With the NYC mayoral race coming to a close, Andrew Cuomo is courting right-wing creators.

  • Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    5 days ago

    Instead of bemoaning the Democratic Party his win within it should be celebrated

    I AM celebrating. I’m celebrating him and the voters that brought him there while bemoaning the party leadership.

    The party leadership that did their best to prevent Mamdani from becoming the nominee after working with Republicans and their media to make sure that his predecessor, a corrupt cop, became the nominee and thus mayor the last time.

    I was just trying to highlight Mamdani winning as the system working and that DINOs like Coumo can be replaced

    You’re half right. It DOES mean that corrupt corporate Democrats can be replaced, like AOC also proved with her shock defeat of then-chair of the DNC and 10-term incumbent Joe Crowley in 2018.

    It does NOT, however, mean that the system is working*. It means that if enough people work hard enough to elect someone exceptionally charismatic who actually listens to them rather than rich owner donors, it CAN be possible to defeat a system that’s specifically designed by both major parties to make it almost literally impossible.

    *for the people in general, I mean. It’s working great for the rich and powerful people it was designed to further enrich and empower.