Talked to somebody who was there and she said it was an spontaneous response that was angry.
Rather a typical political rally supporters at which supporters just boo the capacity crowd there of 13,000 people knew very distinctly that the Governor held the power to sign off on Mamdani’s platform to do so.
In that sense things in NYC are proceeding in a way not seen in a very long time. In other words the argument Occupy Wall St was making in 2011, that the 1% own the country and its elections, seems now to be becoming even more mainstream in the philosophy of the proles.
It’s easy to be cynical now, and there’s things to be concerned in this campaign. It’s not gonna be perfect. But man, you really do feel like something is afoot around these parts.
I think there’s huge upside in this election. Beyond the powerful symbolism of a Socialist being elected in the Financial Capitol of the World the potential of the success of real material transformation in people’s lives can and will reverberate around the world.
People ain’t playing anymore.
China is not a global imperialist power. Does the average American have a higher quality of life than the average Chinese?
I think Americans “on average” absolutely have a higher quality of life right now. And China’s rise has involved siding with the US and getting US investment, so they’ve definitely benefitted from imperialism. That was basically the deal they made with the US, to abandon the global anti-imperialist struggle.
That’s an incredibly broad brush to paint with. Is every country imperialist except North Korea, Eritrea, Cuba, Myanmar, and maybe a few others, for participating in the WTO and receiving American FDI?
Ultimately my point is that you don’t need extracted profits from alienated labor overseas in order to be prosperous.