Mamdani Shows What It Looks Like When Generational Change Actually Takes Place

I am sure they see the mockery they made out of it and appreciate the gentle lesson. /s

I think a sketch about growing blueberries in Maine would save the show tbh

Well, since the democratic party would literally shoot itself in the leg to stop a leftist from winning a primary, we don't have a lot of data for general elections. Much to their chagrin, Mamdani got through their defenses due to ranked choice voting and [then this happened](https://www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/04/record-voters-ballots-cast-mamdani-cuomo-sliwa/). Anecdotal, but also one of the only real tests we have - as the parties goal is to stop any leftists from competing in the general and blowing up their talking points that moderates are electable and pragmatic. With Sanders, the data is shaky - we do have info [like this](https://circle.tufts.edu/latest-research/youth-voting-2016-primaries). But the statistics can be funny in a vacuum without context. The reality is, Sanders was so sucessful and terrifying to the Democratic party, that 100% of their effort in 2020 was centered around adapting to and stopping him. When they first pulled Kamala out of obscurity, there was a massive push to paint her as outflanking Sanders to the left. Articles were being written and circulated about how Sanders should step aside because there was a new crop of young dems, one of them who is even female and black - who is every bit as lefty as him. Once this categorically failed - and Sanders was on the path to be the presumptive nominee, every single candidate dropped out before Super Tuesday (except Warren) - which was literally necessary to stop Sanders. They were also pulling Trumpian shit [like this](https://prospect.org/2020/02/28/south-carolina-closing-poll-stations-without-notice/). The most high profile party-pushed candidates were given cushy jobs in the Biden administration and Kamala was even pushed to be the next president. Of course by this point, they had taken out her "progressive" chip and installed a right-leaning warmonger, tough on crime chip to try to get those dem-party darlings, the swing voters. The point is, the dem party has defined itself over the past 10 years as capsizing a left movement and trying to take advantage of it for their own ghouls (IE, taking Sanders funding methods and repurposing his talking points when politically expedient). I'm no Sanders super fan, but minimizing his impact on American politics is denial and the Dem parties crucial role in making sure it had no legs that doesn't work for their agenda is objective reality. This isn't even new for American policy. Your entire life we have been brutalizing the people of Cuba because we don't want to let socialism exist on its own merits and give people an example to point to. The same thing is happening electorally. The one thing both parties fear most: is people getting a taste of something better. >leftist policy ideas do no land with members of organized labor, and I have a hard time seeing how any leftist candidate is successful without rolling up the labor vote. Many of the disenfranchised people you speak of are working class and either are in unions or work in areas that previously were part of organized labor. Organized labor is literally a leftist concept, in it's totality. Without socialists, unions would not exist. There is a lot of [this sort of thing](https://inthesetimes.com/article/ibew-labor-bernie-sanders-joe-biden-endorsement) happening in labor movements too. Labor is THE leftist issue. Lots of the larger unions are dealing with corruption and entrenched power, but it is absolutely insane to think the left has a problem with labor movements and liberals have it on lock. Leftism is literally a labor movement. >Buttigieg The fact that you think he is in the public discourse for meritocratic reasons is hilarious. He is middling as a person to put on FOX. He is shoved in the American peoples mouth like nasty medicine. He is the EXACT same neoliberal bullshit in a youthful package (which is why the Dems are pushing this "generational change" shit), and he does an incredible Obama impression as an orator.

It's not a bargaining chip because landlords can just pass the cost on and will. See Portland Oregon for example on how this works.

This poster is intentionally not understanding how this works. He wants people to believe that Mamdani intends to raise property taxes, which he does not want to do. But this poster is probably working for some group who's job is to create controversy around or smear Mamdani. Look how desperate they are and how flaccid all their attacks are. We are witnessing the Third Way Dems and Zionist defenders lose power in real time. You love to see it!

I think we’re mostly agreeing on the constraints. My point is just that property taxes aren’t neutral. They can put upward pressure on housing costs, which cuts against the goal of lowering rent. If it’s primarily a negotiating position with Hochul, that makes sense strategically. I just don’t think it’s a great standalone solution given the downstream effects, and I think it's going to expend too much political capital especially as he is pioneering a progressive leadership which has been under major criticism of older generations and may impact future races. The general consensus that I've been seeing on r/nyc is that they'll likely have to compromise which means property taxes will likely be raised.