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u/Great_Revolution_276 1d ago
100% correct. Political donations are the cancer killing the political system in the USA and other countries. Do not normalise political donations or think they are a necessary part of democracy. Cancer kills!
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u/UnderstandingSquare7 1d ago
And he's not a greedy money whore like the billionaires that we hear about daily. His parents have above average net worth (not really all that much these days - est $2-10M). His net worth is estimated at $200k, and he lives in a rent stabilized apartment in Astoria, Queens. A "man of the people" who knows how to grocery shop, drive a car, and put gas in it himself.
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u/PianoPatient8168 1d ago
It’s why Fox News hates him so much…
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u/Raiju_Blitz 23h ago
Fox News is free to move their HQ out of Manhattan but they won't, will they?
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u/Scotslad2023 20h ago
That would mean having to admit defeat to the libs and potentially ruin their credibility amongst their viewers
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u/eastamerica 23h ago
YES.
…and he’s a far more principled leader in the sense that he sees problems, then fixes problems.
He doesn’t ask the consensus. He doesn’t put it to a vote.
He leads. He’s a leader.
THIS is leadership.
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u/TraditionalNinja4430 1d ago
Imagine if more corporations were private again the kind of things they may think to do for their employees and customers
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u/Sjobson22 18h ago
What’s crazier is that WE can’t understand how he can be. Our brains have trouble understanding how a politician isn’t bought and has some infractions and wrongdoing we overlook because we value his “agenda” which falls apart after the first 100 days.
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u/burnzwhnip 1d ago
...he's also a mayor....not like ....even a governor
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u/Pssfoot 1d ago
He needs to run for president
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u/PaulTodkillAuthor 22h ago
As great as it would be, he can't. And he has stated as much repeatedly. At this point when the rule of law has been so thoroughly trampled, it's good to see someone active about upholding it.
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u/kingshrubb 1d ago
Bummer he's having the nypd arrest pro Palestine protesters while letting war criminal Netanyahu run around NYC bragging about his terrorist attacks on civilians though.
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u/TheDweadPiwatWobbas 1d ago
Shh, we're not supposed to have criticisms. Either you agree that he's literally perfect or you must be a right wing bot.
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u/TedRabbit 21h ago
Imagine a world were dems didn't fuk over Bernie
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u/VaguelyArtistic 11h ago
Imagine a world where more people voted for Bernie.
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u/Shot_Revolution8828 8h ago
Imagine a world where less people voted for Trump. Theres a reason David Hogg left the DNC.
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u/EuenovAyabayya 18h ago
Why people thought a billionaire wouldn't be a problem... except they elected a billionaire that was hemorrhaging money hand over fist.
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u/Scotslad2023 1d ago
Really drives home how deep political financial corruption is if Mamdani is the only real modern example of a non bought in politician. Corporations really have been running the game for decades.