So... I dont really follow city politics closely at all, but I don't think I've ever seen anything like I've been seeing with NYC before.
People are scared.
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Free bus rides are SOO SCWARY
"As a politician elected by the people we must stop this anti-capitalist from helping the people." And the dissonant march to oblivion continues.
What they actually want is to defeat the people supporting mamdani.
"Vote blue, no matter who!"
"Wait, no! Not like that!"
Imagine wanting to lose so badly, that you're out there, actively sabotaging one of the most popular candidates in recent history.
They would 100% rather lose than "win" with an anticapitalist candidate. They aren't there to win elections, they are there to gatekeep against the left.
2016 is calling, crying into the phone in co-misery.
I didn't see any of that energy for stopping Trump from the democrats. They'd rather have fascism over free buses.
Because the fascist does not endanger their cushy seats. If Trump wins, they will win next election after people are sick of Trump.
If they let people like Mamdani replace them in their own party, they are never getting elected again.
I hope he wins handily. Maybe at least one small part of the party could realize that the people are sick of the same old policies and even more tired of seeing the same names on the ballot. Someone would primary the governor.
If he wins and things go well in NYC, that's probably pretty scary for them as that means a congress or presidency run in the future.
Cut his legs off now before he gets to do the later things.
As someone else pointed out, this infighting is a bad look and will likely cause more problems for the party. They could just do what is expected and support the candidate who was chosen by the people, as many voters have done in the past. He will be lucky to accomplish half of what he has laid out in 4 years. He will not be impossible to primary at that point.
Democrats openly attacking Mamdani.
"I'm really not here to represent any candidate," Paterson said.
"I'm just here to villify the one who actually won the fucking primary because fuck democracy, y'all. We own your asses, we call the shots, and like hell are we gonna let you people change that!"
The only thing they can actually action is cruelty
"Vote blue no matter who" was blatant hypocrisy, how fucking surprising.
It's all so rigged. We have such little power against big money. The Dems work for the billionaires too. As soon as someone steps in who threatens the wealthy and would actually tax them, this shit happens. It was obvious with Bernie in 2016. It's obvious now.
It's a big club and we ain't in it.
Dems are not our friends although they are objectively better than Republicans obviously.
Arm up friends. It's well past time to refresh the roots of the tree of liberty with the blood of tyrants.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
It’s only the financial center of the world.
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.
Not for long with how Trump is fucking up trade with the rest of world and dollars and bonds aren't looking to hot.
Cant have an honest politician making them look bad lol
I didn't see that one coming.
Neither did he