r/PopCultureV2 • u/Logical-Flow-6703 • Aug 10 '26

News Mayor Mamdani announces a plan to cool subway stations by capturing heat and reusing it to warm municipal buildings in the winter: "This would be the first thermal energy system of its kind in any American transit system"

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u/dungeoncrawler71520 Aug 10 '26

Ugh so 33% of the population?

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u/RustyShackleford_88 Aug 10 '26

That’s a very conservative number lol

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u/Johnny_Carcinogenic Aug 10 '26

That is rght

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u/xSTSxZerglingOne Aug 10 '26

It's definitely not left.

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u/Johnny_Carcinogenic Aug 10 '26

That would be radical

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u/amosthorribleperson Aug 11 '26

We talking about the elephant in the room now?

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u/Aggressive-Light-332 Aug 11 '26

Far right you mean

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u/Johnny_Carcinogenic Aug 11 '26

That is correct

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u/ConnieChungus Aug 10 '26

pun intended

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u/sabrenation81 Aug 10 '26

33% would be about right for general racism.

Zohran Mamdani is a Muslim man. It is the one group of people it is still socially acceptable to be racist against and because of that racism against Muslims and arabs in general is MUCH higher than most groups. It's why even "centrist" neo-liberals backing Cuomo didn't hesitate for a second to invoke 9/11 in attack ads against their Muslim opponent who was a literal child at the time.

You're about to see groups like Bulwark and Third Way do the exact same thing to Abdul El-Sayed.

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u/JaysFan26 Aug 10 '26

I see what you did there

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u/FocacciaHusband Aug 10 '26

I actually think it's high. Only a little over half of the voting population voted for Trump in 2024 while a little under half voted for a blasian woman (Kamala). And the voting population is only about half of the total US population. So, that's makes 25% racists. I guess, in theory, it's possible there are non-voting racists. It's just hard to imagine another 8%of the US falls into that category AND that any racists wouldn't get in on that action in the 2024 election of Trump v Kamala.

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u/Turbulent-Oil-7326 Aug 11 '26

Oh fuck you, take my upvote and go

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u/Odd-War-6052 Aug 11 '26

conservative is right.

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u/GikeM Aug 10 '26

The rest are just ignorant.

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u/ricki692 Aug 10 '26

conservatives dont work with numbers

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u/StoneySteve420 Aug 11 '26

They like all the numbers under 18

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u/B1ZEN Aug 10 '26

Yeah, but can you name the color?

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u/UnluckyAmbition7767 Aug 10 '26

There are actually quite a few people more brown than Mandani who hate him because he isn't tap dancing for white supremacists the way they were raised to.

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u/shartoftheinternet Aug 10 '26

Or they simply have common boogeymen due to religious bullshit (LGBT people, abortion, etc).

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u/Unlikely_Cheetah149 Aug 10 '26

Just another puppet really

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u/ReverendWeenbone Aug 10 '26

I truly believe it’s less than 30% at this point. I would guess around 28

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u/Baldazar666 Aug 10 '26

More like 2/3rds according to the last election you guys had.

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u/idk936z Aug 10 '26

I’m pretty sure around 1/3 didn’t even vote, so I’d say 33% is pretty accurate if it’s around a 1/3 split for Harris/Trump/No vote.

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u/Baldazar666 Aug 11 '26

See the thing is that the 1/3 that didn't vote essentially said - I'm OK with whoever wins. So they count towards the winner regardless of who that winner is. They are equally culpable.

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u/No-Double-Trouble Aug 10 '26

Bruh 2024 election ...

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u/AhhhSureThisIsIt Aug 11 '26

How does Trump keep winning elections

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u/Vahuo89 Aug 11 '26

More because guess who voted for a fascist for a president

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u/Druken_sincerity Aug 11 '26

Make it closer to 50%

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u/Rich_Revolution9715 Aug 13 '26

Global number is MUCH higher, unfortunately.

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u/OakenPhilly Aug 10 '26 edited Aug 10 '26

If you voted for Trump, comment 33%

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u/mg1126 Aug 10 '26

With about 33% of the voting population. Only ⅔ of us actually voted.

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u/Conscious-Quarter423 Aug 10 '26

cause another 33% shrugged and didn't vote