• pimpampoom@lemmy.zip
    1·
    6 days ago

    Didn’t all the far right fascists said they would leave New York if he is elected? Might explain the low crime.

  • ameancow@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    7 days ago

    Just a reminder to the Mamdani stans in Lemmy, at some point he will (or already has) done things you will disagree with, because you have to make compromises in politics, and I fear the left doesn’t understand that basic fact of the job and are always too ready to completely cut ties with anyone who doesn’t check all the boxes at all times. The left’s motto is “I want it perfect or nothing at all!” and this is great if you’re an artist, not so great if you’re trying to push a largely liberal population to better outcomes.

    Whatever missteps you think you will think you’re seeing are going to get amplified by the worst voices on the left too, with a lot of “Wow I thought I liked this guy, but this is uncool” sentiments. Just be ready for it, don’t let yourself be influenced by mobs of people you think are your peers.

    edit: yah, lot of people don’t understand the actual job of politics and think they do from watching TV and movies. I worry deeply for our future.

      • ameancow@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        7 days ago

        And then there’s the other segment of the population who say “we can never have a perfect politician, SO MIGHT AS WELL ELECT A DUMB VERSION OF HITLER JUST TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS”

      • Bytemeister@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        1 day ago

        Anyone who expects a system based on collaboration and compromise to bend 100% to their will was a fucking miserable entitled jackass to play with as kids.

    • cecinestpasunbot@lemmy.mlEnglish
      0·
      7 days ago

      This just reads like a bad faith interpretation of anyone on the left who might have ideological differences between themselves and Mamdani. That doesn’t mean they aren’t pragmatic. For example, if you believe that our current government cannot be reformed then compromise with the right wing is often the least pragmatic way to bring about change. Pretending that this means you’re making perfect the enemy of the good either means you’re being disingenuous or you just don’t understand the perspective you’re critiquing.