• Zak@lemmy.world
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    17 hours ago

    Even if that assumption were correct, the mayor of NYC cannot meaningfully aid or hinder Israel’s actions. A politician’s position on an issue far outside the scope of the office they’re seeking doesn’t usually influence my vote.

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      17 hours ago

      The oligarchs can’t win on the merits of their policies, so they desperately resort to identity politics to try to divide us.

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      13 hours ago

      A politician’s position on an issue far outside the scope of the office they’re seeking doesn’t usually influence my vote

      You’re probably the minority on that

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      There might be some things the mayor could do, like joining boycotts, etc.

      Certainly he can stop or interfere with the crackdown on pro-palestinian dissent in the city which has been extreme under Adams and Trump.