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DoorDash Spent $1.4 Million Trying to Stop Mamdani From Becoming Mayor. Now We Know Why.
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Chris Remington beehaw.org remington@beehaw.org
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frustrated_phagocytosis fedia.io frustrated_phagocytosis@fedia.io
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Such horseshit. If you have money for politics, you aren't paying your people enough!

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underscore_ sopuli.xyz underscore_@sopuli.xyz
Joined: 2023-07-03
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Such horseshit. If you have money for politics, you aren't paying your people enough!

I feel it is never about having the money or not rather that for them it is a moral issue that itโ€™s preferable to spend money on fewer people (political lobbying campaign) rather than the same total amount or even sometimes less on the many.

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jtrek startrek.website jtrek@startrek.website
Joined: 2026-02-22
#4 · Quote Reply

Haha get fucked DoorDash. I'll pick up my own food before using them.

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Jul piefed.blahaj.zone irotsoma@piefed.blahaj.zone
Joined: 2025-09-25
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Such horseshit. If you have money for politics, you aren't paying your people enough!

Yeah, a symptom of late stage capitalism that large companies no longer compete by improving their product or service, but by manipulating the regulatory environment and/or competition, through collusion, legal attacks, or acquisition. It's much less risky of an investment for larger companies post-mass-consolidation.

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wyldrstallyns lemmy.dbzer0.com wyldrstallyns@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Joined: 2026-05-16
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Yeah, a symptom of late stage capitalism that large companies no longer compete by improving their product or service, but by manipulating the regulatory environment and/or competition, through collusion, legal attacks, or acquisition. It's much less risky of an investment for larger companies post-mass-consolidation.

Honestly, though, they are the government in all but name at this point.

How fucked aren't we? ๐Ÿ˜…๐Ÿ˜ฌ

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dubs lemmy.dbzer0.com dubs@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Joined: 2026-08-17
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I feel it is never about having the money or not rather that for them it is a moral issue that itโ€™s preferable to spend money on fewer people (political lobbying campaign) rather than the same total amount or even sometimes less on the many.

The same amount of money in fewer hands creates a choke-point that they can squeeze later.

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A_be_seedy beehaw.org A_be_seedy@beehaw.org
Joined: 2026-06-16
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Honestly, though, they are the government in all but name at this point. How fucked aren't we? ๐Ÿ˜…๐Ÿ˜ฌ

Not if you support and vote for your local Mandami. Theyre out there, just needing the right local conditions: create them. Get 3-5 friends and take over your local democratic organization

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wyldrstallyns lemmy.dbzer0.com wyldrstallyns@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Joined: 2026-05-16
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Not if you support and vote for your local Mandami. Theyre out there, just needing the right local conditions: create them. Get 3-5 friends and take over your local democratic organization

I hear you, fellow pleb, and I was ardently politically active for decades โ€”until, at a protest vs Bush Jr's use of his appointed judges to put him back in office, I witnessed 4 swat pigs hogtie a 13yr old girl that was walking by the scene, and huck her in the wagon like a sack. (they also shot a senior vet w/ a "less than lethal" round in the crotch, etc. when he tried to tell them it was a "sit in").

I try to help wherever and however I can, but I'm pretty spent at this point after all these years of burning hard toward a dream, to be frank. ๐Ÿฅฒ๐Ÿ™‡๐Ÿผโ€โ™‚๏ธ I give what I can these days, but it's a fraction of what I used to give with exuberance and glowing hope inside.

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A_be_seedy beehaw.org A_be_seedy@beehaw.org
Joined: 2026-06-16
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I hear you, fellow pleb, and I was ardently politically active for decades โ€”until, at a protest vs Bush Jr's use of his appointed judges to put him back in office, I witnessed 4 swat pigs hogtie a 13yr old girl that was walking by the scene, and huck her in the wagon like a sack. (they also shot a senior vet w/ a "less than lethal" round in the crotch, etc. when he tried to tell them it was a "...

I get it. I'm much less active then I was too. Just gotta find ways to improve our local community, and not be the resistance for the new energy.

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kiarash lemmychan.org kiarash@lemmychan.org
Joined: 2026-09-20
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This is why prices are what they are, so the people profiting off of your stupidity can use your money against you.

Stop being stupid.

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wyldrstallyns lemmy.dbzer0.com wyldrstallyns@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Joined: 2026-05-16
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I get it. I'm much less active then I was too. Just gotta find ways to improve our local community, and not be the resistance for the new energy.

Truth. I wish you luck, neighbor! I'm thinking I'll stick to game nights and social fulfillment for a while. If it all goes to shit, at least I'll have good memories of the way down. Besides, I'm tired of shadowboxing with fucknuts, ya know?

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dudesss piefed.ca dudesss@piefed.ca
Joined: 2025-09-08
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Haha get fucked DoorDash. I'll pick up my own food before using them.

I always try to call and pickup. If ever a deliver app, never Doordash. Never again.

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artyom piefed.social artyom@piefed.social
Joined: 2025-06-08
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They could have just spent that $1.4M improving conditions for their contractors...

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A_be_seedy beehaw.org A_be_seedy@beehaw.org
Joined: 2026-06-16
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Truth. I wish you luck, neighbor! I'm thinking I'll stick to game nights and social fulfillment for a while. If it all goes to shit, at least I'll have good memories of the way down. Besides, I'm tired of shadowboxing with fucknuts, ya know?

Game nights and social fulfuilment still builds community :)

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SocialistVibes01 lemmy.ml SocialistVibes01@lemmy.ml
Joined: 2026-04-30
#16 · Quote Reply

Mandani isn't an ally.

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Scaramanga thelemmy.club Scaramanga@thelemmy.club
Joined: 2026-09-14
#17 · Quote Reply

Not if you support and vote for your local Mandami. Theyre out there, just needing the right local conditions: create them. Get 3-5 friends and take over your local democratic organization

And you would be a complete moron to vote for socialism.

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melsaskca lemmy.ca melsaskca@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2025-03-09
#18 · Quote Reply

Mandani isn't an ally.

To Doordash?

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Concetta lemmy.blahaj.zone vinceman@lemmy.blahaj.zone
Joined: 2023-06-12
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And you would be a complete moron to vote for socialism.

Ah, you think having Andrew Cuomo or Curtis Salewa would have been more reasonable? What policy of Mandami's do you not support? Do you think people having access to food is a bad thing?

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Goodlucksil lemmy.dbzer0.com Goodlucksil@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Joined: 2025-08-15
#20 · Quote Reply

Mandani isn't an ally.

Perfect is the enemy of the good

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DegradationDenial feddit.nl DegradationDenial@feddit.nl
Joined: 2026-08-31
#21 · Quote Reply

Mandani isn't an ally.

Classic Marxist Leninist.

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wyldrstallyns lemmy.dbzer0.com wyldrstallyns@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Joined: 2026-05-16
#22 · Quote Reply

Game nights and social fulfuilment still builds community :)

Here's hoping ๐Ÿฅฐ

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Juice midwest.social Juice@midwest.social
Joined: 2024-04-24
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This is why prices are what they are, so the people profiting off of your stupidity can use your money against you. Stop being stupid.

Ah yes, capitalism is an individual failing like a snake that eats its own tail.

Get organized

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Bo7a piefed.ca Bo7a@piefed.ca
Joined: 2025-06-10
#24 · Quote Reply

And you would be a complete moron to vote for socialism.

It is refreshing to see someone saying something so purely stupid once a while. Good job!

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SocialistVibes01 lemmy.ml SocialistVibes01@lemmy.ml
Joined: 2026-04-30
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Classic Marxist Leninist.
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James R Kirk startrek.website Kirk@startrek.website
Joined: 2025-03-01
#26 · Quote Reply

They could have just spent that $1.4M improving conditions for their contractors...

It wouldn't have been nearly enough, they ended up owing like 100x that much. From a business standpoint that 1.4M was probably a reasonable amount to risk losing.

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James R Kirk startrek.website Kirk@startrek.website
Joined: 2025-03-01
#27 · Quote Reply

Haha get fucked DoorDash. I'll pick up my own food before using them.

A while back I had a free month of dashpass but even with the money "saved" it was still about the same as if we actually dined out and tipped.

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Phoenixz lemmy.ca phoenixz@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2023-06-10
#28 · Quote Reply

Mandani isn't an ally.

Uuugghhhh

I'll bite

What small thing did he do that got you all riled up?

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iocase lemmy.zip iocase@lemmy.zip
Joined: 2026-05-11
#29 · Quote Reply

Uuugghhhh I'll bite What small thing did he do that got you all riled up?

He didnt completely overthrow the capitalists and sieze the means of production ๐Ÿ˜ก๐Ÿ˜ก๐Ÿคฌ๐Ÿคฌ๐Ÿ‘บ๐Ÿ‘บ

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zjti8eit lemmy.dbzer0.com zjti8eit@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Joined: 2023-10-29
#30 · Quote Reply

Not if you support and vote for your local Mandami. Theyre out there, just needing the right local conditions: create them. Get 3-5 friends and take over your local democratic organization

lol. If voting made a difference, it would be illegal by now.

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zjti8eit lemmy.dbzer0.com zjti8eit@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Joined: 2023-10-29
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Haha get fucked DoorDash. I'll pick up my own food before using them.

if you pay someone else to make your food, you are lazy and rich.

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DdCno1 beehaw.org DdCno1@beehaw.org
Joined: 2023-06-09
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Were you expecting him to execute half of Wall Street on day one?

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Smeagol666 crazypeople.online Smeagol666@crazypeople.online
Joined: 2025-08-08
#33 · Quote Reply

So basically a microcosm of the whole fucking US government. Yeah, no fucking shit.

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kunaltyagi programming.dev kunaltyagi@programming.dev
Joined: 2023-06-12
#34 · Quote Reply

lol. If voting made a difference, it would be illegal by now.

If voting didn't make a difference, they wouldn't be trying this hard to make it hard to vote

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