The general election is still pretty risky. If Cuomo and Adams suddenly merge their campaigns it could be Bernie 2020 all over again. So Mamdani is definitely trying to appeal to the liberal-leaning masses right now.

as socialists we do not aim to convince people by misleading them about our aims and practices. if you try that then you'll end up disappointing and pushing them away.

I think delivering successful socialist policies is the best way to win people over. I don't think it matters how you get there.

[–] revolut1917@hexbear.net 11 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

you can't deliver successful socialist policies through electoralism in the most violent, expansive capitalist state on earth. you can deliver social democracy, maybe, at the expense of the global south. electoral success in imperial capitalist society = inevitable compromise to the point of abandoning either internationalism or socialist domestic policy.

[–] companero@hexbear.net 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

That's American exceptionalism, and it only applies if you are 100% honest in your politics on the campaign trail, which I'm saying you shouldn't be.

If you woke up tomorrow morning as mayor of NYC, or even president of the US, what would you do?

[–] revolut1917@hexbear.net 9 points 1 day ago

how is it american exceptionalism. it's literally a criticism Marxists have levelled against bourgeois democracy for over a hundred years. i'm not even american