• themeatbridge@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    So much god-damned attention on a fucking mayoral race. Sure, it’s NYC, but he’s still just the mayor. Like they could have just ignored him and sapped the energy from his win, and then primaried him when his term was up.

    It’s just further evidence that the Democratic leadership is entirely inept.

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      It’s what he plans to do that they simply cannot allow to exist in any form. If things like state run grocery stores are successful people are going to start to wonder if other democratic socialist policies could work as well.

      We can’t have that here in America, we need a tiny group of capitalists to own everything and charge you extra so they can enjoy being parasites.

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        21 hours ago

        The stupid thing is (for them) is they’re bringing it so much attention. If he win, and if the policies are successful, now surely people will know it. The smart thing would probably be to just let it go, let him win and do his thing, and keep it as quite as possible. I’d never accuse them of being smart though.

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        23 hours ago

        I understand why he’s a threat to them, I just don’t understand their battle strategy. Everything they do to attack him elevates his profile and makes actual Democrats suspicious of the oligarchs.

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          20 hours ago

          Rich people:

          we can’t freeze rents!

          Renters:

          why the fuck not?

          Mamdani:

          well, we can, actually.

          Renters:

          voting noises

          Rich people:

          sad capitalism noises

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        24 hours ago

        Sure, but again, he’s the mayor. He can’t set financial policy for the banks of the world. NYC has a huge administrative budget, but it ends at the five boroughs. He can’t be like “All UN delegates have to end all wars.” He has authority over city administrative issues, and it looks like Trump is going to go after him personally.

        Important things happen in his city, and that makes him the most powerful mayor in the country. But that’s like being the tallest elementary school student. And the job is a career killer. The last NYC mayor to be elected to higher office was in 1869.