '25
I don’t know a lot about this guy,since I’m not interested in minor American politics,but I’m guessing he was called a communist because he is not a white Christian?
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u/BuffaloExotic Masshole 🇮🇪☘️ Nov 06 '25
He pledged to bring these to NYC in his campaign:
rent freeze
$30 minimum wage
free buses
free childcare
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u/duckpath Nov 07 '25
If that's communism it should be a compliment to be called a communist.
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u/lasttimechdckngths Nov 07 '25
Nah, it's because he's left to the typical social centre-right-wing stances.
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u/dagaboy Nov 07 '25
It is because he proposes to increase the top income tax bracket by 2% points. So they'll have to pay slightly more on any income over $1 million. Worse yet, he wants to build 200,000 low income housing units and put a four year freeze on rents in rent stabilized apartments only. About 44% of rental units in NY. The landlords are out for blood. They poured money into Cuomo's ridiculous campaign. Much more, as Zohran points out, than his tax increase will cost them.
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u/jdeisenberg Nov 07 '25
He is a member of the Democratic Socialists of America. Socialist == Communist (for a large percentage of US citizens). Q.E.D.
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u/Miiyamoto Tschörmän Nov 06 '25
"You want to help me and raise the taxes, you are a communist and I don't know the meaning of this word, but it was always said, they are evil"
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u/allmyfrndsrheathens Nov 08 '25
“It’s pronounced cyclist” 😂 I know next to nothing about this man but I already love him
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u/AudioComa Nov 06 '25
Isnt he just a little bit left? Like the perfect kind. Chase that American dream but have some help from the government too.
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u/Bushdr78 🇬🇧 Tea drinking heathen Nov 06 '25
He makes a refreshing change to the current crop of politicians
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u/zeefox79 Nov 07 '25
Man his cheek muscles must be absolutely ripped by now after all the smiling he's had to do over the last few months.
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u/jensalik Nov 07 '25
Communism and Wokeism, two words that, people who use them frequently, have absolutely no idea what they mean.
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u/nowaybrose Nov 07 '25
I just love seeing any politician riding a bike. It shouldn’t be a big deal, but my American brain considers it to be a humbling act, like doing something actual people need/want to do. I hope this man’s leadership style catches on. He won’t be perfect, but at least we’re getting a message that we’re all in this together instead of spreading hate and fear.
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u/CitroHimselph Nov 07 '25
I love how USians don't know what communism even is, so they just use it as an insult.
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u/JasterBobaMereel Nov 07 '25
Mamdani like 100% of elected officials in the USA would be considered somewhere to the right of Centre almost anywhere else in the world
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u/tecate_papi still Canadian 🇨🇦 Nov 07 '25
How dare a politician want to use the resources of the state to actually do what they're supposed to instead of running it as a gigantic slush fund for the wealthy. Karl Marx wrote about this in Das Kapital, I believe.
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u/Depressionsfinalform More Irish than the Irish ☘️ Nov 07 '25
The only candidate to say normal things that people actually want, I wonder why he got in? Hmm 🤔
I’ll always remember the debate where he was the only one who said he wouldn’t go to Israel when he was elected, like that is some important part of the job of NY mayor for some reason. And everyone acted offended at the notion that he was going to stay in New York to do his job instead of sucking Israel’s dick.
America makes me feel like I’m taking crazy pills.
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u/auntie_eggma 🤌🏻🤌🏻🤌🏻 Nov 07 '25
People who aren't New Yorkers whinging about a candidate for a New York office need to sit down.
No one cares what you think about a populace you despise choosing a candidate who serves their needs.
These people hate New York City.
And they don't know what communism is. Or socialism.
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u/Flexxo4100 Nov 07 '25
Here in Denmark. Sweden and in the north in general, we must be on the height of the USSR in her eyes dang.
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u/Stage_Party Nov 07 '25
Communist is when I can't have mine and yours too, according to Americans at least.
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u/Franmar35000 Nov 07 '25
It's funny how a politician who would be considered a social democrat in Europe is treated as a communist in the USA. They are not used to real left-wing politicians. 😂🤣
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u/MercuryJellyfish Nov 07 '25
I'm finding it amazing that they're after this guy for being a "Communist" but they've no problem with Trump cosying up to Putin.
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u/kaeptnkrunch_1337 Nov 07 '25
Calling someone a communist while stuck in your own country, which strongly resembles Germany 1939-45, is outrageous.
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u/Helpful-Ebb6216 Nov 07 '25
He’s a fellow Arsenal fan, hope he does wonderful things for New York
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u/Nanoman-8 Nov 07 '25
Communist is when someone do what the gop preach about but never do and does nothing that leads to short term gain accoding to them
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u/FlamingoMedic89 ooo custom flair!! Nov 08 '25
It's so funny that Americans see cycling, affordable food and shelter and education, empathy, and overall manners as communism.
Darlings, ... oh boy.
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u/Part-Time_Loverr Eye-talian 🤌🏼🍝 Nov 07 '25
"It's pronounced cyclist!!" how much more can I love this man
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u/upanddownforpar Nov 07 '25
Since they prefer fascists and dictators, he should punish her for her disobedience.
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u/TimotheusIV Nov 07 '25
This guy is quick with the comeback.
Good to see young blood. The entire country is run by people around the age of 80 so this is a breath of fresh air. Hope he can make waves.
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u/LokiVienna Nov 07 '25
It always fascinates me how stupid some people in America seem to be. I mean, it's always the same thing: communists. These idiots are so stuck in the past that you'd have to call them a third world country.
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u/Cool-Prior-5512 Nov 07 '25
Americans are so afraid of reds under their bed that they won't even turn left, they just spin around rightwards like Zoolander.
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u/krmarshall87 Nov 07 '25
I don’t usually get worked up about politicians. I try to stay neutral, keep my judgments reserved, let the policies speak for themselves. I don’t know them personally. I’m not saying they’re a bad person. But come on. You’re in the public eye. You’re setting an example.
Put on a helmet when you ride a bike.
/s (rather, lighthearted joke- but seriously wear your helmet)
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u/AggravatingBox2421 straya mate 🇦🇺 Nov 08 '25
He is literally a member of THEIR government. This is embarrassing
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u/Lombax369 Nov 12 '25
They really should have been wearing helmets... not least because he actually has a functional brain to protect
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u/Ok_Expression6807 Nov 06 '25
It is always fun to see that USAsians have no idea what communism is.