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Freezing rent and government owned housing quite literally is communism
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Anonymous 12w

well shit I guess America’s been a communist country for decades now if that’s the case

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Anonymous 12w

Maybe if the free market met people's needs we wouldn't need these policies

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Anonymous 12w

NYC already HAS state provided housing but I bet you’ve never set foot in the city so you wouldn’t know that 😭

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Anonymous 12w

It’s quite literally not

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Anonymous 12w

Communism sounds really cool then

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Anonymous 12w

me when i don’t know what communism is

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Anonymous 12w

YAAAAAAYYYY!!! FINALLY!!!

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Anonymous 12w

These people want breadlines. We need to start showing school children the disparities of communism the same way we show them pictures of the holocaust

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Anonymous 12w

Oh and government owned grocery stores

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Anonymous replying to -> shrimp_fried_rice 12w

And rent stabilization, but like you said they have no idea what they’re talking about

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 12w

Based thank you for making me like Zohran even more

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Anonymous replying to -> #5 12w

Mind you his proposal is one PER BOROUGH. so 5 total across all 5 boroughs of NYC. the fear mongering is completely insane

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Anonymous replying to -> shrimp_fried_rice 12w

Fear mongering is all they have because their policies are shit

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Anonymous replying to -> #4 12w

Like I guess we should shut down soup kitchens then if giving free food to poor people is Soviet level communism

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Anonymous replying to -> cheese_of_the_world_unite 12w

Because we’ve had public housing for a long time, and rent freezing has always been an option the government can use in a time of crisis, like the COVID pandemic rent freeze and hiatus

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 12w

“Breadlines” still happen now under capitalism in lower tax brackets so idk what your point is lol

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 12w

Better idea, take them on a field trip to your local food pantry… so they can see that capitalism is worse

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Anonymous 12w

Must not be a very good communist then

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 12w

I bet your state has ABC liquor stores lmao

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 12w

What economic system did this happen under?

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