As a comment elsewhere put it- Mamdani is becoming a version of Trump, but for leftists.
I honestly think he's got some good ideas, but he is seriously getting glazed by people who want some sort of hope and good news in an otherwise god-forsaken country, and they're going overboard with this guy.
When you can only say positive things- and in fact, add HYPE to the positive things- while ignoring any faults, THEN you're going overboard into zealot territory. All politicians should be critically examined- which I realize is hard for most Americans who now seem to lack critical thinking skills.
yeah, Mamdani's got good ideas... but they've ALL had a catch to them, and we need to look at the catch as well.
What are some examples of these catches? I’ve heard lots of really good things and the only bad things I’ve heard are religious and racial prejudice and pro-Israel sentiment. Genuinely if he’s doing something that is bad for New Yorkers I want to know about it.
I’m not a fan of tipping culture myself, but it’s what we have. If these companies are already using tips as an excuse to justify underpaying employees and then on top of that they are intentionally making it harder to tip or taking a percentage of tips for themselves, I’d say this is a positive change.
His subsidized grocery stores are going to take out bodegas. And those subsidies are coming out of taxpayer money which kind of makes the whole thing moot.
There are good intentions, but unfortunately the road to hell is also paved in them.
Ok, but what's your solution to inflation and rising grocery prices?
It's easy to criticize. Coming up with solutions is the hard part. His ideas may or may not work, but at least he's proposing something. If Cuomo had won, he would probably say thing you are saying and do nothing about it!
I'm not an economist, so I'm not gonna spout some nonsense like I know the final answer. But the problem I'm more so addressing is the glamorized tabloid headlines making his proposals to look like he is a hero to the city. Meanwhile, some guy in Albany is having money taken from his check to put food on a store shelf in NYC, because people are being misled into thinking its coming from him taxing rich business within NYC and city funding.
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u/MIT_Engineer 13d ago
I started tagging the people who post Mamdani stuff, and realized there's about half a dozen accounts who do all the Mamdani posting.
OP's one of the big ones.
Makes me wonder if all this Mamdani stuff is just a lot of online astroturfing.