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The "don't vote for social democrats because the revolution is just around the corner" logic doesn't work for me. It's just accelerationism.
every time communists have been constructively opposed to social democrats, it has been when the communist party is sufficiently strong to offer an alternative. Right now we're not members of an alternative political group, we're randoms on the internet.
Sure, I'm just pointing out that there's reasons to believe Mamdani will try to fulfill his promises. The real limitations he'll face are from the decline of the US empire; as superprofits run out there's less wealth to redistribute in the first place. The material base for social democracy actually isn't there anymore, that's why social democracies in Europe are all doing austerity now.