New York City tech leaders aren’t rattled by the prospect of a Mayor Mamdani. In fact, many of them welcome it.
  • criss_cross@lemmy.worldEnglish
    46·
    2 hours ago

    I’m very surprised that people are so scared about a mayoral election. Yeah it’s NYC but like it’s not like he’s gonna have that much reach that the fucking PM of Israel needs to make a statement about it.

    • MiDaBa@lemmy.mlEnglish
      341·
      2 hours ago

      He won’t affect global policy much at all. He’s a threat to the mega wealthy because he’s a symbol of change in the American people.

      This is the same reason the elite went so hard on the communist scare late last century. Back then certain political views were almost a criminal offense. Hopefully history doesn’t repeat itself here.

    • gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      141·
      1 hour ago

      He’s proving the point that the DNC has denied for well over a fucking decade: stop listening to money, start listening to people, and you will win. That’s it. That’s the whole argument.

      And the DNC establishment is scared shitless, because they know it’s working, and they know more people are gonna run campaigns like he’s doing, and there’s gonna be a sea-change in terms of what the fuck the Democratic Party is (that, or a third party is going to spawn and absolutely fucking crush the DNC).

      The neoliberals are looking down the barrel of a gun right now, and they know they put themselves there.

    • Feyd@programming.devEnglish
      251·
      2 hours ago

      They’re worried he will succeed and serve as an example that the people rather than money are in charge, if they could only realize it.

      If they truly believed Democratic socialist policies had no legs, they’d leave him alone and watch him fail as an example.

  • BedSharkPal@lemmy.caEnglish
    301·
    2 hours ago

    The real battle isn’t left or right. It’s up vs down.

    Tax wealth not work!

  • yonderbarn@lazysoci.alOPEnglish
    32·
    3 hours ago

    Individuals like Y Combinator CEO Garry Tan have responded by wearing shirts that say “We should have more billionaires” in the color scheme and style of Mamdani’s campaign material.

  • deafboy@lemmy.worldEnglish
    61·
    2 hours ago

    This post has less upvotes in the politics community, where it belongs, than here. Why?