@thekc23 @ProjectLiberal Under Marxist theory, software engineers who rent would be working class. Under your interpretation, people with college degrees are paid as working class and blue collar workers often paid as middle class or more.
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@HandNF @ProjectLiberal You may have misread.
If you follow Marxist theory,sell your labor for income&do not have assets that earn you passive income-you are working class.
Renters can have other passive income.
Our country defines working class as article did.Pls edit en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Working_c…
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🚨 OUTRAGEOUS: Connie Chan is running for Congress on an explicitly NIMBY platform.
This is the exact opposite of what we need right now.
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@NoMoreBikeLanes Colonialism is not when bike lanes get installed...
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this is what colonization and transportation-antagonism looks like.
nikhil@uninsightful
thicc ass bike lanes, single lane roads, this is the ny the ppl want what they’ve done to lafayette is beautiful
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@thekc23 @ProjectLiberal That definition is not what Marx claimed nor what you claimed earlier.
Marx said anyone who is an employee is working class, which would include software engineers. Someone who is renting doesn't have a house asset.
The median income means 50% of the country isn't working class
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@HandNF @ProjectLiberal That’s the capitalist definition of working class…
If you follow Marxist theory, sell your labor for income& do not have assets that earn you a passive income- you are working class.
If you are a capitalist,earn median income or greater-you are not working class.
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@thekc23 @ProjectLiberal The claim that having a college degree no longer makes someone working class is unnecessarily divisive and ahistorical.
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@HandNF @ProjectLiberal You can read an article to help you understand what is working class. Renter does not qualify as working class, alone. Plenty of renters are working class, but there are also wealthy renters in this world.
Here americanprogress.org/article/unders…
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@thekc23 @ProjectLiberal Can you define working class in a way without including people who are employees and renters?
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@daveweigel I think it'd be funny if this only made the remaining data centers more valuable and entrenched existing companies.
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New from me on Dems and data centers. Hochul’s move today comes as progressive candidates are bodying centrist Dems with “data center pause” policies — setting them against IBEW, but putting them where the voters are. semafor.com/article/07/14/…
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@GusSaltonstall It's frustrating to see six residents in a heavily populated neighborhood try to ruin the city for everyone else, especially given the existing safety issues on that street.
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Six disabled residents of West 72nd St. have filed a lawsuit against the city in an effort to stop the 72nd St. 2-way bike lane proposal, arguing that it unlawfully discriminates against them as disabled individuals because it would impair their access to West 72nd Street
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Why should we care? What threat is China to the working people of the United States?
NewsWire@NewsWire_US
New York’s First-in-Nation Data Center Moratorium Could Cost State Billions and Hand AI Edge to China — NYT
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@EricsRambles @GovKathyHochul @NYCMayor How much do you think it costs to vibe code a silly photo app?
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The level of frivolity from this administration is off the charts. I bet @GovKathyHochul is glad she bailed out @nycmayor to the tune $8B so he could spend it on this crap.
Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani@NYCMayor
New York is where the world comes to play. Now every player gets a card. Make yours at on.nyc.gov/playercard
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@BayAreaNewLibs If there's a statewide insurance program, wouldn't that give the state more authority to selectively deny claims and push people into an organized retreat?
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If you live in an urbanized area of CA, like SF, Jane Kim wants *you* to pay more for your insurance to subsidize those living in the fire zones. Vote accordingly.
Kainoa Lowman@klowmn
Property insurers are fleeing California due to wildfire risk. Could "Natural Disaster Insurance for All" be the answer? I spoke with the candidate winning over voters with this idea—and with her critics—for @monthly. washingtonmonthly.com/2026/07/13/jan…
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time for decentralized social, but for real this time
alex@alexblocmates
quite funny really that we are all leveraging our entire lives and careers on an industry where its survival is wholly dependent on a social media platform run by incompetent psychopaths who evidently do not know the basics of how to run a social media platform
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@EricsRambles How is a bubble going to burst if we cut off supply? It'll only make scarce compute resources more valuable.
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A good idea. The AI bubble is going to burst and these data centers will be a waste of space.
The City Reporter@THECITYNY
New York will impose a yearlong moratorium on new energy-intensive data centers, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Tuesday — the first such ban in the country as officials scrutinize the burgeoning sites’ impact on local environments. thecityreporter.nyc/2026/07/14/ai-…
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@AJManaseer I used streeteasy to find my latest place. You don't need brokers at all as it turns out.
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Last year NYC mandated that landlords must eat the cost of broker commissions.
How much do these commissions typically total? One month’s rent. Or 8.3% of a year’s total rent.
How much did rents rise in Manhattan over the past year? 8.2%.
Funny how that works.
Mark D. Levine@MarkLevineNYC
Rents in NYC have just hit an all-time high. Median market rate in June… Manhattan: $5,295/mo (+8.2% year-over-year) Brooklyn: $4,350 (+8.1%) NYC’s housing affordability crisis is at DefCon 1. We need to push harder on every front to address our housing shortage. Update zoning, invest more City $ in affordable units, lower the time & cost City bureaucracy imposes on construction, get 1000s of vacant regulated units back on the market. We need bold action. This is a crisis.
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Remember when trump did a $20 BILLION dollar currency swap with Argentina? This is that currency now. Conmen gunna con.
NoLimit@NoLimitGains
Argentina's Peso is officially worthless.
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@al171148 Do you have solidarity with working class dissidents who are being spied on and blackmailed by another country?
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The actual people who own and use the church want to sell it. So I find it strange that the government is forcing them to pay the high cost of repairs. Especially when Manhattan rents keep rising, we need more housing wherever we can get them.
Eli Northrup@EliNorthrup
Listen to @MarkRuffalo. Save West Park ♥️
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@___P_MP22 Has the airline industry made it so California high speed rail has taken decades and billions without being usable?
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It’s actually ridiculous. Flying within Europe and Asia are super cheap. Even round trip. But this is why our airline lobby kills high-speed rail. So they can charge whatever they want….or you drive 10 hours.
conny@BlvckJxsus
$500 for a domestic flight is kinda fucking crazy man lmfao.
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@thekc23 @ProjectLiberal I'm a software developer and a renter. I am working class.
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@HandNF @ProjectLiberal You’re a fricking software developer in NY-how do you know who supports the working class?
Chan has a majority of union support because she has saved jobs during budget cuts. She has proven herself supporting working class.
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@alexbronzini Maybe they are illegitimate on Sundays but can return on Tuesdays?
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Trump says Jon Ossoff and Rafael Warnock are illegitimate Senators. Jon Ossoff and Rafael Warnock say they aren’t. Personally, I think the truth lies somewhere in the middle.
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