Escalators in NYC are now being turned off to conserve energy

X ^ | 02 July 2026 | End Wokeness

[Drew68]

Nothing sums up the failures and idiocy of Leftism better than this.

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TOPICS: Government; US: New York
KEYWORDS: democratcorruption; democratincompetence; mamdani; newyorkcity; nyc; zohranmamdani

[Drew68]

We can't even be blessed with Soviet-style communism. At least the Soviets had a modicum of competency.

Instead, we're going to be cursed with gay, Islamic, Third World, dysgenic brownoid communism, failing at every level because it is being led by people with 75 IQs.

Make these photos make sense because I certainly can't.

[cowboyusa]

THE EARMTH OF COLECTAVISM

[drwoof]

You’re unfortunately right about this. The reference is often made, but we’re living the movie ‘Idiocracy’.

[Dr. Sivana]

They are doing it to save money. Just like those hotels who have notes asking you to NOT put towels in the bath tub for washing so the hotel can save the planet. Hogwash.

[Leaning Right]

And now a word from the late, great comedian Mitch Hedberg.

An escalator can never break. It can only become stairs. You should never see an “Escalator Temporarily Out Of Order” sign, just “Escalator Temporarily Stairs.”

[ChronicMA]

I have an idea

let’s make a person suffering from the heat and on the verge of heat related effects climb up the stairs.

[antidemoncrat]

Have they considered turning off the new users of much generated power ... AI power supplies?

[Drew68]

An escalator can never break. It can only become stairs.

LOL!!! I KNOW!!!

But there's a power emergency so we need to block of the "stairs" and force people to use the elevators.

Of course, the Mamdani defenders on X say the escalators need to be blocked off because they don't meet the proper NYC code dimensions for a staircase.

[Feckless]

What did Socialists use before candles?

Electricity.

[Drew68]

let’s make a person suffering from the heat and on the verge of heat related effects climb up the stairs.

Or they can wait in a massive line for the elevators behind healthy people who can't walk up the escalators because they're blocked off.

[PGalt]

LOL! Thanks for posting.

[CaptainK]

Are they shutting down the escalators in Madison Square Garden?

[Alberta's Child]

To be fair, these photos are from a transit hub that is bustling with activity on normal weekdays but is probably very quiet on this holiday. Running an escalator with nobody using it isn’t necessary, which is why they direct people to the elevator instead.

[TalBlack]

It’s truly amazing that no matter how inconvenient demon rat policy makes life the voters don’t bother to come out beyond twenty percent. And a plurality of those voters are likely actual communists.

[MinorityRepublican]

[MinorityRepublican]

And a plurality of those voters are likely actual communists.

Cuba. Former Soviet Union. Venezuela.

And soon to come to USA.

[VanShuyten]

Just getting the people used to the idea of energy cuts so the soon-to-come rolling brownouts won’t anger them as much.

You can’t have a socialist third world country without unreliable power.

Oh, and I heard that the city offices are very cool, almost cold, from one report.

[Drew68]

Running an escalator with nobody using it isn’t necessary, which is why they direct people to the elevator instead.

So just turn it off.

You don't need to put up barricades preventing people from using it as a stairway. Just put up a sign. "Escalators turned off to save electricity. Use caution when climbing or descending stairway."

That's the idiocy here.

[MinorityRepublican]

Just getting the people used to the idea of energy cuts so the soon-to-come rolling brownouts won’t anger them as much.

It's called "programming". This is nothing. But they are preparing the peons for the "big stuff" down the road.

[ansel12]

In the old days, in the middle and late middle of the last century, ordinary Americans had a different concept of the possible and the future we were building to, we missed what had been going on behind the scenes in government and our institutions and how it would cut our legs out from under us.