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osakasake | 1 month ago

Mamdani is an American politician. Why would comparing him to European standards make sense?

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text0404|1 month ago

Because Mamdani is not "far far left" unless you live in the American echo chamber which treats anything not right-wing as a leftist threat [1]. On a global stage, where actual political systems exist beyond America's basic, captured two-party system, the words "left" and "right" have established political meaning.

[1] https://www.aclu.org/news/national-security/how-nspm-7-seeks...

throwaway-11-1|1 month ago

because Americans are incredibly stupid when it comes to understanding class politics so they just throw words like marxist and communist around without knowing what they mean (source: I am American)

lm28469|1 month ago

Because in the US feeding kids for free in schools is seen as communism, but that's not what communism is. You can't say this dude is a communist or an islamist because words have a meaning and these meanings transcend American borders

It really isn't rocket science lol