Zohran Mamdani Knows He Has Political Capital. He Intends to Spend It. | The New York Times

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nbzdlgNyV0

cross-posted from: https://lazysoci.al/post/51019707

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mikenurre@lemmy.world · 53 pts · 16d (2 replies)

He's not spending it, he's investing it, and it will return to him tenfold.

NekoKoneko@lemmy.world · 22 pts · 16d

Mamdani: invests political capital in community, earns dividends of public goodwill and voter support, reinvests it in community.

Trump: uses a commercial xerox bought with billionaire donor and foreign money to print cheap fake political capital, blows it on plastic gold-painted bricks for himself that he thinks are solid gold, prints more when it runs out.

Schumer and Jefferies: Found a magic incantation 15 years ago that created enough political capital to buy a donut. They keep repeating the incantation even though it doesn't create any more. They have kept the capital stashed under their beds for 15 years waiting for the perfect donut to spend it on, thinking everyone will be so grateful when they share it, even though by now it can only cover a donut hole.

crank0271@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 15d

Ludicrous. Just squander it and go to the DNC for a bailout. /s

TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world · 47 pts · 16d (3 replies)

Good. The left needs another Franklin Roosevelt.

FoxtrotDeltaTango@sh.itjust.works · 14 pts · 16d

I agree with you on this, we need another FDR

VibeSurgeon@piefed.social · 1 pts · 15d (1 reply)

Unfortunately he can't become president without a change to the constitution.

WoodScientist@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 15d

Also necromancy.

frunch@lemmy.world · 29 pts · 15d

It's wild--this guy does stuff that benefit people, and in return the people fucking love him

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

danc4498@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 16d

Democrats need to learn from this. Quit being safe.

aaa999@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 16d

all posts should be crossposted out of token boomer's personal lemmygrad (c/progressivepolitics) to smother it well done