I appreciate this good bit of media analysis, but mamdani isn’t a radical or “one of our own”. So many people queueing up for the fell for it again award rn I stg

[–] LangleyDominos@hexbear.net 16 points 8 months ago (1 children)

JFK wasn't a radical either but they sure as shit treated him like one.

[–] glimmer_twin@hexbear.net 4 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (2 children)

Ok? I don’t really see how that’s relevant? Was JFK about to unleash communism on America before his head exploded?

[–] buckykat@hexbear.net 15 points 8 months ago

JFK prevented a full scale amerikkkan invasion of Cuba before his head exploded

[–] LangleyDominos@hexbear.net 12 points 8 months ago (2 children)

You don't have to be a communist to be seen as a threat to capital. You don't have to be a communist to be targeted by capital in terms of smear campaigns and violence. You're being pedantic over my phrasing so you could insert a childish jab at me for some reason.

[–] glimmer_twin@hexbear.net 8 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I was initially responding to the point that commies shouldn’t criticise him publicly because he’s “one of our own”. But he’s explicitly not. If he was running as an independent or in a legitimate worker’s party I’d have much more sympathy for him. Running as a democrat will be the death of any radicalism he might individually possess.

[–] LangleyDominos@hexbear.net 5 points 8 months ago

Hold on now, I didn't say anyone shouldn't criticize him publicly. The point was that we should be aware that others are watching and that it can be used against us. So already you're reading into things that aren't there and instead of asking me, just assuming I have a way more lib opinion than I really do.

[–] LeeeroooyJeeenkiiins@hexbear.net 6 points 8 months ago

Im also pretty sure mamdani is a communist anyway

[–] LeeeroooyJeeenkiiins@hexbear.net 14 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Hey, here's an idea, what if he is but the literal tactic that is being explained to you has worked on you tremendously

Anybody who thinks Mamdani, as mayor of NYC, is going to just magically press the communism button is a fucking idiot and you should be expecting him to do lib shit in office literally by virtue of the nature of politics within liberal bourgeois democracy forcing him to (i don't see him magically having an all communist city legislature and news flash nerds, state governments frequently step in to restrain city governments all the fucking time) but hey, here's another idea- let's wait until he's actually fucking elected before we start shit about how he's sold out instead of going WOOPS HE'S JUST LIKE AOC AND BERNIE because he said he won't keep saying globalize the intifada or what the fuck ever statement you think makes him less radical than him pushing for publicly owned grocery stores and shit does