WHY AM I EVEN AWARE OF ONE OF YOUR (NOT EVEN) MAYORS?? WAS RATBOY NOT ENOUGH??

  • Le_Wokisme [they/them, undecided]@hexbear.net
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    14 days ago

    don’t think electoralism is an effective strategy,

    i don’t think it’s effective for overthrowing the empire or achieving communism. i think it’s potentially effective for things that are within the scope and purview of local government like public housing and freezing police budgets.

    • Damarcusart [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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      It certainly can be effective at slowing down the amount of pain and suffering under capital people have. But it does depend on circumstances. From what I know about New York, Mamdani probably won’t actually be able to make any noticable change in those areas because he will be sabotaged at every opportunity. But fuck being a doomer about things, just because I think he won’t make effective change doesn’t mean I don’t want to see it. It would be great if he successfully reduce cop budgets and put in rent controls, that will help potentially millions of people.