If the price is to pay some lip service about US foreign policy (which, again, he has no control over and his opinion holds no weight in the decision making process), then so be it.

It isn't, though. He would have won regardless. It's something he can and should be criticized on, it demonstrates either a fundamental lack of principle and theoretical grounding, or a concerning degree of chauvinism. Possibly both, and neither are good for the goal of improving the lives of people.

[–] xiaohongshu@hexbear.net 13 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

I don’t disagree with you at all.

However, here on Hexbear we’ve let China - a country that actually matters - off the hook for much of its inaction, and if so, why should we hold Mamdani - a mere mayor of an American city with no influence on the foreign policy of its federal government - to such high standards?

If China can play the long game to wait for the right moment to strike (one of the major excuses given here), maybe Mamdani the Socialist could too.

[–] MLRL_Commie@hexbear.net 15 points 1 week ago (1 children)

China is a state which has a stated strategy and goals and processes which it is holding to. Mamdani is an individual going rogue with statements and policy changes. These are uncomparable

[–] ufcwthrowaway@hexbear.net 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Mamdani is part of a DSA faction which aims to produce a split in the democratic party by helping socialists and left liberals win races under the DSA banner. He absolutely has a long game. Its a stupid long game, but he has one

[–] MLRL_Commie@hexbear.net 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Despite this faction, I don't think he is acting according to its strategic and tactical plans (and I think simultaneously that these plans are not concrete, meaningful, of well planned enough). If he is, I'd be very surprised. But even so, a western socdem/democ party planning and process is incomparable to CPC policies in size and scope and durability

[–] ufcwthrowaway@hexbear.net 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Well, yeah, the DSA is a marginal nonprofit run by volunteers and the CPC is the ruling party of the worlds' most powerful state. Theres gonna be a couple differences lol

[–] MLRL_Commie@hexbear.net 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Definitely, but this is where I think XHS is wrong to make such a comparison. Relative to the CPC, anything similar Mamdani does with or without a DSA fraction can be characterized as individual and anarchic

To be clear, this isn't an argument saying that anything less than CPC size movement is worthless. It's just that similar actions have incomparable aspects due to this factor

[–] MohammedTheCommunistPalestinian@hexbear.net 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Lmao no

I don’t think you realize how insane it is to defend either of Venezuela or Cuba in the USA ,it’s both a target in your head and will literally cause you to lose votes

[–] SickSemper@hexbear.net 7 points 1 week ago

Mamdani would not have lost if he had taken a blanket anti war stance and said “I may not agree with the policies but we shouldn’t be killing or starving their people”. Simple as