Edward Helmore
Sun 29 Jun 2025 13.06 EDT
"Mamdani said he was inspired by the US civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr, who once remarked: āCall it democracy or call it democratic socialism. There has to be a better distribution of wealth for all of Godās children in this country.ā
He then reiterated his intent to raise taxes on New Yorkās wealthiest as part of a campaign pledge āto shift the tax burden from overtaxed homeowners in the outer boroughs to more expensive homes in richer and whiter neighborhoodsā.
āI donāt think that we should have billionaires because, frankly, it is so much money in a moment of such inequalityā¦ "
Trump is a terrorist
Iām waiting to see him elected and some kind of action on his promises before I get excited. This just feels so much like 2008, when we had a young, handsome, charismatic man running for president also making extravagant promises. (Who then ruled as a conservative and a warmonger.)
Words arenāt enough. I need to see some action.
My stepmom always said actions before words. I too will not get excited. Because even if he is for real. I have no faith that both parties arenāt going rat fuck him out of that election. Lets wait and see.
Draw a tax zone specifically around all properties associated with Donald Trump and tax it at 1000% the current rate.
If he doesnāt turn into a craven lickspittle to power the Zionists will finish him off one way or the other. Thatās what happened to Corbyn.
This has to be the most overblown local election in history. Heās not going to topple the world order from his job as mayor, good god.
When did the mayor of NYC become so important that every dipshit politician at every level has to come out and give their worthless opinion about it?
american leftists are so defeated that they celebrate whatever they get. also rich are probably scared of a marginal tax for their properties in NY.
Part of it comes from the current mayor of the city, Eric Adams, having significantly played up his victory. Adams was a former cop in the city who then became a pro-cop politician, presenting himself during his run for mayor as a foil to the Black Lives Matter movement and as the opposition to an unpopular fringe left minority. Reality is more complicated of course, but the Democratic Party invented a reality about needing to go rightward with policies like giving police more funding and victories like Adamsās were used as justification.
Hereās how Adams spoke of his victory when he appeared to have won the Democratic party primary for mayor:
Look at me and youāre seeing the future of the Democratic Party. If the Democratic Party fails to recognize what we did here in New York, theyāre going to have a problem in the midterm elections and theyāre going to have a problem in the presidential election.
We have allowed a group to hijack the term progressive. So what Iām saying to the Democratic Party ā stop believing a numerical minority is what the numerical majority is.
New Yorkers and Americans want to be safe and they donāt want to exist on programs; they want to exist on possibilities and opportunities. I believe my message is going to cascade across the entire country.
Adams declares himself āfuture of the Democratic partyā ahead of final election results - Politico on June 24, 2021
He claimed this when his Democratic primary victory was much less decisive than Mamdaniās: 289,403 voters (30.7%) put him as their first round choice, there was a lower overall voter turnout, and ultimately when all ranked choices eliminations were completed he came out on top with merely 50.4% of non-exhausted ballots.
2021 New York City Democratic mayoral primary - Wikipedia
By contrast, Mamdani garnered 43.51% of voters ranking him as their top choice and with much higher turnout he had 432,305 people put him as their top choice. We donāt have the final ranked choice numbers yet for this election, but his final vote tally is expected to also look much more decisive than Adamsās was.
This election should, in theory, teach Democrats that they can keep their left-wing principles and win on turnout instead of swing voters.
In theory.
In practice, the Democrats have no left-wing principles. Hell, they donāt have any principles at all.
Because heās an outspoken socialist? A socialist muslim who was born in Africa, running for the mayor of NYC. Every US politicianās worst nightmare, love to see it.
Yeah but itās a socialist who hasnāt even won yet and theyāre already acting like heās both already in the office, and actively destroying New York somehow. Theyāre treating him like a larger threat now than he would be even if he actually wins.
Because right wingers are smart and they know youāve got to nip any kind of positive change in the bud, no matter how minor. The threat isnāt that he might open some grocery stores, the threat is that people might see that a government could be capable of doing something positive and get hope.
Indeed. And tell me, how does disparaging his achievements towards teaching more people about socialism when there even arenāt any achievements work with the overthrowing capitalism globally thing? Who do you think you are serving with that attitude? What Iām trying to say is: if you donāt have anything good to say, shut the fuck up.
Iām not sure how youāve gotten the idea Iām disparaging him. I think itās fucking great he won the primary, but itās just not so significant that it warrants this severe of a reaction. Itās a nomination for a local office.
There is never a reason for a president to issue an ultimatum to a guy who hasnāt even won his race, nor for large swathes of the national democrat party to be flipping out about his supposed āantisemitismā. Theyāre acting like his influence is far greater than the office of mayor (which he, again, must stress, has not even won yet!) would grant him.
I believe the outrage just shows that they are afraid, and that people shouldnāt downplay his momentum as evidenced by said fear via comments such as yours. Sure nothing substantial has been gained (as he hasnāt even won yet), and the fight against capitalism as a whole is still an uphill battle; but when hasnāt it been? I hope I may live to see the fall of capitalism but it is a faint hope at best; and I believe every little bit counts if for nothing more than to spread awareness among people. Thus by publicly airing your frustration on such trivilaties as news coverage of a socialist running for such a political position (valid as they are) you might inadverdantly cause more harm than good regarding spreading awareness. I may be wrong though, but I personally know people who see through capitalism and how shit it is, but are too blinded by propaganda from earlier in their life to commit to embracing socialism and the belief in communism.
My frustration isnāt because theyāre covering him in the news. Itās confusion about why all these forces are aligning this hard against a guy who wants to give free bus rides to people in a single city they probably donāt even live in. Iām expressing exasperation at the degree to which this has been blown so wildly out of proportion.
Socialists winning seats is fantastic, every wretched politician and mainstream media outlet fixing their baleful glare at him for daring to reach for the barest crumb of power is just maddening.
Thatās just the fear of the establishment.
Also I think I may have really, really misread your intent in your original comment, and just started screaming about my own truths. I truly have become all that I despise.
it sounds like you are responding to a different comment than the ones I am reading. everyone here is broadly agreeing with each other.
Yeah, I may be abit too abstract in my own head to even articulate my thoughts. Plus I just woke up, so sorry to everyone if Iām just being a real cunt.
When did the mayor of NYC become so important
It wouldnāt be so important if there was a meaningful opposition to the Trump regime in congress. But there isnāt, this is the most prominent election where people are offered actual material improvements so it becomes a stand-in for peopleās hopes for a better future.
When did NYC become that important?
When it became the largest city in the nation.
States rights! They shouted. Turns out they didnāt even want city rights.
Sorry, you heard that wrong. Itās āStates! Whites!ā they were shoutingā¦
Statesā Rights!*
Demand for rights only applies to states, not counties, cities, towns, or villages. Only Republican governors and legislatures are eligible for rights for their state.
When they said states rights, they meant āpeople of statureā.
