There's absolutely nothing radical about Mamdani.

All of his proposed policies are favored by the vast majority of Americans and normal in actually developed nations.

Shout out to everyone who said his lofty impossible ideas are never going to happen in reality.

Somehow every country can do the impossible goals of "maybe the rich don't own every store" and "let's make it so people are paid better" but America, but somehow they're the impossibility, never the one county that refuses to try it.

COMMUNIST EUROPE

Because they are.

Overton window and all that.

From a unitedstatesian:

Genuinely, thank you, European politicians and public figures, for pointing out that reasonably socialized public services are considered de rigueur by the vast majority of the rest of the developed world.

It is time for the Americans to wake up and strike for all the freedoms and benefits that we have enjoyed here in Europe for 50 years

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"

“Europeans recognize his vision about free public transit and universal childcare. We expect our governments to make these kinds of services accessible to all of us,” said Verbeek. “We pay higher taxes and get civilized societies in return. The debate here isn’t whether to have these programs, but how to improve them.”

Yes.

Of course. Your Democrats are our conservative parties, and your Republicans are our rightwinger/neo-nazi parties. And we have parties, left of the American spectrum that are mainstream.

As a foreigner I've been disgusted by all the American media surrounding Mamdani's campaign. Even from so called "liberal media" like the Washington post; it's been grotesque racist caricatures, overblown red scare taglines, and downright apocalyptic visions for a guy that wants, cheap fast buses and to tax the oligarchs.

I can't believe the Ideological shit show that is America and it frightens me that they think it is their duty to export these ideas to other countries.

Yes, it's called Social Democracy and the countries that apply it always have the highest standards of life.

Don't let the billionaires bullshit you.

“Here, taking care of one another through public programs isn’t radical socialism. It’s Tuesday.”

I always found it absurd that in the richest country in the world, there is no universal health insurance, no parental leave, no public holidays, that a college education costs hundreds of thousands of dollars, that there is no protection against dismissal, that people are starving or working but still homeless because they cannot afford an apartment—all of this is inhumane, uncivilized, and a disgrace to the US, not its recipe for success; it is its downfall, as the current regime is demonstrating.

The whole "it's too expensive" thing is kind of nonsense. There are billionaires. We would get something for the money. It's not like Zohran is proposing building a 500 solid gold statue of himself, or a ballroom that would only be used by a handful of people. Healthcare, buses, grocery stores, those all actually help people and will lead to more good stuff later.

People who stay healthy later go out to concerts and spend money, or whatever.