cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/57114233
Don't forget the Israel lobby.
this post was submitted on 06 Nov 2025
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the islamaphobic AIPAC and thier wealthy zionist backers.
I give lemmy 365 days, tops, until we utterly despise the man for making political compromises.
I've already seen comments here that say he's toxic, simply because he's a politician.
Those people aren’t of voting age yet, so let them cry about it. When they grow up- they’ll see how it works.
Australia has the right idea. If you can't operate a car, you can't operate social media.
I can dig that actually. I'd be willing to wager SM is worse for a developing brain than weed or alcohol.
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You either die a hero, or live long enough to become a politician.
Referring to tankie users/communities is cheating.
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Everyone is chronically upset on the internet is what I have learned
Some people hate things as a hobby. I say that a lot, and I'm really serious.
Some people play video games, watch movies, or read books, and other people just hate stuff. That's their whole thing. They seek it out. They doom scroll until they find something to hate, and then they latch onto it and spread that hate wherever they can. Most of them don't even realize they're doing it.
I've seen so many good things fall apart because of this internet hate machine. It's sad.
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you sir have impugned my honor. pistols at dawn?
Well adjusted healthy people living a happy life don’t waste their time arguing in comment sections.
that's the way. not ironically or sarcasm. leaders aren't our allies, they are intrinsically antagonistic to the public.
we must elect who we will fight against. then keep the pressure on them.
might elaborate later. can't write an essay rn.
~~leaders~~ rulers
Oh jesus christ.
Cant yall motherfuckers chill out?
I get it. You would love to live in a utopia where nobody ever, ever, ever, tries to grasp for power. So would I.
But.... come on. Reality is a sonofabitch. And maybe you should try and live in it every now and again.
At no point will we ever experience someone not trying to grasp at the roots of power.
Yeah, but we could live in a society where those people grasping for power just for the sake of power would be shunned and cast out. Cause that’s how it used to be according to historian and philosopher Rutger Bregman. Admittedly, that’s been some long time ago, but still.
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Yup. It’s absolutely going to happen. They’re already turning on AOC.
I've never seen a legitimate complaint about either her or Bernie. People will make grand claims about how they sold out or some shit and then back it up with the weakest sauce imaginable. It's embarrassing more often than not.
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My dude he's the mayor of New York, that's literally his job. The mayor of New York is a lightning rod for all the frustration people experience living in the city. Mandani just took the most hated job in the world, sure he can do some good for the city. He's still going to be hated for it. That's just New York.
I guess. But I still admire Bernie and AOC, so what do I know?
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
the expectation of a single charismatic leader to solve everything is basically "great man theory" and pure fascist rethoric.
I love how upset the old guard is about Mamdani. Fuck every single one of them.
Inviting them to have a seat at the table can send them into a tailspin. It's kind of funny how they pretend to be the adults in the room while doing so.
it also got the gop panties in a wad, and they colluded with the old guard dnc to derail his campaign. it tells you they are one in the same, hence a uniparty.
Mamdani told a heckler that he wanted him to be able to afford to live in New York as well.
A pastor who asked Trump to have empathy for people he doesn't like, was attacked by the entire political movement.
When they say culture war, that is what they want winning and the realization really sucks.
Forgot Hakeem Jeffries.
That tracks… He’s proven himself to be quite forgettable.
Who?
Jeffery Hakim, not to be confused with Jeffery Epstein.
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I decide to just be glad about him winning. Neither over- nor underwhelmed. Hopeful but not blue-eyed. And may it have a knock-on effect on other Dems.
other states had DEM wins too, missipis supermajority in the house was broken by dems, and virginia has a dem now.
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Right? I'm happy he won, but he's just a mayor. It's a step in the right direction, sure. But I think some people are vastly overestimating what he'll be able to accomplish.
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Highest voter turnout in like 50yrs…hope he destroys the rich NYC establishment and corrupt government departments.
I'm not a NewYorker, but his winning also brought me hope. So he's winning outside of NY too.
Don't forget about defeating Alan Dershowitz!
I've said this before but I want to scream it from the rooftops.
Fuck the GoP.
I am a white 50 year old man.
I grew up poor as shit. Moving constantly, sometimes living in a car, even dumpster diving for food.
I have been a Republican my entire life.
I thought a Republican meant personal responsibility and the freedom to carve out the life you work for.
I don't even know where my ideology lies anymore.
I spent a career in the Navy and am now a successful electrical engineer.
I only know a few things with firm certainty:
The GoP is a tool for the rich. It gives zero fucks for right or wrong, etiquette, integrity, or the Christian teachings it supposedly lauds and fights for.
America is already an oligarchy, it just hides it better. The amount of wealth available to so few people allow them the ability to control narrative and flood the truth with bullshit. Their only goal is to protect and grow their wealth.
The Democrat party is worthless. Led so long by Pelosi who did champion some important issues, but was also enriching herself and allowing the Democrat Party to also become a tool for the wealthy.
My success is due, in part, to various assistance programs that were made available to me by the government. (I also have no doubt that my gender and race also made the path easier.)
I believe I have a responsibility to help those in need. But I am a terrible supporter of local programs. What I mean is I do not like volunteering. I want to, but it makes me uncomfortable and it reminds me of the shame I felt as a child. But I have no problem paying taxes. I see my success as the success of those that supported me. I am not so naive or arrogant to think I pulled myself up by my own bootstraps. Those same programs will help the next generation and so on.
We are not all equal. Some people ARE better than others, in many ways. That does not mean we are not all of equal worth or do not deserve good lives. Everyone deserves the same opportunity, even if it means part of my success is needed to fund it.
I don't know how to fix this country, but I do know who is NOT fixing it.
History does not repeat itself. The real issue is that people don't change. The people today act the same as the people 1000 years ago. Only the rules have changed.
I lost hope for this nation when Trump was elected this last time. I couldn't understand how people could not see the obvious. But I also understand the disenfranchisement and lack of leadership the Democratic Party has caused.
If free healthcare, free child care, free education, UBI, affordable housing, and good old monopoly busting means I have to live in a home barely big enough for my family and lose half my paycheck... that is a price I would pay without thinking twice.
The election of New York's newest mayor, despite the forces working against him gives me hope.
I'm 50. This is not my country anymore. My generation made its bed, we need to let the next make theirs.
I will continue to be a registered Republican and vote straight Democrat until there is a clearer path for me to take.
Oh, and fuck AIPAC and the ADL. They support genocide and have become what they supposedly stand against.
I have hope again and I have NY to thank for that.
A few more pearls that I always thought was obvious:
AI is a bubble.
STOP USING CRYPTO, IT'S A FUCKING SCAM FOR GRIFTERS AND WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A CURRENCY, NOT A FUCKING INVESTMENT. THANKS FOR RUINING IT, ASSHOLES.
Pasty faced millennial here.
Also EE dropout (working on that).
I hope I am as enlightened and put together as you when I'm 50. Cheers.
But I do have one answer for you:
I lost hope for this nation when Trump was elected this last time. I couldn’t understand how people could not see the obvious.
Facebook.
My 'moment of clarity' was when I saw a local news station running clips of college girls' enthusiasm for Trump, just after the election. The sentiment was along the lines of "He's so strong!" or "I really feel like he gets us, you know?" and almost directly quoting some meme's I'd seen.
And seeing die hard libertarians I know swallow Trump's accumulation of executive power, via their perception of events, drove it home.
...Walk the street, and look around. I'm using 'Facebook' as a catch-all here: algorithmic feeds and influencers are warping reality for smart folks, both ways. Every generation is caught up in it, but I feel the age extremes (Boomers and Z) are most vulnerable here.
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Can't stop thinking of that one song:
My name is mamdani. m-a m-d-a-n-i mamdani
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