I posted this 4 years ago after campaigning to get Zohran elected to the state assembly. Now look where we are. Never been more proud to have campaigned so hard for somebody.
”Give him a follow, he’s going to go far.”
I've been punched in the face by reality so many times recently that my take on Zohran becoming mayor of NYC is still "I'll believe it when I see it." Capital is not gonna give up without a fight and they've been fighting extremely dirty. Remember when Melenchon's left coalition won an election in France like 2 years ago and the centrists just said "No"?
That being said, even if they somehow ratfuck him and he doesn't become mayor, just winning this election is itself monumental and a huge achievement. It's undeniable proof that people want these kinds of politicians and that money isn't enough to win a campaign. Definitely something to be proud of.
All the money and the most vile racist smears couldn't come close to stopping him.
I know its just one election (and I ain't a demsoc) but I hope I'll be forgiven if my revolutionary optimism is at a high.
chris matthews, welcome to central park
Central Park 2025
Promises were made!
Hopefully he doesn't go AOC on us.
AOC as a mayor would have a far different set of powers and goals, and would be leagues better than what we’ve had in decades. Hard to compare the position she is in to that of mayor, and I think the majority of us here would like her a lot more if she had been a mayor this whole time.
That being said, Zohran will be a better mayor than she could be imo
And as the head of the executive branch in New York, Mamdani has more power in the municipal government than AOC in the federal government. Even if her head was once in the right place, she was doomed to get drowned out by the bloodthirsty establishment Dems. Mamdani has more ability to implement what he wants.
That's one hell of a called shot.
Please stay at the lathe
BASED
Zohran for president
I genuinely think he would have a shot. He has charisma I haven’t seen from any politician since Obama. All of the young people like this guy, TikTok has fallen for him
He was born in Uganda, though. He can't run for president
Que You're Gonna Go Far Kid by The Offspring
In 2018 pre-election I was probably the biggest AOC shill lol
That’s called growth, comrade.
I’ll still shill for AOC on occasion. She has a purpose in our movement whether we like it all of the time or not
FYI, Thiruvananthapuram is in India. I don't know why neither cared to mention that.
It does say Kerala though
We’re communists etc. who have occasional little struggle sessions over Keralan politics. So, we largely know where Kerala is.
how do we get him a detachment of red volunteers
wait it's you isn't it. you're volunteers.
The answer to your question, which I’ll get more into when I do a retrospective, is knowing we had NYC DSA in our proximity and would have enthusiastic people ready to do a lot of legwork for the campaign. It was a huge part of the calculus.
As for making them red volunteers, I bet quite a few would
yessss... now get red berets and steal that fit from the guardian angels
Forgotten passwords and such
Four years ago, you say?
Okay it wasn’t his campaign, he and I were both working on a campaign for someone else. Still, absolutely bizarre feeling that I’ve sat and had a real, normal human conversation with the guy who’s likely to be the next mayor of NYC.
People do not understand just how much he has ALWAYS been about this. He really is that guy and he deeply cares
Ok I’ll be the dumbass to ask….how much is he hiding his power levels?
He’s hiding them. His mayoral campaign specifically was not possible without real materialist analysis. We are living in an affordability crisis. You win by offering actual improving material conditions to the working class. We had a long chat about this
Hard to say, but I do think he’s hiding them a bit.