It better not be Hasan Piker

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[–] 5 points 2 months ago (6 children)

The general expectation in these threads is that nothing less than a reincarnated Lenin is acceptable, and any realistic candidate is a dirty liberal for whatever reason. Anyway... For the majority of Americans (the PoV that counts in this case, materialistically speaking), Zhoran Mamdani is the most prominent socialist. For a smaller part Piker is, wether you like it or not. And since they think marxist, socialist and communist are exactly the same things... You have your answer.

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  • [–] 10 points 2 months ago* (3 children)

    I'm sure some people perceive Mamdani as a socialist. But I don't see how he can count as one when he takes the imperialist line on AES states.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    Mandani himself absolutely isn’t a socialist, but his presence at the very least allows people to consider that a leftist approach is the better solution to societal ills instead of a Hitlerite one.

    He’s a good appetizer that parties such as the PSL have to seize on the initiative of to push people further left.

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