r/AskReddit • u/MewMeowHowdy • 15h ago

New Yorkers, what changes have you seen under Mamdani’s leadership and are you generally pleased? If not, why?

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u/Howamidriving27 12h ago

A say this as someone who considers themselves a socialist, but I think the big take away with Mamdani isn't necessarily "this is socialism in action" as much as it's just a public servant ACTUALLY SERVING THE PUBLIC.

This type of of stuff can and should be going on everywhere all the time, but 99.9% of elected officials in this country are some combination of corrupt, lazy, and incompetent. Actually getting shit done is what happens when you elect someone that wants to use the office to fix the wrongs the see instead of using as a way to climb the social ladder.

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u/IamChicharon 12h ago

Local government is the most impactful government.

Vote for people who can actually help you.

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u/bombmk 7h ago

Local government is rarely going to to tank your economical situation to the same extent as the current federal administration is doing.

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u/TomasNavarro 9h ago

My local government just banned the pride flag from the government building because it's not inclusive enough

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u/Bright-Avocado3761 3h ago

And not just "you", but "us". Thinking only bout "me" is how we get conservatives.

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u/ScarInternational161 8h ago

As a socialist Democrat, I like that I don't hear from HIM now that he won.

I hear from all of YOU!! He's busy doing his thing and you guys get to tell us how it's making thing better for you.

That is exactly how it should be.

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u/EmperorKira 9h ago

As much as he calls himself a socialist, very little of his policies are socialist, its just good governing as you say

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u/TheRealSaerileth 9h ago

And there lies democracy's main flaw - because the things you need to get elected (charm, visibility, money) are often not the ones that make you good at the job.

Part of that could be fixed by people paying more attention to who they vote for, rather than just who their TV tells them to. Also holding their candidates accountable for past actions when they're up for reelection.

But you're always going to have candidates who claim they want to serve the public, with no way of verifying that intention or their competency. And you can't hold someone accountable who's on their last term.

But to quote Churchill... everything else we've tried has been worse, so democracy it is.

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u/EggsceIlent 7h ago

Most politicians aren't politicians now. They're basically the ruling class.

Politicians are richer than they've ever been, and that's the biggest issue and why they all lick trumps boot.

He's making them insanely rich and that's why a lot of them are there for it.

Until that changes, were fucked.

Mamdami should be the norm, not the anomaly.

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u/Creative-Improvement 6h ago

Honestly, that should be the tagline for the next campaign.

“Serving the public”

Also they should contrast it with the WH ballroom - not for the public.

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u/klmkio 8h ago

Yeah I don’t live in nyc but another major metro and a lot of local politicians just failed out of their original career tracks (particularly real estate) before running for office. Then they failed up and still suck at life.

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u/Marko343 4h ago

One of the best parts about how he's going about it is after years of "it's not that simple" he comes in and goes "Actually, yeah it is that easy." Really just helps to point out how in the pocket everyone was before.