[aurareturn]

Rather than blame this voter, why don't we put some blame onto the democrats. In San Francisco, progressive democrats have wasted billions on homeless and crime but with little to show for.

Sometimes democrats do push too far left. Far left is not that much different than far right.

[nozzlegear]

Horseshoe theory is real, but much like Seattle, SF's biggest problem is politically active NIMBYs (and SF has more than most places). Democrats and Republicans both have NIMBYs, it transcends political boundaries.

[aurareturn]

NIMBYs aren't causing homeless problems.

[nozzlegear]

"I don't want affordable apartments or housing in my backyard because it lowers my property value" is a pretty clear amplifier of homelessness.

[aurareturn]

You do realize that normal people who can't afford a city will just move to a cheaper area right?

[ceejayoz]

Cool.

Who staffs your stores when everyone moves away? Who mows the lawn? Who builds the houses?

[nozzlegear]

That's not at all incompatible with what I said though, right?

[Nursie]

Because, uh, Democrats didn’t do this?

I don’t really give a rats ass who runs the internals of your country, and what goes on in San Francisco seems like a you problem. Due to voters like this, Trump is now my problem many thousands of miles away.

Don’t underestimate just how much ill will he is generating around the world, especially in allied nations, by insulting leaders and pushing up all of our energy prices.

[qwerpy]

Strange that when Democrats mess things up “they didn’t do that” or “that’s a you problem” but when the other side does something you’re very quick to assign specific blame. One-sided thinking like this is why no one can find common ground anymore and politics has veered off into extremes.

[Nursie]

There’s nothing strange or one-sided there at all.

One party or other mismanaging San Francisco or Seattle has zero effect on me here in Australia. A madman waving his dick around overseas and insulting everyone does though, and is costing me hundreds of dollars a month.

And you voted for it. Thanks.