Consent manufacturing matters and contributing to creating a left that actively supports the imperialism the US performs matters. If you think otherwise then literally nothing the media actually does matters at all and we should all stop wasting our time with opposing any of it or trying to give people the correct takes on things because nothing the media says actually matters.

I know that nobody believes this I just want to put it in the starkest terms possible. It does matter. You can have an anti-imperialist left or you can have an imperialist supporting faux-left if you allow this poison to go unopposed. The man may only be a mayor but he gets a disproportionately loud voice among baby leftists because the media is completely obsessed with him. You are looking at the american equivalent of corbyn mania whether or not he can actually run for higher leadership, his voice and influence will remain even after he leaves office too, much like Corbyn continues to be the most powerful left wing voice over here despite having been ejected from the labour party literally years ago now. What they say will influence the beliefs and takes of an entire left that will bubble beneath him.