Liberal Hypocrisy is Fueling American Inequality. Here’s How. | NYT Opinion

It’s easy to blame the other side. And for many Democrats, it’s obvious that Republicans are thwarting progress toward a more equal society.
But what happens when Republicans aren’t standing in the way?
In many states - including California, New York and Illinois - Democrats control all the levers of power. They run the government. They write the laws. And as we explore in the video above, they often aren’t living up to their values.
In key respects, many blue states are actually doing worse than red states. It is in the blue states where affordable housing is often hardest to find, there are some of the most acute disparities in education funding and economic inequality is increasing most quickly.
Instead of asking, “What’s the matter with Kansas?” Democrats need to spend more time pondering, “What’s the matter with California?”
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[@johnnyharris]

Hi, I'm Johnny Harris, one of the producers for this Opinion Video. I've always wondered why famously liberal states like California and Washington struggled to advance progressive policies, so I teamed up with NYT Editorial Board member Binya Appelbaum to get some answers. I'd love to know what most surprised you most in this video, or answer any questions you may have about how we made it - leave your comments below.

[@Sean-ug7vo]

You are the best!!! Love the facts-based content.

[@BlogofTheW3st]

"In their mating & migratory habits, liberals are indistinguishable from members of the KKK." - Joseph Sobran

[@kamari1630]

Appreciate this perspective. Just try being nicer to California next time. It means a lot to me :c

[@lukehurtig5812]

How realistic is the reality where state officials could leverage tax revenue etc. into financing solutions out of these crisis without economic backlash and perhaps other issues?

[@errhka]

As a resident growing up in California in Orange County - notoriously conservative - this video is not surprising at all. When people have money and they suspect their property values, school performance, and 'way of life' are at risk of changing they will NOT take a chance on bringing in new construction. In their minds, as long as the 'poors' are kept away from them and out of sight out of mind, at least THEY will be ok. They won't have to deal with homelessness, dirty streets, 'projects', etc. It's outdated, incorrect, and frankly not forward thinking - but that's what they are thinking. When it gets bad enough it will continue to spill into their neighborhoods and their own families will never be able to afford housing (and we see this happening right now)

[@nordic2112]

I would never have believed the NYT would run a story like this. Well done.

[@MechaJutaro]

Hope springs eternal

[@patriciacampbell6443]

Right?!

[@BigNorm69]

Has to be an ulterior motive to it

[@movement2contact]

Yeah, I still don't... 🤔🕵

[@kgm2182]

This is purely for appearances and damage control. Nothing more. They are solely being allowed to appear objective in order to survive all of the garbage "reporting" they've been doing for years and to survive the resentment America has for them now more than ever. The media has logged more unprecedented failures in just the past few months than any other time in history so now they're pulling back from it as if they haven't been the cheerleaders for all of it.

[@Paul-ft5xy]

"I love poor people, I just don't want them living anywhere near me."

[@kevmoful]

Everyone who has children feels the same way

[@IncredibleIceCastle]

@@kevmoful no, they don’t want crime living by them. Because poverty inherently increases criminality due to desperation, and lack of resources and opportunity. The thing is, “I don’t want my children living by that” can’t be the way you vote, unless you want to make it even more likely that your children’s children will live by that. Because, you see, this pattern of voting will only serve to intensify poverty, crime, and civic unrest.

[@kevmoful]

@@IncredibleIceCastle people choose poverty in our current system. Our politicians are trying to force it on us with inflation and other things but for now poverty is a choice.

[@purebloodedamericanjesusguy]

The funny thing too is republicans are pro school choice because we understand that freeing up the market would create competition that would drive the quality of education up to at least some semblance of reasonable. The "democratics" are anti school choice. The quote from the former vp Brandon is that he didn't wan't his kids going to a racial jungle

[@leifleoden5464]

We'll, yeah, what do you expect, the truth? "I hate poor people and I want none of them around me." Republicans are constantly demonized for things like this. Bill Burr called this out about a decade ago. The only difference between the Reps and Dems, is the Reps are a little more honest.

[@rivenroyce9923]

This is huge - someone put their foot down and said hey let’s actually do journalism again. I’m thrilled.

[@diptarkadas5193]

This is just pure propaganda, there is no journalism here. You people are so starved for confirmation bias, you will just take everything. Lol, grow up.

[@mackys774]

@@diptarkadas5193 Can you please develop on your view? What’s the propaganda in this video according to you

[@chrisjager2009]

@@diptarkadas5193 what propaganda? Open your eyes kid

[@benearhart1224]

My God, how dumb are people? This is Marxist propaganda you fool.

[@rivenroyce9923]

@@diptarkadas5193 dude I’m a lefty left left person - calling out power imbalances and hypocrisy is fr a great thing

[@lumbaningwira4915]

This aged like fine wine. Perhaps introspect is needed.

[@lateefmedley8533]

Came here to say this

[@okyo2]

yeah maybe the democratic would get somewhere if they didn't run a campaign based off of disdain for the other party lmaoo

[@Warrenmitchum]

In my area we have conservative democrats and liberal republicans and on the campaign trail they dirty but they all hang out together at the same country clubs.y city ain’t too bad. Has starting and ending areas.

[@maikubraxton]

In California housing has gotten better, at least I. SF we are trying to not allow huge corporations to build overpriced high rises.

[@Warrenmitchum]

@ but the left said you need high rises to increase housing!!!! Yeah there’s no perfect solution just know the area and the market.

[@TheCSC017]

I live in Toronto, a very liberal city in a very liberal country. And the whole “equality… so long as it’s not in my backyard” is spot on for most alleged progressives here.

[@larsstougaard7097]

Same here in Copenhagen, the city has been run by the left for 30 years and affordable apartments for " normal" people like school teachers, nurses, student and others has only been build in super low numbers while politicians say all the right things to their voter base. Extremely disappointing and hypocritical.

[@Amorehouse]

Funny because they live like that, but push their politics on places like Alberta which are absolutely 100 times nicer to live and work in as things are set up to succeed and develop wealth, not just inherit it.

[@canadafirstdog9051]

you live in a WOKE City Under UN agenda puppets usurping Canadians

[@benchmarke101]

Except at least in Canada the education system IS funded provincially the way he suggests, so it lessens the inequality between school districts, at least from a funding perspective.

[@BrokeredHeart]

Same in Ottawa. But our city council is typically 50/50 split between urban progressives and conservative rural districts, which leads to stalemates on things like roads and transportation, public services and utilities, and waste management. It's not fair to try and shoehorn the whole city into paying for municipal services that some will never use, like central bus services or a green bin program, or subsidized housing, but it impairs the areas that really rely on those policies to function. I've worked in urban development for years, and the best solution I can see is a removal or relaxing of zoning bylaws in key areas. It costs four times more to redevelop a lot in the downtown core than it is to have environmental impact statements and surveys for untouched green space for tract housing developments, and it's exacerbating problems with commutes and social infrastructure that existed before those communities were built. Tourism pushes mental health services and shelters away from prime real estate, and biking infrastructure is incomplete and often dangerous to cycle along. People claim they'll use these services if they're made well, and every time a new suggestion is made, the city blows the budget in consultation fees and costly joint ventures with private partnerships that never lead anywhere. NIMBYism is the bane of sensible urban planning, and it has really damaged any prospects of achieving popular consensus across the city right now.

[@jeffb587]

Binya said "people aren't living their values". He's got it backwards: they are living their true values while espousing a completely different set of values.

[@jimba6486]

Exactly

[@hamzafiyarhi]

On point

[@RollcagerX]

Virtue signaling

[@TeamPill]

Idk, what's your definition of values?

[@kei2142]

They tell you to live the opposite way they lived.... But really it's a class divide as usual.

[@yeahnah7083]

Coming from a left wing person, it’s great to see a video that isn’t just mindlessly bashing the right but shows us what we are doing wrong

[@juKKsfan]

@@benklingman Liberals are only Left-Wing if you don´t have a Left.

[@Tom-vx7xm]

Thinking the Democrats are left is the problem

[@katjerouac]

I hope u didn't need this video to realize that

[@Tom-vx7xm]

@Kosch GM what do you mean? The right does the same thing

[@phatmhat9174]

Then why do you keep voting for what's wrong, what doesn't work, what you don't want to go along with? Why do you move to conservative states and cities, and then pressure those people to vote Democrat? Why do you call people racist who are just thinking like you, if you're honest, are?

[@erwickdsouza]

Soo, you're saying the rich on both sides have the exact same values and politics is just a game to keep everyone else busy. Sounds about right.

[@micah1464]

As a conservative, I would absolutely love a piece from the New York Times that approached the Republican Party in this way. Respectful criticism is refreshing.

[@SashaStories]

yes, so unlike NYT, i'm growing my respect for them back.

[@onlymastery915]

Oh they are terrible too. Neverending wars, tax cuts for high income earners, legalizing institutional corruption etc. #YangGang

[@wenpatxczcvzcsfc]

I highly doubt that there would be anything made, like this video, about the Rep. Party. it has always been opposite-standing authors who write pieces like this one, about the opposing party.

[@shayla4007]

@@wenpatxczcvzcsfc well the majority of the republican party refuses to receive any real criticism of itself at this point, even from fellow conservatives, so yeah i doubt it.

[@ok-up4qx]

@@shayla4007 same goes for liberals and the democrats... if you critize them you turn out to be an "racist" , "homophobe" and all that jazz

[@nqh4393]

As a wise man once said: "Politicians are regarded as people who have learned to talk, but not to act."

[@Speedoflynn]

Ah, but it isn't the politicians in this case, it's the people

[@gabe75001]

we live in a period

[@g-low3554]

nice pfp tho

[@wilywascal2024]

From the video, it was made abundantly clear that the real problem lies with the voters who elect the politicians. But it's always easier to blame someone else, isn't it? I'm a Democrat, and although opposed to the idea of "not in my backyard" and the hypocrisy present in that mindset, I recognize that blame can't be placed solely on Republicans, that Democratic voters need to take responsibility for the laws and policies enacted, especially on the local, county, and state level where they enjoy heavy majorities. I'm glad that this video exposes Democratic hypocrisy, I welcome the criticism, find it valid, but I think this video, despite a few sparse caveats, critically omits the inequalities in Republican majority states, towns, and districts. If a person is lower middle-income or poor, especially if a minority, it is my experience they generally fare far better where Democrats are in power than Republicans. This video also omits other forms of inequality and how Republicans at the national level and overall are the prime drivers of inequality. Most critically, it ignores how the GOP has abdicated its duty and responsibility to act as LOYAL opposition, instead descending into a fascist, nihilistic hyper-partisan cult. By failing to take into account the big picture, this opinion video fails to see the forest for the trees, which does the public a disservice. “Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us. The ultimate rulers of our democracy are not a President and senators and congressmen and government officials, but the voters of this country.” - Franklin D. Roosevelt “Democracy cannot succeed unless those who express their choice are prepared to choose wisely. The real safeguard of democracy, therefore, is education.” - Franklin D. Roosevelt

[@gabe75001]

@@wilywascal2024 >Gets criticized >Immediately throws "whatabout" argument lol

[@FatherElectric]

As a native Californian, trust me.......this was sugar-coated to death. This is the rated G version.

[@pimpinaintdeadho]

You guys keep voting for it 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@wildfire9280]

@@pimpinaintdeadho No, they don’t actually. They vote for Democrats who oppose their own NIMBYism, like Newsom. All while voters clearly indicated their support for Proposition 13, for example.

[@TheodoreHoesevelt]

Yeah. California is screwed

[@wildfire9280]

@@pimpinaintdeadho But they aren’t voting for Republicans?

[@PapaSmurf337]

@@jannguerreroWell put and coming from a former Californian I totally agree with the outlook that a lot of Californians are pretentiously contending for vanity and virtue signaling all of the time. Who is the coolest, or the most compassionate and "evolved" ... liberal Californians love to flex their perceived moral superiority and materialistic vanity. They've progressed so far apparently that their moral compass is completely upside down. The whole country has been looking at Cali like a Fallen Star ripe with elitist fascism. How many small businesses were strangled to death due to their draconian biofascist policies while the big corporations got to stay open?

[@ilovenycsomuch]

Also “‘inclusivity’ just not in MY backyard” heavily applies for the border crisis. And also for defunding the police

[@romainlouis6253]

I join the chorus of people extremely surprised that NYT run a story like this. Good on you. Criticise Republicans when they deserve it and criticise Democrats when they deserve it. Applaud Republicans when they deserve it and applaud Democrats when they deserve it. Then people will trust media again.

[@meephead6636]

Actually, while I agree. America needs a new party. Both main parties are corporately owned.

[@Misaka-gt5yj]

@@meephead6636 Consider the Forward party or Libertarians.

[@benjybrasington9508]

@Lynne Hughes not exactly

[@joshuaklarr3438]

The whole world is not Republican or Democrat. Please stop pretending this is how people are really divided. These are the two choices the rich want us to think we have.

[@puretrash8180]

@@Misaka-gt5yj libertarianism scares me. Feel like if we got them as a 3rd party they’d immediately become corporate owned specially by ppl like the Koch brothers

[@Bakedgoodza]

This is the journalism that the NYT needs to produce more often

[@peterisawesomeplease]

Its a good story. I am glad they ran it because its an under addressed issue. But its also really misleading. It misses that its Republicans allied with small coalitions of Democrats blocking the rest of Democrats from making reforms. I mean yes we should call out hypocritical Democrats. But its important to realize that greater numbers of Republicans support these policies than Democrats do.

[@carterghill]

@@peterisawesomeplease How does this mean the video is misleading? The base hypothesis is how democrats can and actively do block progress without the help of Republicans. The whole point of making it seems to be to call to light problems that progressives generally don't notice or refuse to acknowledge simply because they're too focused on how the Republicans are bad. It makes no sense to bring up the mechanics of how the Republicans block reforms in a video about how the Democrats block reforms. In fact, it completely obfuscates the point. Let's say I was a young student and my homework was to write an essay about how dangerous Tigers are and how to avoid an attack. Do you think it would earn me marks to get to the third paragraph and be like: "Now, as you can see, Tigers are very dangerous. But, it turns out the Canadian Moose are even more dangerous!" And spend time talking about that instead? No. It has no bearing on what makes tigers dangerous or how to deal with them. In fact, I would hope that the tiger essay has no obfuscating points about how to protects yourself from Moose, because you may learn that it's safe to climb a tree to escape a tiger only to watch it claw its way up to you no problem. In fact, there's all sorts of dangerous things left unmentioned in this hypothetical essay, that doesn't mean they're not dangerous. Sorry, I just find this to be such a vapid, useless form of dissent and I see it everywhere. "They didn't mention a point that I think is important, so they could've done better!" But the reality is that making such a point actually makes the video worse.

[@LordLoveaDuck]

@iTips source? Have you seen New York State in the last 10 years? ""We're your source?" That's like saying "Where's the sun?"

[@kid_kaoz]

@@LordLoveaDuck If it's that obvious I'd think you'd have absolutely no problem whatsoever producing one single source... but... you... didn't...

[@hipsabad]

@@peterisawesomeplease exactly!

[@CodyBrandt580]

The NYT run this? As a lifelong Democrat who has been screaming about this for 2 decades, I'm shocked that a corporate news publication has the guts to run with this. Good job on reporting actual news for a change, and please continue to do what you did here.

[@greyrock9747]

My thoughts exactly. I might actually get a subscription if they stuck to evidence based policy analysis instead of moderate golden mean nonsense.

[@Ravidist]

"The guts" you explained the problem right there 🤣

[@growndown3358]

So why would you still consider yourself a Democrat if you've seen that the people you support, who wield the power, don't do anything regarding the things you dislike?

[@schimenykrikets9692]

they've shifted to communism, don't cheer your own genocide.

[@mywebname1679]

Dems, Republicans - they are all the same - look at the dems current efforts to repeal the SALT tax deduction - 100% of the benefit will go to the wealthy. It's all politics.

[@michelleporeh]

There is an area in San Francisco called the Tenderloin. It is truly is saddest area I've ever walked through. Needles on the floor; fentanyl, alcohol, meth, and every other drug consumed in public (in front of children, animals, and businesses). I've been told that homeless people move to SF because they know they can get away with more than in Republican states/cities... it's so true. The police do not care if they live, die, sleep in dirt or feces, freeze, sweat, cry, get sick, lose hope. It's so depressing. Then you turn to different street and you can go back to living in a bubble for a few blocks.

[@Cassieniemann2541]

I love how this video isn’t really pro-conservative or really anti-liberal. The way it just points out the hypocrisy without saying that their ideals are wrong is phenomenal

[@suserman7775]

They can't. They're the NYT. Reality MUST take a back seat to the narrative.

[@zizougifu]

almost like there are other political leanings than just conservative and liberal

[@suserman7775]

@@rick4580 You're right about one thing, Conservatives do not specifically want to use government to arrange for affordable housing and quality education. You Democrats have fooled yourself into thinking that your compassion without results is better than the Republicans' focus on good-economy-equals-good-everything (including but not limited to housing and education). The USA has better education than Angola not because of Democrats in the USA, but because of a great economy which was been championed and grown by the philosophy of the Right. In every single major political issue, Democrats oppose economic strength. Environment. Taxes. Spending. Entitlements. Lockdowns. Mandates. Everything always against the economy. Yet when there's not enough money to carry things out, they cry for more anti-economic, Leftist ideas. Because "displayed compassion" is better than actually helping people.

[@suserman7775]

@@rick4580 Dude. Angola's stolen wealth by its corrupt leaders is not enough money to do any public service. Democrats stand in the way of all the reason the USA is a first world country. We're all lucky the current woke Democrat philosophy was not in power 200 years ago.

[@suserman7775]

@@rick4580 Ole George wouldn't have fired somebody for saying there are two genders.

[@elbarger]

Here's the thing. If you're "not living your values" they were never your values. They are things you would like to say you value, but what you actually do, defines your values. This is a perfect example of people wanting the appearance of virtue, without actually having to possess any.

[@korhashamo]

Virtue signaling is the backbone of the Democratic Party

[@michaelmandy2015]

You've read your Machiavelli! :)

[@reizayin]

@@korhashamo Republicans aren't perfect on that front either.

[@korhashamo]

@@reizayin Republicans are evil too but they're usually direct about it. Both of these corporate-sponsored parties are garbage. After 20 years of being a reliable blue vote, I'm done with both major parties. It's third party or bust for me.

[@lucadipaolo1997]

​@@korhashamo What he said at 0:51 pretty much nails it. The problem is that it isn't a fault of the two party system, here in Brazil we have multiple parties, but it always boils down to "us vs them", and it didn't take me long to realize that with a mindset like that, we won't really evolve much further as a species.

[@rebeccanewman8391]

as a liberal myself this is actually true. I live in an extremely affluent suburb north of SF, and they're trying to build a 40-unit affordable housing building near the park down the hill from my house. But all the residents have been crying out against it, saying "I'm all for affordable housing, but not this project," and they continue to list the flaws of the project. We are a cookie cutter example of not in my backyard-ism.

[@michaelgrimm2121]

It's understandable. If I bought a 5 million dollar home in a nice neighbourhood, I wouldn't want a project built near me. Maybe housing is a human right, but if you don't have any money, go live by a land fill, or get some money.

[@bluewin13]

@@michaelgrimm2121 "Get some money" that would be much easier to do if they could actually afford to live in areas where good jobs are

[@marshmelows]

@@michaelgrimm2121 based and cancerous

[@murrijuana2842]

@@hc3657 🤣🤣🤣

[@murrijuana2842]

@@michaelgrimm2121 when are people going to take responsibility for the children they bring into this world?

[@angeliricafort2478]

Wow. I can't believe this came from NYT.

[@generic___Name]

For those who don't know. NYT is a very left leaning news source

[@lorenarethas6238]

it didn't. Ask the NYTs

[@Highintensityhealth]

Wow! The NYT’s is criticizing Democrats now. Stuff’s getting real! 💪🏽

[@philobetto5106]

du du du dump du du dump.... the liberal family started..... protected from the harshness ..... .entitled and self-righteous ....... the Liberal family! ....du du du dump du du du dump

[@dblack8141]

i know in paterson and jersey city, they spend 20-30k per student. wtf is this reporter reporting on?? the rich pay for this!!? the good schools spend much less per student. between 5-7k per student.

[@churblesfurbles]

@ECOM.SCIENCE Still doesn't get around the fact that the rich pay the vast majority of the taxes. The progressive agenda is simply economic illiteracy, compounding by self undermining contradiction such as open borders, mass importation of dependents while complaining about housing wages and taxes.

[@bobbyjames235]

I'm in favor of medium density housing. Just not in my backyard.

[@TheIrishny]

Well, tbf, their critique is that "Democrats arent being left wing enough"

[@1chaplain]

"If you're poor... just be rich" - California

[@lealta1481]

Lol that's could be said by a lot of groups. That's also the motto of the GOP and all liberal elites who don't want to pay taxes.

[@SimGunther]

"If you're consuming a lot...Pay your fair share of taxes" - NESARA

[@michaelsmith-xz9mv]

lol

[@FastlaneProductions1]

California public policy is a big factor as to why housing is so expensive there. They have some of the strictest zoning laws in the country and were representative of a disproportionate rate of overvaluations and subsequent mortgage defaults.

[@priestesslucy]

@@SimGunther the way to so that is to transition from income taxes to consumption tax. A national sales tax is far more fair to everyone, you pay the government based on what you spend instead of what you earn.

[@FinancialShinanigan]

THIS PROBLEM NEEDS TO BE FIXED!!!! But the solution can't affect me or my property value!

[@blewflag9928]

America in a nutshell........ And it's funny because John Oliver made a point, to point this out two days ago on Sunday when addressing the Power grid problem this country is facing......

[@stevebabiak6997]

What those homeowners don’t realize is that residential real estate sale appraisals are based on “sales of comparable real estate”. So their property values are not exactly affected by that affordable senior citizen apartment building. The appraisal of the properties that are adjacent to the apartments could be affected by the building, but the other houses in that neighborhood will have their appraisals adjusted if being compared with one of the adjacent houses.

[@thejourney6712]

Lol

[@ricardosilva4940]

Here in europe we have in average 10 parties, all them totally different. In USA you only have 2 far right wing parties choices to vote.

[@liamstacey419]

The analysis is false. The situation is really a tragedy of the commons: the Commons in this case being a real estate market. The winners are the developers; The losers are the owners of single-family dwellings who can’t afford the taxes that go up as developers imagine the opportunity to build multi family and dancer housing structures. The truth is that much of the homeless problem is an issue of mental illness and addiction. The rest of the homeless problem is in evitable as everyone wants to move to the same beautiful areas of the world. Do we really need to tear down the beautiful park like neighborhoods that everyone wants to live in just that that they can be turned into ghetto-like apartment buildings? I guarantee that if this happens the wealthier people will simply move out and the New tax base won’t be able to support the cities and their former glory

[@grlocal]

This is great to see coming from the New York times. I'm Democratic myself, but I've been really frustrated with the party as of late. This sums it up very well

[@blitzwaffe]

"I want to fix this problem" "Ok so take on this burden" "No".

[@america1754]

The NIMBY plague

[@philippebrehier7386]

Hey! from France. Good luck with your strikes and take care of each other to be able to hold longer, you gonna need it even more as they just gutted the "reconciliation" bill to rebuild the USA. But if you want to be noticed you can do a "casserolade", it's an old french "recipe" to make some noise. I don't talk about cuisine, I talk about an old way to protest in the street to make noise and/or music with a pan or a saucepan and spoons made of wood. It's quite festive. ;-) Hi from France and here is a smarter way to pray... just kidding, to think: Don't ask yourself if you have good reasons to think what you think (confirmation bias) but rather ask yourself if you have bad reasons to believe what you are so confortable to think. In a nutshell, the way of the lawyers versus the way of the good scientists. ;-)

[@dbrunt6972]

Bad takes like this is why there's an issue in the first place. Having low income families living in your neighbourhood is not a "burden".

[@drgLACity]

Exactly. They take no action.

[@jntj3007]

@@america1754 Not all "NIMBY's" are the same. I don't agree with continually building high-end, luxury housing, when there is clearly a much greater need for low-income, and very low-income housing. Most folks incomes don't fall into the upper class, or upper middle class bracket. Greed and overt political corruption are ruling society now.

[@JohnCooganPlus]

When Johnny Harris shows up you know there’s going to be a map.

[@stanleychen2584]

lmao true

[@raceris7309]

He might as well be part of Map Men

[@WhatIsThis-zq4hk]

Everbody gangsta 'til Johnny pulls out a map

[@santiagosancho2317]

He loves his maps almost as much as he loves starring into my soul

[@kintenle8882]

I miss borders

[@emmaisamouse]

Everyone loves equality johnny, at a five mile distance from their home.

[@zeusmultirotor8479]

Better make it 10 miles...wouldnt want to hurt "property values"

[@michaeld9682]

The democrat party created the projects as part of their great society

[@MrChillerNo1]

Ahhh, the NIMBY's... "Not in my backyard"

[@handlemonium]

HasanAbi has been crying hypocrisy on both sides for months.

[@wesolowskimatt]

How about 500 mile distance? Not in the state or country they live in.

[@Wehdeo]

It’s refreshing to hear criticism coming from people who are nominally on the same “side”. Instead of being venomous attacks, it feels more like a call to do better. This is what criticism should be.

[@Jtred12]

And the call to do better isn't a virtue signal for brownie points within their circles either. People (especially the coddled and usually wealthy) need practice taking criticism so they can catch themselves hissing at mirrors and not crack during their personal plot twist in identity.

[@joecoolioness6399]

It comes down to "do as I say, not as I do"

[@impudentdomain]

More conservative and libertarian people have been saying this to the left for a long time, but instead of listening you just pawned it off as viscous attacks.

[@needparalegal]

That is the only advantage real Americans have. Leftists require cult level obedience or they push you to Right Wing.

[@lovedeathdisco]

all of johnny harris's vids are incredibly non-attacking, informative and to the point, in this way.

[@Sonnera]

When Malcolm X and MLK Jr criticized the white liberal, this kind of analysis was also their vantage point. The hypocrisy, the blatant classism, rhetoric without substance, etc.

[@psd993]

This is an ironic claim because the original quote is "white moderate", not white liberal. And it's probably convenient for you to misremember it as such, because the moderates are less NIMBy than the people on the "real left" who are more likely to oppose a affordable housing construction. People hailed as some sort of working class heroes by the political outsider crowd (think Bernie and friends) have opposed construction of affordable homes over made up "gentrification" fears, or complaining about "neighborhood character" like (robert reich did). This extends all the way to pop culture figures who like to posture themselves as anti mainstream (recently Dave Chappelle who specifically opposed just the affordable part of a construction project near his home). Or take the case of a columbia professor who likened an affordable housing contruction to colonialism because, get this, it was gonna built in place of a private dog park. Now-a-days its the moderate who can be trusted to support the pragmatic solution, hear and now.. rather than make infinite purity tests and fault every solution like the "real left'.

[@ianquinones51]

@@psd993 no they said white liberals one google search will prove you wrong 💀 lemme guess ur a white “liberal” like the people in this vid describe???

[@ryebread3417]

You're correct, but i hope you understand that these criticisms are coming from a leftists perspective, not a conservative one.

[@harveylin3548]

I wish I have heard every word Malcolm X had said when I first immigrated in this country.

[@nativegerry335]

It's a front. Compassion in these people are just a false emotion to the onlookers in order to be seen as good.

[@seregarn]

I like how they call this an "Opinion" piece, Yet they bring forth more facts and research than most "News" stations on both sides do for a story.

[@icerres1067]

Because they have to back up their opinions with facts, but news goes over with no research for the fact of speed, thus fake or misleading news.

[@stongnyid]

It's almost like the NYT is, still, America's premier journalism.

[@dilligaf1009]

@@stongnyid I wouldn't go that far.

[@icemachine79]

Except they left out all the progressive changes in Virginia that occurred after the Democrats gained full control of the state legislature in 2018. That would have been a better comparison of the stark difference between GOP "leadership" and actual Democratic governance.

[@MrSailor7x]

@@icemachine79 I agree hopefully he will have a story where some good progressive programs have been implemented. But bottom line in California and New York liberal hyprocisy is horrifyingly damaging to low income minorities. To the point that the KKK just looks at the pounding racism of massive prison populations and horrible schools and thinks "how can they get away with that?'"

[@beanleavitt851]

I’m from beautiful state of California. I want say I’m in the middle but lean right. Because of the insane policies of our governor Gavin Newsom, California is a hot mess of homeless and criminals. Even my coworkers say he’s terrible and they are left leaning. So just want to say keep up the good work. ❤ your channel 🫡🇺🇸

[@joshthielbar1]

“It seems that people aren’t living their values” And the understatement of the year award goes to…

[@tougeruzbay]

Yep, in a "Christian" country theres nowadays no Discipline, Integrity, Morals, and Ethics. Now its all about choice and those who make their OWN choices get the outcomes they get.

[@carolinebcollier]

They certainly aren’t voting their “values”

[@privacyandfreedom5344]

@@tougeruzbay America is NOT a Christian country. Antarctica is more of a Christian country.

[@boracay12]

Run run see liberal run when being sued for slander nyt kzbin.info/www/bejne/np61lGeuqdObmdE

[@GimmieVidspl0x]

@@privacyandfreedom5344 Just because you don't like Christians, that doesn't mean that America isn't still a Christian country. America is bigger than you and your mates.

[@Wheezr]

Would never expect the New York Times to have this kind of content

[@TeacherJoey123]

Just trying to get some credibility back after the way they covered the Trump presidency.

[@sebastianleja370z]

Red wave

[@TactileCoder]

@@sebastianleja370z Let's do a similar piece on Republicans and conservative states. I mean, you'd be fine with it, right?

[@booksale5]

Your name is very befitting

[@leifleoden5464]

Don't worry they put this team on unpaid suspension. We'll resume our 12 hour marathon of Trump==Hitler tomorrow morning.

[@08076]

I'm happy to see liberal media actually holding the liberals accountable, nice actual journalism!

[@djdedan]

Nyt is liberal? Lol. Not everything to the left of fox is liberal.

[@everythingsfine1395]

@@djdedan Yes nyt is liberal not a leftist channel

[@michelemontano3007]

This is about the rich in truth. Not so much 'liberals'. But you just stick to your silly 'beliefs'.

[@azureyamu7652]

Never believed Liberal NYT would release something like this. But also probably why I didn't know about it until after 2 months.

[@CharlieTWilbury]

It's an OpEd

[@thesearchbar9330]

This boils down to, people see CA and WA as “liberal” but our politicians are actually very conservative fiscally and act as part of the establishment. They use social issues to appear liberal, but they aren’t at all. It’s a facade to stay in power.

[@jacket106]

I'm blown away that this is coming from the New York Times... and it's refreshing.

[@nickhoffman4039]

I kept looking for the twist… but no, seems like someone is actually asking “are we part of the problem?’

[@curiousing]

@@nickhoffman4039 The twist is they labeled it "opinion", even though it's chock full of facts.

[@S.T.R.Y.K.E.R.]

Yea they've made a good few things like this. Actually enjoyable. Look out for the opinion pieces, they are usually good.

[@donovanleemurphy9349]

@@curiousing good opinion is, of course, sustained by facts.

[@goldengriffon]

Yes, it's nice that NYT is pointing out leftist hypocrisy. But this video is still reinforcing and encouraging the leftist perspective.

[@mprime1716]

Long story short: "We want society to be more equal, but not in my back yard."

[@ChristopherCricketWallace]

more like: "...but not if it will cost me money"

[@orlandogastonchandleraziz9855]

Nimbys

[@LoneWolf-rc4go]

This attitude is pretty endemic at the moment and I honestly can't understand how people live with the cognitive dissonance all the time.

[@DramaQueenMalena]

@@orlandogastonchandleraziz9855 Carlin🙂

[@n484l3iehugtil]

@@LoneWolf-rc4go Easy to talk but not easy to bet your money on it.

[@Ken-Mojo-Dojo]

You know it’s bad when NYT has to report on this

[@anydaynow01]

Yep same with USA illegal immigration. It took the border states sharing the load by filling busses and aircraft with people illegally crossing the southern border to the states who said it wasn't a problem, for them to finally admit it's actually a problem.

[@mfmageiwatch]

They just forgot to add the other side of the coin where the GOP is aright and all the propaganda they have been pumping into the pro-Dem and anti-Rep debate has lead to this.

[@reven-docta79]

Actually, I think someone was asleep at the editing desk and allowed this to slip by because John had professional capital. I doubt they’ll let it happen again.

[@ab3040]

NYT is a lot more centrist than they get credit for

[@reven-docta79]

@@ab3040 Not according to the extensive research conducted by Mark Levin. But I think they lean a little more left of center than they were about 20 years ago.

[@Julie_S-F]

Who's here watching this in 2024?

[@jessewaite4367]

I'm watching in 2025 .

[@BBQ_Jackfruit]

“Housing is a human right! We need more affordable housing!*” *“As long as it’s not in my neighborhood.”

[@benjamin8459]

What do you expect from millionaires who preach about open borders, gun control, and climate change while taking private jets to work from their gated communities surrounded by armed guards. It's time to wake up and see who the real bourgeoisie are in America.

[@davidcaldera1353]

George Carlin coined it as “NIMBY” “Not In My Backyard”

[@MionMikan]

“Immigrants and refugees have rights! Not accepting them is akin to murder!” *”Just don’t send them to my neighborhood.”

[@jakeseymour9]

Bingo..

[@parli_poo11]

@@benjamin8459 lol. Funniest is when they preach open borders while living in gated communities.

[@vicentesantosvasquez4408]

I live in Palo Alto, and this is exactly what happens. the people here pretend to be “left wing” however as soon as the policies that help the people they “fight for” interfere witg their lives in any way, its a no. liberal hypocrisy is extremely real

[@justinlane1768]

I think this boils down to a rich ppl problem than a liberal/conservative issue

[@viljamtheninja]

@@justinlane1768 Then why are all these problems specifically occurring in liberal states, as the video clearly showed?

[@justinlane1768]

@@viljamtheninja Maybe I didn't watch the video close enough, but I'd bet money that these same issues occur in less liberal areas. Reality is that most high income areas tend to be liberal. I'm sure if you found some red states with similar high income neighborhoods, you'd see the exact same things represented here.

[@jessicakimbrell4124]

@@justinlane1768 The high income areas are only liberal in liberal states. Do you think conservative states don’t have high income areas? Because the high income areas around where I’m from is mostly conservative.

[@justinlane1768]

@@jessicakimbrell4124 and do these types of issues persist in your area?

[@BrodieKurczynski]

As a Californian who is not a democrat or a republican, this is 100% accurate. The nimbyism here is outrageous.

[@t0ysoldier18]

It would be awesome if you, as someone who is aware of this, would actively go to these meetings and fight this! Go you!

[@commisaryarreck3974]

@@t0ysoldier18 Doesn't even matter how much you vote or come out in force They'll fortify the election with newly uncovered votes conveniently found in a high enough amount days or weeks after counting

[@k_tess]

*Loads shotgun* Liberal, Conservative, Republican, Democrat you're right it doesn't matter. All that matters is you stay where you are and don't leave.

[@timothybeardsley2715]

@@k_tess NIMBYism is the perfect term for all of this. As for the housing issues in CA, perhaps there are just too many people living there in the first place? Lest we forget, SoCal is a desert after all and you can't stack millions of people in a desert and not expect to have problems. There are almost 40 million people living in the state with LA County hosting over 10 million (according to the US Census). I'm originally from CA but I moved away in 1995 when I joined the military. Every time I come back to visit (about every 3 years), I'm blown away on how crowded it is. Yet, I never hear about the issue of a bloated population and they're talking about building MORE HOUSING. Freeways will have to be 8 lanes in each direction. It will end up being like Mega City 1 in Judge Dredd.

[@sinorawright2799]

@@commisaryarreck3974 now you don’t really believe that? The person who was in charge of the election in the last administration said it was the most secure election this country has had.Ask yourself, why in the last election it was suddenly fraud when in elections past there were none? A person with no integrity crying foul? Best beware of that person.

[@benjaminbozman7859]

you know I really like these videos that challenge the liberal belief system just as much as I like the ones that challenge the conservative, highlighting the bigger overarching issue that is the "American ego" and how that often plays into politics. Love that this examines people's fallacies and sheds some light on the idea that everyone turns a blind eye even people who say they care. Great video.

[@Grace-fm9cv]

Coming from a progressive leftist, this kind of criticism of the American left is completely necessary. Continuing to just blame conservatives for everything that's wrong will not help anyone but liberals' egos. Good video! Edit: No I am not a liberal or a democrat, I am well aware that is different from a progressive leftist. I'm not conflating these things, just pointing out something I see in both circles

[@DavySTUN]

will you still remain a progressive leftist? Knowing your supporting the exact opposite of the parties headlines, preachings?

[@fifthlevelbard9541]

@@DavySTUN You're looking at the beginnings of a red pill moment.

[@yousuck8074]

@@DavySTUN A leftist is very different from a democrat. Democrats are very mild conservatives lmao

[@Kazzerscout]

@@DavySTUN Being a leftist does not equal being a big D Democrat.

[@fifthlevelbard9541]

@@Kazzerscout "Being a leftist doesn't mean being a big D Democrat." I'm sorry, I understand you may feel like you need to distance yourself from this. I'd like to point out some things (and I want you to understand I'm not coming after you, your beliefs, your political opinions or the merit of either.) This piece is underling something important that you may need to listen to. Areas that are primarily liberal leaning (or claim to be) don't hold up to those tenants of liberalism when it comes to their door. They want to claim these ideas, but never put the work in. Big D Democrats (not all but some) claim these ideas. Why? Also, and this is just an aside for me, it's telling that "opinion" had to be plastered all over this video.

[@Dotmw]

Everybody is progressive until they're even mildly inconvenienced

[@dakang344]

Middle class suburbanites in a nutshell

[@futurestoryteller]

They wanted to ban plastic bags where I live. My mom was like "No plastic bags, at all?" I said "Mom, but if it's bad for the environment..." and she voted in favor of it. So yeah, not true.

[@mojammer]

Everyone is conservative about what they know best, their personal lives

[@SouthJerzVillains]

@@futurestoryteller lmao cool story

[@futurestoryteller]

@@SouthJerzVillains I seem to be missing the part where proving somebody wrong needs to be impressive.

[@Nurhaal]

The most amazing thing about this video is the comment section is absolutely loaded with both the left and the right coming together saying they want more journalism like this. They want more honesty like this. Why want more criticality like this. Even more so, it's awesome to find Republicans, Democrats, Progressives and Libertarians all agreeing that they want more of this critical analysis done on 'their side' and that they all generally agree on wanting far better outcomes out've the system and government we elect as a whole. We all want the same things to some degree. We are truly not as divided as the media makes us seem... If only we could all turn off the media and talk to eachother, openly, we'd all realize this.

[@JP2GiannaT]

Amen to that. This piece has given me a lot of hope.

[@HenryBenedictUSA]

CNN should most definitely be held accountable though.

[@connordrake5713]

@@HenryBenedictUSA I've heard CNN is losing it's audience. And that's a good thing. They became too far left that they forgot they must balance things and must heard the right side without bias and ambiguous wordings.

[@tonydog4456]

As a conservative non-Trumper, I completely agree. The two party system has failed us all. This has spilled over into the media as all have noted. Our leaders on both sides are selfish narcissists, so far out of touch with the 80% in the middle that they can’t understand what the country needs. I don’t see our government changing, so we just get whiplashed every time there is a party change in power. There are no winners in this scenario. We all need to demand more from the politicians. I wish we could call them leaders but they don’t deserve that level of respect.

[@AniMageNeBy]

True. But they do it for different reasons. So I very much doubt it's a coming together of policies, at least.

[@derekfarione8729]

I was stunned when I saw that this was from NYT and not the NYP

[@Mr.Ramirez95]

"house the homeless, but not in my neighborhood" -California

[@steveelrino1339]

-Everywhere. I lived on a street with 80-90% virtue signal sign ("in this house we....") coverage. A local moonbat was pushing for a homeless camp to be in the park nearby and our street facebook group exploded with discussion about why it is not a good idea and should be elsewhere etc. A conservative pointed out it was residents of another area pushing for it to be by us. Can't make this stuff up.

[@putler965]

California isn't inundated with homeless because of housing. The homeless are coming to California for the same reason they are going to Seattle: They can camp on the street, buy drugs easily, use drugs openly, defecate on the street, and steal from businesses without fear of repercussions. There is a reason Walgreens is closing some of its stores in the Bay Area.

[@crash.override]

Doesn't help that other states literally funded one-way bus tickets to offload some of their homeless to CA...

[@luisridez9219]

NIMBY's

[@ricardosilva4940]

Here in europe we have in average 10 parties, all them totally different. In USA you only have 2 far right wing parties choices to vote.

[@Mendokusai99]

As a former resident of Cook County, Chicago, I can attest that this is exactly the case. The difference in schooling - quality, teachers, resource allocation, safety - is shocking. Public school education is a joke and has been for decades.

[@AbhinavChoudharyOfficial]

it's better tho. More taxes, more benefits.

[@UraraHopeT16842]

Can I ask, why did (did they?) residents there vote to have the county be divided up into smaller school districts?

[@arielpeterson8773]

It's really sad! I interviewed for a grant writing job at Chicago Public Schools and when they explained how the funding worked in Cook County I immediately knew I would not school my kid(s) in the district. And don't get me started on the power the Chicago Teacher's Union has...

[@javahead123]

@@UraraHopeT16842 I think you have the lifecycle backwards. The Chicago suburbs inside of Cook county, having developed their own high-quality town-only school system, then refused to join Chicago. The author's use of "gerrymandered" is bogus here because it implies some sort of intention to those boundaries.

[@Mendokusai99]

@@arielpeterson8773 I'm not exactly sure but I'm guessing money. The CPS system has 4 or 5 tiers with charter and magnet schools being at the top. The most selective schools also have the highest performances and families with the most income.

[@alexvasquez537]

I live in LA. The point about "wanting more housing just not next to me" is real. I'm liberal and this is maddening.

[@tical523]

Quit being liberal, I did. Open your eyes they use the poor for votes that’s all. They don’t care. Establishment Republicans are bad too but not as hypocritical at least. Join TRUMP team, he exposed em all. QUIT believing the media!!

[@alexvasquez537]

@@tical523 The principles are good, aspirational, but ultimately meaningless without action to implement. Being conservative or moderate or whatever doesn't change anything either.

[@alexvasquez537]

@@Tania-rg7jp nice name. I'm fortunate to be a moderate income earner. I would have to spend nearly a million dollars to live here. I love where I live and I don't want to leave but I'll probably have to. Affordable housing is not an accessible thing for the majority of Californians.

[@cjsawinski]

Alex… how are you going to to feel and react when your neighbors house is sold at auction to a developer and that house gets torn down and in its place they put a 5 story section 8 (or any other “affordable” housing)?? I’m just challenging your last sentence of your comment… see how “real” you are about being mad about the “not next to me” attitude. And not in a gotcha or condescending way either… just for real… are you ready for low income right next door??? If you honestly are them more power to ya

[@Steampunkkids]

@@alexvasquez537 I think it depends which part of LA County you live in. In Long Beach single family residences would routinely get bulldozed for an apartment or condo complex. But, doing so changed the whole feel of the neighborhood. It wasn’t close-knit anymore. At least, that what my elderly, Republican neighbors told me. I moved into one of the older apartments. The biggest problem for me was that the City of Long Beach did not plan the infrastructure to go with the expansion. So, one el Nino, the neighborhood’s sewage ended up in my living room!!! Are you sure the people you talk to are registered to the Democratic Party? Many neighbors I thought were, actually aren’t.

[@throwaway46785]

"I'm all for equality as long as it doesn't impact me or mine or my neighborhood"

[@bonkmemommy]

I would actually pay for the NYT if this was the kind of journalism I could expect. Johnny Harris did an amazing job here.

[@rebauer2000]

Yes! I have tried a subscribtion to the NYT and this is normally not they kind of journalism they do. So even for $4/month I cancelled. But I'm happy to see this here. Great job here and I saved this to my favorites playlist.

[@keithmoh1]

You would never see this kind of opinion piece in a Rupert Murdoch owned media outlet.

[@LSPalm]

This is an opinion piece. You just learn the difference God

[@makslargu5799]

@@LSPalm drs. give medical opinions all the time…professional opinions are usually a narrative posited by an expert that is informed by the relevant facts. Honestly, that some people think there’s no more nuance to fact and opinion than the basics they learned in third grade really explains a lot about the hole humanity has found itself in.

[@franklin5000]

yep - white liberals are the absolute worst. they only favor and look out for fellow whites while virtue signaling and patting themselves about how much they care about minorities. as a minority plenty of us are waking up to left wing bs.

[@Lastluke]

Everyone is a bleeding heart until it becomes a "not in my back yard" moment. If you are going to be selfish, at least be honest about it.

[@tobiasreaper3650]

Yep. I saw something about homelessness, and it changed my view on it. I have come to the conclusion that I would much rather look out my window and see a homeless shelter, or some type of assistance or charity, than look out my window, and see a homeless camp.

[@josh7297]

underrated comment. it's actually the root of many of our problems today

[@Jdmitchell308]

I'm not a bleeding heart. But I have helped numerous friends with a roof when they needed. I would not help a felon . Who would get away with it tho.. in case you don't know .. illegal immigration is a felony...

[@GregHuston]

@@tobiasreaper3650 Go check out the piece on homelessness in Salt Lake City UT; or lack thereof. They actually went through the effort to do a Cost Benefit Analysis and found putting homeless in apartments was cheaper than letting them be on the streets/shelters. AND here's the best part, once the homeless got stable housing, they were able to get Jobs and become productive members of society instead of a drain. Seattle, Denver, LA; homelessness is rampant despite being "Progressive Liberal Cities".

[@TheSwissChalet]

It is FREE to reach down and pick up a piece of trash on the sidewalk or side of the road. I live in a nice neighborhood, but still, people throw trash out of their car window as they drive by. So my family picks up any trash that lands on our yard. I did the same WHEN I WAS RENTING. If people don’t want to live surrounded by trash, why not start by picking it up? Why expect someone else to do it? Have some pride in where you live, whether you own it or not. Poverty is largely a mindset. I know, because my family started out with nothing and rose above.

[@Yentiiiii]

My friend in Chicago lied about his address by pretending to live with a family friend so he could get into a good high school. He ended up going to an Ivy league and is very successful but wouldn’t have had half the opportunity if he hadn’t advocated for himself as a child and “snuck” into a better school

[@WorBlux]

What's even worse, if the school district had caught on to the deception, they might have sue the parents or even file criminal charges.

[@ViolentKisses87]

Sounds like he would have benefited from the republican led school voucher program.

[@banditoincognito8950]

@@ViolentKisses87 I think you underestimate the quantity of people that actually get to attend programs. Not many.

[@johnlucas2838]

How much in debt is your friend?

[@nicholasschroeder3678]

My niece used grandmas address to go to the tony high school in her neighborhood. Had to lie about it all four years, had to be driven by mom back and forth, never had a friend from school over, but she got a far better education without gangs.

[@TheJaxMG]

It’s partly our fault for not demanding better. When things are plodding along and it’s not a constant dumpster fire we’re happy to just keep the status quo.

[@niazahmad350]

Now this is called journalism. Asking questions to the powerful, whoever that is.

[@niazahmad350]

@chabingsta 🥴

[@user-ve9tu5rv6e]

@chabingsta sorry you must be lost, this isn't facebook

[@SuperBuster3000]

@chabingsta how is pointing out hypocrisy pulling liberals further left you sausage

[@abdmzn]

@@SuperBuster3000 These are criticisms to the democrats from the left, that's how.

[@Xeraphell]

@@abdmzn So only other parties can criticize each other? Democrats/Republicans can't acknowledge their own faults?

[@bmjv77]

This is what actual journalism looks like. If the NYT ever wants to be taken seriously again, keep doing pieces like this.

[@I_am_Jordan_K]

Yeah, Johnny Harris is great.

[@IndigoVagrant]

They do plenty of serious reporting. People just don't pay attention to it.

[@IndigoVagrant]

@Welcome to Clown World! The profit motive and insular nature of political elites as upper class people and those working around them also being upper class people explains most of everything.

[@donlemontte2280]

no but he was one of them few years ago was pushing mass illegal immigration intom the west , this guy is a hypocrite him self, was pushing misinformation 4 yerars the irony

[@gorginhanson]

All you did was look at the title. Half the housing problem in California (which was half his thesis) is because people want to live in state with such a good economy and the housing system can't keep up with demand.

[@lucassende211]

I'm other words these people are saying..."I'm for affordable housing....just not within 25 miles of my street"

[@nic_4849]

Excellent synopsis.

[@KenjaTimu]

Not even then. Progressives are the worst hypocrites. If more housing is built anywhere it will lower their house value. They are Champaign socialists.

[@tubester4567]

Its worse than that though. People who own investment properties that are rented out, far out of their own neighborhood are out of reach for the poor. Nobody wants to rent to the poor.

[@jac1207]

the thing is, affordable housing is fine, but you need to run it well and be very proactive to not turn neighborhoods into slums, and that also inherently means you don't just churn out gated wealthy communities. It's a very delicate balancing act. Which is NOT what the federal, or even most local, government can achieve.

[@naturallyweird661]

Yep

[@timothyvlasak351]

I have lived in NY all my life. For 15 years, I suffered from a pain killer addiction, which I tried to get help for. Because I had a job and refused to quit, state rehab cost me 1000$ a month. As a result of my addiction, my teeth are now bad ( my fault, I know). When I called the dentists, 3 out of 4 said I could not get in unless I was an immigrant. I was also told I would not have to pay for it. They would use taxpayers' money, which I pay into every week. NY is a liberal cess pit, but my family and career keep me here😢

[@abaqus5946]

When you report real news, you’re the friend of the people.

[@contrariobastian4046]

Politics became less polarized in the last months, I ask myself why

[@Shanecohen]

@@contrariobastian4046 not an election year

[@contrariobastian4046]

@@Shanecohen true but the NYT would not do this neither 2-3 years ago, they where focused in the media war against the Republican Party or am I wrong?

[@ha-kh7ef]

see the issue is people are selective.

[@Shanecohen]

@@contrariobastian4046 i mean that comment isnt wrong i totally agree, but i was replying to why the media is less polarizing the past couple months. it gets SUPER polarized during elections. also nowadays the average american knows the media is complete BS. they have to build their reputation back up maybe?

[@djhunt6433]

There’s no such thing as “not living our values.” If you aren’t living them, they aren’t your values. They are just talking points that help you feel better about not actually living them.

[@uncledamfee2347]

THIS

[@jonpool9030]

Absolutely spot on

[@sammyruncorn4165]

Yeas and no. Some cricumstances do have a larger control over you. If you're for example broke and untalented, you might have to work in an industry, that kills you from the inside (doing stuff against you inner moral compass). Just to survive.

[@tahmed2176]

100

[@deathtotruthers1]

Not a bad point.

[@jessygayosso149]

Whether you're a liberal or conservative, the amount of people who manipulate the public is outstanding.

[@awfan221]

Thats why I self identify as a centrist.

[@MilwaukeeF40C]

People expect too much from the state. Voting for active policy is a fool's errand, full of predictable "unintended" consequences if not deliberate malfeasance. Centrism/pragmatism are synonyms for doing whatever sounds good with no principles.

[@wowerman]

Which mostly in public media and education has been taken over by hard lefties.If you are more centre or have some conservative values you are already booed,called sexit and you have not right to take challenge other side.

[@corvo9406]

Exactly both sides do it but it about who does the most and has the most effect on the public

[@franciscoscaramanga9396]

I mean, are we just ignoring the Democrats sponsoring riots for a year?

[@Kelvineachael]

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[@AlbrechtEike]

​@@aaron32118Please educate me. I've come across this name before. Now I am interested. How can I reach her?

[@aaron32118]

​@@AlbrechtEikeShe's mostly on FACE-BOOK , using the user name 👇.

[@Jacob-ec6st]

I almost can't believe my eyes that this story was actually done. Hopefully people actually are able to see the blatant hypocrisy that's right in front of them.

[@k.c.9900]

I think the story is less about pointing the hypocrisy finger (because that's a never ending feud for everyone), and more about actually questioning how your actions align with your values and not listening to politicians telling you to blame the other side.

[@sarahk2355]

genuinely connot believe this many people dont understand systems. At 5:56 he explains how in a DEMOICRATIC state, they voted for compact affordable housing, THEN, a neighbour hood RE voted to change it to big houses. THAT NEIGHBORHOOD, probably wasn't democratic. So why did he blame this on the party? When the democrats are the reason it was made an option in the first place. EVERY single one of his points leaves out important system lines.

[@lukescholz1]

@@k.c.9900 HUGE. Pointing the finger is how we got into this mess! I have no clue how the finger pointing can be stopped!

[@irokosalei5133]

This isn't hypocrisy, there's "opinion" written all over. They're entitled to be pretty loose on facts and provide a mediocre piece of investigation.

[@jn2292]

Opinion, not story.

[@nickchivers9029]

Wow. Just wow. An actual investigative journalism piece. This is fantastic.

[@wandasewell4501]

I don't trust NY Times.

[@FAITHandLOGIC]

Johnny Harris is great. NYT? Not so much.

[@nickchivers9029]

@@FAITHandLOGIC hear hear

[@realjesus9823]

@@wandasewell4501Same, I believe they are switching there tone now because of the gigantic losses dems are facing across the country. Either way good video

[@Zlee533]

The only way NYT would ever publish something like this is if it were coming from libs like the ones who made this video. Guarantee they wouldn’t publish an opinion piece that makes very similar points from the right. The right has been saying similar things for years, btw. I wish they’d have covered the homelessness, as well. They raise tons and tons of money for the homeless, but it’s just never even used for the homeless. Sure wish I knew what they really used that money for. 😑

[@darinsingleton3553]

"When someone tells you that they 'agree with you in principle.' What they are saying is that they have no intention of carrying out any action in practice." -- Otto Von Bismarck.

[@sp691]

this is a joke, right💀 not otto von bismarck😭

[@darinsingleton3553]

@@sp691 No, it is from him. Considered, by many, to be one of the pillars of "pragmatic" politics.

[@sp691]

Weird, can you send me a link from where you found the quote? Cant seem to find it when I search it up. The content of it makes sense, considering his realpolitik philosophy - I just thought the wording to me more modern I suppose

[@darinsingleton3553]

@@sp691 Apparently, I paraphrased. Fading memory. Exact quote is, unsurprisingly, much better (though it wasn't too hard to find ..) "When you say you agree to a thing in principle you mean that you have not the slightest intention of carrying it out in practice."

[@fetishimo6208]

Based Bismarck

[@hey-diddlediddle]

I always wondered why NY and CA are ironically the worst place to live for the poor people. I live in NY and I've seen plenty of white people behave that way - speak and vote like they are progressives but they want to live in low density white towns and keep property value up, go to white schools and only have white friends. And then when there blue state becomes unaffordable they move to TX and FL. Democrats are good at talking ideas but they don't really want to fix the problems. Its simple. Help the schools of poor districts. If you have money to hand out to migrants and ukraine, you should take care of your own poor people too.

[@bathandbigbitches]

💯

[@namedrop721]

‘The more expensive the neighborhood , the more funded the school’. The moment I understood this in childhood was the second I realized politics isn’t real and only money is.

[@jasonbourneistreadstone]

Bingo. It's the same everywhere. I'm thinking of Madoff and how he was surrounded by wealth but not a part of it. It shaped him. He wanted that life. He wanted to be a member of the country clubs. I don't blame him for that nor do I excuse what he did later on. He had the legitimate trading / market making business but it was, somehow, a money loser. He wanted more.

[@tistelnilsson]

Best conment yet! Politics is about gaining yourself.

[@mariogirod6195]

May be in America. Here in Germany all schools get the same funding and you can enrol your child in any school in your county. Plus University is free. So these are definitely political decissions that can be changed.

[@ajpend]

Exactly.

[@ajpend]

@@mariogirod6195 exactly. Thank you. It's possible and okay for things to be different.

[@doug196]

I used to buy the NYT every morning on my commute to work in the late 80’s and early 90’s. They had real journalists back then. Welcome back to some semblance of honest journalism Gray Lady.

[@NoNoseProduction]

Yeah. Besides the time they covered up at least two genocides

[@hermeslein6614]

China is now the richest country pverappsing USA wohoo

[@theedisonunion]

Even though I'm a staunch progressive, I applaud this video. Calling out hypocrisy without childish name calling or sloganeering is shamefully refreshing in 2021. Well done.

[@NotAnnaJones]

What a joke. This is more feel good rhetoric so the progressives feel better about by acknowledging their own biases. It isn’t a real examination. Soon you will own nothing and you will be happy. Get your booster.

[@levmarchuk998]

@@NotAnnaJones what is wrong with this? This is way more self-aware and out in the open than most other liberal publications

[@bighands69]

@David Johnson By progressive you really mean you are a socialist. I just wish people would be more honest.

[@Chamindo7]

Yeah, let's go Brandon.

[@octavianpopescu4776]

I'm not American, but I do have American friends and I have spoken to Americans a lot about politics and I noticed a thing that matches the content of this video. I'm a pretty conservative and nationalist guy, so it's rarer and harder for me to call something or someone xenophobic or racist. But the thing is: if I were to count the times someone was xenophobic towards me, I'd say it was slightly more often Ds than Rs. I remember arguing with an R about guns and we both stuck to our guns (pun intended), but at no point did I get the sense he was looking down on me. If Rs don't like me, they'll tell me upfront. He didn't like me, but he wasn't: "oh, you're European, so you're inferior, Murica no. 1" But I did get that superior attitude from a few Ds. Ds are usually more diplomatic about it, but they can be just as hostile towards foreigners, especially when those foreigners don't say what they want to hear. A black R is seen as an "uncle Tom" (I've seen this attitude a couple of times). This tells me, that Ds expect people to vote for them automatically because of their race, sexuality, gender, etc. as if they're owed those votes. Ds are boo hoo immigrants, but God forbid those immigrants vote R if they get citizenship.

[@honkeykong9563]

This isn't really about housing. It's the bipartisan fear of crime. Can a case be made that following through on the promises of desegregation will not result in the decay of prosperous neighborhoods?

[@BossItUp911]

There’s no fear of crime. Already forgot about defund the police?

[@MrStephenlang]

This was a breath of fresh air. Real honest journalism. Good job to everyone involved.

[@dannyapeshit]

I do think it's really non-coincidental that they excluded New York from the video tho. New York has some major problems even more so than Washington for example and they didn't mention them at all. It really did seem like New York richie journalists attacking all the other blue states except our own type of piece.

[@diptarkadas5193]

You think this is journalism? Lol.

[@SenselessApprentice]

@@diptarkadas5193 Yes. A very well put together opinion piece.

[@benearhart1224]

Not journalism. Marxist propaganda. You should know this by now. This is why you and your fellow citizens are having to endure this exercise in remedial civilization. Apparently, all you have to do is a little rebranding and you can sell Marxism and communism to Americans now. Your foolishness is magnificent. There is a term for people like you but I would be CENSORED for typing it. So I will say that right now you are a useful person that does things without thinking.

[@benearhart1224]

@henk who me? paranoid? hardly. What is astounding is that people can't see it. Actually they can see it but they can't let themselves think about it. Furthermore, my opinion is hardly fringe. Whatever you say. Sit back and watch the show. You'll come around the instant it comes home, I'm sure.

[@alexrennison8070]

"I think people aren't living their values." Incorrect, they are living their values. They just lie about what their values actually are to signal how good they want people to think they are.

[@marcusyoung2870]

Excellent point. Pretty much characterizes a majority of our society.

[@jameslebron2403]

Point is more or less the same though, that we are a nation of hypocrites.

[@Canadish]

@@jameslebron2403 Well, the Blue half maybe. The reds are just open about their views on the hard decisions. Except when they contradict themselves...oh wait hang on a tick...

[@joshuamorillo1694]

This gentleman is spitting

[@mauricemotors8207]

@@marcusyoung2870 The best down to earth people I met don’t come from rich families

[@pacomontoya]

I've almost forgotten what REAL journalism looks like from the big names in the game. Thank you for not only educating yourselves but all of us viewing this video on what's really going on in our country. I'd love to see more of this in the future.

[@travistarp7466]

They're just blaming the blue city disasters on people instead of democratic policies... Its a bait and switch. Zoning isn't the only reason housing isn't being developed in California, its regulations, particularly environmental regulations. I'm glad they're pointing out hypocrisy in the rich left. Also, there are a lot of inner city districts that get equal or more funding then their suburban counterparts, yet the suburban districts outperform the inner city districts. Simply throwing money at a problem wont' fix it.. Also, these kids underperform probably because they are just focusing on surviving in these dangerous communities. You know what predicts good educational outcomes better than school spending, family stability. Kids growing up in single family homes are way more likely to drop out of high school, get worse grades, etc etc.

[@-Hyperdryve-]

@@travistarp7466 Bingo

[@M0rbidPh8]

You never gotten REAL Journalism. Media has been lying for decades.

[@VelvetTeddyBear15]

Johnny and his team have ALWAYS maintained this level of impartiality and professionalism, check him out. Iz Harris is also super cool and makes top quality content! PS I'm a fan and I will shamelessly plug them

[@ThecrackheadCHJ]

YES

[@retrogamedreamer8761]

I had to do a double take. Real journalism from the New York Times?! How wonderfully refreshing.

[@Jomom0329]

Just like Fox. Real journalism.

[@D_Marrenalv]

"I love poor people, I just don't want them living anywhere near me." -- Champagne liberals

[@stachowi]

and by poor, they mean minorities.

[@joshuamorillo1694]

This is 100% correct

[@Ushio01]

Wrong title. It's limousine liberals, champagne socialists and gulfstream environmentalists.

[@donnaknudson7296]

@@stachowi Oh, I think that includes all the poor, regardless of race. Can you really imagine poor whites being welcome there? The really poor some call "white trash"? No way would they want those people either.

[@nickblank5712]

So you would rather the rich people not be pushing for policies that would be helping the poor? I'm not really sure how people are trying to draw such a distinct hypocrisy because poor areas are typically higher rates of crime, correct?

[@Rose-nana-star]

Yes NYT. This is what real journalism is like! Criticize both sides, be unbiased, and show evidence

[@Hitmarkerdidnothingwrong]

Between this, and Weinstein, this is the NYT's best work in recent history.

[@teebob21]

@@Hitmarkerdidnothingwrong This "opinion" piece cited and sourced more facts than a Bob Woodward exposé.

[@ChrisZahrte]

Criticize both sides? He barely touched on the red states. And there was nothing unbiased about this.

[@Dr4gon2000]

@@ChrisZahrte This dude is definitely a liberal. He didn't need to touch on any conservative points in this video because it isn't about them, every one of these points is something that conservatives already oppose. This is meant to be a wake up call for the liberals

[@TheRealKaveman]

@@Dr4gon2000 I agree. I am absolutely fine with other liberals and progressives calling out our politicians, especially with this kind of research. Republicans definitely don't have a leg to stand on, but this is absolutely needed!

[@AComellas90]

You know there’s a problem when you see how many people are genuinely surprised that the New York Times would do a piece like this.

[@SteveLinGuitar]

I know. Before I clicked on the video, I had to windshield wiper my eyes... NYT? What?

[@fartnutssupreme4930]

I’m only half surprised NYT did a piece like this. But I would be outright stupefied if Fox News did something like this.

[@kevinaguilar7541]

@@fartnutssupreme4930 Yup, that organization does look to be more stubborn to accept their errors than NYT.

[@samuelblackthorne9122]

Personally I believe a healthy democracy requires healthy opposition. Theres no pressure for deep blue or deep red states to adress much year on year. The issue now is that I see so many of our old institutions like media, education and business just argue in complete bad faith to each other.

[@coyotelong4349]

@@fartnutssupreme4930 Fox News would never do a piece like this, and the reason why is because this piece is critiquing the Democratic Party *from the Left* This piece isn’t attacking the Democratic Party’s stated Left-wing values and goals; it’s criticizing it for not living up to those values when/where it has the power to do so Fox News’ entire raison d’être is attacking the Democratic Party, of course, but it will only attack it from the Right- By attacking the Left’s very goals/values themselves from a Right-wing perspective It’s never going to criticize the Democratic Party for not being progressive enough- Only for not being conservative enough

[@excepshenal]

As a Californian revisiting this after the 2024 election, it's not just our politicians but really moreso our voters who have chosen inequality-perpetuating policies. Especially looking at SF, we definitely have more people who are environmentally and socially liberal (e.g., in support of LGBTQ rights, abortion) than economically liberal, which this video is addressing. California voters passed Measure 2 (authorizing bonds for schools) but with only 57% in favor (you'd think more in a very liberal state), and failed Prop 5 (lowering the vote needed to approve bonds for housing), Prop 6 (prohibiting slavery/involuntary servitude in prison), and Prop 33 (allowing local rent controls).

[@Tasia_vu]

Hope to see more of this type of journalism, it's honestly refreshing.

[@Haihiru]

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[@ivotenotocensorship5247]

Don't fall for it. Dems losing votes so media will turn in order to protect their bottom line. These media outlets should NEVER be given relevance or praise ever again.

[@angelabarnard8029]

@@ivotenotocensorship5247 amen.

[@studio3365]

gowatch ed earthling, even more evolve

[@kosmos3718]

you're happy to see it because it confirms your POV. #FuckTheMedia they will always play people against each other to make money.

[@ryanhamstra49]

“People aren’t living their values” Yup, sounds like 90% of the country! Everyone says they want to do something as long as it doesn’t inconvenience them…..

[@mordredoforkney6185]

Whether it's fundamentalist christians or champagne socialists they're both ugly faces on each side of the same bullet-riddled coin, my Neighbor.

[@ryanhamstra49]

@@mordredoforkney6185 yup. Everyone has a “do as I say not as I do” and a “that’s a good idea, someone should do that while I watch tv” attitude

[@Mdebacle]

Sort of like what Bill Maher has pointed out. Almost everyone wants to stop global warming. What if it costs you an extra hundred bucks ? Forget it.

[@youkofoxy]

Funny enough, that is the impression I get from some of U.S.A. foreign policies. To me it feels like they say "Do X, while we do Y" or "You are doing Z, I gonna just sit here" too often. Guess politicians do represent they country to some extend.

[@guccipucci69420]

@@youkofoxy yup, doesn't matter which party it is, they're all a bunch of hypocrites.

[@giraffejoker563]

"Not in my backyard" is such a strong mentality...

[@zazapachulia2532]

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[@petebusch9069]

Totally agree and I've been saying this for so many years. Everyone wants to be part of making the world a better place as long as they don't have to pay for it or deal with it. Take immigration, if your a person who is REALLY for it then you would have absolutely no problem taking in a random family into your own home and paying for all of their needs as they get their life together. Unfortunately that is almost never the case.

[@ParkerMBerg]

Question - Why in this example do we assume immigrants are all poor though? Curious to hear how supporting immigration could not look like supporting both skilled labor (aka abolishing the visa lottery) and also benevolent visa issuances to refugee situations?

[@lindgrenland]

@@ParkerMBerg Because practically everyone supports skilled labour immigration to ones country. Granted, I'm from Europe, so the situation with the visa thing is probably pretty different. I find it's not even worth discussing "skilled labour" here, because it has no actual relevance for the issue of mass migration. No one takes issue with it, because in the end, skilled labour goes where it wants to and contributes to society automatically. Because it's skilled labour. They labour. With skill. What people practically mean when they say "immigration" here is either economic migration from poorer countries to wellfare states in general, or the concept of asylum being granted to economic migrants and/or refugees, by said states.

[@shooter7a]

@@petebusch9069 LOL...immigrants come here to work. Every single credible study ever done shows that immigrants add to the economy. In fact, we started the ball rolling in the 40s and 50s with the Bracero Program, which was essentially a slave wage program for guest workers.

[@philliptaylor5386]

“Look at me, the NYT, pretending I haven’t been the problem for the last 5 years…”. STFU.

[@crimsonfire6932]

I’m genuinely impressed the New York Times would publish something like this. Well done.

[@Nareimooncatt]

They probably don't realize what they published.

[@erik-victory]

@@Nareimooncatt 🙄

[@ultimatevictory6522]

@@erik-victory its true don't roll your eyes

[@Lynn-i2w]

They still kept out funding (taxpayer dollars) going to other governments for war or apartheid.

[@Vincetagram]

I never thought I would see a title like this from NYT. Definitely a step in the right direction for journalism.

[@insertchannelnamehere8685]

Not sure if you intended it, but the pun you created with step in the right, as in correct direction, and right, as in conservative, is pretty cool. Good job

[@anon69669]

Sir the title is very misleading. The content of this video is a far-left critique of centrist Democrats. NYT went from criticizing conservatives to criticizing their own dems for not being progressive enough. Really strange and interesting marketing technique lol

[@lawndogmoon2]

Yo yo yo homie fo' sho'!

[@Millionsofpeas]

Yeah it is a shock to see the NYT have a left-leaning critique of the status quo. Usually they are a right wing rag.

[@cryptaku3404]

@@insertchannelnamehere8685 I think you're missing the theme here. This video isn't a conservative critique of liberalism. It's a liberal critique of liberals. They're basically saying liberals aren't liberal enough.

[@randominsights1012]

As a native Californian who is being driven out of my home state, I cannot THANK YOU enough for this!!

[@konigstiger8518]

If you're gonna vote dem in my state stay out lmao

[@JangoJustin]

STAY IN CALIFORNIA NO ONE WANTS YOU RUINING OTHER STATES

[@jonathanbaird]

Oof. These replies... tribalism isn't the answer people. That sort of ugliness is what has gotten us in this mess in the first place.

[@nol302]

@@jonathanbaird lmao you know these people live in some state that half the population couldn’t point to on a map

[@steven0837]

Blame ronnie Reagan and Prop 13-NYT does not even mention Prop 13 and the gutting of some schools systems and the devastation it has done since 1970's. He was a REpublican....I was a teen trying to figure BS out.

[@Opressed]

Im all for afordable housing. But gosh, please not in my backyard.

[@debasishraychawdhuri]

"We want to help the poor ... I mean, we want other people to help the poor, but not us".

[@joshuatift4640]

Well that’s socialism’s in a nut shell

[@5dodot5]

We want the poor to be helped, but WE don't want to help the poor.

[@AvgJane19]

@@joshuatift4640 its really really not.

[@strivingformindfulness2356]

And, "We'll help the poor, as long as they're kept far away from my neighborhood."

[@kinkaju]

@@AvgJane19 yes it is

[@JoshSkelton]

This is incredible, and honest. Journalism needs this, as a whole. Thank you to the producers!

[@mauroz100]

Judging by the comment section, it seems most of us are done with the current two party system. Two sides of the same coin. Excellent reporting on NYT's part!

[@carlgrove8793]

From the other side of the Atlantic, it seems all too clear that money dominates the political system in the US. The candidates with biggest bank balances get elected, and it appears that the older the better as well. Here your two parties would be considered Right Wing (Reps) and Centrist (Dems). There is no real left wing in America, i.e. someone who would start building affordable housing and putting into place genuine schemes to help poorer folk, as well as providing a proper national health service.

[@bignasty389]

@@carlgrove8793 You're right that money dominates US politics but I don't believe there is any existing government that this isn't largely true for.

[@carlgrove8793]

@@bignasty389 In the UK it is undeniable that most Tory politicians have gone to Eton or Harrow and come from very privileged backgrounds. However, quite a few Labour leaders haven't and although all MPs earn a lot of money in their job few are what would be considered rich in the US. There are also fairly strict rules about MPs earning extra money by capitalising on their status, they have to declare all their financial interests.

[@japprivera3129]

not really.

[@deez-neuf]

@@carlgrove8793 Switzerland

[@gregpoltrock]

NYT? Are we sure? I can't believe this hypocrisy is being called out. Thank you, sir. THIS IS JOURNALISM!!

[@macaron3141592653]

Im impressed that NYT actually put this out.

[@baaamakingbaaaa]

Same here. When I started watching this I thought I clicked on a satire video.

[@nicolasendara1166]

It's in the right direction because only self criticism will move society forward

[@slevinchannel7589]

Some More News is also a good news-channel.

[@akdune]

As oppse to Fox?

[@macaron3141592653]

@@slevinchannel7589 some more news isn't a mainstream news outlet, its a leftist commentary show.

[@OuterRimPride]

The “equal opportunity but not in my backyard” attitude of wealthy liberals. I grew up around that. I’m actually from district 39 in Cook county that the video mentions.

[@Roguechild]

I'm from Connecticut which he also mentions in the video and the state is EXACTLY like that. Literally a poor side and a Uber rich side. I illegally went to a wealthier high school to avoid the one falling apart in my neighborhood. We got caught though and sent back. The disparity between rich and poor is so stark

[@robw1571]

I find it to be true of wealthy people regardless of their political affiliation.

[@ElLapiz24]

I had an internship for cook county that involved a lot of walking around through those neighborhoods. My co worker was black…and we got the police called on us several times that summer because we “looked suspicious” despite having construction vests AND a county vehicle, and these were those rich liberal neighborhoods where every other house had a BLM or Pride flag out front.

[@chrish7308]

It's not a wealth thing, it's a narcissist thing. Everything is all well and good with ideology, especially if it garners virtue, until it impacts the narcissist negatively. Narcissists don't understand thinking outside of their perspective and how it would effect them in their own shoes.

[@OuterRimPride]

@@chrish7308 Our capitalist competition has driven us to grotesque individualism.

[@MadShenans]

Everyone lives their values! Some people are just dishonest with themselves and others pertaining to what their values actually are. Talk is cheap. Walking the walk is difficult.

[@Some0ne001]

You are 100% correct. There’s a saying that goes “You will know them by their fruits.” You will know the persons character by the actions they do which will show what they truly value.

[@XX-gg3mx]

Well. That is called hypocrisy. Everybody needs to understand that one needs to pay to implement socialistic/communistic ideas. In result taxes will need to grow exponentially (2/3 times, at least) for middle and higher classes and decrease for poor ones almost to 0% rate. That is how it works in all socialists countries all over the world. In result middle and higher classes shrink, get poorer to gain more equality. Everybody leaving in those socialistic countries knows that socialism = equality in poverty (until a country finds a way to sip money out of other countries like Germany does). Wealthy Americans, even liberals, know that unconsciously and choose to by hypocritical.

[@thehumus8688]

NATO : No Action Talk Only

[@Cr33p_Inn_Diss_Guys]

You’re summing up the sham that was the Black Lives Matter movement. I believe it was a Trojan horse but you have a lot of people and businesses who were/are posting a sign in their yard or window thinking that’s actually doing anything besides scoring some cool points I guess.

[@thanatos_0.]

@@Some0ne001 Evan, that is a wonderful quote. More wonderful still is the super car in your user image! Would that be among "the fruits" by which we could recognize a virtuous person?

[@BrandonMirrors]

This should be shown in every high school civics class

[@gavinmitchell1328]

A critique of the liberals coming from progressives? This is what we need right now. Thank you New York Times. Edit: I don't know if Johnny Harris is progressive, but the argument seems to be coming from a left-wing perspective

[@vitaminluke5597]

@G G I'm not sure about where Johnny Harris stands politically. He seems like a "radical centrist" who is more interested in good old fashioned investigative journalism targeting the powerful. He left the Mormon Church as a young adult, so he's clearly a very critical, questioning person who's less interested in dogma and more in finding truth. The critique in this video, however, is very similar to the kind that progressives make against hypocritical wealthy liberals (I say as a progressive who likes to criticize hypocritical wealthy liberals). The only issue I take with it, however, is how there is no delineation between progressive/activist/leftist circles, who have been calling out blue state hypocrisy for years, and the liberals that this video rightly calls out. Like the right, the left is not a monolith, perhaps even moreso if the perennial meme about "leftist infighting" is anything to go off of.

[@chris-um2sh]

@@vitaminluke5597 good analysis, and I agree with you

[@komali2]

@@vitaminluke5597 shocked to find a good take in KZbin comments

[@xiaoka]

Palo alto is not a very liberal place at all. To center half your video about that one case and then gloss over the fact that they banned single family zoning as a minor ‘step forward’ is a joke.

[@ShebastianReyes]

@@xiaoka woah woah. I just got to that part in the video, I need to look this up because that's huge

[@declaniii6324]

To quote Spirit of the West: “Close enough to make the effort, far enough to make excuses”

[@PonyTrotsky]

Wow. I can't believe the NYT, of all outlets, is actually willing to admit all this. I'm actually slightly stunned.

[@EnsignLeeDS9]

Because they're good journalists. Maybe stop calling them the enemy of the people?

[@maximusthemerciful9452]

@@EnsignLeeDS9 no, they’re still the enemy of the people.

[@dantemadden1533]

I’m guessing NYT is a traditionally left media

[@blessedandbiwithahintofmagic]

Yeah. I have an elder professor, who I had as a professor. He was a journalist and did a class that gets people from a lotta majors in. He said that people think news organizations are vultures, but they're actually quite timid. Anything that rocks the boat, and could harm their bottom line, management won't let through. It's very frustrating because the average journalist got into it to help people and explore to find and show truths of this world, but organizations, like the NYT, care about their power more often, not following what their journalists could do. He seemed a bit disillusioned by the modern state of journalism, but still believes things can change.

[@AG-gv9cb]

@@maximusthemerciful9452 well that is fox, full of lies and racism and soft white nationalism

[@olderandwiser127]

We retired, sold our home and live in an RV. It's the only way to live in CA on a pension. We are paying 5.20 for gas and Newsom is increasing cost by .69 by next January.