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   On Jan 6, 2026 at 8:39:11 PM PST, "Rhino"    
   wrote:   
      
   > On 2026-01-06 11:01 p.m., BTR1701 wrote:   
   >>  On Jan 5, 2026 at 2:36:54 PM PST, "Rhino"    
   >>  wrote:   
   >>   
   >>>  On 2026-01-05 4:30 p.m., BTR1701 wrote:   
   >>>>    On Jan 5, 2026 at 1:25:13 PM PST, "Rhino"    
   >>>>    wrote:   
   >>>>   
   >>>>>    On 2026-01-05 2:04 p.m., BTR1701 wrote:   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>>      Mamdani's Director of Tenancy, Cea Weaver, says NYC will transition   
   >>>>>>  private   
   >>>>>>      property to being a "collective good". This will apply not just to   
   >>>>>>      commercial residential buildings but individual homes as well.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>>      She says, "It will mean that especially white families are going   
   have a   
   >>>>>>      different relationship to property than the one we currently have."   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>>      In other words, she's going to try to take your house away from   
   you and   
   >>>>>>  make   
   >>>>>>      it a public resource.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>>      The 5th Amendment will have something to say about that, comrade.   
   NYC   
   >>>>>>  might   
   >>>>>>      have elected a communist, but its government still has to obey the   
   >>>>>>      Constitution. And after the Justice Department is done with her,   
   Cea   
   >>>>>>  Weaver   
   >>>>>>      will likely have a different relationship with her job than she   
   >>>>>> currently   
   >>>>>>      has.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>    In the days after Lenin seized power in 1917, people with houses soon   
   >>>>>    found themselves sharing them with people who had previously had   
   rather   
   >>>>>    poorer housing. It wasn't a voluntary thing. Homes for single families   
   >>>>>    became improvised apartment buildings, typically with whole families   
   >>>>>    assigned to a single small room, with just enough room for a bed or   
   two   
   >>>>>    and not much more. Kitchens and bathrooms became shared property with   
   >>>>>    everyone getting assigned times to cook. (I'm not sure if they   
   assigned   
   >>>>>    times for bathroom breaks.) This pattern persisted for DECADES, not   
   just   
   >>>>>    a year or two. It was only in the 50s with Stalin dead that the   
   >>>>>    authorities finally started building "Krushchovkas" (named after   
   >>>>>    Stalin's successor Krushchev), standard-pattern 5 storey apartment   
   >>>>>    blocks with paper-thin walls and elevators that almost never worked.   
   >>>>>    These buildings still form the bulk of housing throughout Russia and   
   its   
   >>>>>    former republics and satellites, where they are usually called "Commie   
   >>>>>    blocks" by English-speakers - and English-speaking Russians.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>    It sounds to me like Mamdani plans to do the same in NYC.   
   >>>>   
   >>>>    Not only will all of this violate the 4th and 5th Amendments but the   
   >>>> 14th as   
   >>>>    well, since his exciting new collectivist plans have an overt racial   
   >>>> element   
   >>>>    to them.   
   >>>>   
   >>>>    And if he's not careful, he and his minions might also run smack into   
   the   
   >>>>  true   
   >>>>    purpose of the 2nd Amendment.   
   >>>>   
   >>>  Here's hoping!   
   >>>   
   >>>  I'm having trouble imagining him moving homeless people into ordinary   
   >>>  family homes, let alone the mansions of the rich. I don't think   
   >>>  Americans will stand for that. The lawyers will be drooling for the   
   >>>  chance to take this to court to get some easy wins - and I don't mean   
   >>>  the lawyers for the city!   
   >>   
   >>  Ahead of her appointment, Comrade Weaver deleted her Twitter account in an   
   >>  attempt to hide her outright communist and racist beliefs, but   
   unfortunately   
   >>  for her, acting on a hunch, an independent media organization archived her   
   >>  entire account just in case. So let's look at some of Comrade Weaver's   
   >>  greatest hits:   
   >>   
   >>       @ceaweaver:   
   >>   
   >>       Private property, including (and kind of especially) home ownership,   
   >>       is a weapon of white supremacy masquerading as "wealth building"   
   >>       public policy.   
   >>   
   >>  Now you might notice that living in the United States is better in almost   
   >>  every respect *because* we recognize private property rights and that   
   >> there's   
   >>  never been a country in the history of mankind that doesn't recognize them   
   >>  that you would actually want to live in.   
   >>   
   >>  You might also notice that in this country, white people aren't the only   
   >> ones   
   >>  with homes. How does a black family owning their own home further the cause   
   >> of   
   >>  white supremacy, you might ask. That would be a good question, one which   
   >> might   
   >>  have been asked of Comrade Weaver if there was still a legitimate and   
   >>  functioning news media left in this country.   
   >>   
   >>        @ceaweaver:   
   >>   
   >>        Impoverish the *white* middle class. Home ownership is a racist   
   >>        failed public policy.   
   >>   
   >>  Remember the woman who wrote that was just given a position of power in the   
   >>  administration of the mayor of the nation's largest city. And this isn't a   
   >>  one-off. Another of Mamdani's appointees was quoted as saying, "It's   
   >> important   
   >>  that white people feel defeated." So this entire administration is   
   blatantly   
   >>  and virulently racist from its inception.   
   >>   
   >>        @ceaweaver:   
   >>   
   >>        I think passing strong rent control is an effective way to shrink   
   >>        the value of real estate.   
   >>   
   >>  So here we have bright-line evidence that Mamdani has appointed a woman   
   >> whose   
   >>  stated goal is to torpedo property values for the city's residence. Imagine   
   >>  being a potential homeowner or commercial real estate investor and hearing   
   >>  something like this coming out of the mayor's office. Why would you invest   
   a   
   >>  single dollar in property anywhere in New York City? The government is   
   >> coming   
   >>  right out and saying that it wants you to lose money on your investment.   
   >>  Bankrupting you is the quickest way for them to realize their dream of   
   >> nothing   
   >>  but slums from one end of Manhattan to the other.   
   >>   
   >>        @ceaweaver   
   >>   
   >>        The KKK is a violent Christian group. To keep us all safe on this   
   >>        busy travel day, Delta Airlines should kick all white people in   
   >>        Christmas outfits off planes.   
   >>   
   >>  I mean, that one's just batshit crazy in addition to being (again) overtly   
   >>  racist. And why just Delta Airlines? So many questions...   
   >>   
   >>        @ceaweaver   
   >>   
   >>        Really needing to repress the desire for revenge right now.   
   >>        I wish I believed in god so I could believe that all men who take   
   >>        credit for women's work and all white men who take credit for   
   >>        the work of women of color would one day burn in agony.   
   >>   
   >>  More racism along with strong indications of mental instability and violent   
   >>  impulses.   
   >>   
      
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