• huey_m@reddthat.com
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    2 days ago

    My friend, you are very much barking up the wrong tree here. And I don’t blame you one bit, there is a ton of what you’re describing here and it is very frustrating, but you’ve misunderstood me to be saying something I’m not. I think it’s helpful to know historical context to know that even more leftism is not only possible, but has happened… but I think Mamdani is still a huge win in this current political climate and I think attempts to tear him down are almost laughably self-defeating from anyone considering themselves on the left.

    Fully agree with you man, we should take the W here as a much needed shift left of the Overton window…

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      2 days ago

      I’m sorry if my tone sounded harsh. It was mainly addressed for the rest of LEMMY that can’t seem to understand how to build electoral power and move the goddamn overton window - LIKE AT ALL.

      THANK YOU

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        No worries, dude, I’m with ya… I completely understand the disillusionment, but people touting the death of electoralism that think they’re really being revolutionary, IMO are being useful idiots for the elite. And its definitely rampant here… I’m back and forth on whether to stick around, honestly.

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          It’s so exhausting. The revolutionary cosplay is dialed to a ten. Every day I open Lemmy you’d think the streets are about to run red with blood of landlords any minute… Then I remember these are the same neckbeard basement dwellers masturbating each other on leninist theory while Marx looks down in disgust… Ugh