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There’s no smear they could’ve done that’s worse than what Cuomo had going on.
Oh, they’re still trying.
But they just keep making him more cool.
Damn website won’t load
Prolly a good sign!
It just goes to his campaign page. But yes, a good sign.
Seriously. It’s not “failed”; it’s in full fuckin’ swing.
Doesn’t he still have to win the general? So we’ll see if it failed or not.
In New York, the Dem primary is MUCH more competitive than the general against (perennial loser and hyper-racist vigilante) Curtis Sliwa and whichever dross failed to achieve the backing of one of the parties but are still rich and/or corrupt enough to afford running anyway.
Other than Sliwa, his opponents will be a corrupt as fuck compulsive liar who was probably days from being sentenced to prison when he decided to pledge his allegiance to the Mango Mussolini without joining the GOP, and possibly the sex offender he just beat.
Are we expecting the Democratic party to actually support him? Seems the national leadership would rather see someone else in his spot.
I for one am DEFINITELY not, no.
Will be interesting to see what they do tbh, since Cuomo has already lost to him once and the other two candidates are openly sucking up to the Mango Mussolini. Makes endorsing anyone quite the tricky proposition…
But Cuomo tried very hard to turn it into a referendum on Mamdani’s views on Israel and Palestine—and the media establishment took the bait.
It’s weird this is an issue in a mayoral campaign in the USA. The role has no foreign policy authority whatsoever, and Palestine/Israel is 5700 miles from NYC.
Yeah the most bizarre thing to me was seeing the debate and hearing a question about foreign nation visits
Like wtf is a city mayor doing visiting other countries and why would we care
That was super weird. It was trying to bait out mamdani and other progressive views about Israel but man what a word question for a mayoral race
He’s about to raise taxes on ~350k millionaires, while increasing wages and lowering the cost of groceries and rent. It’s everything Trump promised in his campaign, but he’s doing it the exact opposite way.
When it works, Trump is gonna look like a dick, and the nation will see that democratic socialism will get them what they were promised.
Trump is already deeply unpopular in NYC, so it’s not likely to change anything on the national stage. New Yorkers have been seeing Trump’s BS on parade for decades now. It won’t change New York’s opinion of Trump.
Nationally, it might. But that’s only if the media actually runs with it; The big news orgs are all in bed with the established politicians, so they’ll likely be smearing him left and right to avoid having it turn into a national shift.
If he does. He hasn’t done anything yet.
It won’t work because, like every socialist system everywhere, capitalists will seek to undermine and interfere.
At least someone else on your home instance noticed and admits it.
Shit what’s wrong with .world?
I just set up my new account there because mine is about to die. Do I need to go elsewhere?
The .world admins are… Not great. There have been several instances of them cozying up to users with unfortunate viewpoints. It’s not as bad as Reddit, but it’s certainly not great either.
I have had multiple comments removed for “misinformation” because I outlined historical context that goes against anti-communist rhetoric. All factual stuff that anyone could google, but it makes communism look not terrible so the mods of .world removed it.
Any recommendations? Is your instance decent?
DBzero is where I would sign up if I weren’t best suited to blahaj zone. Highly recommend
(I’m not the person you asked though)
They’re not generally fans of communism, plus the other replies. Your preferences may vary.
Just block and move on.
The person I asked are the instance? Because the instance seems okay but I haven’t really looked
You may also check instances that are de/federated as well, and may want to join several instances just to get a different mix, even if de/federation is similar. You can use the same username on them, assuming it’s not already in use.
the nation will see that democratic socialism will get them what they were promised.
What’s that old saying like “none are so blind as those who will not see”? I feel like people are so emotionally invested in “socialism bad, democrats bad” that it’s going to be hard for them to accept contradicting that.
That’s definitely true for many Republicans, but I think a successful term as mayor for Zohran has potential to really change things for the Democrats. If, after hearing from establishment Democrats for decades that the only way we can change things is so incrementally, not only can we not make progress, but we actually have to accept going backwards pretty often, you have a mayor who delivers some fairly sweeping changes, it could open the eyes of many Democrat voters to the lies that they’ve been fed by party leadership to excuse themselves for sitting on their hands while things fall apart around them.
I think there’s some truth to this. Specifically, a lot of people are sort of reflexively conservative. That is, they don’t like change. If zohran gets free bus fare in, a lot of people who fight it now will fight to keep it.
I think some famous conservative said something once about how they can’t let social programs get in because people like them too much.
Yes. We are talking about dumbasses that like the ACA, but hate “Obamacare” - which apparently has “death panels”…
he can propose a tax raise but it still has to get through state legislators and the governor. i dunno about the rent and grocery stores. I’m all for this guy but he’s going to need everyone’s help making any real changes. i really hope we see it happen!
New York City has its own income taxes.
that aren’t set by the mayors office, but the state
edit: so many confidently incorrect people responding to me, bug off. bunch of argue bros trying to google their way to being right. Albany and the governor are involved in what he wants to do, the governor has already addressed this, he has already addressed this, idk what to tell you loons. blocking any more reply guys.
That’s incorrect. The New York City Council sets the NYC property and income tax rates. Taxes are collected by NYS.
https://www.ibo.nyc.ny.us/iboreports/understandingthebudget.pdf
i don’t think your link says what you are pushing but i’m done arguing about it, have a nice day!
The existing one is set by the state, but I’m not aware of anything precluding the city for introducing its own. They wouldn’t be set by the mayor’s office as mayors don’t actually make laws, but I don’t see how this is a state matter. Certainly none of the coverage about it has said it’s ultimately up to Hochul.
idk what to tell you except that this is very easy to verify. NYC city taxes are set by the state and the governor has to approve them as currently set up. Hochul the democratic governor has already said she isn’t interested in this plan so it’s a fight. I’m not interested in discussing it with you any further have a nice day.
Yes, but you’re talking about the current taxes. Is there a law saying they can’t institute additional taxes themselves? Because the proposed tax is an entirely separate thing and unless that’s precluded by law the existing tax doesn’t really matter. Adams had to go through the state because he wanted to reduce the existing tax.
Rent-stabilized apartments already exist in NYC. They are subject to regulations, so prices can be bureaucratically frozen.
He has proposed city-owned grocery stores, that would save money on rent and property taxes, forcing competitive pricing on groceries in NYC, and reducing the insane inflation rates we see. During the bird flu, eggs hit $13/dozen, for example.
He’s also looking to increase the city minimum wage to $30/hr, and make the city bus free for residents.
Socialism has failed every time it’s been attempted, for one very good reason.
I fully expect the CIA to get involved. Probably before the general election even happens.
He’s not implementing socialism. He’s using democratic socialism, an existing facet of our economy, on city-wide needs.
There’s a huge Jewish population in NYC, and many mistakenly assume that all of them support what Israel is doing. To a lot of people Judaism=Zionism.
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.
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
That would be interesting to find out.
The oligarchs can’t win on the merits of their policies, so they desperately resort to identity politics to try to divide us.
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.
NYPD has a field office in Kfar Saba. So, possibly more pertinent than it should be.
Well there’s my surprising fact of the day.
Looks like it’s just one officer, but it seems like they could do outreach and intelligence sharing without someone permanently stationed there.
NYPD has offices all around the globe. Because… 9/11 or something.
New York has a big Jewish population.
The smear campaign against Zohran Mamdani isn’t over, and won’t be over for as long as he’s in politics, and then a little after.
They’ll attack him in the history books. The banks put Andrew Jackson on the $20 bill.
Definitely not over. Assuming he wins the election, I would anticipate a lot of sabotage stemming from establishment politicians and public servants. If they can’t win this election, they’ll want to make his term as mayor as discordant and ineffectual as possible, to make it easier for a more conservative/establishment candidate to win the next one.
Which is why I think everyone celebrating his victory are being naively premature
Can people enjoy stuff or no?
Not in politics, no.
Progress is still something to celebrate. Without the first step, the others cant follow
OK, so next it’ll be the an entrapment operation? And then maybe an assassination?
I mean, if history is our guide…
On the one hand I’m surprised, but on the other I’m not since most political consultants are fucking out of touch idiots, but I think they were lazy and went for the more recent “hate Palestine or you’re an antisemite” bit and found it didn’t work.
Next I’m worried they’re going to use the much more effective “defund the police makes you unsafe” bit and lean heavier into the “communist” game, if he doesn’t get deported first of course… I’m very happy he won the primary, but I have very little faith he’s going to win the general election unfortunately :/
Have a little faith, he’s the heavy favorite. The city’s unions and politicians are in the process of rallying around him, while his opponents are all jokes who likely won’t get as many votes combined as Zohran.
It was similar to Jeremy Corbyn (I’m not arguing he’s perfect) where they didn’t think he could beat Labour as an independent
I really wish he would win. But I’m not hopeful.
What do you mean? The hard part is behind us, Zohran is now the heavy favorite in the general election.
That’s the ticket.
Vote in the primary. Vote in the general. Write your representatives. Do everything you’re supposed to do but don’t assume it will ever work.
If I didn’t have that attitude I’d have given up on voting ten years ago.
TIL Nearly 350k millioners in NYC. AI says: New York City is home to nearly 349,500 millionaires, according to a report by Henley & Partners and New World Wealth. This makes it the city with the largest number of millionaires in the world. Furthermore, one in every 24 residents of New York City is a millionaire.
Looked it up because of this other comment
You didn’t look it up, you copied some LLM text that may or may not be accurate. It’s no more looked up than any random person on the forum typing a claim. Does that report even exist? Does it even say what the result claims? Who knows!
