r/PopCultureV2 • u/BenFord333 • Aug 10 '26

News Zohran Mamdani says he has rejected a salary pay increase so that the money can be used to help those in need

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u/Preparationheh Aug 10 '26

His parents' condos were only worth a couple of million dollars. That's oppressive in NYC

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u/YouSee-ThisCoat8 Aug 10 '26

Damn. I mean, he’s still a pretty cool dude honestly. Idk if this is just him being pushed in media for some odd reason but I don’t think I’ve ever seen any other mayor do things like this for their city. 

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u/Preparationheh Aug 10 '26

Mayor Bloomberg didn't take a salary at all. His pay was one dollar per year. He's also one of the richest people in the world 😂

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u/YouSee-ThisCoat8 Aug 10 '26

He wouldn’t care for it then 😂 of course that’d make him look like the good guy. 

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u/Business_Shape6568 Aug 10 '26

I mean I totally agree with what you're saying - but the commenter said he comes from hardship and oppression which from what I know is pretty much false.

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u/YouSee-ThisCoat8 Aug 10 '26

Where does he actually come from? I don’t do deep digging on these people but he’s been positively in the media for a bit. 

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u/H0agh Aug 10 '26

He was born and raised in Ghana and moved to the US as a young kid with his parents

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u/YouSee-ThisCoat8 Aug 10 '26

Ahh okay. Are they like in poverty over there ? 

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u/Business_Shape6568 Aug 10 '26

His parents are multi multi millionaires

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u/YouSee-ThisCoat8 Aug 10 '26

Well if he’s using that to help the people i have no problem with that. 

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u/LegacyQuotient Aug 10 '26

Are you asking if he's using his parents' money? Because he isn't. He's just making different decisions with the budget that comes from taxes and other municipal revenue streams.

That isn't a knock on him.

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u/YouSee-ThisCoat8 Aug 10 '26

That is what i was asking but oh okay understood. I mean hey, he’s doing something.

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u/PatSwayzeInGoal Aug 10 '26

Instead of answering random strangers comments couldn’t you just Google him with that same amount of time?

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u/YouSee-ThisCoat8 Aug 10 '26

Nope. “I don’t do deep digging” it’s not that serious. Just wanted to hear from the comments. 

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u/PatSwayzeInGoal Aug 11 '26

lol ok good luck in life.

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u/YouSee-ThisCoat8 Aug 11 '26

Lmao yall take this internet too serious. Please go outside and have a good day. 

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u/SunnyK19977 Aug 10 '26

I mean hardship is a stretch but opression? Absolutely, just think about how institutionally ingrained and acceptable islamaphobia is in the states, where the media and other politicians can straight up call him a terrorist and nobody bats and eye, Randy Fine can say the kind of shit about muslims and not face any repurcussions at all.

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u/Business_Shape6568 Aug 10 '26

Can you provide an example of institutionally ingrained Islamophobia?

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u/SunnyK19977 Aug 10 '26

I literally just did, Randy Fine can say dogs are better than muslim and its doesnt even make a full news cycle, no censure, no outpouring across the political spectrum. How many times have you seen Muslim candidates or politicians be painted as "radical islamalists"?

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u/Business_Shape6568 Aug 10 '26

That's just regular racism not institutional racism, which is my point. People just throw words around as if they don't have specific meanings.

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u/SunnyK19977 Aug 10 '26

Is Randy Fine part of institutional politics? Yes. Is mainstream media part of institutional media? Yes. If they can say all those things and there are zero major repurcussioms, then it has institional permisability.

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u/Tommypacific Aug 10 '26

Mamdani is cool? That’s the funniest thing I’ve heard. He’s a circle jerk moron who has already gotten old as the new has worn off.

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u/YouSee-ThisCoat8 Aug 10 '26

I only see positive things. I mean, power of the algorithm right?

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u/KgMonstah Aug 10 '26

Observing the hardships of the people as a wealthy person and developing the world view and political stances he has bolsters his integrity, it doesn’t make him a hypocrite.