Their constitution is that short?
I did not say it was that short. I quoted the bits relevant to DSA being "big S" Socialists.
Why do you say that? The parts I quoted define them as "big S" Socialists, and nothing else in that document contradicts that.
Honestly, I don't know how you sleep at night, worrying about the DSA taking over America (among all your other fears).
There is certainly a clear and present danger of DSA taking over the Democratic Party, similar to how MAGA managed to take over the Republican Party.
The "Mamdani revolution" comes for House Democrats
That would be bad for the Democrats, and even worse for the country.
He qualified that means of production statement, though I have no idea what he meant by it.
How did he qualify it? There is nothing in that speech that qualifies the "end goal of seizing the means of production" statement. The closest he comes to qualifying it is saying that they do not have popular support to implement this, but it is clear that it remains Comrade Cardamom's end goal.
If you have no idea what he means by it, why are you resisting the interpretation that he means exactly what he says?
You are trailing into xenophobia at this moment, which is odd because you ain't a naturally born American yourself.
Have you ever considered that it is precisely because I am not foreign born that I am able to see through Zohran's bullshit? Pointing out that his core identity is Indian and Ugandan, not American is not "xenophobia". Criticizing him for his politics being shaped by Third World politics is not "xenophobia". Note, I am not saying that this applies to every foreign-born politician (The Governator is a good counterexample), but it does apply to Rafiq Zohran.
I'm not certain you understood what he means by that. Lots of inequity in the third world. Seeing that makes one appreciate the issues of poverty more.
I don't think you understood what he meant by that. He did explain it in his
nekulturny rice eating interview - it's the trifecta of socialism, Islam and "Palestine".
An excerpt:
Uncivilized Media said:
Interviewer: So the third holy grail [sic, I think he meant "third rail"] of taboos in American politics: you have socialism, you have Islam, and then you have Palestine; and you are really going for the trifecta.
Zohran: Let's go baby!
I: Let's go. Tell me, why is Palestine a part of your politics?
Z: As you grow up as someone - especially in the Third World - you have a very different understanding of the Palestinian struggle.
They were not talking about "issues of poverty", just his obsession with the Arab settler colonialist project in the Land of Israel.
He goes on waxing poetic about wearing the keffiyeh in South Africa and BS like that.
Here is the deal, as I've already stated, NYC is the capitalism hub of the planet. If Mamdani has delusions of seizing property, that is not going to happen.
Hopefully he will fail. But I think that he will try. This is how I think it will happen. He will use his power to stack the Rent Stabilization Board with loyalists who will freeze the rent indefinitely. But landlord expenses will rise, especially if he manages to hike taxes. That will make it difficult for landlords to afford making necessary repairs, which he will use as an excuse to expropriate the landlords, as the threatens
here.
It is one thing to say stuff on Youtube and in speeches. It is a completely different thing to govern. Radicalism is not going to happen in NYC.
Weren't we told a similar thing about Trump's rhetoric?
He lacks the money and power to enact that stuff, and unlike Trump who has a GOP in Congress willing to look the other way and justices on the SCOTUS bench to enable his unconstitutional actions, there is a NY Governor and a massive wall of money on Wall Street that'll smack back at any exceessive nonsense that might come from City Hall.
I don't think he will get any pushback from the City Council.
As far as Albany, had he gotten ~40% instead of just over 50%, they would be more inclined to resist. I fear Hochul and the legislators will cave, especially as DSA threatens primary challenges for anybody who does not submit to Dear Leader's demands.
Liberal pols, DSA warn Gov. Kathy Hochul to back Zohran Mamdani’s agenda – or get booted from office: ‘Third strike, you’re out!’
You need to take a deep breath and relax. Mamdani isn't going to be big S'ing anything in NYC or the US. There simply isn't the stomach for it among the powers that be and electorate
We shall see. In any case, it does not mean that he will not try, and that he won't do a lot of damage to NYC trying. Just look at Trump.
