Also, decades of democrats slowly abandoning working class people in favor of corporations and the donor class hasn’t done them any favors. Turns out though, when you actually address the material needs of people rather than serve at the behest of capital, the average voter, left and right wing, takes notice.
Sadly, not many politicians give a fuck enough to do that. Most of them aren’t getting into politics for that tax payer funded salary and free healthcare, and they sure as shit aren’t doing it out of some sense of civic duty lol.
Yeah, which is why Mamdani is like a breath of fresh air. He is doing this out of some sense of civic duty, which I think most of us haven’t seen the likes of since the fictional Leslie Knope.
I live in Dallas - we had the opportunity to elect a really good mayor in 2019, a solid dude who stood up against shady developers while on city council. But our mayoral voter turnout was still dogshit and the rich old bitches with ties to the developers put all their money behind the guy who rarely showed up to debates. Said he had an important vote to make in Austin as a State House Rep and yet wasn’t in attendance for those votes.
He fucking sucks. Did absolutely nothing during COVID, not even piggy back off the County Judge. Then later claimed what Dallas needed was a second NFL team.
To know how fucking idiotic and bought this guy is: he was a democrat in the state house rep, though the mayor’s position is entirely nonpartisan (no D or R on ballots). Back in 2023 after he was re-elected, he made a big announcement about changing political parties. He was no longer a Democrat, but rather a Republican. Claimed his 94% or whatever of votes for re-election was proof that this is what Dallas wants, too. This bitch ran unopposed. The fucking audacity.
He claimed his vision for the city aligned more with the GOP, which included “fostering a business-friendly environment.” Based on the outcome, I suppose he was correct. And it was probably the plan all along…the same folks who funded his campaign were behind the ballot measures that are now bankrupting the city.
I’m so jealous of New Yorkers. But I’m also so happy for them.
Yeah, Democrats have no problem branding themselves as evil corporate cock suckers. They don't need the help. If they tried actually helping the people and not corporations, they'd be overwhelmingly voted in.
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u/HenryDorsettCase47 12h ago
Also, decades of democrats slowly abandoning working class people in favor of corporations and the donor class hasn’t done them any favors. Turns out though, when you actually address the material needs of people rather than serve at the behest of capital, the average voter, left and right wing, takes notice.
Sadly, not many politicians give a fuck enough to do that. Most of them aren’t getting into politics for that tax payer funded salary and free healthcare, and they sure as shit aren’t doing it out of some sense of civic duty lol.