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Zohran Mamdani has won the race for New York City mayor, according to Decision Desk HQ, ushering in a new era of progressive politics in the city and reigniting the debate over the Democratic Party’s future.

Mamdani, a 34-year-old democratic socialist, is poised to become the first millennial and first Muslim to lead New York City, after a campaign that pulled off one of the most stunning political upsets in recent memory. He defeated former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who mounted a long-shot independent bid after losing to Mamdani in the Democratic primary, and Republican Curtis Sliwa in his bid to succeed Mayor Eric Adams.

Mamdani focused heavily on affordability, pledging to freeze rent, establish city-owned grocery stores and make buses free for riders. He quickly became a progressive icon as well as a polarizing figure within the party over his positions, so much so that it divided prominent New York Democratic leadership over whether to endorse him.

    • boonhet@sopuli.xyz
      6·
      4 months ago

      56 million dollars is pocket change for a single billionaire. It’s less than that for a multitude of billionaires.

    • FlyingCircus@lemmy.world
      1·
      4 months ago

      Well, that’s the only peaceful way. Revolution is always an option. But also, as long as the economic system allows individuals to hoard vast properties, the wealthy will use their power to influence politics.

        • FlyingCircus@lemmy.world
          1·
          4 months ago

          Of course. Serious revolutionaries know you must infiltrate or otherwise subvert the military to be successful.

                • FlyingCircus@lemmy.world
                  1·
                  4 months ago

                  You say it’s unrealistic, and yet every successful socialist revolution has had the backing of at least some of the military. This is the stupidest thing about liberals, they always imagine that the way the world is now is the way it will always be. But material conditions are constantly changing and what seems impossible now may seem inevitable tomorrow. But you’ll never know if you keep dismissing the people who are actually trying to change the world as LARPers.

                  And btw, while I’m too old to be considered for military service, at least one revolutionary party, the PSL, has specifically created strategies to insert members into the military to foment revolutionary fervor. So yeah, people are doing exactly the thing that you deride as “unrealistic.”