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[–] -1 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

Until he arrests Netanyahu and stops the NYPD from brutalizing protestors, I'm going to stay highly skeptical of him. At the end of the day, bourgeois democracy will never serve the interests of the people. He's controlled opposition.

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  • [–] 3 points 15 hours ago (1 child)

    He literally explained how he cannot arrest Netanyahu and told exactly who is stopping him and called Netanyahu a criminal several times on that announcement. The NYPD thing I cannot argue against because I literally know nothing of it, so I'd love to learn about it, but calling him a controlled opposition smells of either right wing paid troll to get the left to not like Mamdani or a person who really wants to let perfect be the enemy of good. Gog forbid anyone be less than perfect and help us move towards a better future in any shape or form besides all the way in a single move exactly how I envision it

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  • [–] 3 points 12 hours ago

    The mindset that there's one person who's going to save us is something that the left has to just get rid of. It doesn't matter whether it's Mamdani or Bernie or AOC. Putting anybody up on a pedestal like that just means that they're inevitably going to disappoint you, because they aren't gods, they're human, and the machine that they're a part of is so much bigger than they are.

    No, he isn't "controlled opposition", but he also isn't some socialist ubermensch who can't ever be corrupted. What is important is the movement, not these figureheads.

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