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Zohran Mamdani’s opponent, disgraced former Governor Andrew Cuomo, has received the political and financial backing of right-wing billionaires
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It’s less about the results of Zohran himself and more about the political climate that allows him to win with a demsoc message. It shows that the power of media propaganda is limited and that people are willing to take a risk by voting for more leftist ideas instead of ‘stability’.
Which doesn’t mean anything if he isn’t actually talking abut socialism or the socialist/communist movement. He’s already called two of the most prominent socialist leaders in this hemisphere (and in the world) “dictators”.
I don’t think it’s an all or nothing matter, that seems silly. We don’t know if the movement would be the same if he hadn’t thrown Venezuela and Cuba under the bus. But we do know that there has been a change in the political climate in a somewhat good direction. Zohran as a person can only slightly impact this climate so it doesn’t matter all that much that he’s not a principled leftist. We should criticise him but that doesn’t mean that the movement associated with him is useless.