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"We know the game is rigged": NYC mayor slams Amazon HQ2 reversal
In a New York Times op-ed published Saturday evening, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio condemned Amazon for its decision to pull the plug on its HQ2 expansion in Queens, calling it a byproduct of massive economic power concentrated in the hands of few wealthy corporations.
As the mayor of the nation's largest city, a place that's both a progressive beacon and the very symbol of capitalism, I share the frustration about corporate America. So do many of my fellow mayors across the country. We know the game is rigged. But we still find ourselves fighting one another in the race to secure opportunity for our residents as corporations force us into all-against-all competitions.
Amazon's HQ2 bidding war exemplified that injustice.
Previously: Amazon Pulls Out of Planned New York City Headquarters
(Score: 5, Insightful) by c0lo on Monday February 18 2019, @02:57AM (10 children)
Funny how I hear the complaint only after NYC is no longer "in the cards", but not a moment earlier.
I s'ppose noone willing to take a bet what would have been their reaction if one of the Amazon HQ was actually established in NYC; it's not likely their reaction could have been any other than "We got it! Suck it, bitches, that's a proof the corporate America works!"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
(Score: 3, Touché) by takyon on Monday February 18 2019, @03:01AM (1 child)
That's how Mafia works.
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(Score: 2) by c0lo on Monday February 18 2019, @03:52AM
And the NYC mayors have always been careful how they work with Mafia, right?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
(Score: 2) by RS3 on Monday February 18 2019, @05:02AM (7 children)
What I hope someone can explain is: what is the point of blasting Amazon now? Did they sign papers and purchase land somewhere else? If not, isn't there still a chance to negotiate and try to win them back?
And even if not, what's the mayor of "the nation's largest city" doing talking this way? Is he somehow improving commerce, or society in general?
Boorish decorum, de Blasio - unbecoming of anyone supposedly serving the public.
(Score: 2) by c0lo on Monday February 18 2019, @05:26AM
Maybe he does know that there's no more bridges to burn with Amazon, so let the flame free anyway?
Because if he already has nothing to lose, maybe he's trying to pose and win the title of "the leader of all cities betrayed by corporate America".
(It sounds like the only way to improve commerce or society in general is through having (one of) Amazon's HQ in NYC. You meant it this way?
Is there any reason to think he does not? (improve commerce or society in general)
Ummm... so... the "becoming behavior" is to be not-borish and... what?... maybe entertain the public Boris Johnson style?
Personally, I do prefer borish and predictable bureaucrats to the maverick ones (on the ground that the only bureaucrat that's more dangerous than a stupid one is a stupid and active bureaucrat).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday February 18 2019, @07:46AM (3 children)
He's talking like that so the voters of NYC hopefully won't blame him for Amazon walking away.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday February 18 2019, @07:11PM (2 children)
Amazon should walk away from existence while they're at it. This practice of bribing corporations to get them to come to states and cities in the name of jobs is a clear example of corruption and cronyism.
(Score: 2) by RS3 on Tuesday February 19 2019, @02:01AM (1 child)
I think they've gotten so used to it anymore that they forget to try and hide it.
But it brings up a the question of how much should government work with big corporations. Frankly I feel that some corporations have gotten much too big and have too much power in society. But how to fix it...
(Score: 0) by fakefuck39 on Tuesday February 19 2019, @11:03PM
holy shit it's this guy again. well, this post finally explains it - I believe some autism or another type of brain disorder going on here. this dyslexic word barf is hilarious. don't no one know what the fuck you're saying. time to down the crack pipe and the beer bottle and take your meds. it's like a stupid angry little chihuahua trying to talk.
(Score: 2) by Grishnakh on Tuesday February 19 2019, @01:11AM (1 child)
Boorish decorum, de Blasio - unbecoming of anyone supposedly serving the public.
According to whom? What makes you think that being boorish is unbecoming of an elected official? In a democracy, I would think that the People would make that determination, and here in America, we've elected Trump as our President, and he's way more boorish than de Blasio. So it seems to me that most Americans disagree with you about what is "unbecoming", and actually *like* elected officials who are boorish.
(Score: 2) by RS3 on Tuesday February 19 2019, @01:51AM
According to me, and being a people in a democracy, I get to vote.