• Snapdragon@lemmy.worldOP
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      2 hours ago

      No, not at all. Mamdani isn’t technically a leftist; he’s centre-left, but not leftist.

      Edit: idk why I’m downvoted. I made it clear that I’m a leftist and not capitalist.

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    16 hours ago

    I think Mamdani very genuinely wants to help people rather than just enrich himself and do corporate bidding, which is more important than doing the most leftist option available at any given time. If we put good, selfless people into positions of power while removing and condemning the selfish and corrupt, we will be better off as a society.

    Personally, I’d rather have a caring and compassionate slightly left politician than a hard leftist that only focuses on politics and playing the game.

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      13 hours ago

      If we did that, really consistently did that nationwide, I would actually be willing to wait for the supposed “slow reform process” to effect itself. As it is, time is literally of the essence, yes literally. Every week that we wait leaves us further underwater in the near future, again literally. We need RADICAL change IMMEDIATELY.

      To clarify, this is not to say I am unhappy with zohran. Love that guy. We just need a flood of him