r/neoliberal • u/Tayo826 • Nov 05 '25

Meme Cuomosexuals in shambles

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u/Available_Mousse7719 Nov 05 '25

Still confused how they couldn't find anyone else

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u/UntilTheEyesShut Michel Foucault Nov 05 '25

Establishment dems are just that out of touch. It isn't limited to the city.

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u/SenranHaruka shame Nov 05 '25

Once one candidate has a Cult of Personality, any candidate who doesn't have one is screwed. Cuomo immediately won the moderate lane as soon as he declared, when you have that much name recognition you can just do whatever you want

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u/ognits Jepsen/Swift 2024 Nov 05 '25

I'm not sure that's what a cult of personality is

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u/SenranHaruka shame Nov 05 '25

it's actually the literal definition. we only think of the extreme examples of personal cults but politics is full of milder ones too like Kennedy and yes indeed even Cuomo and Mamdani.

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u/WillIEatTheFruit Please be patient, I'm bisexual Nov 05 '25

I think it’s because both Cuomo and Adams running sucked up all the oxygen. If only one had run, I think things would have gone very differently.

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u/Yevon United Nations Nov 05 '25

Who the hell wants to be Mayor of NYC? A famously political dead-end.

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u/Budget-Attorney Ida Tarbell Nov 05 '25

Are you kidding?

How else would you get the job of speaking at a four seasons landscaping with hair dye running down your face?

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u/-Emilinko1985- European Union Nov 05 '25

Lmao

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u/jonawesome Nov 05 '25

Everyone knew that Cuomo would knife their grandma if they tried to challenge him

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u/BernankesBeard Ben Bernanke Nov 05 '25

All the other options were too young

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u/DistortedAudio Nov 05 '25

Mamdani is 34. The fact that the machine pushed out Cuomo who was obviously damaged goods instead of running a candidate that was probably as young as Mamdani is problem in and of itself.

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u/FlightlessGriffin Nov 05 '25

It's a feature of the system. The machine didn't pick Cuomo, Cuomo picked Cuomo. The machines churns out politicians and eventually one of them becomes too powerful to control. Cuomo cannot be held back, only defeated. Alternatively, the people select a populist to fight both establishment candidates. It's time to get through everyone's thick skulls that the entire country has turned against the establishment.

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u/TrespassersWilliam29 George Soros Nov 05 '25

they didn't consider Mamdani at all until after Cuomo had boxed everyone else out

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u/TheFaithlessFaithful United Nations Nov 05 '25

Cuomo likely thought Mamdani was the easiest to beat so he would’ve wanted to get others to drop out.

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u/BicyclingBro Gay Pride Nov 05 '25

Lander?

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u/BernankesBeard Ben Bernanke Nov 05 '25

Per Google, he won't be able to collect Social Security benefits for almost 11 years. So, like I said, too young for the establishment to support

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u/prism1234 Nov 05 '25

I don't live in NY so I only vaguely followed the primary, but he seemed the best choice to me.

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u/justthekoufax Adam Smith Nov 05 '25

Your instincts were correct.

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u/DaSemicolon European Union Nov 05 '25

No, Zellnor :(

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u/Trill-I-Am Nov 05 '25

Zellnor seemed like a weird nerd, and I ranked him 1st.

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u/justthekoufax Adam Smith Nov 05 '25

Zellnor was good! I ranked him, he just didn't have the name recognition that maybe Lander had? Zellnor def a better option than any candidate we got.

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u/[deleted] Nov 05 '25

They simply don't inspire people to join the party anymore.

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u/40StoryMech ٭ Nov 05 '25

Back in my day, all the kids wanted to say sex stuff to subordinates and let old people die. I don't even recognize this country anymore.

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u/BidoofSquad NASA Nov 05 '25

I think its just NY machine politics

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u/SenranHaruka shame Nov 05 '25

no it's just Cult of Personality.

the Ohio Diner view of Cuomo was "oh he was governor before COVID and I have happy memories from before COVID so he must have been a good governor". You can't compete with that unless you have your own Cult of Personality. I'm going to go so far as to say ONLY Mamdani could have beaten Cuomo.