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[–] ameancow@lemmy.world 53 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago) (14 children)

Just a reminder to the Mamdani stans in Lemmy, at some point he will (or already has) done things you will disagree with, because you have to make compromises in politics, and I fear the left doesn't understand that basic fact of the job and are always too ready to completely cut ties with anyone who doesn't check all the boxes at all times. The left's motto is "I want it perfect or nothing at all!" and this is great if you're an artist, not so great if you're trying to push a largely liberal population to better outcomes.

Whatever missteps you think you will think you're seeing are going to get amplified by the worst voices on the left too, with a lot of "Wow I thought I liked this guy, but this is uncool" sentiments. Just be ready for it, don't let yourself be influenced by mobs of people you think are your peers.

edit: yah, lot of people don't understand the actual job of politics and think they do from watching TV and movies. I worry deeply for our future.

[–] HCSOThrowaway@lemmy.world 4 points 2 hours ago

"The Left needs to fall in love; The Right simply falls in line."

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

because you have to make compromises in politics

the politically correct thing is very often not the morally correct thing and it sucks. it's the reason i am not in politics and also not in prison (i think i would probably set something on fire)

[–] ameancow@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

Well said, and I agree. I have done a lot of community work but backed out of actual political work when I had the offer because I know how gross the game will feel to swim around in it. I have mad respect to the rare political leaders out there who retain their values and sanity while dipping into a world that treats all our lives and futures like pieces on a gameboard, where you have to be willing to sacrifice pieces to win.

[–] pkjqpg1h@lemmy.zip 5 points 4 hours ago

This is not about just one political opinion it something common in all political opinions.

lot of people don’t understand the actual job of politics and think they do from watching TV and movies. I worry deeply for our future.

what? there is many good movies and TV-shows that correctly reflect (sometimes even make feel) politics

[–] Soulg@ani.social 22 points 9 hours ago (3 children)

Anybody who expects a100% perfect politician is a fool

[–] TheseusNow@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 3 minutes ago)

Agreed but the top comment of this reply chain is so disingenuous. It's like someone posting "Hey guys, its my birthday!", then they pop in to be contrarian and say "don't forget you are going to die someday."

I don't get why they left a comment like this. Are they upset Mandami won? They could have said "I hope the American people continue to support people like Mamdani if or when it comes out that he isn't some perfect superhero, and is just human like all of us".

Specifically the comment attacks the left as being non-compromising, and acts like this is a fact, when the left has shown its self to be quite compromising time and time again.

Remember its not left vs right, but top vs bottom and the only attacks done should be on the top. Anything else is divisive and helps the billionaires stay in power.

[–] ameancow@lemmy.world 16 points 9 hours ago

And then there's the other segment of the population who say "we can never have a perfect politician, SO MIGHT AS WELL ELECT A DUMB VERSION OF HITLER JUST TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS"

[–] Bytemeister@lemmy.world 4 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Anyone who expects a system based on collaboration and conpromise to bend 100% to their will was a fucking miserable entitled jackass to play with as kids.

[–] JcbAzPx@lemmy.world 3 points 8 hours ago

Right. More than 0% would be nice, though.

[–] Enkrod@feddit.org 14 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago) (2 children)

Already happening. He has a good working relationship with governor Hochul and endorses her above a DSA candidate.

But she put out her neck for him and made things possible. If he did not reciprocate nobody in Albany would cooperate with him any more.

[–] aaa999@lemmy.world 3 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

There's no DSA candidate in the primary. Hochul was running against another centrist (who has since withdrawn due to no chance of winning).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_New_York_gubernatorial_election

edit: can the downvoter please name the DSA candidate in the 2026 NY gubernatorial election, it should be pretty easy to find since I linked the article if they exist

[–] ameancow@lemmy.world 11 points 9 hours ago (2 children)

Somewhat related based on arguments I keep seeing, the number of people who don't understand that Albany is the state capital and that New York is a state as well as a city, and that the mayor of New York has to also deal with a governor, is really frighteningly high. What the fuck are people learning in school? Anything at all?

[–] BurntWits@sh.itjust.works 3 points 6 hours ago

I’m Canadian, so I didn’t learn anything about new York at all.

[–] vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works 4 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Prolly depends on where they are from, I'm from SoCal and was convinced that New York was a city state until I was like 11. I could see other people having the same thought for even longer if they aren't told explicitly like how my history and geography classes did, looking at you Utah and your idiotic claim that you guys colonized San Bernardino, you cunts.

[–] ryathal@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 hour ago

It's not entirely wrong to think of nyc that way. It's not strictly true, but practically the city dictates much of the state's politics. It's similar with Chicago and Illinois.

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[–] ryathal@sh.itjust.works 14 points 10 hours ago (4 children)

This is almost entirely due to the fact that January was frigid. It's pretty well documented that cold temperatures reduce crime.

[–] NikkiDimes@lemmy.world 13 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

"safest January on record" implies that the stats are being compared to the same time period of different years, no? Was this January that much colder than average?

[–] ryathal@sh.itjust.works 7 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

This was the coldest January in about a decade.

[–] NikkiDimes@lemmy.world 5 points 7 hours ago

Well, that'll do it. Thanks, wasn't sure

[–] sysadmin420@lemmy.world 8 points 10 hours ago

I've gotta be cozy when I'm breaking laws, I'm a comfort kind of guy.

[–] aceshigh@lemmy.world 5 points 9 hours ago

The coldest January since the teens, and this kind of crime always decreases when it’s freezing out. The real measurement is how many crime free days in a row did nyc have?

[–] PugJesus@piefed.social 3 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

That makes sense, I was imagining the general 'feel good' nature of a charismatic and energetic candidate might have an effect on the public mood, police priorities, and general alertness.

[–] ryathal@sh.itjust.works 4 points 7 hours ago

Day to day policing is incredibly far removed from the mayor. There's multiple career politicians and bureaucrats that would delay any real progress for months.

[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 11 points 12 hours ago

Wild that Mamdani is doing so much to separate himself from the smooth-talking Obamas of the world.

LOVE IT

[–] maplesaga@lemmy.world -4 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Has he upzoned housing for better density yet?

I'd assume the poors largest problem is housing prices in New York, so that would be the first step to actually being a progressive.

[–] spicehoarder@lemmy.zip 7 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

I'm still waiting for planning to approve upzoning my foot in your ass.

[–] maplesaga@lemmy.world 4 points 4 hours ago
[–] Schmoo@startrek.website 4 points 10 hours ago

Woke sharia putting in the work.

[–] starik@lemmy.zip 62 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

NYC should have basically no crime because Spider-Man lives there

[–] Maven@piefed.zip 4 points 4 hours ago

If no crime was ever committed then what would Spiderman be doing all day??

Do you want Spiderman to go unemployed????

[–] betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world 102 points 21 hours ago (6 children)

Math and statistics are clearly conspiring with him to hide the truth. Why else would they use Arabic numerals?

[–] shawn1122@sh.itjust.works 3 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 44 minutes ago)

Just for knowledge purposes for others (good joke) -

Hindu-Arabic numerals. Arabic numerals is the Eurocentric nomenclature.

Both Fibonacci and Al-Khwarizmi cited mathematicians and philosophers from the subcontinent in their works but somehow this got lost in Western historiography until more recently.

For those interested - Al Khwarizimi wrote Kitāb al-Hisāb al-Hind (The Book of Indian Calculation) around 825 CE. Fibonacci came across the method 400 years later while in North Africa and wrote Liber Abaci (Book of Calculation) in 1202 referring to the number system as the Modus Indorum (method of the Indians).

How the original source got lost along the way is hard to say but some degree of colonial revisionist history likely had a role to play.

[–] JcbAzPx@lemmy.world 3 points 8 hours ago

Man, it was so sad how many people took that seriously.

[–] aceshigh@lemmy.world 4 points 9 hours ago

Not the Arabic numerals! How dare they teach those in school. Back in my day we just had to learn the 1 2 3’s.

/s

[–] Enkrod@feddit.org 4 points 10 hours ago

Reality has a well known liberal bias.

That's why conservatives avoid it at all costs.

funny that arabs use Indian numerals and the rest of the world uses Arab ones.

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