cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/38345975
Zohran Mamdani was elected mayor of New York City on Tuesday, capping a stunning ascent for the 34-year-old state lawmaker, who was set to become the city’s most liberal mayor in generations.
In a victory for the Democratic party’s progressive wing, Mamdani defeated former Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Republican Curtis Sliwa. Mamdani must now navigate the unending demands of America’s biggest city and deliver on ambitious — skeptics say unrealistic — campaign promises.
With the victory, the democratic socialist will etch his place in history as the city’s first Muslim mayor, the first of South Asian heritage and the first born in Africa. He will also become the city’s youngest mayor in more than a century when he takes office on Jan. 1.
When centrists inevitably say “yeah, but that’s new york, he couldn’t have won anywhere else,” remember that these are the same people who were lobbing Islamophobic attacks at him.
Some of the shit I’ve seen was honestly disgusting. Especially tying 9/11 to him somehow. Like the racism that’s traditionally coming from Republicans was coming from Democrats too.
It’s almost like there isn’t really a difference between most Republicans and most Democrats…Like some sorta, I dunno, bread and circus show or somethin. Weird
Almost like the US is a one party state 🤔 but in typical American extravagance, they have TWO one-parties.
Dog and pony show?
Up until Reagan, the two Parties were pretty much the same. There were Liberal GOPs and and Conservative Dems. Nixon saw that there were a lot of disaffected Dems who hated the Civil Rights Act and pulled them in with his “Southern Strategy.” Reagan was the first to start attacking “Liberals” by name.
“Joe Manchin is literally the best we can do so stop complaining”
Oh thank god. This is a glimmer of hope. 💙
Yeah between that and VA, NJ, and CA I feel about 5% more hope that things will get better.
Sweet merciful relief.
Hope this is the start of a progressive wave.
Mamdani 2028?
Sadly he can’t. Naturalized citizen.
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Crap. I forgot.
I’d say if trump runs, he should too.
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That’s my mayor 🥹 That’s America’s mayor!
Let’s not get too excited.
He barely edged out a guy with a history of sexual harassment and a radio shock jock.
But he won. Against the immense media apparatus that was spitting fibs 24/7 and the band of politicians calling him the Antichrist.
Getting a majority vote in a three way contest ain’t nothing.
In the last three elections, the Dem candidate got over 60% of the vote.
And wasn’t in a contest where three candidates were going to get some non-trivial amount of vote.
Kinda proving my point here.
Cuomo resigned after his sex scandal, and still managed to get a substantial portion of the vote.
You can’t ascribe all that to the billionaires. A lot of people really, really hate anything that looks even slightly progressive, and that’s in one of the Bluest towns in the country.
A lot of people really, really hate anything that looks even slightly progressive
“So many people are saying…” - trump.
Was there billions on dollars spent to make Mamdsni looks like Satan?
8% lead in a country that fear muslims and socialism is impressive.
Let’s downplay his success so we don’t have to move to the left.
remember folks
just because the democrats allowed someone like this win does not mean we will get living wages, universal healthcare, etcetera
only means the democrats want us to view them as progressive and any progress must be taken with a grain of salt
Almost the whole democrats leaders was indiferent to Mamdani or tried to sabotage him. It is the opposite on what you claim. Nobody hold a gun at your head and force you to a candidate you don’t like
All I can say for sure is that I now feel like like I probably could have accomplished more with my life, considering we are the same age.
https://x.com/jackunheard/status/1986208195283443818
Lol, he’s already asking for donations again in his latest ad. Give him more of your money to defeat capitalism!
That’s such a feeble criticism: a socialist, living in a capitalist society where everything costs money, needs money to do things, therefore they’re not really a socialist. There’s no logic to that. Why would anyone imagine that a socialist doesn’t need money to do things in a capitalist society? Is he a fraud because he hasn’t transformed New York into a moneyless society since yesterday (despite not even being sworn in yet)? When did he promise to do that, or is it just right wingers having no clue what socialism is again?
