Bloomberg Rebrands 'Voter Choice' as Threat to 'Moderation'
Bloomberg's 'Seattle Progressive Ousts Moderate Mayor' frames Katie Wilson's win as a dramatic upheaval. Their definition of 'moderate' seems to be someone who avoids taxing the wealthy, allowing economic disparity to fester, a path preferred by incumbent Bruce Harrell. Wilson's campaign on raising taxes for social services isn't 'radical'; it’s a response to decades of corporate-friendly policies
that left cities like Seattle with soaring housing costs and crumbling public services. The 'nailbiter' race suggests a deeply divided populace, rather than a clear mandate for change. The media consistently labels efforts to redistribute wealth and expand public services as extreme, reserving 'moderate' for policies that maintain the status quo—a status quo that disproportionately benefits the
very patrons of Bloomberg. One might wonder who benefits from painting such straightforward democratic choices as precarious challenges to public order. Perhaps it's the financial interests who prefer their taxes untouched.