Zohran Mamdani’s socialism finally provides the Left some hope
As TDB has been arguing for a decade now.
You beat Trump’s negative populism with positive populism.
Less middle class woke pronoun policing and more, you know, actual material well being of workers!.
Less hashtag illusion of awareness activism from the identity politics acolytes and more, you know, actual material well being of workers.
Less cancelling people for not knowing the latest social justice messaging and more actual, you know, actual material well being of workers.
Zohran Mamdani offers hope…
Mamdani says leftwing populist victory can be replicated across US
Zohran Mamdani, in his first major interview since his upset victory in the Democratic party’s mayoral primary in New York shook up US politics, said his brand of campaigning and leftist political stances can translate to anywhere in the US.
Mamdani, a Democratic socialist, stunned many observers by beating Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday night, delivering a devastating blow to the former New York governor who ran a centrist campaign backed by most of the party establishment.
Mamdani told MSNBC’s Jen Psaki that his populist campaign – which focused on inequality and promised radical moves on rent, the price of food and free public transport – could be deployed anywhere in the US as Democrats seek to combat Donald Trump and his Maga movement.
“I think ultimately this is a campaign about inequality, and you don’t have to live in the most expensive city in the country to have experienced that inequality, because it’s a national issue. And what Americans coast to coast are looking for are people who will fight for them, not just believe in the things that resonate with their lives, but actually fight and deliver on those very things,” he said.
…again.
Less cancel culture woke bullshit, more actual lowering costs of living policies that truly challenge the free market neoliberal orthodoxy.
Positive populism is the antidote to Trump’s negative populism while muting the woke’s alienation agenda.
That’s how you win elections, provide voters with hope not damnation over identity politics issues.
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He will be deported or detained as a terror suspect .The rich will be spending billions funding campaigns against him .
This guy has the solution to many of our situations here and knows the fix is a bottom up approach .Stop poverty and the whole country gets better .
And less going on about Israel having a right to exist, like that has anything to do with being Mayor of New York. Clearly that wasn’t a priority for voters thank goodness.
Just hope this guy doesn’t turn out to be another AOC or Obama?
Why don’t you state something positive you hope he will do instead of going straight into the negative. See how it encourages another one to stick on llke a magnet eh nathan.
He only came on my radar due to his stance on Israel, he championing equal rights for all. Good call. We’ll see how he goes…..
‘He needs to be deported back to Uganda, where he came from! Only people born in the United States should be allowed to represent its people.’
You gonna say that to Elon Musk Zelda?
Elon Musk was not, and is not an elected official, he represents no one.
Zelda is just a PUSS ball
I’m willing to wager that some right-wing crackpot will eventually take a shot at assassinating him.
It’s simply a matter of time.
He’s no more leftist than any other Democrat mayor in America, and they are ubiquitous. The only problem for him is that the others know they need to suck up to Israel to succeed, while this guy refuses to. Pledging allegiance to a foreign nation is a prerequisite for success in US politics, where, by contrast, you can be as anti-America as you like.
It’s the inequality, stupid. When people literally cannot afford butter, the news is full of Bezos nuptials, Musk tantrums and sorted landlords. These guys are bringing back the politics of envy for the left to re-target.
Socialist, communist, leftist and for good measure not born in the US and that good old canard “antisemite” my my the monied people are running scared because he refused to bow down, he’s got my vote.
Cuomo will run as an independent. Splitting the centre and left and thereby getting a Rep Mayor. But dreams are free … Bring Back Bussy Doyle to Peoples Front of Judea..
Please tell the NZ Labour Party about left wing populism and eco socialism.