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anarchiddy

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  • Bernie Sanders floats AOC as potential 2028 presidential contender: ‘Very good politician’

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  • What is the point of winning anything if you don't have any policy convictions? What is the point of people participating in democracy if you're constantly being told that the policies you need don't matter, you just need to vote for the candidate with the most charisma?

    Why even use Mamdani if all that matters is personal affect? Democrats don't need to stretch the limits of the constitution to do that, they could just hire Paul Rudd or Jason Mamoa, put them in a suit and tie and shove them on stage at the convention.

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  • Why do you consider this remotely unlikely, let alone impossible?

    Because Trump is saying he will run as vice president, which is explicitly allowed. Mamdani literally has no plausible/legal pathway to either vice-president or president. The loophole trump is pointing do does not apply to Zorhan. I suppose he could technically run for House Representative and then get voted in as Speaker of the House, but at that point he'd be so far removed from presidency that nobody would buy into this conspiracy that "he's the real president so vote for this other figurehead instead."

    You can’t just copy Mamdani’s platform and have an 80 year old white guy sell it, which is what the DNC would try to do.

    The DNC would also not just go along with this hypothetical illegal presidential bid where Mamdani is shadow president with a figurehead at the top of the ticket. This is what I'm saying - this isn't just an impossible suggestion, it literally does not make sense.

    Because politics is more about affect and personality than it is actual platforms

    This is so much more of a self-report than I think you realize

  • Bernie Sanders floats AOC as potential 2028 presidential contender: ‘Very good politician’

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  • Jesus christ this country is so fucked.

  • Bernie Sanders floats AOC as potential 2028 presidential contender: ‘Very good politician’

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  • Ok so Mamdani takes control of the DNC and dictates policy to a figurehead? How does he hold any authority? He can't be vice president either. Trump has floated the vice presidential loophole in order to serve a third term, but Mamdani doesn't meet the requirements for that for the same reason he can't be president.

    Again - why not take what made Zorhan successful and apply it to a legitimate candidate? If the democrats are coordinating enough to somehow get Mamdani elected as a puppet-president, couldn't they also coordinate enough to just enact the type of platform he would support anyway?

    This is so ridiculous, i'm not even sure you're being earnest. It's not just a matter of it not being a possible scenario, it's just not even coherent.

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  • Why cant democrats just adopt the policies that make Zorhan so popular, rather than trying to run him as a shadow president or some fascist cult of personality bullshit?

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  • Lmao

    • Mamdani isn't eligible to 'run' for president. If we're talking about the dissolution of the constitution, then why are we talking about 'electing' him? It would take a coup or rebellion to install him despite being clearly constitutionally ineligible
    • If we actually are talking about a legitimate election, then Democrats could simply adopt his wildly popular policy platform instead of launching some authoritarian bullshit on his bahalf
    • Mamdani is a great-fucking-fit for NYC Mayor. If he ran for president instead, someone would have to take his place who would be way worse for the city. He clearly cares very deeply about NYC, why should he abandon his convictions for some crazy far-flung scenario where he takes the executive branch illegally?

    Libs are so silly sometimes.

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  • The fun thing about intersectionality is that you could also look at her as the first latina candidate

    But looking at what her politics are is somehow never the consideration. In terms of platform, she could hardly be more distinct from either Clinton or Kamala. I like the odds of popular socialist policies much, much better than focus-group tested middling capitalist policies.

  • Bernie Sanders floats AOC as potential 2028 presidential contender: ‘Very good politician’

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  • It's wild until you realize just how fucked american electoral politics are.

  • Bernie Sanders floats AOC as potential 2028 presidential contender: ‘Very good politician’

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  • The greater risk isn't misogynist republicans IMO, it's misogynist liberals who will cynically use her gender and ethnic background as examples of her unelectability instead of addressing their opposition to her populist agenda.

    "I don't take issue wither her being a woman, but dumb rural americans will, so we can't nominate her"

    Every time a populist candidate gains momentum in the democratic party, democrats suddenly become greatly concerned about electability. See: Obama, Sanders, Mamdani, Fatah, ect.

    Maybe if democrats placed as much emphasis on a popular policy agenda as they do on identity, they wouldn't have as much of an electability problem.

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  • AFAIK he was born in Uganda and is actually ineligible

  • Trump posts AI video of himself flying KING TRUMP jet and bombing protestors with brown liquid

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  • Well im certainly im favor of more obstructive forms of protest but it's cope to say they have mo motion

  • Trump posts AI video of himself flying KING TRUMP jet and bombing protestors with brown liquid

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  • Trump posts AI video of himself flying KING TRUMP jet and bombing protestors with brown liquid

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  • Zohran Mamdani Speaks Directly To Donald Trump In Fox News Interview: “Ready To Speak At Any Time To Lower The Cost Of Living”

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  • He is such a disciplined campaigner.

    Along with an extremely strong platform, he is possibly the best ive seen at being relentless about staying on message.

    Fuck the democrats for hanging him out to dry, they should be running Mamdani's in every state.

  • We can beat Trump together — but there's only one way to do it

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  • Define 'work with' in a way that doesnt involve compromising on genocide.

  • Chinese scientists set world record with magnetic field 700k times Earth's

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  • No, though the headline doesnt help make that clear

    They're talking about strength, not size

  • Chinese scientists set world record with magnetic field 700k times Earth's

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  • 'Windmill': China tests world’s first megawatt-level airship to capture high winds

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  • I cant wait for the conspiracy theories about this

  • Stop Acting Like This Is Normal

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  • Ezra comes off as exactly the type of entitled elitist that conservatives routinely congure of democrats.

    While I might agree with him about this particular issue, i end up really not wanting to acknowledge it because he's a smarmy prick who pretends to be unfamiliar with political distinctions while presenting pretty tired conservative policy as if it's normie common sense.

    But, yea - in general I think it's past time for democrats to start twisting nipples and stuffing lockers