this post was submitted on 29 Jun 2025
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When even Grok is less racist than your newspaper
Okay but can we have a blanket White Tax, you know, as a treat?
No more treats! Now is the time of chaos!
Real question: does Grok actually have a mechanism to find data about what supporters and critics are saying about an issue, or is it just making a guess about what supporters and critics might plausibly be saying?
Grok can access the internet, yes. I don't know what its criteria is for deciding what is accurate/reliable information or if it even has any.
So the root issue here is that the NYC property tax law is written such that there’s a cap to how much property taxes can go up in a given year. Which, historically, made sense as a protection from shock tax hikes. The problem is that gentrification has meant certain neighborhoods’ homes have gone up dramatically in market value, but the property taxes are still lagging. This creates an invective to jack up property taxes in lower income neighborhoods that haven’t gentrified nor seen massive market value increases in order to make up the difference.
How does one jack up the property taxes in lower income neighborhoods if there is a cap to how much they can rise in a single year?
Well it’s more like the property tax goes up even though the market value hasn’t gone up.
NYP says a politician promises something extremely cool.
Turns out it's extremely mundane and fair.
FINALLY THE CRACKKKKER TAXXX
the sky is red
I found a YouTube link in your comment. Here are links to the same video on alternative frontends that protect your privacy:
"On day one of my administration, we will turn all white Christians into cats." - Zohran Mandani
Vast improvement
Will they be all white cats or will their fur correspond to their human hair color?
He's only a mayor. He can advocate for turning white Christians into cats and rally public support for his agenda, but the actual power to implement that policy rests with the Council. Mandani would however have veto power if the council decides on a bad colour of cat.
Nice juxtaposition with the Bezos wedding
i heard he was gonna make it legal to pick a white boy up by the ankles and shake him upside down and whatever falls out of his pockets you get to keep
New jizya gonna be lit
Nypd to be replaced with White boy Janissaries who are the children of the whites who couldn't pay the jizya
God I fucking love you and love Hexbear
It's crazy how right wing people have warped his entire message. He's saying that well off neighborhoods are disproportionately taxed at a lower rate than others. Said neighborhoods have less ethnic minorities (hence the word white). I think the wording absolutely could be better but nonetheless I fully agree with this policy.
Actually, the right wing is using identity politics to create a white unity against Mamdani. He (and his campaign advisors) should be aware of this strategy and counter it. Every time the left talks about minorities the right also uses idpol in their favor. Let's keep in mind that the right wing will always appeal to identity and religion because it can't deal with popular economic policies. He can use the fact that the white rich are screwing the white poor with higher cost of living and housing speculation and create division among their ranks as well. This is better than using an anti-white rhetoric which is precisely what the right wing is trying to use in their favor.
