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Democratic Party lawmakers are refusing to endorse Zohran Mamdani and are spreading lies about him in the process

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Democratic Party lawmakers are refusing to endorse Zohran Mamdani and are spreading lies about him in the process

Relevant rant:
šŸ“ŗ Why the Democratic Party CANNOT and WILL NOT be Reformed
Democrats would rather lose to a Republican, to a conservative, to a fascist, to Trump, than address the material conditions of the American people.

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  • This is evidence that the US political system does not function.

    There are two paths forward;

    • Burn down the entire thing (which Trump and frenemies are currently doing).
    • rebuild and reform the existing system (which can happen by voters voting for progressive centralist candidates in local and state representatives en-mass (like in NYC).

    I would not call Zohran Mandani a socialist. I would call him a progressive rational centralist.

    • The existing system cannot be fixed, it depends on imperialism and as such has hollowed out industrialization in favor of finance capital. Mamdani is a "boot of the neck" candidate, someone to show a bit of what's possible with a properly run economy, but even electing progressives elsewhere can't bring about socialism. Revolution is still necessary.

      • I'm in your space so it would be rude to call you pie eyed, but that's some pipe dream, never good enough mentality. Do you scold a baby taking it's first steps on its 5k time? No, you cheer them on.

        • I'm not denouncing Mamdani, just trying to align expectations and make it clear that revolution is still necessary in order to begin socialism. I'm cheering for Mamdani, fuck Cuomo. But revolution isn't a pipe dream. Thinking that the system can be reformed from within is the pipe-dream. Mamdani plays a role in helping the proletariat become normalized towards socialism and may represent a decent change in a positive direction for New Yorkers, but his win isn't a requirement for revolution, nor does it get rid of the need for it.

    • Counter point, the system is functioning as intended

    • I would not call Zohran Mandani a socialist.

      He literally said, "The end goal is seizing the means of production"

      Zohran Mamdani is a Socialist.

    • I would not call Zohran Mandani a socialist. I would call him a progressive rational centralist.

      I agree with you. We shouldn't present it as "left politics". We should present it as "politics for the people". That way, it makes it compatible with more people.

      You wouldn't believe how many americans have a deep fear of the word "left". We should call it centrist instead, even if it is left.

      Maybe, let's use the phrase "socialism is to listen to the heart of the people, and the heart sits in the center of people, so it's centralist politics" or something.

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