My take is that these kinds of unforced Ls 100% do deserve criticism, but on the other hand, his politics are way better than NYC mayors usually get (e.g. Eric Adams and the Cuomo family) and he might warm people to the left and the term "socialism". Electoralism will never be the solution and pretending otherwise is quite silly.

Basically just like we treat people like Bernie around here even though he has been making some serious Ls since at least the 1990s

[–] TreadOnMe@hexbear.net 25 points 2 months ago

Except he won't if he won't actually claim socialists or at least shut the fuck up about them. I pray that he is lying, but this does not help us at all, it distances us from these ideas and concepts, and for what? A sniff at the ass crack of power? At least compromise your principles for something real.