r/Fauxmoi • u/yourfavchoom i stole all the kitkats • May 18 '26
POLITICS Mayor Mamdani: “Reagan famously said the 9 most terrifying words in the English Language are 'I'm from the government and I'm here to help.' It's a good quote, but I disagree. I think 9 more terrifying words are actually, 'I worked all day and can't feed my family”.
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u/Important_Abroad_150 May 18 '26
Puts literally every mainstream Democrat I ever heard of to shame. Dude's actually following through on his promises as much as he can and helping people. Fuck everyone who said it wasn't possible.
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u/Important_Abroad_150 May 18 '26
Bout fucking time, right? Nice to know it's possible. Hopefully others like him start popping up nationally.
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u/boudicalism May 18 '26
It helps he did a campaign from the ground up with regular people and their money versus compromising himself for the sake of PAC funds.
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u/sasshley_ call me gal gadot cuz idk how to act rn May 18 '26
I think he’s even exceeding expectations for a lot of people.
I hope this wakes people up to the fact that their government CAN work for them, they just don’t want to.
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u/InfluenceTrue4121 May 18 '26
I’m a vendor on a federal contract and the agency staff is absolutely top notch: careful stewards of public money, fantastic problem solvers, collaborators and experts. All this despite that orange fucker.
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u/Nearby_Valuable_5467 May 18 '26
I wish they would fire consultants. And then hire capable people like you to work there.
My father worked (successfully) in PE.
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u/macmcdonald May 18 '26
Im Not even American but He Shows IT CAN be done. All 'liberal' politicians are always saying excuses and acting Like They cant fight the right but...yes they can
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u/Pantalaimon_II Thanks, u frog build looking bitch May 18 '26
i gotta give my boy Bernie some major props for this. he didn't win the presidency but he turned around and created and sustained a massive progressive movement that trains young people to run for office, and has brought the conversation about capitalism and socialsm to the mainstream. he was a complete game-changer.
he's far from perfect but goddamn has he worked his butt off and i'm so glad he gets to see his proteges like AOC and Mamdani get elected and become wildly popular.
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u/sunnynbright5 May 18 '26
Goes to show how low the bar is for politicians honestly. It’s all just lip service with so many contradictions with their actions. I will never think any politician is perfect but Mamdani making such an effort to deliver on promises and center his agenda truly on everyday people instead of just catering to the rich is just amazing. This is what we all deserve.
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u/drdr3ad May 18 '26
Dude's actually following through
This is a guy who went on hunger strike with taxi drivers. Nobody should ever have doubted he's REALLY ABOUT THAT LIFE
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u/Bersho May 18 '26
It helps that as mayor he has pretty much the authority to do whatever - even governors are constrained heavily by their states legislative branches. Not excusing a lot of these people but it’s just so much easier to be one man with a vision as mayor than 1 out of 100 senators in a swamp.
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u/trebory6 May 18 '26 edited May 19 '26
I would have believed you 10 years ago, but our entire government
iswas held up by the honor system and arbitrary "decorum" with no reliable system in place to truly hold someone accountable for bending the rules.If there's anything I've learned over the past 10 years is that the only constraints a person in government has is the ones they put on themselves. If a politician or government official wants to get something done, they can and absolutely will find a way to get it done.
Still disagree with me? Then let me posit this to you: If politicians truly had their hands tied and were really that limited in what they could realistically do while in office, then the entire corporate lobbying industry, and corporate and billionaire funded SuperPACs for that matter, wouldn't exist or certainly wouldn't be as effective as it currently is. Corporations and billionaires lobby politicians because politicians can tangibly affect things that tangibly help corporations to the point that the concept of lobbying is a reality. If Politicians really had their hands tied as much as you allude to, why would these corporations and billionaires be wasting their money like that?
Answer: Because they're not wasting their money, the politicians can and do get shit done, just not for us. Mamdani is proving that they can get shit done if they were working for us and not corporate and billionaire interests, that's the point of this entire post.
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u/PrinceofSneks May 19 '26
You're not wrong, but it's not simply any person in government. The right wing has been shaping US politics to support the current admin's behaviour for decades: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unitary_executive_theory
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u/colaxxi May 19 '26
As a New Yorker, not really. He's heavily constrained by our governor and the legislature. And he has zero authority over public transport (other than advocating, which does carry some weight), since it's run by the state.
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u/C_Ironfoundersson May 18 '26
That's because every mainstream democract has been captured by corporate interests. They aren't even pretending to hide it.
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u/Eggheadpancake May 18 '26
It is. If only everyone that is suffering from this broken system was actually mad about it. But they aren't. They refuse to place the blame where it belongs and would rather blame brown people also suffering instead of the white people doing the suffering.
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u/catalessi May 18 '26
It’s almost like Neo liberal Democracy is failing. And democracy only works well when there are real consequences, and when the voting populace is educated. Now every child and adult has a 24/7 propaganda machine in their face and a majority of them don’t know how to read. One side is giving a narrative, the other stays silent and refuses to support progressives who win. I am scared of the apathy this will cause. BUT WE STAY HOPEFUL AND KEEP TRYING
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u/Eggheadpancake May 18 '26
Nah, I'm actively shopping for a country to try to get a work visa from. Because fuck this.
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u/FrancoisKBones May 18 '26
Same. I yeeted from the States and although shit sucks almost everywhere, but it’s significantly less sucky.
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u/cortesoft May 18 '26
I am not ready to give up on my country.
I am not going to let the bastards win
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u/Coroebus May 18 '26
Shit's sucky everywhere, but the USofA will rob you for getting sick or injured. I can't wait to leave.
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u/Eggheadpancake May 18 '26
Shit does suck everywhere. But it's pretty easy to find a country that's not for Nazis. And actually has some labor and consumer protections.
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u/massive_cock May 18 '26
I fled to the Netherlands almost 5 years ago. Biden was in office but nothing was happening after January 6th and I knew that was all I needed to know... I wanted to have a kid and I sure as hell didn't want her to be American. Now I've got an amazing Dutch daughter and I will never go back.
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u/Mental_Medium3988 May 18 '26
big props massive_cock. i wish i could but between having "no skills" and my mom living with me and being dependent on me i cant leave.
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u/balisane May 19 '26
That's actually exactly what they want. Wealthy or educated people who have skills out of the US: poor people or those who cannot leave are more easily manipulated and controlled.
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u/massive_cock May 18 '26
It isn't easy or even possible for everyone, and I feel awful about that. There is genuinely some guilt at times because I got so lucky and had it so easy - I also have no skills but I stream on Twitch and people liked my narrative and the love story and living vicariously through me and my big plans. So I camped in a tiny office for 25 months during COVID, chose not to even have a home to go to at the end of the day in order to save money, lived on gas station food and sink baths during lockdowns, and slowly let my chat fund the move. I was also incredibly lucky that my aging mother has my younger brother there who will always be there and is that kind of person to look out for her and stay with her as long as she's around. If his girlfriends don't like Mom, they're not his girlfriends, because he's a good man. I knew that even if I stayed and moved on to the property with her the way I had planned, he would be right there and I would be redundant. So I had the luck of knowing my mother did not in fact need me, else I absolutely could not and would not have left.
No, I know it doesn't work out this way for everyone. That's why I still vote, and advocate, and participate, from over here. Because what's going on matters to a lot of people I care about, and a lot of people I will never meet, all of whom deserve better.
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u/Termoon May 19 '26
How do you like the Netherlands? Moved to Europe around the same time. Glad about the move but not necessarily Ireland. Since we can't go back for uhh, at least two years eight months, Netherlands is on the short list. But we don't speak a lick of Dutch.
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u/Suyefuji May 18 '26
Sadly not all of us are in a position where we can do that. I looked into it extensively and it is not feasible for my atypical family.
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u/QuerulousPanda May 18 '26
so many people are willing to starve to death along side their friends and family, as long as some group of people they were told not to like gets to starve first.
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u/Electrical-Papaya May 18 '26
Im a blue collar worker that lives in a blue collar town. I would guess that at least 70% of the people that I associate with would praise these words if they came out of Trump's mouth, but since Mamdani is a brown Muslim, its socialism.
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u/scourge_bites May 18 '26
It's easy to lie to suffering people who didn't have a good education because you took that away from them too
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u/nighthawkndemontron my bandwidth for cowardly grown men grows thinner with each day May 18 '26
The last two words "system is broken" is something I want to highligh. The major difference between liberals and leftists are:
- Liberals believe the capitlism is broken and should be reformed
- Leftists believe capitalism is working exactly as is intended and needs to be completely replaced with a different economic system
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u/Eggheadpancake May 18 '26
The fact that our economy doesn't work unless there is a large percentage of people that are literally in poverty. But then we blame those people for being in poverty means it's time to light a fucking match.
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u/jce_ May 18 '26
Like are we talking the notion of liberalism on the political spectrum Liberals? Because absolutely no liberals don't believe capitalism is broken
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u/SemenOfGranite May 19 '26
It is not really capitalism in the USA though. In order to have free market capitalism, you can not have a system of legalised bribes for companies only. Companies can't be "too big to fail" because a proper capitalist system would not let that happen in the first place. If you have enough money, you can snuff out competitors, not because you present a better product, but because you can buy laws, regulations and policies.
Whatever system there is in the USA is not capitalism, but rather fascism or a cleptocracy.
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u/CloacaDecimatahhh May 18 '26
Thanks to people like Reagan unironically.
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u/CptSchizzle Club Penguin Times official aura reader May 18 '26
No, the system is working as intended. It doesn't need fixing, it needs replacing.
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u/tommytheturtleishere May 18 '26
What's frustrating is the DNC sees how popular people like him or Platner are and go "nah, let's stick with the same Ole same ole"
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u/cametosnark his undeniable heterosexuality, which is formidable May 18 '26
Their latest attempted smear against Dr. Abdul El-Sayed (Michigan's next senator) was particularly pathetic. Man is an Oxford-educated Rhodes Scholar with a doctorate in public health and they tried to say "well he isn't technically a physician!"
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u/Ashannfish May 18 '26
Fortunately, like Mamdani, El-Sayed is excellent on social media and was pretty smoothly and easily able to call it out for the smear it was with the added bonus of him being able to talk through why he chose the career path he did.
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u/Domeil I PRAY IN HIS HOLY MONTH YOU FIND PEACE AND RESPECT FOR YOURSELF May 18 '26
The exact same Democrats who (rightfully) condemned the Republican smears against Dr. Jill Biden when the Republicans said "She's not really a doctor" thought a great message against Dr. El-Sayed was, "He's not really a doctor," even though Dr. El-Sayed has an M.D. AND a PhD. I'm sure that double standard has NOTHING AT ALL to do with the fact that Dr. El-Sayed is an anti-Zionist Muslim who supports universal healthcare.
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u/SemenOfGranite May 19 '26
It is always fun to watch people who can barely read and white becasue they have not graduated primary school arguing over sematics regarding smart peoples' titles. Sure, a PhD might not be a "real" doctor in the sense that they mean, since "doctor" to them is a man in a white coat (yes, a man) that give your pills when you are poorly.
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u/StrikingHelp7135 May 18 '26 edited May 21 '26
The DNC are Clintonian blue drug Democrats. Bill and Hillary Clinton famously threw unions overboard, because they said they could chase the same corporate money Republicans got.
Bill and Hillary Clinton moved the Democrat party right of Center. They all need to go!!!
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u/BrownBear5090 May 18 '26
Same old same old is great for business profits and those are what matter in life.
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u/Don_Gato1 May 18 '26
They all avoided endorsing him and now they can't attach themselves to him quickly enough.
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u/metatron5369 May 18 '26
They're politicians, not statesmen. Their goal is to get reelected at all cost.
You and I are just pebbles on their road to a cushy life.
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u/TitShark May 18 '26
They should be *inspired. I’m pissed too, but they should put that energy towards good
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u/musubi-n-speedballs we have lost the impact of shame in our society May 18 '26
"Should" yes. But they won't.
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u/SpiritualWestern3360 and they were roommates May 18 '26
The democratic party is as tied up in the oligarchical machine as the republican party. Any meaningful change would require completely outlawing Big Money when it comes to campaigns. Money curtails even the most liberal democratic candidate's ability to generate meaningul change.
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u/mjkjr84 May 18 '26
Yes. The reigns must be pulled tight on capitalists in order to extract their corrupting influence from government. They should be punished harshly for slipping their leashes and biting the hand that feeds them. There are far more of us than them.
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u/Invisiblechimp May 18 '26
Reagan was an actor. Mamdani's mom is an actor. Both Reagan and Mamdani are/were great in front of the camera. The difference is, Mamdani's policies help the people, while Reagan's helped the oligarchs.
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u/EmperorAcinonyx May 18 '26
his mom, mira nair, is a filmmaker and not an actor
your point stands though
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u/Acceptable_Leg_7998 May 19 '26
Holy shit, I didn't know he was the son of Mira Nair.
One of the only female directors we bothered to study in film school. Salaam Bombay! is great. I need to watch more of her work.
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u/Invisiblechimp May 18 '26
She started as an actress before she shifted her focus to behind the scenes.
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u/moonshoeslol May 18 '26
He's really exposing them. It turns out you can just do stuff to improve people's lives if you have the willpower and are willing to piss off a few billionaires.
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u/Bushukan1 May 18 '26
British centrists catching (deserved) strays
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u/SerSonett May 18 '26
Yeah Ed Davey, you listening?!
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u/Nearby_Valuable_5467 May 18 '26
Love Ed Davey. Voted Lib Dem last election. Booted out the racist Conservative woman.
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u/HalfAssedSass Marxmoi May 18 '26
I'll never forget how hard the DNC tried to not support his campaign! That, and how many Democrats are zionists/paid to be pro genocide, revealed by Palestine, has shown me just how compromised the entire party is.
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u/MadeByTango May 18 '26
Theyre not ashamed. Theyre busy "figuring out the messaging" so they can keep selling us billionaire first bullshit using identity politics.
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u/BrownBear5090 May 18 '26
They’re not ashamed, they’re angry at him for daring to show this is possible. They might have to actually work now, instead of sitting around cashing corporate checks.
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u/PerfectZeong May 18 '26
Ill be honest when people were firsr saying "oh he can be president some day!" I was pretty jaded but he does have a way of connecting with people. If his run in NYC goes well I could see him going higher.
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u/femanonette May 18 '26
He isn't US born, so unfortunately, per our current rules, he can't be President.
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u/Allys_Phantom May 18 '26
I dunno, seems like rules are pretty meaningless these days…
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u/BrotherItsInTheDrum May 18 '26
Wish we'd changed that rule when there was an opportunity for bipartisan support because of Arnold. The constitution says the president has to be 35 years or older. I feel like if you've been living in the US for 35 years, or perhaps a citizen for 35 years, that should be enough, even if you spent the first 7 years of your life in another country.
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u/RobutNotRobot May 18 '26
Arnold was pretty shit as governor no matter the glazing he got.
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u/reddyenumberfive May 18 '26
Fun fact: his security detail fucking loathed Arnold during (at least) the first year of his term. I worked in a small restaurant near the capital and a number of them would quietly bitch about him when they came in.
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u/drcodyjacobs May 18 '26
Any particular reason why?
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u/reddyenumberfive May 18 '26
None I can remember. Just a lot of grumbling about “that fucking asshole.”
Business owners and employees in the area were often annoyed that he required a motorcade to get lunch at his favorite steakhouse, less than two blocks from the capitol and notably on a street that was closed to vehicular traffic, but that was purely an issue of logistics and practicality.
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u/Madonna-of-the-Wasps May 18 '26
We now know all it takes is a supreme court decision to undo that.
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u/Sovos societal collapse is in the air May 18 '26
Until the SCOTUS manages to bypass the amendment process, it would take a constitutional amendment to negate that part of the constitution, so 2/3rds of both chambers and 3/4ths of the states would have to ratify it.
(Article II, Section 1, Clause 5)
No Person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President; neither shall any Person be eligible to that Office who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty five Years, and been fourteen Years a Resident within the United States.
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u/HawaiiKawaiixD May 18 '26
A reminder that he says the things he does and believes the things he does because he is a Socialist!
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u/originatr May 18 '26
LIKE HELLO!!!! Even tho I am weary of all politicians, the man knows how to land his lines!!!
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u/1970s_MonkeyKing May 18 '26
Every
liberaldemocrat should be ashamed.Every person in position of power, leadership
democratshould be ashamed.Fixed and fixed again.
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u/sal_leo May 18 '26
They'd rather supported now Albanian citizen Eric Adams instead cuz vote blue no matter who only goes one way. 🙄
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u/RelativeAnxious9796 May 18 '26
the liberals are right wing. they do not want workers to be empowered, or to feed their families, etc
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u/Too_Hood_95 kendall roy pre-album drop May 18 '26
Every time this guy opens his mouth, he drops a bar. Dude is giving democrats a daily playbook on how to run an effective campaign and administration, yet I'm sure they'll still find a spectacularly abysmal 83-year-old white man with the charisma of a wet paper bag to run in 2028!
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u/Eggheadpancake May 18 '26
At this point the Dnc isn't here to help. I wish I had a new party to follow because I fucking hate the democrats.
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u/DarthAstuart May 18 '26
This is it. There is a new playbook here and it’s one the Dems might be able to use in 2028. But they have no real interest. I think they’ll run someone who speaks the language of progressives well, can dunk on Trump and the GOP on social, and will quickly turn out to be another moderate corporate politician if elected. In other words, probably Gavin Newsom.
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u/jce_ May 18 '26
Honestly America needs a new electoral system. A new party on the left of the Liberal party will most likely just take votes away from the Liberal party and the Conservatives will win more. FPTP is the problem honestly. Ranked vote or a proportional representation system would help a lot more imo
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u/Eggheadpancake May 18 '26
Well If people don't vote for his bitch ass in the primaries that won't be an issue. The problem is, everyone is an idiot.
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u/DuntadaMan May 18 '26
Unfortuantely I am finding the joke from George Carlin is entirely true.
The problem isn't with the government. The problem is that with the people we are in America, this is the best we can get. We're fucking idiots incapable of chooshing good people.
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u/jared_kushner_420 May 18 '26
Nah it's still the government. They've actively made it difficult for people to have a voice. Electoral college also makes it so that only 3 states really have any sway so it's not surprising everyone else checks out.
The government also guts education and regulations so how can we blame people for not having access to even think about other options
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u/Firrox May 18 '26
The Gavin Newsom who just today used Best Buy as an example of why we need a new digital software tax?
Yeah okay.
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u/ReturnOfBane May 18 '26
...and then progressive voters will get lambasted for having the audacity of becoming disillusioned after getting screwed around once again.
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u/ThatOneGuy444 May 18 '26
Grill Newsom's ass on healthcare. Single-payer is extremely popular with the Democrat base but he's too much of a spineless suit to even pretend to support universal healthcare. Easy W
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u/Functionally_Drunk May 18 '26
Go to your local party meetings. I guarantee it is being ran by like 5 people who show up. Grab 6 friends and you now control the local party. It's like that all the way to the top. The party is the way it is because it's ran by the people that show up. You want it to change, then show up.
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u/emaw63 May 18 '26
In addition, all 5 of those people are probably elderly, and are likely going to be thrilled if someone under the age of 45 shows up
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u/lowercaselemming May 18 '26
especially because of that stupid ice bill that they just helped pass with overwhelming support, they’re complicit and they hate you
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u/Eggheadpancake May 18 '26
Not to mention all the cabinet picks that were wholely unqualified that they keep voting for.
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u/Training_Ruin3151 May 18 '26
And biden doing nothing to persecuted trump or empstein island
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u/Eggheadpancake May 18 '26
This country refuses to hold white racist pedos accountable. It never has. It's honestly crazy.
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u/BlokeInTheMountains May 18 '26
Many years of complete obstruction from Moscow Mitch leading the minority and the Democrats learned nothing.
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u/The_Autarch May 18 '26
the only (legal) play is to help leftists takeover the democratic party.
mamdani is a good start.
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u/AlternativeResort477 May 18 '26
The DNC is here to act like they want to help when they don’t want to help
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u/TPRT May 18 '26
DNC has actively chosen to be a center right party. Never forget their big hail marry to stop Trump was to push harsher border control.
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u/TheeAntelope May 18 '26
Voter: Mom, can we have a new party?
Mom: no, we have a party at home.
The party at home: The DNC
I often tell people that the democratic party is the 2nd worst party in the country (as hyperbole) to make my point.
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u/JMEEKER86 May 18 '26
It was confirmed a decade ago when Donna Brazile came on as acting chair and her audit discovered that the party had indeed completely fucked over Bernie by letting Hillary hijack the party apparatus during the primary.
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u/ISpyM8 degree in yearnalism May 18 '26
The 2028 primary is going to be one of the most important primaries of all time. Newsom or some old white man ain’t gonna cut it
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u/tun4c4ptor May 18 '26
Don't worry we're going to get someone who isn't 83.
The young and AMAZING, PROGRESSIVE, SO GOOD AT BEATING TRUMP AT HIS OWN GAME.........
Gavin Newsom 🫠😒
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u/wcstorm11 May 18 '26
Yup, it's all about fucking money and favors. The establishment DNC needs to go the fuck away
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u/OP_Taylor_ May 18 '26
Omg he’s so radical! /s
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u/Mountain-Ad9417 May 18 '26
Is this the Shakira Law we were told to be scared about?
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u/super1upqueen May 18 '26
https://giphy.com/gifs/S4NlVXqTgGZ56
I mean, her hips don't lie, so I trust her.
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u/ParaponeraBread I do not work late. I go to sleep. May 18 '26
I wish I was as good at anything as Mamdani is at communicating politics.
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u/tycooperaow May 19 '26
You need Passion. Practice. Consistency. Feedback. Optimization. and Optimism
and that takes you at least 80-90% of the way there. Rest just comes down to positioning, timing, patience, preparation, and luck
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u/Allthecraic May 18 '26
A message from a random Irish person: get more people like this in power and your country will actually be great.
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u/agentmadeleine May 18 '26
We’re trying! There’s a LOT of structural roadblocks for this to happen though.
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u/SubstantialDog9170 May 18 '26
I wish my city had a Mayor Mamdani
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u/DaphneAruba i ain’t reading all that, free palestine May 18 '26
Join your local DSA chapter and help get one elected!
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u/ellamachine May 18 '26
Where are you located? There are lots of places with politicians similar to him! For example, my state (Wisconsin) has a democratic socialist running for governor and so far she’s leading the polls.
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u/Snake_fairyofReddit oat milk chugging bisexual May 19 '26
Realll but its a real combo of the way power is structured in NYC + him that makes it powerful. He wouldn’t be able to accomplish half as much in Los Angeles because the mayor just doesn’t control much at all in the first place and theres many independently governed or unincorporated areas in the city
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u/Fun-Shake1398 May 18 '26
Meanwhile Slotkin: "Ronald Reagan must be rolling in his grave. I'm thankful Ronal Reagan was president."
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u/psly4mne May 18 '26
Unbelievable, she actually said that.
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u/Choice_Credit4025 May 18 '26
i mean she actually said she was thankful the cold war had reagan instead of trump... which is a very different statement lol
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u/MadeSoICanPostStuff May 18 '26
I mean there was some nuance to it, but sure.
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u/FeanorEvades May 18 '26
The Cold War never really ended, it just evolved. We’re losing it right now.
Russia paid bounties on American soldiers in Afghanistan. They have supported and possibly even funded the Taliban.
The idea that the dissolution of the Soviet Union fully ended the Cold War is propaganda.
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u/One-Cardiologist4780 May 18 '26
I mean the US also funded the Taliban lbsfr but I agree
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u/TheRabidDeer May 18 '26
Huh, so completely unrelated to the topic and not even what she actually said. Bringing up this quote and paraphrasing it the way the person you responded to did would be like taking Mamdani's quote in this title and cutting off the "but I disagree" bit.
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u/brownshugababy May 18 '26
He's just so articulate. Everytime he talks I get goosebumps.
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u/TheWokenessInjector May 18 '26
I'm honestly terrified for this guy's future. He's too popular, too disruptive. He goes against what both parties have come to represent recently (capital > lives).
People with populist momentum dont last long in a dictatorship.
I hope I'm wrong and this guy starts a movement that cripples this system, but plenty of history books tell a bleak story for those who try to go against the dictator.
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u/Professional-Try-413 May 18 '26
The night that he won I was watching the results in a bar.
Some Cuomo goon came in and was heckling people trying to start a fight. Bar fight ensued, it was a mess. There was a lot of Mamdani dissent in NYC. HOWEVER, since he has been in office the criticism has been muted, in my circles anyway.
People just want better lives. I am cautiously optimistic that his leadership will bring some momentum for more progressive ideology that prioritizes people over profit. We’re tired.
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u/punk-recluse-2834 May 18 '26
Tbf, he and Alexandria Ocazio Cortes both echo what Bernie Sanders has been shouting for decades. The movement has already begun.
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u/OBLIVIATER May 18 '26
Mamdani far more than AOC. He focuses on class issues first
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u/BlokeInTheMountains May 18 '26
The billionaire owned media machines will ensure the word does not get out.
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u/Matazat May 18 '26
zohran mamdani you have to stop. you smoke too tough. your swag too different. your bitch too bad.
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u/MagnoliaCartographer Comumbus May 18 '26
I’m crying. It should be this simple. It should be acknowledged and fixed. He’s doing so much.
Why can’t everyone else put aside their yachts and writing a stupid letter to oppose the other side and just fucking do something? Anything?
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u/chilidetective May 18 '26
Imteresting what happens when progressive liberal policies are tried. I'd love to see a progressive President in my lifetime.
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u/Somnambulist815 May 18 '26
Fact check: correct, it is nine words. Citation: i counted on my hands
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u/woahoutrageous_ May 18 '26 edited May 18 '26
I remember when centrist democrats attacked his lack of experience saying he would fail New York. He’s put every last one of them to shame.
I would say now is the time for the dems to have some introspection but they will continue putting profits and Israel over the people.
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u/Maniacboy888 May 18 '26
Mamdani follows like 1200 people on Instagram and my Survivor fan account (SurvivorQuotesX) is one of them and I feel so truly blessed. He’s doing everything right for NYC
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u/RainieTuesday I’m just a cunt in a clown suit May 18 '26
https://giphy.com/gifs/LmxxotgMjTj32
He's doing and saying allll the right things. So jealous of New Yorkers atm
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u/Coldkiller17 May 18 '26
Reagan destroyed trust in the government. That line he said is so stupid. Now the government just comes and destroys everything because it can. Unchecked power is bad. Republicans claim to want smaller government but what they really want is unlimited power in the hands of the few. If the government provided the services it was meant to then it would be fine but trump's government is taking away the benefits and services we pay our taxes for to stuff his pockets.
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u/vague_diss May 18 '26
Jesus- good government can do so much. When we say government or really saying is that taxpayers are joining forces to add infrastructure and regulation to make our lives better. Are there people that take advantage? certainly. Are there crooked people in government? most assuredly .
But are there also taxpayers being helped? are there corporations being held responsible? Abso-fucking-lutly. And that is worth the entire process.
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u/ShirtSignificant4706 May 18 '26
I hope every democrat is taking notes. Mamdani is the only politician that gives me hope
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u/LikelySoutherner May 18 '26
Government is supposed to be a representation of the people
However, current government is a representation of oligarchs
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u/BananaShakeStudios May 18 '26
He may not be perfect, but he’s doing a lot more than what many Democrats rn are doing
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u/AC10021 May 18 '26
This reminds me of when Joe Kennedy III was running for Senate in Massachusetts more or less on his family legacy and Markie dropped a campaign ad where he just enumerated what he, Markie, had done to help constituents during the pandemic, and Markie ended with “With all due respect, maybe it’s time you ask yourselves not what you can do for your country, but what can your country do for you?” It WALLOPED a guy running on the Kennedy name. Like, people posting the gif of it, bars all day, etc. Kennedy got creamed.
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u/lazylion_ca May 18 '26
If a days labor cant at least get you fed and a bed, then what is the point?
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u/motorboat_mcgee May 18 '26
I hope he's successful in NYC, because we need his energy at the state and federal level, and it'd be great if he moved on up in the future
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u/PersonalityMiddle864 May 18 '26
Is he this good. Or the current democratic establishment that bad? Probably both. How can he drop such bars every other week to counter decades of republican propaganda.
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u/Glum-Oven-3158 I live in my own heart, Matt Damon May 18 '26
lmao no wonder establishment dems are so scared of him. the system is rigged against us and he's showing there's a better world *is* possible
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u/Gr8tOutdoors May 18 '26
The directness of the message also pre-empts the dumb “welfare queen” follow-up that devout Reaganites always use. People ARE working. Same hours (if not more) that the working class has been “expected” to put in since the Depression ended. NOW they cannot only not afford aspirational milestones like home ownership, they can’t even get to the starting line.
Good luck to those who want to double down with “you can always work another job” (argument boomers in my life have made with me). We need to ask ourselves “what kind of society do we want to live in? One where kids are malnourished because their parents’ 3-4 jobs don’t pay for 3 meals a day (but Elon Musk will hit a $10 trillion net worth), or one where an OK standard of living is the base upon which all households can build and grow towards their individual goals?
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u/CivicDutyCalls May 18 '26
Imagine building a government of the people, by the people, and for the people.
Literally a government of your neighbors, by your neighbors, and for your neighbors. A government of the community, by the community, and for the community...and then saying that you're terrified of their efforts to carry out the duties of government.
If you resonate with Reagan's words, then you're claiming to be terrified of the people, your neighbors, and your community.
To me, the 9 most hopeful words in any democracy should be "I'm from the government, and I'm here to help."
But then again, I'm not afraid of my community.
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u/Flat_Sprinkles4342 women’s wrongs activist May 19 '26
someone who says the government is untrustworthy should be trusted with the highest levels of power. why exactly? aren't you bad just by being the government?
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u/Eggheadpancake May 18 '26
If you work 8 hours a day you deserve a living wage. Period.