@fluffykittycat@furry.engineer
I see mamdani as
1: proof that everything I’ve been telling liberals is correct
2: useful for shifting the overton window
He’s not directly relevant to our efforts but that election was a good sign that a lot of people, especially younger people, want something different and left wing. We can use this tailwind to our advantage
I read it as encouraging functional social relations, something anarchists are pretty bad at. I can’t name a place in the US where the local leftist scene doesn’t have a reputation for being a toxic trashcan fire. We tear ourselves apart and wonder why we can’t come together and accomplish anything big.
The fact that we’re just going in circles if I have no idea is his proof that the old way of life is I’m coming to an end. We’re still in the waiting. Between the old world and the new