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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[–] PKMKII@hexbear.net 26 points 1 week ago (1 children)

People who think appearing at a campaign event with other nominally left and, to a certain base, very popular politicians, is a betrayal to the working class and a hindrance to the revolution are maybe being ultras in my humble opinion. Hardcore failing the rule of "be normal."

The criticism on Hexbear of AOC and Bernie are valid. But I also think that tends to lead a lot of users here to assume that means that sentiment is broadly shared with left-leaning voters. There’s way more voters out there that think they represent a workable vision for a better future than voters that will stay home on election day because they seem them as tainted.

[–] MemesAreTheory@hexbear.net 26 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

100%. People compliment me when I talk about committed COMMUNIST political education by saying I remind them of big name Dem-Sucs, Bernie and AOC included. In one sense I of course know that's incoherent, and in another sense it's almost an insult lmao, but to the largely ignorant and incoherent "leftist" or liberal who I'm trying to convince, it's their highest compliment. I smile and say thank you, and politely insist that I'm actually quite different and I'm happy to help them understand why.

It's part of being normal.

[–] tactical_trans_karen@hexbear.net 17 points 1 week ago

this