Not cynical, but the benefit to correctly predicting that a strategy will not work is that it enables you to pick different strategies. One day I’m hopeful that a large number of Americans will pursue a strategy other than voting for a social democrat running in the right-wing donkey party.
I think many of the people who criticize Mamdani are not happy to be right. Personally, I’d be glad to be wrong. But this is a socialist website. People have seen Bernie, and AOC, etc. Recognizing a pattern and recognizing the underlying reasons for that pattern doesn’t make them cynics.
Not cynical, but the benefit to correctly predicting that a strategy will not work is that it enables you to pick different strategies. One day I’m hopeful that a large number of Americans will pursue a strategy other than voting for a social democrat running in the right-wing donkey party.
I think many of the people who criticize Mamdani are not happy to be right. Personally, I’d be glad to be wrong. But this is a socialist website. People have seen Bernie, and AOC, etc. Recognizing a pattern and recognizing the underlying reasons for that pattern doesn’t make them cynics.