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    WARMTH OF COLLECTIVISM: Mamdani urges New Yorkers to keep AC at 78 degrees F during heat wave

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      xyzzy141 @blablarg18
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      The reality of privatisation.

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        blablarg18 @xyzzy141
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        @xyzzy141 No, the reality of a big government.

        Those private actors who might be capable, DARE NOT MOVE or to do anything quickly or good. Only "connected" (politically) and incompetent private actors are granted crumbs.

        so then, shit gets to be job of government, by default.

        & they do either bad things or nothing, because "It's what commies & neo-feudal bureaucrats do. To fix power grid, is treated as impossible. To want to, is treated as sinful - except if it helps migrants."

        Worst of all worlds.

        But you don't have to live like this. It's Stockholm Syndrome - yourself being either abused or abuser or both - If you argue that you must live like this.

        In USA: Trump government repairs public monuments, arrests criminals, stops child exploitation, stops destructive migrants, upgrades power supply - or permits private companies to, re-shores chip & auto manufacturing - or permits private companies to, builds rockets - or permits private companies to. & indeed they work at it

        Not all is well - government debt is big problem or will be soon, like in UK - it might destroy currency. But in general, the more people tell commies & neo-feudal bureaucrats to go fuck themselves, the more people can live, do things & solve problems.

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          blablarg18 @xyzzy141
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          @xyzzy141 & u bringing up Giuliani - Really? You think he's good - really?? U think that???

          If u must compare Zohran to Giuliani, quarter century ago - if that is what u libs (becuz that was Lib Memo which went around) are reduced to - then, Zohran is utter failure already. <<<

          Thanks for playing! 🙂 gg

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            xyzzy141 @blablarg18
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            Gosh I bet you’re a joy at dinner parties

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              @xyzzy141 collapse ☝ leaves rubble

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                xyzzy141 @blablarg18
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                Oh dear🤭. You’re just boring that’s all.

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                  blablarg18 @xyzzy141
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                  @xyzzy141 U don't have to live like this

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                    hubrys @blablarg18
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                    Communists always ration.

                    They give it to u first with smiles, then bullets.

                    Is your complaint that the very Capitalistic, for-profit, publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange (the oldest stock on there!), S&P 500 energy corporation ConEd's failure to provide sufficient power to the residents of New York City is a failing of Communism?

                    That's like blaming starvation for obesity.

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                      I wonder how much red tape and regulations have to do with the situation.

                      California, for example, is notoriously difficult when it comes to getting planning permission to build anything. Illinois is also well known for making it nearly impossible to improve anything. I don't see NY and NYC being any different.

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                        blablarg18 @hubrys
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                        @hubrys Chat-GPT is smarter than u. & not even alive 👽

                        [q] con ed of new york. are they state-established monopoly? not in sense where state literally owns their shares but in sense where state guarantees their position as sole provider of something and tells them what they can, can't or should do. answer in less than 40 words.

                        [a - attempt 1] Con Ed is given exclusive service territory rights by New York and the state’s Public Service Commission heavily regulates its rates and operating obligations. That means it’s a regulated geographic monopoly.

                        [a - attempt 2] Yes—Con Edison is a state-regulated, service-territory delivery monopoly in practice: New York’s PSC grants it the franchise to be the default wires/steam utility and sets the rules and rates, with limited competition within that territory.

                        [q] to be clear: New York's legal regime intervenes to stop competitors for Con Ed and give it special, exclusive privilege in geographic areas? say yes or no, whichever is closest.

                        [a] Yes. New York’s PSC authorizes utilities like Con Edison to serve defined geographic “service territories” as the default regulated delivery provider, while limiting meaningful competition within those areas.

                        ok?

                        STATE-DIRECTED, STATE-PROTECTED MONOPOLY, genius 🙄 🤣

                        This fits what I told @xyzzy141 earlier:

                        Reality of a big government. Those private actors who might be capable, DARE NOT MOVE or to do anything quickly or good. Only "connected" (politically) and incompetent private actors are granted crumbs.

                        But u say

                        blaming starvation for obesity

                        ok, I got u to 1. defend communism, at least by implication or comparison to what you falsely claim is "capitalism", and yet, 2. admit it's starvation. Thanks for playing! gg

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                          @blablarg18 From Google's AI:

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                          If being regulated by the government makes a business "communist," then FOX News, OAN, X (Twitter), etc. are all communist organizations. Geez, you're such a dumb bunny.

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                            blablarg18 @hubrys
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                            @hubrys Government-protected monopoly like I said & u added nothing to what I said.

                            If u want to know....... .....When government takes private company & rams it on people as MONOPOLY ENFORCED BY LAW.................... ................It is technically fascist more than technically communist, except both are sub-types of socialist collectivism.

                            So al 3 words will do, in everyday talk. Fascist, communist, socialist: Same spirit of dictatorship & Mamdani "warmth of collectivism".

                            (see what I did there? Callback to post title 😉 )

                            USA "Federal Reserve" is privately owned................. & is in Communist Manifesto of Karl Marx:

                            [q] did karl marx call for monopolies protected or established by government, in the Communist Manifesto?

                            [a] Yes. In the Communist Manifesto (Chapter II), Marx and Engels propose: “Centralisation of credit in the hands of the state, by means of a national bank with State capital and an exclusive monopoly.” That’s the clearest instance of something like a government-protected (“exclusive”) monopoly in the text, though it focuses on credit/banking.

                            U might say, it's not enough for Fed to have certain monopoly powers enforced by full weight of USA law...........for true communism, Fed shares must be owned officially by USA government. Fine. Then u support President Trump to do that takeover? 🤣

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                              "Warmth of Collectivism" - 10,000 excess deaths in Europe heat wave where AC is often forbidden, reliable power is shut down or taxed as sinful, etc.

                              https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/europe-heat-excess-deaths-9.7267829

                              European countries reported more than 10,000 excess deaths during the record-breaking heat wave that engulfed the west of the continent in late June, official data shows.

                              The vast majority — more than 9,000 — were among people aged 65 and above, according ‌to data published by EuroMOMO, a network backed by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control and the World Health Organization.

                              Extreme heat can kill by causing heat stroke, or aggravating cardiovascular and respiratory diseases, with older people among the ​most vulnerable.

                              "To have this kind of excess at ​this time of year is unusual. It’s really high,"
                              Lasse Vestergaard, chief physician at Denmark's Statens Serum Institut, which hosts EuroMOMO, told Reuters.

                              except upper level bureaucrats, they got to have AC

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                              You don't have to live like this.

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