Torches and pitchforks?
this post was submitted on 09 Nov 2025
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They aren't vampires and I doubt NYC maps well to Transylvania or Wallachia.
Maybe something a bit more French?
More candidates like him are needed all over the place, from mayors to congresspeople. He proved that Americans want policy-focused progressivism, on the things that have been broken in this country for far too long.
Mamdani himself may not have the power to implement any national policy, but the race was so national I believe it showed people what is possible.
He won’t do anything, he’s the mayor. He will do mayoral stuff… that’s his job. Which is why this win, while oddly publicized, won’t do much.
Quite a distraction this has made.
That's the funny thing about local elections. They shift the needle at the local level. Getting into every little aspect of local politics has been the Conservative playbook for decades. So, yeah, it's actually a big deal. Mamdani's win shows us that billionaires can bring all the money they want, but apes strong together. We can turn this tide if we stick together, get involved, and not get distracted by counterintelligence efforts.
And despite purity test efforts of some trolls, people were able to see past the bullshit.
He did not have much competition
I mean, he basically had both parties, the president, all the billionaires, and the whole media apparatus working against him, and yet he proved that people like policy-focused progressives, getting more votes than any nyc mayor in like 20 years or something like that (I forget the actual number)
I'd say that was pretty good competition
I doubt someone else would have won. His campaign was truly unique.