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Except that what he’s doing he can actually do. Someone who ends up in Washington and gets outvoted by the majority centrists isn’t a bad thing, and actually sorta helps their image without forcing any real change. Mamdani, though, he’s the top dog in a mayoral position and can actually get shit done. They’re scared of him not because his ideas are unique but because they can actually be realized at this scale.

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Auth@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

Except that what he’s doing he can actually do.

How can you say that when hes only just won and still hasnt done anything?

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- Soup@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  Because I know how cities work, ya dingus.
  
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  - Auth@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    What is he doing/done that would actually a game changer? Tell me why I should be excited about him because it seems to be that the only unique thing about him is he openly criticizes isreal. Dont get me wrong, I like most of his policies and I think hes an ok mayoral choice I just dont see the reason for the excitement and I feel like all the “establisment is scared” articles are fake hype by PR firms.
    
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    Soup@lemmy.world ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    Except I literally already told that being unique is less important than being able to actually do what’s promised. New Yorkers understand the power that a mayor has and know that he can get this shit done for their city. His policies are good and they’re a strong swing away from the center and the right and people are excited about that, and he’s been shown to even explicitly say he won’t make promises he can’t even attempt to keep(price of eggs, anyone?).
    
    The establishment hates this because he’s doing things they know will energize people and show them just how much better things could be. The US has long operated on the bullshit idea that they couldn’t have nice things because “it’s different here!” but that’s always been a lie that was easy to tell because the good shit was happening across an ocean that many US citizens couldn’t even point to on a fucking map. Now it’s going to be right there, in their big New York City, and it’s going to be hard to ignore.
    
    I’ve explained all this in the previous comments, you can re-read them if you need to.
    
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