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Hope he doesn't use the position to be a massive fucking dipshit that spends the time shitting on actually socialist countries.
The difference between his take on Venezuela and Corbyn's take on Venezuela is a fucking chasm that shows the real difference between a socdem and an actual demsoc.
He’s a mayor of a city who will have no influence on foreign policy. And he’s the best thing to happen to the American left right now.
I honestly wish Hexbears are less cynical about things like this. Just let people take the W for once. This is a huge step forward no matter how you look at it.
He’s a mayor of a city who will have no influence on foreign policy.
I agree, which is why he probably should have said that instead of what he did say when he was asked about Venezuela.
Also agreed. He should have, but he didn’t, and it doesn’t matter.
At the end of the day, his job is to improve the livelihood of the people, reduce poverty and homelessness in the city he’s been elected to govern. 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.
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.
any contribution to Inventing Reality for the state's aggression must be vigorously condemned.
no influence on foreign policy
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.
Dick Cheney died so hard today that he got a Muslim elected as mayor of New York
Pretty decent day for news
At the end of the day, we can all rest assured of one thing: Cuomo is having a fucking terrible night.
Who'dathunk that a strategy of saying "ZoRAN MabDabi is friends with HaSAN PIKer! Who said AMERICA DESERVED 9/11!!!!!!!" was a bad strategy for Cuomo
I guess that means even new yorkers think the US deserved 9/11
Deploy the 
This but its the iconic NYC yellow taxi.
Converting all the MTA stock into armored trains for the inevitable Trump ordered federal invation
Looking forward to having to share my toothbrush with all my neighbors.
Holy fuckin shit that's a huge margin. Really curious was the numbers are gonna be when the final votes are counted.
No matter my opinion on the guy, special congrats to the folks who worked super hard for his campaign that are on here. You obviously made a big difference and this is your win too! Pop a bottle of champagne (or sparkling apple cider) to celebrate your effort 
(he is a slice of New York style pizza)
Wasn't it less than poll projections? Propaganda blah blah blah but it's still kind of incredible that 41% looked at Andrew Cuomo and said "that's my guy"
not to be too much of a bloomer but this has given me more hope than anything for a brighter future in a long time
People want a better future
They just don't know how to get it
It's our prerogative as principled communists to educate and elucidate how to reach that better future
It's always helpful to remember that people, in the majority, want socialism. That's why 
is forced to invest so much money and manpower into convincing people they actually don't want it. Even in spite of these largely successful efforts, cracks in the dam start to show.
Over 6,000 Eric Adams voters 
This hasn't quite hit like Bernie winning ~~Arizona~~ Nevada (thanks comrades), but it's up there.
You mean Nevada? Idk this is quite a bit bigger. Primaries are dog n pony shows
My faith in electoralism went from an all time high to an all time low in just that one month after the Nevada caucus
It was one hell of a kick-in-the-groin kind of ratfuck
It was the one time I've ever seen the mainstream media outlets in this country express genuine fear, like they were actually visibly depressed and dooming for a little while before South Carolina calmed them down
GUILLOTINES IN CENTRAL PARK!Dick Dead
Zohran elected
US aviation crashing and burning
get ready to learn Mamdarini buddy
