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After New York City’s race for mayor catapulted Zohran Mamdani from state assembly member into one of the world’s most prominent progressive voices, intense debate swirled over the ideas at the heart of his campaign.

His critics and opponents painted pledges such as free bus service, universal child care and rent freezes as unworkable, unrealistic and exorbitantly expensive.

But some have hit back, highlighting the quirk of geography that underpins some of this view. “He promised things that Europeans take for granted, but Americans are told are impossible,” said Dutch environmentalist and former government advisor Alexander Verbeek in the wake of Tuesday’s election.

Verbeek backed this with a comment he had overheard in an Oslo café, in which Mamdani was described as an American politician who “finally” sounded normal.

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[-] SethTaylor@lemmy.world 138 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Yes. Thank you.

The fact that even r/democrats has banned posts about Mamdani is shocking to me. (I found out from Bluesky, went to Reddit and checked and it's true)

This dude is normal. Full stop.

EDIT: And yea, I was literally thinking these days "It's nice to see Europe influencing the US for a change"

[-] Evotech@lemmy.world 35 points 2 weeks ago
[-] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 66 points 2 weeks ago

Because Reddit is run by billionaires like any other enshittified format.

[-] SethTaylor@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago

I don't really know, to be honest. The mods there never gave off a bad vibe before. I don't know what's gotten into them.

[-] sep@lemmy.world 21 points 2 weeks ago

All of the original mods got kicked during the subreddit strikes. They are all replaced by stooges.

[-] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 17 points 2 weeks ago

The fact that even r/democrats has banned posts about Mamdani is shocking to me.

I don't see why it's shocking. That sub is basically an enforced echo chamber for the netanyahu wing of the party.

[-] Jentu@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 weeks ago

“It’s nice to see Europe influencing the US for a change”

They're even putting roundabouts in South Carolina cities!

[-] Magnum@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 weeks ago

How is he European influence?

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