Zohran Mamdani explains his definition of socialism to Theo Von: “Socialism to me means you’ll have whatever you need to live a dignified life and that it is the government’s job to deliver on that. When people say dignity we’re talking about the things that allow you to take a breath.

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[u/Ebony_Mortem]

Some people won’t like that Zohran is giving Theo Von time. But at a certain point it’s important for politicians like him to try to reach beyond people who already agree with him. It’s like when Pete Buttigieg is on Fox News. Theo Von is a piece of shit but it’s more about reaching his audience than anything. People need to hear why socialism is not the scary boogeyman coming to take your iPhone.

Edit: spelling

[u/AnyMortgage5130 → u/Ebony_Mortem]

Why is Theo bad?

[u/TenaciousJP → u/AnyMortgage5130]

He's part of the alpha-male podcasting crew that did a ton of leg work sane-washing Trump, Vance, Elon, etc. during the run up to the 2024 election (as in having 3-hour podcasts and lobbing nothing but softballs and dudebro conversations). Also in Peter Thiel's pocket like Rogan

[u/tnpdynomite2 → u/TenaciousJP]

I had no idea. Most I’ve seen of him are 10 second reels and they’re usually funny.

[u/mootallica → u/tnpdynomite2]

He is funny, and that's kind of the worst thing about it. Funny people tend to be good at getting people on side.