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New York governing authorities are attempting to make the subways into a zone full of police and surveillance. There has been no substantial decrease in safety on the subway. The subways themselves are behind on maintenance but money is going to cops instead of the transit authority. In addition, despite the normalization, there is still actually a pandemic going on that masks prevent the spread of.

I am curious to know the real reasons for the push. Possibly to privatize the subway? Just a grift for cops? At some point in the various administrations there are strategists presenting options and executives making decisions.

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Just your standard reactionary authoritarian stuff, plus the NYPD I’m sure prefers a mask ban.

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Decrease civilian crime in favour of state crime. Woo.

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Next: pants will be banned in the subway to curb public urination for easier id

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Fucking hate morons who are using the suffering in Palestine as an excuse to commit hate crimes here.

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Agreed, if that happened it would be a tragedy. Instead Zionists use their out-sized influence within the federal, state and local governments to ban protesting of the genocidal state of Israel calling it antisemitism.

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This is especially devastating when WFH is being rescinded and more and more people need to commute.

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Is that really happening?

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Yes, it is. Nazis co-opting legitimate protests to spread hate is absolutely happening. That doesn’t mean we should stop protesting Israel.

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That’s some fair weather governing IMHO

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