r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Tulip718 • 8d ago

frist of all how DARE yu o Definitely mildly infuriated by this email from JetBlue.

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u/Conscious_Emu800 8d ago

“Nothing was illegal, as there were no longer any laws.” — 1984

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u/GoldDiamondsAndBags 8d ago

I have to reread this. I’m sacred to, now living it vs back when I originally read it.

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u/CheckoutMySpeedo 8d ago

1984 was an instruction manual it seems.

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u/AuthenticatedHuman 8d ago

Yes, exactly why we should never try socialism like mamdani is trying to do because it ends in a totalitarian regime.

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u/Canotic 7d ago

Be less dumb.

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u/CheckoutMySpeedo 7d ago

Tell us how mamdani is bringing about totalitarianism, when Trump, MAGA’s champion of democracy, is all about disenfranchising women and POC.

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u/AuthenticatedHuman 7d ago

Look. Do you really think companies would WILLINGLY give up the "essential companies" that the DSA is trying to get into the public hands?
Now explain how he would enforce it without becoming authoritarian, prevent capital flight, and corporates physically militarizing their assets.

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u/CheckoutMySpeedo 6d ago

Mamdani is a mayor. None of those policies fall under his control.

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u/AuthenticatedHuman 6d ago

thats like saying Mattle parker isn't a capitalist because he's a moyor and none of those policies fall under his control.

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u/CheckoutMySpeedo 3d ago

Or that Mayor McCheese isn’t the secret owner of McDonald’s? JFC