Don't conflate "populace" with "lobbying groups". The populace wants health care and this ain't it.

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wtcactus 8 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Well, the NY populace voted for an openly communist guy. So, yeah, I think that in this particular case, the majority of population might indeed be at fault of specifically wanting idiotic measures like this one - and other that will surely follow.

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KingMob 3 hours ago | parent [-]

Who, Mamdani? He's a democratic socialist, not a communist.

It's like you just confused RAM with SSD because they both involve gigabytes.

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wtcactus 3 hours ago | parent [-]

"If there was any system that could guarantee each person housing, whether you call it the abolition of private property or you call it, you know, just a statewide housing guarantee, it is preferable to what is going on right now.", Mamdani, 2020

"We have to ensure we are unapologetic about our socialism", Mamdani, 2021

"There are also other issues we firmly believe in [...] weather is the end goal of seizing the means of production", Mamdani, 2021

"We will replace the frigidity of rugged individualism with the warmth of collectivism.", Mamdani, 2026

It's funny. You people go up in arms calling Elon Musk a fascist because he made a suspicious gesture with his right hand. But, then you have a guy outright telling you he wants to "seize the means of production" and you make excuses on why he is not actually a communist.

	▲	krainboltgreene 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		None of what you said challenges the parent, you do realize that don't you? I feel like this only makes sense if you don't know what communism or socialism are. EDIT: Nevermind I just read the part about the nazi salute lmao, lol even.