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Fact-check:
NY does not set the rules for the rest of the country.
Those rules are set by the elected officials of each state.
The *only* purpose for this framing is to stoke cultural resentment, to reinforce the idea that some blue state elitists are controlling your life.
NY does not set the rules for the rest of the country.
Those rules are set by the elected officials of each state.
The *only* purpose for this framing is to stoke cultural resentment, to reinforce the idea that some blue state elitists are controlling your life.
The opening paragraph of Stephen's piece references this image, which has become a shorthand for the idea that New Yorkers are indifferent to or look down on the rest of the country.
Its funny in some contexts, but not one where about 16K New Yorkers have died from COVID-19.
Its funny in some contexts, but not one where about 16K New Yorkers have died from COVID-19.
To sum up, NYC has lost about the equivalent of five 9/11s in terms of lives, and Bret Stephens chooses this moment to double down on tired tropes about how New York is forcing its way of life on the real America.
