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Lina Khan to co-chair NYC mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani's transition team

https://piefed.world/post/610166

Lina Khan to co-chair NYC mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani's transition team

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Nov 5 at 8:39pmWeb
Show threadamniotic druidNov 5
Damn good news. Lina Khan is a beast who might actually get to enact some change with a plurality support in NYC versus dealing with a gridlocked D.C.
Show threadparaphrandNov 5
I really hope they can set a great example for the rest of the country.
Show threadTenthrowNov 5
Lina Khan is a hero and we need more like her.
Show threadnegativenullNov 5
Fully agreed
Show threadBrianTheeBiscuiteerNov 5
FUUUCCCCKKKK YYEEAAAHHHH!!!
Show threadtenchikenNov 5

Came for this, leaving satisfied.

(fuck yes)

Show threadlennybirdNov 5
This is awesome. If unfamiliar with her, watch her interview with Jon Stewart on the Daily Show
Lina Khan – FTC Chair on Amazon Antitrust Lawsuit & AI Oversight | The Daily Show

YouTube
Show threadnotsureNov 5
...how socialist to appoint a copetent person...
Show threadpticrixNov 6
I mean, how is it fair? You cannot pay to pay! How is this a meritocracy, dare I ask?
Show threadnotsureNov 9
…i like you…
Show threaddistantsoundsNov 5
Some more good news!
Show threadOptionalNov 5

DoorDash also gave $1 million to a pro-Cuomo super PAC.

tsk tsk

Show threadarcterusNov 5
I wish all the delivery app and ridesharing companies didn’t suck.
Show threadAllNewTypeFaceNov 6
Based.
Show threadDeaconNov 6
I can’t wait until she is put back in a position of real power. She was on track do to SO MUCH fucking good on her last role.
Show threadtoy_boat_toy_boatNov 6
i think i remember an interview she did with Jon on TDS. she’s a badass.
Show threadArchangel1313Nov 6
Right on! Let’s fuckin’ GO!!
Show threaddaanniiNov 6
KHAN!!!
Show threadquick_snailNov 6
Khan (and Kirk) were both eugenicists
Show threaddaanniiNov 8
Uh. Kirk was not.
Show threadquick_snailNov 8

No, captain Kirk. Re watch the episode he first encountered Khan. At the end, he laments saying that Khan is genetically superior to other humans.

No human is superior to other humans. Kirk was expressing that he was a eugenicist, which was super popular in the US (and, well, obviously still is for some subcultures).

Show threaddaanniiNov 10

I think that’s kind of a stretch. I mean. I acknowledge khan was genetically superior. He literally was designed to be smarter, stronger, and healthier.

I think there are other traits that are more valuable in humans.

But those are pretty big ones. Especially the health one.

I’m not for eugenics. But I admit khan is superior to humans on those traits. Kinda seems like an objectively true statement.

I also do acknowledge your point about the culture at the time the episode was made. But I still don’t think that one line from Kirk supports he thought eugenics was a good thing. I think he was pondering it’s usefulness and ethics.

Eugenics today is used for people with generic diseases to not have offspring with those diseases. Is that not a good thing?

It has a place. It just shouldn’t be applied broadly. We need diversity in humans.

Show threadquick_snailNov 10

You’re a eugenicist.

The only conclusion that can be made is that inbreeding made Khan better in some areas and weaker in other areas. You cannot have a person be genetically superior then other humans. That’s what we learned in the 40s.

Show threaddaanniiNov 11

No. I’m not a eugenist.

You are seeing things in black and white. That’s not how reality works.

I do not support endeavours like creating someone like khan.

I do however support endeavours to remove genetic diseases.

Not the same things.

Show threadSuavevillainNov 6
Literally the only person I like from the Biden admin.
Show threadresipsaloquiturNov 6
Legends.