"Mamdanites" and he's literally just an average socdem. American politics is so great-man brained they can't fathom that material conditions are the base of society. Everyone is a celebrity, including politicians. What has Mamdani done to merit a "Mamdani" camp, as opposed to just a socdem camp? He's not the personal leader of a movement or ideology, he has no unique ideology, his strategies are completely precedented. He's just a politician representing left-libs, but American media needs him to be a celebrity and a villain.

[–] Chana@hexbear.net 20 points 4 days ago

Smiling while riding a bike is theory now I don't make the rules

[–] WhatDoYouMeanPodcast@hexbear.net 17 points 4 days ago

they can't fathom that material conditions are the base of society.

Seriously. Why would I bother liking private property?

[–] Le_Wokisme@hexbear.net 13 points 4 days ago

there's a socdem vacuum. your other choices are bernie, and whatever is left of "the squad".

[–] Le_Wokisme@hexbear.net 36 points 5 days ago

Lander would be surprised to hear he hates israel

[–] came_apart_at_Kmart@hexbear.net 32 points 5 days ago

every moral compass has a butt-end. one could embrace everything that repulses the NYP and probably end up well inside the win-column, overall.

[–] SorosFootSoldier@hexbear.net 31 points 5 days ago

NYPost gets top billing at the player haters ball.

[–] Ildsaye@hexbear.net 26 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Perhaps they hate, but is their hate pure? brow

[–] Kumikommunism@hexbear.net 7 points 4 days ago (1 children)

None of them even hate any of these things lol

[–] spectre@hexbear.net 24 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Not an accurate statement.

[–] Kumikommunism@hexbear.net 18 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Okay, wait, one of them is cool. (Well, if she keeps this up, Mamdani didn't). Why is everyone spending their time hyping up Lander instead?

[–] MizuTama@hexbear.net 11 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

Why is everyone spending their time hyping up Lander instead?

Amerikkka likes the openly liberal zionist more than the poster congresswoman? Color me shocked.

[–] Kumikommunism@hexbear.net 5 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I obviously meant all of the people on here trying to convince everyone that surely the Democrats have our best interests in mind this time. I'm saying the opposite.

[–] MizuTama@hexbear.net 5 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (2 children)

Wait, I've been on a hexbear retreat lately (I discovered the fabled grass)

People here are hyping up Brad Landers?

My initial comment didn't even consider that an option so I assumed you meant in the general American discourse cycle.

[–] Kumikommunism@hexbear.net 6 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

I love that for you.

But yeah, you can look through my comment history and click the links to the past couple of threads I've commented in, if you really wanna take the time. I've noticed quite the uptick in soft zionism acceptance. One user in particular has been quite annoying about it lol.

[–] Acute_Engles@hexbear.net 4 points 4 days ago

Libs, in MY hexbear?

It's more likely than you think

[–] spectre@hexbear.net 10 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Well, if she keeps this up, Mamdani didn't

Personally I think it's a bit too early to have a final judgement on Mamdani, but he has taken some easy short term L's that could be cancelled out by some big W's (cause those are longer term projects). We will see though, of course, my hopes are not high.

The thing is though, once you actually have power and the associated responsibility that comes with that, you're necessarily going to need to lib out to some extent. We'll see though, obviously we like the spirit! It's also a massive L for the Democratic establishment that their incumbent just got blown out by "fuck Harris, fuck Biden, we're going to do communism instead". The good news is that they will learn nothing from this, so the momentum is going to grow for the DSA flank. There will be Landers, Mamdanis, and Chevalier's all winning in a district near you, I'm sure!

[–] Kumikommunism@hexbear.net 8 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

I mean he's literally kept several very influential zionists in places of power, like the police commissioner. She's cracking down on anti-Israel protests and then he signed a bill limiting those protests. That can't be undone.

[–] spectre@hexbear.net 7 points 4 days ago

Course not, but it depends on the upside of what he ends up accomplishing. Every misstep tips that scale, and every accomplishment tips it back the other way. I guess I just think missteps are easy and accomplishments take a while. Maybe there will be none and he just sucks and that's it idk.

[–] Le_Wokisme@hexbear.net 8 points 4 days ago

he's committed some pretty bad unforced errors but i think some of the criticisms aren't very reasonable either and are rooted in great man theory when ~~stalin~~ mamdani isn't a dictator.

[–] DragonBallZinn@hexbear.net 23 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Honestly feels good seeing with Mamdani, sometimes it’s the chuds acting like libs.

Look at the literal 4channers clutching pearls someone is even the slightest bit critical of some of western society’s sacred cows.

[–] mrfugu@hexbear.net 22 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (2 children)

Huh they went with “Mamdanites” (I’d guess mam-da-nites) instead of “Mamdanians”

[–] EnsignRedshirt@hexbear.net 25 points 5 days ago

Mamdaniacs is right there. Shameful.

[–] Le_Wokisme@hexbear.net 7 points 4 days ago

it's the ny post so they should've gone with a riff on mohammedean or whatever that old timey term for muslims was.

[–] Damarcusart@hexbear.net 13 points 4 days ago

So what is a "Mamdanite" anyway? Is it just any brown person with political views to the left of Hitler?

[–] ephemeral@hexbear.net 10 points 4 days ago

timely reference to a movie from 2015