I truly hope he doesn't turn out the way I think he will turn out. I know we have a lot of people on here who love Mamdani, and I'm not trying to pick a fight. But goddamn, he's not beating the allegations these days.

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[–] MemesAreTheory@hexbear.net 18 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I don't think it's a clear race yet with Cuomo and Silwa still trying to triangulate some kind of spoiler upset. Winning a broad election means appealing to a broad base. Democrats lie about how progressive they are all the time and then carry the status quo, it's about time the reverse happens. Either way, coming out into a general campaign with the idiocy of the average American and preaching about the merits of Marxism-Leninism-Maoism is a recipe for losing no matter the underlying circumstances, whether you won the nomination of the blue party or not. I'm not going to deny that the strategy and messaging moderated going into the general, but isn't that exactly what you would do if you were a committed communist trying to get into a major political office to use its power to advance the workers struggle? Who cares if you have to lie and smile next to some ghouls if it let you do real good? Still though, the allegations are all tea leaf reading and speculation until proven. Awfully silly to start counting rotten eggs before they've even been laid.

And I was old enough, don't you worry. I'm on a 5 year old account after all. I just find doomers dooming to be tiring and will point out the unfalsifiable nature of the allegations until they're settled, because that's all we can do. Don't see the point in casting such venom on a hypothetical.