This isn't specifically about Mamdani, but not necessarily. It's often used as a way to shut people up. Like when that lawmaker tried to raise the min wage to $12/hr and tie it to inflation. Yes, it's better, but not enough, and just used to shut people up. Bernie was the safe option, and what people would've settled for. People barely protested Obama, even though he was the Deporter-in-Chief, increased drone strike like a 1000% compared to Bush, kicked five million people out of their homes, his administration was hand picked by bankers, and bankers got a hefty bonus for wrecking the world economy and kicking people out of their homes.

[–] nfreak@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 week ago

Yeah that's true too. People get complacent when it seems like it's just enough for them, and not look at the bigger picture.