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Democrats are all upset over Mamdani because he’s a Democratic Socialist? Why? I don’t get it. What’s wrong with being a Democratic Socialist. It seems like a good thing to me. I thought Democrats embraced socialism.

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[–] Doom@ttrpg.network 17 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Are you joking or seriously asking, I am not joking it is hard to tell genuinely.

Simply put, he's not on their team and as mayor of New York it's a good amount of power and if he wins there it'll encourage more and suddenly they'll have less chums in positions they like and won't get what they want done

[–] Kintarian@lemmy.world 12 points 6 days ago (2 children)

I’m serious and not very savvy when it comes to politics. I feel like the establishment is out of touch with regular people. I wouldn’t mind if more socialists got elected. I would have voted for Sanders. Also, it’s hard to tell just what the establishment actually wants half the time. I don’t know, it just seems like democrats should support more socialist ideas.

[–] zildjiandrummer1@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

The establishment has always, and will always want, to get and keep more money and power. That's it. When in doubt, no matter what the surface level issues are that they say they "support" (to get people to vote for them), always think back to how this or that tactic will get them more money and power.

[–] the_abecedarian@piefed.social 5 points 6 days ago (1 children)

https://www.versobooks.com/products/324-the-abcs-of-socialism?_pos=2&_psq=socialism&_ss=e&_v=1.0 you might want to try this as a gentle introduction to socialism. It's a big topic, but you can start here and then look for the next book that interests you if you like.

[–] Kintarian@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago