Why Zohran won – anti-woke culture war hate don’t pay the bills

Mamdani’s brand of Democratic Socialism is the perfect antidote to Late Stage Capitalism.

CNN’s Fareed Zakaria makes the point…

“Mamdani won New Yorkers over, in an election with higher turnout than any mayor’s race in fifty years, by suggesting that the city’s politics could look a little less depraved,” writes The New Yorker’s Eric Lach.

Mamdani is not a true socialist. He does not call for public control of the economy. That said, his proposals—which include free buses, city-run supermarkets and a rent freeze for already-regulated apartments—involve expanding services, and Mamdani proudly calls himself a democratic socialist.

America has deep inequality and poverty issues.

Many working class people voted Trump last year because the Democrats were too busy playing identity politics to put together social policy that responded to the deep inequality and poverty issues.

Trump’s inane and erratic leadership has caused enormous economic hardship.

The shut down, the beautiful bill that gave tax breaks to the mega wealthy, unemployment spiking, homelessness spiking and poverty generated by the cost of living are getting worse….

• “It’s a domino effect”: The longest US government shutdown in history is cutting lifelines for millions of Americans, many of whom voted for Trump. Conversations with five Trump voters – part of a group of 20 whom Reuters has interviewed monthly since February – show that while the shutdown has disrupted their lives, it has not diminished their opinion of the president’s performance.
• SNAP suspension: The US Supreme Court allowed Trump’s administration to withhold for now about $4 billion needed to fully fund a food aid program for 42 million low-income Americans this month amid the federal government shutdown.  US airlines and travelers slogged through a second day of flight cuts across the country as the government shutdown was expected to drive more cancellations in the days to come.

…I think the reality is that it is very hard to hold onto anti-woke culture wars because they don’t pay the bills and what Mamdani is holding up as solutions – free public transport, Government backed Supermarkets , rent freeze, free child care – these are all means of reducing that cost of living.

Don’t get me wrong, Rednecks gonna hate, but if you are offering them a way to reduce their costs, they can be lured away from malice and spite.

Deep and wide: Democratic election sweep went far beyond the big races, in a referendum on Trump

In Georgia, Democrats ousted two Republicans on the Public Service Commission, the party’s first capture of a non-federal statewide office in Georgia since 2006.

In Connecticut, Democrats took control of 28 towns from the GOP.

In New Jersey, Democrats won their biggest majority in the General Assembly since the Watergate era.

Much of the attention last Wednesday NZT focused on the Democrats’ big United States election wins in the Virginia and New Jersey governor’s races, as well as in the New York mayor’s contest.

But the party also won hundreds of lower-profile state and local contests – often swamping Republican incumbents with overwhelming turnout.

I love this comment by a Republican strategist…

“I think we need to heed what the voters are telling us – they want us to focus on pocketbook issues, which is part and parcel of how Trump got elected in the first place,” Nicholas said.

“Perhaps we have run enough ads on the trans issue for a while.”

…this is all impacting Trump’s polling…

Poll finds most Americans doubt Trump’s commitment to free speech, fair justice

…while he attempts to gerrymander payment for the military…

Trump’s move to pay troops amid shutdown sets dangerous precedent, experts warn

…Trump needs chaos to reign.

He will only get worse and the people will increasingly be the ones who suffer.

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