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Will the Democrats learn from Zohran Mamdani’s victory? | Bernie Sanders (www.theguardian.com)

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[–] WoodScientist@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 weeks ago

There's only so much the owners can do. That's the great lesson of Mamdani's win. Money is useful in politics, but the dirty secret that the corporate dems don't want people to realize is that corporate donations aren't actually necessary. You need ridiculous campaign war chests to buy endless quantities of consultant-provided TV ads, but those aren't actually that effective. TV ads are only so effective before you reach saturation on them. Past a certain point, more ads just starts annoying people. Dems can't get as much money if they rely on individual donors over corporate donations, but those extra donations aren't actually needed. The corporate dems are just in the pocket of the ad consultants.