He described the major pro-Israel lobby as an organization “for whom the only thing more frightening than democracy being allowed to run its course is an end to genocide and Netanyahu’s wars.”
Taking a break from denying China’s systematic human rights abuses against Uyghurs in Xinjiang to talk shit about Mamdani, are we? Democratic socialism not totalitarian enough for your liking?
Mamdani would be like a center left politician in Europe. I guess for most Americans
anything slightly to the left of a Hillary Clinton is the limit of the left spectrum.
Anything that isn’t a total leninist commie is “center left”. I love it! You guys are so funny it’s sad. Once again, the left proving is exclusively good at one thing and one thing only: purity testing the left.
Also, I live in Europe. Mamdani is a boiler plate leftist here. Nothing you said is true.
The word “left” is extremely fluid on Lemmy, it seems. When Mamdani is campaigning, it’s a big tent word and Mamdani is definitely on the team. After the campaign, when the purity testing begins, “left” has strict leninist parameters in must adhere to. It’s fun, isn’t it
Europe is in decline. It used to have people much to the left of Mamdani who implemented the socialist policies, but neoliberalism has been slowly eroding all of Europe and it is turning into the USA.
That is why Mamdani is now center-left in Europe. In the past he would just be a centrist or even center-right with his current policies. Everything is relative.
Compare Mamdani for example to Mechelon in France and Mamdani is clearly far to his right.
Of course but the argument is that Mamdani is nowhere near the edge of leftism. Politicians with far more leftist policies than him have existed and succesfully implemented many. It is not a mythical pipe dream.
Mamdani’s kinda straddling the edge. He calls himself a Democratic Socialist and uses anti-capitalist rhetoric but his policy platform is just Social Democracy.
In blue and maybe purple areas sure, but deep red areas are only getting redder in response. Speaking as someone who has lived in a red area my whole life.
He might be a filthy half-measure loving democratic socialist, but he does occasionally do the right thing.
Go outside. Touch grass. Deprogram.
Taking a break from denying China’s systematic human rights abuses against Uyghurs in Xinjiang to talk shit about Mamdani, are we? Democratic socialism not totalitarian enough for your liking?
Hahaha the leftists have purity tested MAMDANI out of their circle. You can’t make this shit up, Lemmy
Mamdani would be like a center left politician in Europe. I guess for most Americans anything slightly to the left of a Hillary Clinton is the limit of the left spectrum.
Anything that isn’t a total leninist commie is “center left”. I love it! You guys are so funny it’s sad. Once again, the left proving is exclusively good at one thing and one thing only: purity testing the left.
Also, I live in Europe. Mamdani is a boiler plate leftist here. Nothing you said is true.
The word “left” is extremely fluid on Lemmy, it seems. When Mamdani is campaigning, it’s a big tent word and Mamdani is definitely on the team. After the campaign, when the purity testing begins, “left” has strict leninist parameters in must adhere to. It’s fun, isn’t it
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Europe is in decline. It used to have people much to the left of Mamdani who implemented the socialist policies, but neoliberalism has been slowly eroding all of Europe and it is turning into the USA.
That is why Mamdani is now center-left in Europe. In the past he would just be a centrist or even center-right with his current policies. Everything is relative.
Compare Mamdani for example to Mechelon in France and Mamdani is clearly far to his right.
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Of course but the argument is that Mamdani is nowhere near the edge of leftism. Politicians with far more leftist policies than him have existed and succesfully implemented many. It is not a mythical pipe dream.
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Who was more far left than Mamdani in the last two decades? Can you give an example?
In the last two decades in US politics? Like who? Name one
Try thinking outside of the two party system.
This is all vibes. You have no idea what you’re talking about.
Which left wing European governments are building state-owned grocery stores?
He is moving the overton window back to the left tho
The Overton window in the US has a long way to move towards the left before it even reaches center.
Mamdani’s kinda straddling the edge. He calls himself a Democratic Socialist and uses anti-capitalist rhetoric but his policy platform is just Social Democracy.
Excise him immediately!
In blue and maybe purple areas sure, but deep red areas are only getting redder in response. Speaking as someone who has lived in a red area my whole life.
Well pandering to their bullshit didn’t make them less red so now they must get left behind if any of us want a brighter future.
Ah, and there it is.