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I mean this really isn't socialism this is just basic general government work and somebody actually pushing for the people that do the work that they're being paid to do already.
So true. Governments have lost sight that they exist to serve the people. They are a collectivist solution to managing large projects the population needs. You can take many approaches to that, but that is the fundamental reason we have them.
Otherwise, we don't need them and wouldn't choose to have them.
At the very least it is evidence that socialists can govern at least as well as capitalists.
I mean we have many countries that prove that aspect we don't need some dude in New York to prove or disprove that we also have many failed leaders that have failed at that very task as well in the socialist world.
Agreed, and also agreed that Mamdani wouldn't even be called a socialist in most of the world. But in the American context, everything I said is true. I'm sorry that we're so distorted from reality that we have to have conversations like these.
I mean honestly that's just kind of a dumb take. Regardless of him being socialist or not the fact is he's just doing his job.
Sure, but there a shit ton of people who say that because he’s a socialist, everything will go to hell. It’s important to counter that argument with facts that show otherwise.
In the entire fucking rest of the world Mamdani would just be viewed as a boring centrist bureaucrat that does their job. But "spending money on public infrastructure" is somehow seen as radical left socialism in the US.
Yeah it’s really sad.
Almost like the propaganda about government workers being inefficient and lazy is capitalist propaganda if the socialist politicians are the ones driving efficiently making government work.
It was more alluding to the fact that he is a socialist and his interest is in bettering the city rather then enriching himself.
Every good Mayor does this. There is nothing unique or ultra special about him doing his job.
I agree that a good mayor does stuff like this. But with the state of american politics in general, and NYC in particular, this kind of behavior is far from the norm. Otherwise this post wouldn't get any traction.
This is exactly the norm. New York politicans are always doing bursts of road maintance and bragging and trying to outdo the previous one. I checked the last 15 years and found every single mayor did this. Not all of them filled in more than the previous which is why there is stats like Filled in X by X date or filled in X in a single day or filled in X over the term.
I like Mamdami but I also like living in reality I also think presenting this as Mamdami is the first guy to fill in potholes completely undermines peoples trust in the government. I am happy to be shown im wrong and that this is exceptional but from what I see its nothing more than a good headline.
No ones saying he's first guy to fill potholes...