Mamdani, a proudly socialist 33-year-old, holds a 44-36 percent lead over over former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo – who was hoping that New Yorkers had short memories, and were ready to re-elect the textbook centrist Democrat.
However, after the disaster of Trump’s first year back in the White House – with everyday American life interrupted by protests, immigration raids, corruption allegations and the unshakebale feeling that the nation is about to enter World War 3… It seems the pendulum is swinging back towards left-wing politics.
It appears that the success of Mamdani isn’t so much a vote against Trumpian politics, but more a vote against the stale nothingness of the Democrats top brass – who, while pitching themselves as the progressive option in America’s political system, very seldom action – or even – offer – left-wing policies.
The article is clearly satire. What it is satirizing, however, is very real. I’m pretty sure I actually told you specifically that Democrats could win if they ran on progressive policies and you insisted they had to moderate themselves instead.
You must be shocked. If not, you’re in denial. As Mamdani-style campaigns continue to sweep primaries you can either continue to cope and seethe or admit you were wrong.
If everyone knew the DNC’s policy stances and vote history, this discussion would not be happening.
It’s the Democrats’ jobs to educate the electorate about their policies.
Those of us who are politically engaged (as many of us are on lemmy) are well aware of the policies of establishment Dems and are not impressed. Public-private partnerships, deregulation, and incremental reforms that never seem to materialize - presented to the public individually or more recently as an “abundance” agenda - are no replacement for genuine progressive policies effectively communicated through populist messaging.
Most establishment Dems vote histories are their greatest shame - assuming they are actually capable of feeling such a thing.
Maybe I believe we’re in the position we’re in because WE HAVEN’T GIVEN DEMOCRATS MORE THAN 50 SENATORS IN OVER 12 YEARS.
Also Tankies aren’t Left, like at all.
Maybe the democrats haven’t gotten more than 50 senators in over 12 years because they haven’t been listening to what their base wants? Maybe they haven’t been listening to what their base wants because people like you keep rewarding them regardless of what they do by telling people to always vote blue?
Maybe its Maybelline, but what’s not a maybe is that you do call anyone to the left of you a Tankie, so you do believe they’re leftists. Personally I don’t, that’s why I have a problem when you keep calling people Tankies for no reason.
Tankie is to centrists what woke is to MAGA. They use it simply to demonize people to their left without regard for what it actually means. That’s why finitebanjo pulls it out every time he’s confronted by a progressive of any sort. He’s associated all progressives with authoritarian communists in his head the same way MAGA associates everyone who isn’t a fascist with the most radical leftists they remember from the SJW OWNED compilations they used to watch.
Tankies believe both sides are bad and that the US state should be toppled, if anything they’re right wing.
Maybe it has something to do withever increasingly complex misinformation campaigns and the SCOTUS Citizens United decision.
Also I would NEVER call anybody further left than me a Tankie, because Tankies are not left.
You will never call anyone else a tankie. You hate your left and only your left.
You just called the guy advocating for more progressive policies for the Democrats a Tankie out of no where. Sometimes, it seems you don’t even know what you yourself were saying. Really not a good look.