This is great! Can't wait for him to no be able to do anything due to gridlock from the NYC democratic party machine and have to capitulate constantly, and then the massive Centrist Lib media apparatus will blame every problem plaguing NYC (even if the problems predated his mayoralship) which will give the Dem establishment more ammunition to blame all their woes on the progressive wing of the party and sell disenfranchised urban poor voters on establishment Dems.

Really a big fucking win for us. Letting the city sink under and establishment Dem was totally not the smarter fucking move.

Also if anyone calls me a doomer for this take I'll be recording your usernames and asking you how you feel about this post in a year from now.

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[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 12 points 3 weeks ago (18 children)

Is he doing socialist organizing? Or is this just an electoral campaign?

Electoralism is fine as a tactic in a larger strategy, but if the entire strategy is just electoralism it's doomed to fail. There has to be a larger revolutionary project at work.

[–] P1d40n3@hexbear.net 7 points 3 weeks ago (17 children)

The only way we get to that project is through organizing, and delivering concrete wins for people so they trust us. I will judge Mamdani on whether he delivers on his promises. I understand being skeptical, but DSA and Future Mayor Mamdani are putting in the work of organizing, showing people that a better world is possible.

[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 10 points 3 weeks ago (11 children)

But is he doing socialist organizing?

Election campaigns can be a tactic, like I said, but if that's the extent of his organizing then it can't accomplish anything else other than temporary electoral wins.

This is a dictatorship of the bourgeoisie, delivering concrete wins purely through electoralism alone is absolutely impossible. If he doesn't have a larger strategy, other tactics to fall back on besides getting elected, then he's just going to run headfirst into the obstacles outlined in the OP.

Is there any strategy outside getting elected?

[–] P1d40n3@hexbear.net 14 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

The rent freeze on subsidized housing is something that Mamdani can deliver day one. No possibility of interference from the reactionaries. As others in this thread have pointed out, Mamdani and DSA strategy also builds class consciousness.

I get where you are coming from, but I think that delivering these wins is itself the strategy. Just keep fighting, and we'll get there.

[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 weeks ago

Electoral strategy builds electoral consciousness. It seems to me that voters can't imagine doing anything other than voting - that's a serious problem!

A rent freeze would rule tho

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