Oklahoma here. The last bright spot we had was late 2000s with Brad Henry. A Democrat mind you. After Brad? Republican majority rule for years and years. What happened to the state? Oklahoma is a perfect example of Republican leadership and we are seeing it on the national stage now. Sad.
i think it was kentucky , the only reason it had a dem govorner is because a fully controlled R state wouldve ruined the state economically. because the last R gov did, they wouldve never allowed a D gov to run in a campaign if it wasnt for thier previous R actions.
As a person who knows little about Oklahoma from the States, I feel since the dust bowl and the native americans being "sent" there, it has been one of the least funded per capital states from the federal side of things. I can't remember many projects at all that have started and weren't sucked up by bordering states or someone like Texas simply because "we know who texas is, and they have people" or some shit. Oklahoma I'm sure could be great, we just need people to care about the people there
If you are talking about why companies don't come here, if we look at education as a factor, then the talent pool ain't here. We are 44th in the country for how many of us have a bachelor's degree.
But we are great cheap labor.
PLEASE Remember to vote REPUBLICAN so you can LOSE your SNAP Benefits, LOSE your ability to Travel during Christmas and HELP Kidnap Children! That's MUCH MUCH MUCH BETTER then being Able to afford GROCERIES!
No, no. Those are all the necessary sacrifices so that you don't have to see those people in your neighborhood with darker skin than you anymore. It's a great deal!
I can remember when I was a kid, "socialism" was something bad the way it was talked about, but I had no idea why. As soon as I was old enough to understand what it actually meant I knew that was bullshit.
Younger generations don't have the same Pavlovian response to words like communism and socialism, so I think these boomer-ass losers are in for a rude awakening if they think they can continue to lean on that tactic.
for republicans always black and white, its one or thie either, they are uncomfortable there is variations in between, and even variations in one side or the other.
What they are worried about is that it works in new York. If it works there then they are gonna have to come up with a whole lot of new lies to convince their victims/constituents that it can't work in their home state.
Just like how they just lie about how America is apparently great again now. Everything has been amazing and perfect since January, and there's nothing he could be doing better. Food prices are all down, gas prices are super low now. We're all winning. Believe what you hear, not what you see.
I don't see why that would matter, 'Everyone else does it but we could never do it here' has been americas whole thing as far as social justice goes for as long as I've been alive.
Yeah, no. They aren't worried at all. They're just towing the line and trashing the other party as per their sides usual antics. Whether NY succeeds or fails, Republican constituents are simply too fucking dumb and loyal and will swallow whatever bullshit lie their party tells them. Worrying about what lie to make up is the least of the Right's worries.
Thereās a very factual reason for why people would āgo nativeā and never want to come back, many but not all Native American tribes and societies were very egalitarian
You'll be surprised. My observation as someone grew up in a communist country is that Americans who use "communism" as a threat to the world actually really love the PRC and will go out of their way praising the PRC.
Currently in the PRC, they would probably hate the idea that people they think are below them can live in an apartment for like 300 USD, eat out every day, and be seen enjoying themselves and dancing/gambling in the evenings.
Americans who use ācommunismā as a threat to the world actually really love the PRC
A large wealthy heavily urbanized and industrial country with high quality of life, a highly educated population, low instances of poverty and crime, and virtually no homelessness as a direct consequence of government policy.
It's everything Americans say they want when they talk about the American Dream.
What Americans couldn't handle was seeing all the non-white people in positions of wealth and power.
Native peoples setting domestic policy in a rich and powerful nation? An absolute nightmare for the American elite class.
Tbf neither do leftist American kids on Lemmy. Iām pretty sure Americans are dumb
Edit: im an indigenous person who actually lived under communism for a while, but yeah the white North American kids who grew up in America are telling me what communism is
Mamdani has a pretty easy job in that these people have painted him to be the personification of Satan. He doesnāt need to do much to prove them wrong. If he keeps the city running and it doesnāt fall into the ocean, heās already a roaring success by Republican standards.
Nothing he can do will prove anything. Big Tech and Finance owned media will just lie over and over again. They'll never stop. New York's actual socio-economic condition won't be reported on, except in the most polarized "everything is horrible, please liberate our people from the tyrannical Mamdani regime" light.
You will be mentally tortured for watching TV or using the Internet until he is removed from office.
Sensible people don't watch corporate media. We know what they'll say about Mamdani because they've been useless for at least a decade and already slander NYC as much as they can.
Oklahoma, where if your family has connections to OSU athletics, like Jesse Mack Butler, you can rape and strangle girls with no consequences! Heās currently available on Tinder in the Stillwater area!
Good is a stretch. Less bad would be more accurate. Because at least every headline with Oklahoma in it wasn't "Oh great, what dumb shit did they do this time..."
This guy's Wikipedia page shows that in his entire life, his greatest achievement is beating up 3 people.
His entire political career can be summed up as Jafar from Aladdin; he has a fetish for hurting people, but has evidently never done anything ever to actually 'help' anyone in his electorate.
If I ever became noteworthy enough to have a Wikipedia page, I would be downright ashamed to have his. How the fuck is this person an elected representative?
Let me send him to my family back in China and Vietnam so he knows what COMMUNISM truly is! What a dumbass!
They are like 48th in education, the DUMB leading the DUMB! š¤¦š½āāļø (what Drumpf loves, uneducated people and stated it-hence why dumb votes for dumb via misinformation and fb propaganda), case and point.
People need to use critical thinking skills and research vs just blindly believing fb posts! Itās honestly embarrassing!!
He doesnāt even understand the difference between, āCommunism vs Socialismā. š¤¦š½āāļø
You canāt fix stupid but only can try to educate the dumb!
There was that study that shows the more right leaning someone is, the less empathy they have for people, animals and things outside of their immediate few circles (friends of friends kind of thing).
Democrats are essentially just republicans as well but with a bit of pink/green washing/performative action going on so.
They can be summed up as:
Repub: I don't care unless it affects me and mine then I'll bleat asking why no-one is doing anything about it.
Dems: I'll pretend to care but won't actually do anything to tackle the underlying causes but will nod caringly with a bit of a sad face
101 Comments
Lucky_777@lemmy.world · 202 pts · 295d
Oklahoma here. The last bright spot we had was late 2000s with Brad Henry. A Democrat mind you. After Brad? Republican majority rule for years and years. What happened to the state? Oklahoma is a perfect example of Republican leadership and we are seeing it on the national stage now. Sad.
dumbluck@midwest.social · 74 pts · 295d
We are 50th in education, not 48th. Can't even beat out Mississippi...
samus12345@sh.itjust.works · 34 pts · 295d
Thank God for Oklahoma!
Pringles@sopuli.xyz · 21 pts · 295d
Well done Mississippi, I guess
DarkSideOfTheMoon@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 294d
They love the poorly educated
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today · 1 pts · 295d
i think it was kentucky , the only reason it had a dem govorner is because a fully controlled R state wouldve ruined the state economically. because the last R gov did, they wouldve never allowed a D gov to run in a campaign if it wasnt for thier previous R actions.
LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 295d
As a person who knows little about Oklahoma from the States, I feel since the dust bowl and the native americans being "sent" there, it has been one of the least funded per capital states from the federal side of things. I can't remember many projects at all that have started and weren't sucked up by bordering states or someone like Texas simply because "we know who texas is, and they have people" or some shit. Oklahoma I'm sure could be great, we just need people to care about the people there
jupiter_jazz@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 294d
I guess? But we are one of the top beneficiaries for federal dollars https://okpolicy.org/facts-and-figures-on-federal-grant-dollars-in-oklahoma-2024/
If you are talking about why companies don't come here, if we look at education as a factor, then the talent pool ain't here. We are 44th in the country for how many of us have a bachelor's degree. But we are great cheap labor.
BigMacHole@sopuli.xyz · 184 pts · 295d
PLEASE Remember to vote REPUBLICAN so you can LOSE your SNAP Benefits, LOSE your ability to Travel during Christmas and HELP Kidnap Children! That's MUCH MUCH MUCH BETTER then being Able to afford GROCERIES!
-Senator Mullin!
Signtist@bookwyr.me · 19 pts · 295d
No, no. Those are all the necessary sacrifices so that you don't have to see those people in your neighborhood with darker skin than you anymore. It's a great deal!
Quexotic@infosec.pub · 3 pts · 295d
Just ask Fox https://www.readtpa.com/p/fox-news-ran-ai-generated-racist
AngularViscosity@piefed.social · 5 pts · 295d
I'm embarrassed to say that I finally understand your username. š
ordnance_qf_17_pounder@reddthat.com · 124 pts · 295d
The "he's a Communist!" shit isn't fooling New Yorkers anymore.
BrokenGlepnir@lemmy.world · 102 pts · 295d
"Communist", "woke", "liberal" just words that mean "thing I don't like" to them
nonfuinoncuro@lemmy.zip · 37 pts · 295d
insert picture of car repair book cover "this engine is woke"
samus12345@sh.itjust.works · 18 pts · 295d
The oldie but goodie has made a comeback. "This engine is communist."
nonfuinoncuro@lemmy.zip · 8 pts · 295d
bugs bunny meme our engine
Macchi_the_Slime@piefed.blahaj.zone · 44 pts · 295d
Doesn't help that they've been calling literally anyone with a D next to their name a communist or a socialist for decades now.
samus12345@sh.itjust.works · 34 pts · 295d
I can remember when I was a kid, "socialism" was something bad the way it was talked about, but I had no idea why. As soon as I was old enough to understand what it actually meant I knew that was bullshit.
runner_g@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 7 pts · 295d
And that's why education is communism to these assholes. If people know how to think they will see how terrible republican ideas are.
zalgotext@sh.itjust.works · 31 pts · 295d
Republicans: "He's a communist!"
Dirty liberal/leftist/progressive New Yorkers: "Good"
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 5 pts · 295d
Younger generations don't have the same Pavlovian response to words like communism and socialism, so I think these boomer-ass losers are in for a rude awakening if they think they can continue to lean on that tactic.
DagwoodIII@piefed.social · 5 pts · 295d
Pffft.
Look up Fiorella LaGuardia, considered New York's best mayor ever.
He ran on a Fusin Ticket of the socialists, the Republicans, and the Communists.
danc4498@lemmy.world · 88 pts · 295d
A senator that doesnāt know the difference between a communist and a democratic socialist clearly has no place in our government.
P1k1e@lemmy.world · 64 pts · 295d
A solid portion of Americans cannot tell he difference
thermal_shock@lemmy.world · 30 pts · 295d
Well, they do love the uneducated
Maeve@midwest.social · 0 pts · 294d
No they don't, they love the stupidity.
thermal_shock@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 294d
https://youtu.be/O9F6EAMPky4
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today · 3 pts · 295d
for republicans always black and white, its one or thie either, they are uncomfortable there is variations in between, and even variations in one side or the other.
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today · 2 pts · 295d
or even from a socialist from a dem socialist. i doubt any of thier voters know either.
Maeve@midwest.social · 1 pts · 294d
A senator that doesn't know the difference between a democratic socialist and social democrat doesn't, either.
MehBlah@lemmy.world · 83 pts · 295d
What they are worried about is that it works in new York. If it works there then they are gonna have to come up with a whole lot of new lies to convince their victims/constituents that it can't work in their home state.
NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world · 42 pts · 295d
They'll just lie about it working in NY and say it's not.
Say it's not, even in the face of irrefutable proof, and their brain dead supporters will eat it up and parrot it.
MehBlah@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 295d
Yup like I said new lies. A whole lot of them.
HeyJoe@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 295d
Just like how they just lie about how America is apparently great again now. Everything has been amazing and perfect since January, and there's nothing he could be doing better. Food prices are all down, gas prices are super low now. We're all winning. Believe what you hear, not what you see.
NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 295d
Did you hear about the massive improvement on egg prices and it's $0.12 a dozen now!
CheeseNoodle@lemmy.world · 34 pts · 295d
I don't see why that would matter, 'Everyone else does it but we could never do it here' has been americas whole thing as far as social justice goes for as long as I've been alive.
ICCrawler@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 295d
Yeah, no. They aren't worried at all. They're just towing the line and trashing the other party as per their sides usual antics. Whether NY succeeds or fails, Republican constituents are simply too fucking dumb and loyal and will swallow whatever bullshit lie their party tells them. Worrying about what lie to make up is the least of the Right's worries.
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today · 6 pts · 295d
they have since resorted to thier lazy basic racism wedge.
MehBlah@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 295d
That is always the case.
LemmingOnTheEdge@lemmy.world · 67 pts · 295d
This post is horribly misleading. Oklahoma ranks last in education. https://www.oklahoman.com/story/news/education/2025/07/24/oklahoma-schools-ranked-nearly-the-worst-in-the-nation-in-new-study/85310196007/
Wilco@lemmy.zip · 15 pts · 295d
Trump does like his followers stupid.
Fuck_u_spez_@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 295d
I forgot he actually said he loves the poorly educated.
Edit: In front of thousands of them and on TV / social media to further millions. And they elected him twice.
Edit 2: Three times by their count.
Doomsider@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 295d
Lol, thanks for that.
jupiter_jazz@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 294d
Is this a great state or what? /s
ook@discuss.tchncs.de · 40 pts · 295d
owenfromcanada@lemmy.ca · 31 pts · 295d
"This is gonna be really bad for you" says the senator in a heaping pile of his own shit.
aeternum@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 29 pts · 295d
vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 295d
The Incan empire would blow their minds. Note their economic systems were extremely egalitarian.
cmbabul@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 294d
Thereās a very factual reason for why people would āgo nativeā and never want to come back, many but not all Native American tribes and societies were very egalitarian
tvbusy@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 5 pts · 295d
You'll be surprised. My observation as someone grew up in a communist country is that Americans who use "communism" as a threat to the world actually really love the PRC and will go out of their way praising the PRC.
Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz · 7 pts · 295d
Currently in the PRC, they would probably hate the idea that people they think are below them can live in an apartment for like 300 USD, eat out every day, and be seen enjoying themselves and dancing/gambling in the evenings.
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 294d
A large wealthy heavily urbanized and industrial country with high quality of life, a highly educated population, low instances of poverty and crime, and virtually no homelessness as a direct consequence of government policy.
It's everything Americans say they want when they talk about the American Dream.
What Americans couldn't handle was seeing all the non-white people in positions of wealth and power.
Native peoples setting domestic policy in a rich and powerful nation? An absolute nightmare for the American elite class.
samus12345@sh.itjust.works · 27 pts · 295d
The fact that NYC has over twice the population of his entire state is kinda funny.
biotin7@sopuli.xyz · 26 pts · 295d
They don't even know WHAT communism actually is
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 294d
Communism is when my guy doesn't get to run things. And the less control I have, the more Communist everything is.
But_my_mom_says_im_cool@lemmy.world · -5 pts · 295d
Tbf neither do leftist American kids on Lemmy. Iām pretty sure Americans are dumb
Edit: im an indigenous person who actually lived under communism for a while, but yeah the white North American kids who grew up in America are telling me what communism is
biotin7@sopuli.xyz · 1 pts · 294d
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world · -1 pts · 294d
Blind and deaf maybe. But Americans never shut up.
But_my_mom_says_im_cool@lemmy.world · 23 pts · 295d
Mamdani has a pretty easy job in that these people have painted him to be the personification of Satan. He doesnāt need to do much to prove them wrong. If he keeps the city running and it doesnāt fall into the ocean, heās already a roaring success by Republican standards.
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 294d
Nothing he can do will prove anything. Big Tech and Finance owned media will just lie over and over again. They'll never stop. New York's actual socio-economic condition won't be reported on, except in the most polarized "everything is horrible, please liberate our people from the tyrannical Mamdani regime" light.
You will be mentally tortured for watching TV or using the Internet until he is removed from office.
Dragonstaff@leminal.space · 2 pts · 294d
Sensible people don't watch corporate media. We know what they'll say about Mamdani because they've been useless for at least a decade and already slander NYC as much as they can.
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 293d
It's not a matter of sensibility, but availability.
Empricorn@feddit.nl · 22 pts · 295d
samus12345@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 295d
He could be deader.
RedAggroBest@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 295d
He's really nowhere near dead enough imo
EtAl@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 22 pts · 295d
Markwayne was named after his two paternal uncles. My guess is his mom didn't know which one was the actual father.
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 4 pts · 295d
Brutal
Doomsider@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 295d
Too bad BLM already burned New York to the ground amiriiight!?
Lux@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 13 pts · 295d
Oklahoma mentioned!
oh
andros_rex@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 295d
Oklahoma, where if your family has connections to OSU athletics, like Jesse Mack Butler, you can rape and strangle girls with no consequences! Heās currently available on Tinder in the Stillwater area!
JigglySackles@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 295d
It's basically never good anymore
BranBucket@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 295d
It was good at some point?
Soggy@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 295d
Well at one point there weren't any colonizers living in it and the natural prairie existed.
JigglySackles@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 295d
Good is a stretch. Less bad would be more accurate. Because at least every headline with Oklahoma in it wasn't "Oh great, what dumb shit did they do this time..."
idiomaddict@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 295d
ā¦oh ā¦k
Gammelfisch@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 295d
Good response from "thejeffmann." As long as the Oklahoma Oblast is red run, it will continue to fail. The dumbfuck Mullin never met a true communist.
Affidavit@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 294d
This guy's Wikipedia page shows that in his entire life, his greatest achievement is beating up 3 people.
His entire political career can be summed up as Jafar from Aladdin; he has a fetish for hurting people, but has evidently never done anything ever to actually 'help' anyone in his electorate.
If I ever became noteworthy enough to have a Wikipedia page, I would be downright ashamed to have his. How the fuck is this person an elected representative?
Horsey@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 294d
Oklahoma is as red as Massachusetts is blue. Itās just that kind of state.
chunes@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 295d
What does he mean by liberal states going blue? Aren't they already blue by definition?
Lemminary@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 295d
Well, you have sky blue, dark blue and navy blue, and then you have scary liberal communist blue. They're not the same.
vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 295d
What about Prussian blue, I want to wear a pickelhaube.
FerretyFever0@fedia.io · 3 pts · 294d
Any of them got a nice Cerulean?
pyre@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 294d
i think he means "I'm not gonna panic just because nyc voted the democrat in", even as he's literally panicking about that very thing.
Bassman1805@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 294d
"I'm not going to panic over NYC going blue any more than I'd panic about the pope being catholic"
1985MustangCobra@lemmy.ca · 9 pts · 295d
damm he got cooked so hard the kitchens on fire
Nomorereddit@lemmy.today · 7 pts · 295d
The Midwest isn't real.
FatVegan@leminal.space · 7 pts · 295d
America isn't real. I just refuse to believe
Quexotic@infosec.pub · 4 pts · 295d
It was always just a fever dream... Sometimes a nightmare.
Sculptor9157@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 295d
The USA don't exist.
frostysauce@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 295d
Markwayne Mullin is insecure about his height, too.
Quexotic@infosec.pub · 2 pts · 295d
He's just a widdle guy?
Plurrbear@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 295d
Let me send him to my family back in China and Vietnam so he knows what COMMUNISM truly is! What a dumbass!
They are like 48th in education, the DUMB leading the DUMB! š¤¦š½āāļø (what Drumpf loves, uneducated people and stated it-hence why dumb votes for dumb via misinformation and fb propaganda), case and point.
People need to use critical thinking skills and research vs just blindly believing fb posts! Itās honestly embarrassing!!
He doesnāt even understand the difference between, āCommunism vs Socialismā. š¤¦š½āāļø
You canāt fix stupid but only can try to educate the dumb!
Inucune@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 295d
They don't research... It is 'funniest joke must be true.'
Plurrbear@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 294d
I donāt even think they could spell āresearchā.
boaratio@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 294d
Being normal and having human empathy and compassion is the opposite of being a Republican. Who knew?
Also, Democrats suck as well. They're beholden to the billionaire class, but don't seem to actively want to cause harm to the rest of us.
Tangentism@lemmy.ml · 5 pts · 294d
There was that study that shows the more right leaning someone is, the less empathy they have for people, animals and things outside of their immediate few circles (friends of friends kind of thing).
Democrats are essentially just republicans as well but with a bit of pink/green washing/performative action going on so.
They can be summed up as:
Repub: I don't care unless it affects me and mine then I'll bleat asking why no-one is doing anything about it.
Dems: I'll pretend to care but won't actually do anything to tackle the underlying causes but will nod caringly with a bit of a sad face
MourningDove@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 295d
Tattorack@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 295d
Americans still don't know what communism is.
jlow@discuss.tchncs.de · 3 pts · 295d
š„
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today · 3 pts · 295d
the same senator ran/ or hid from 1/6 rioters in the capitol hill, instead of greeting his "compatriots".
OKlahoma was infamous for the unabomber, that counts for something?
Maeve@midwest.social · 1 pts · 294d
Read the manifestos. He took out his anger on randos, unfortunately.
P1k1e@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 295d
Gotim
JFLennson@feddit.org · 2 pts · 294d
Based
El_guapazo@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 294d
Give them the same agreements people made about Trump in 2016. He's an outsider. He'll run it like a business. Give him a chance.