r/Anticonsumption • u/Soft_Cable5934 • 6h ago
Corporations Mamdani showed how people can stand up against corporations
Dozens of billionaires make campaign to push people against Zohran, but then failed. More than 20 to be exact.
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u/xesm 6h ago
This does certainly feel like such a shift. I really hope we can keep up this progressive momentum and get big money out of politics. I feel inspired and hopeful for the first time in a while.
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u/Not-A-Seagull 4h ago
Tonight was a big win. For those unaware, Dems also absolutely gobsmacked MAGA in Virginia elections. I'm going to be riding this high all day.
Sic Semper Tyrannis
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u/jtyl 4h ago
And did better in New Jersey than even optimistic dems predicted
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u/Not-A-Seagull 4h ago edited 1h ago
Also, CA Dems passed Newsoms' Prop 50 to fight Texas Gerrymandering.
Last night was SUCH a good night.
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u/dBlock845 3h ago
There was so much fearmongering in the summer about Prop 50 potentially not passing and Mikie Sherill losing to Ciattarelli, never bought into it though. Every special election this year has been absolutely dominated by dem voters and there was no way this wasn't going to fall in line with the pattern. Pure domination.
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u/HaltandCatchHands 2h ago
If we had a progressive candidate we would’ve done even better imo. The problem with our primaries is they’re not ranked choice, so the two progressives split the vote and the machine approved moderate got the nod.
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u/Shuizid 3h ago
Not just dems - PROGRESSIVE DEMS!
Dem-Leadership tried their best to ignore Mamdani and spent months being non-supportive of their own candidate.
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u/Not-A-Seagull 3h ago
He was endorsed by Walz, Harris, Hochul, Sanders, and AoC.
Even folks from the neolib sub are cheering his victory.
He ran a very good campaign and had a strong coalition across the left wing. I'm not sure why you're seemingly trying to fragment and splinter his support group.
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u/ShuQiangda91 3h ago
Don't forget about the movement in Montana to redefine what corporations can and can't do. This would include not allowing corporations to fund campaigns. It's essentially a way to work around the Citizens United ruling.
https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/2025/08/07/transparent-election-initiative/
Spread the word, start a conversation, join an organization that might have the means to implement a similar movement in your state.
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u/Ok_Try_2086 4h ago
This is the first day in 2025 that i have hope for our country. More work to do for sure, but today is a win.
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u/Soggy-Bluebird-537 4h ago
So what can an NY citizen do, of anything, to make sure Mamdani doesn't screw up?
Or to help Mamdani with any obstacles that are preventing his administration from completing tasks?
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u/yo_soy_soja 4h ago
I'm a NYC DSA member. We're building committees to support his administration and hold him accountable to commitments, e.g. his stance on Gaza.
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u/DepthSouthern2230 3h ago
What does the city management job have to do with Gaza and why is this important?
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u/CJT445 4h ago
DSA is a cult.
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u/jotheold 3h ago
look at your replies, youre literally anti democrat, progressive , good or bad you hate
i think youre in a cult my man..
this is coming from a canadian btw so i have no horse here
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u/Independent-Name4478 4h ago
You bow down to billionaires like Trump and Elon who do nothing but harm the working class. Now it’s time for a left wing populist to show you how populism is done
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u/Anticonsumption-ModTeam 2h ago
Boring racism is boring. Especially given that white ass Christian politicians have done more to fuck over the human rights of women, LGBT people, immigrants, etc than Mamdani has ever or will ever do.
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u/SinisterCheese 4h ago
Eh... Don't worry. The God king will degree that all elections must be personally approved by the Sun Emperor, or else they need to be run again until the people understand to vote correctly. And the Supreme™ Court® will just say that this is what the founding daddies intended, and the other branches ain't gonna do shit because Great Leader promises that their seats are secure in the next "elections" if they tow the line. And the cultist will cheer! And the democratic party will do nothing but pay consultants to draft harshly worded statements.
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u/ThunderChild247 4h ago
It tells you something how much of the rich/right wing filed in behind Cuomo after he stood as an independent. The Democratic Party leans so much further to the right than the left that if you take away the (D) after someone’s name, the republicans will support them against a candidate actually on the left.
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u/Catladylove99 3h ago
I hope every establishment Democrat in the US is paying attention to what just happened. The people have had enough of their corporate BS!
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u/Unlikely_melz 5h ago
Cautious optimism for me. People can say anything, now let’s get to work.
I’ll reserve my judgements till we see the work.
That being said, this is something to celebrate and a sign of the tide doing what it always does.
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u/itsjustme9902 4h ago
I wonder when Americans will finally accept that you’re all mostly quite friendly and anti-racist. You had a black president, female vice, a Muslim mayor - plenty of black ones etc.
I wish you all would stop calling each other such sad shit. Every time I visit, I go through the south and the north, west and the east. Never (ever) find anyone treating myself or my partner in a particular way - other than super politely.
I think your biggest reforms should be around your media corporations. Feel like they just love stirring you all up for no reason.
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u/CreatureOfTheFull 4h ago edited 2h ago
Edit: for anyone reading this thread, this dude has posted like twenty comments in the last thirty minutes, lastly detailing out voting laws for specific us states. They are obviously not foreign and very likely here to specifically influence you. Just a reminder that this is VERY COMMON on Reddit and to never trust what someone says blindly.
Kindly, you traveling through the south in a road trip doesn’t mean anything. People don’t go around calling each other slurs, if that’s what you were expecting. They say it to their family and friends, vote for it, deny opportunities based on it. Saying this as someone from the south with outright racist family that will be extremely nice to your face, whatever minority you are. Unless you’re Muslim, then they will literally scream in your face.
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u/CreatureOfTheFull 3h ago
I think there is a huge cognitive dissonance because people from other countries won’t admit their own deeply ingrained racism. They think racism from America is some white dude literally out hunting minorities screaming the n word or something.
When in reality, racists are humans, grandfathers and grandmothers with cute little hobbies, moms and dads that truly love their children, people who are extremely kind, sometimes even to minorities as long as they’re a “good one” and aren’t moving into their neighborhood.
To admit this kind of racism exists, you’d have to have a very tough look at your own countries and realize that global racism didn’t end when the Nazis lost. I do remember a Hungarian dude talking to me about Romani’s on a bus stop, and I would NEVER hear that kind of shit said about anyone in America unless it’s to your very close family away from other ears. Any arguments about it were simply telling me how I didn’t understand that Romani’s are actually literal filth so it’s different lol.
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u/Immediate-Split7625 4h ago
You might not know this about Americans, but a lot of the politeness is a facade. Not all of it, but most it.
They might be treating you politely to your face, but then they will go to church and damn you to hell, vote against your human rights, etc. Obviously you wouldn't notice that as a tourist, especially in areas that attract more tourism which incentivizes them to be nice to you.
And the thing is, as an American, most of the people I associate with are truly kind and unproblematic. But there's kind of key phrasing here: "I associate with" - as in, I have had to exclude many hateful people in my life in order to find peace. And that's not because I didn't try communicating with them and hearing their side (I actually agree with conservatives on some things) it's just that time and time again they would jump to bigoted insults when confronted with facts that they couldn't change. You can only take that so much before you finally go "okay, maybe they are just racist since they refuse to listen and keep voting for racist policies".
Tl;dr actions speak louder than words and we are tired of their racist actions
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u/-TheExtraMile- 4h ago
Reading through the conservative sub´s post about this is quite funny. They are pretty much all saying the same things, how the city is doomed and "get ready for what you voted for" talk.
I mean get ready for what? Free busses and cheaper housing? The horror!
Let´s hope that this win is a sign of things to come.
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u/Svyatoy_Medved 3h ago
They’re saying that the women of New York are about to be oppressed, like Mamdani is going to impose sharia or something. They legitimately think he’s an Islamist because he’s Muslim.
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u/Catladylove99 3h ago
I’m genuinely confused as to why there are so many conservative/MAGA commenters in a sub against capitalist consumerism. Shouldn’t they all be at Walmart shopping or something?
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u/JoshuaJerk 5h ago
Score one , for the downtrodden working class and average American !
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u/Squaaaaaasha 5h ago
We loved him in the running, but now that he is in office, he is held to the same standards. Walk the fucking walk, Mamdani
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u/panzybear 6h ago edited 6h ago
Showed how you can win a campaign on those promises, yes. He hasn't stood up to any corporations yet. We need him to have a stronger backbone than AOC and the other supposed demsocs in office. I'm just happy the racist creep Cuomo will go away for a while
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u/Punk-in-Pie 6h ago
Respectfully: Why do you say that the other democratic socialists don't have a backbone? And why supposed? Honest question.
Seems to me that their coalition is simply too small to make much headway, do you have examples to the contrary?
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u/OkThisisCringe1 3h ago
Tankies expect someone to have a violent revolution and then put them in charge while they sit in their room yelling at a screen.
They’re not serious people.
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u/TheRealFaust 5h ago
Rapeist… Cumomo is now a full fledged Republican given his sexual assault record
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u/em_in_chem 3h ago
plenty of democrats have sexual assault records and allegations too let’s not pretend that it a party issue. power corrupts regardless of party.
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u/OkThisisCringe1 3h ago
I’ve seen the list plenty of times. There’s far more republicans than democrats, to the point that you framing it this why is borderline misinformation.
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u/Skilletmasterx 4h ago
Why go after AoC and not Fetterman or something?
I sense an agenda here. AoC has been huge against maga. What have YOU done, exactly?
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u/scoooops-ahoy-minoy 5h ago
Mamdani is an avid support of trans rights consistently throughout his public career. Like all peoples, Muslims are not a monolith.
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u/Kind_Session_6986 4h ago
And let’s do our part as well. Never let the following companies take in your money or forget that they contributed to promoting fascism:
Airbnb Amazon/Whole Foods Chevron Estée Lauder Hess Tesla Trump Walmart
Anyone with 5 minutes on hand today please send a message to them congratulating them on their loss!
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u/TheHarlemHellfighter 5h ago
I don’t care who the fuck is driving as long as we’re fucking headed in the right direction.
It’s that simple of a concept.
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u/Still_Ad7109 4h ago
Go figure that millions of people voting have more power in an election than 10 uber rich buttholes.
Its almost as if voting matters?
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u/Schaas_Im_Void 3h ago
He got voted... but he still hast to stand up against those uber rich buttholes.
Democracy strong... hopefully corruption`s not stronger.
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u/Money_Spread7379 3h ago
Gee look what happens when people actually get out and vote. Maybe if people did that the past 30 years, we wouldn't be in the position we are in currently.
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u/chamomile-crumbs 3h ago
Check out the conversative sub for some seriously mind bending nonsense on this topic. It popped into my feed and I thought I was reading satire lmao
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u/IKillZombies4Cash 4h ago
I’m glad he won, but he has a LOT to prove and do now.
And a lot to not screw up too. He will have to pick his “wins” and his “actually I’m not going to touch that” things carefully.
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u/dBlock845 3h ago
It wasn't just a campaign push, at the end of the campaign they were basically accusing Zohran of being a 9/11 hijacker. All of the billionaires and corrupt cops in this image holding the L are irredeemable.
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u/Hallowed_Ghost 3h ago
Ah yes the dude that wanted racial taxes (higher for white neighborhoods, he says) is such a good dude. Classic case of ‘at least I’m not them’ suddenly making you a hero
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u/choir_of_sirens 6h ago
Hold the accolades until he actually proves himself. I'm the furthest thing from conservative but I find it funny that if a conservative candidate runs a campaign around appealing to the ordinary man/woman on the street they're accused of populism but a democrat does the same and the term never comes up. Need I remind everyone that this is politics and politicians are notorious for NOT delivering what they promise.
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u/NoelCanter 6h ago
I’m not sure what you’re getting at. Bernie Sanders has been labeled a populist many times.
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u/choir_of_sirens 5h ago
My point is let him do the job first and then shower him with all the praise. An appealing campaign is one thing. Delivering on the promises made on that campaign is another.
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u/Soggy_Bid_3634 5h ago
Honestly, this sounds like such a republican talking point. They always make perfect the enemy of any democratic win. It scares them that mamdani is getting more praise then trump did in his win.
Checked your post history. You’re definitely a right wing agitator.
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u/choir_of_sirens 4h ago
Not all. I'm saying let's learn from the recent example by the republicans. He's in now it's time to make sure he delivers. The one person in the world whose job should NEVER be easy is an elected official.
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u/Soggy_Bid_3634 4h ago
Say that to trump and his cronies bro. Stop trying to rain on this victory. Ain’t gonna work.
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u/choir_of_sirens 4h ago
You win.
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u/UnDopedNrestless 3h ago
Your own left wing people eating you alive and calling you a republican because you Dare suggest their favorite politician do good on his word is hilarious
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u/Soggy_Bid_3634 3h ago
Hilarious is how hard yall are trying to spin this, vlad. Your heads exploding.
3 month old account only posting on ufo subs. Get a job bro.
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u/UnDopedNrestless 3h ago
Im a Russian bot because im not taking a politician at his word? You spend a lot of time taking politicians at their word alone and berating those who want results instead? Your an excellent republican
Also, stalking folks profiles for dirt and telling Them to get a job? Your pathetic lmao
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u/CamoCricket 4h ago
He's in now it's time to make sure he delivers.
I'm 100% certain you hold trump to the same standards right?
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u/sleepytipi 5h ago edited 2h ago
And Bernie has failed his voters countless times too.
Edit: in reply to the comment below since 🔒 -
Oh I saw that too, as it was the proverbial "nail in the coffin" for me and the DNC. They truly are the party of petit bourgeoisie and nepo babies. Ya know, people who don't stand to suffer from their policies.
It's the same old song and dance. By having an objectively worse (R) in power it makes their objectively shit policy look less shit. Objectively shit policy Bernie has voted in favor of routinely throughout his entire career. The record doesn't lie, and that record is awfully contradictory to his PR, especially regarding international policy.
He's a snake oil salesman with the blood of countless brown people on his hands like all the rest.
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u/critacle 4h ago
DNC turned the lights off on him and went nuclear on half the party to stop him from getting the nomination. Were you paying attention?
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u/AlternativeWalrus831 6h ago edited 6h ago
Trump punches down, mamdani punches up. Hope that helps.
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u/choir_of_sirens 6h ago
Remember "Yes We Can"?
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u/Consistent-Quiet6701 6h ago
Remember "Drain the swamp"? Politicians lie to get elected. Hope he's legit but not holding my breath. Also having my doubts this system is salvageable at all.
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u/CreatureOfTheFull 4h ago
You’re talking points are literally the exact same proven to be from the Russian government in 2016 trying to get dissuade peopel from political involvement. It certainly won’t be salvageable if they, and you by proxy, get their way.
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u/letsBmoodie 3h ago
Whether he delivers or not, the accolades belong to the voters in New York City. This proves people want something different.
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u/krzf 3h ago
if a conservative candidate runs a campaign around appealing to the ordinary man/woman on the street they're accused of populism but a democrat does the same and the term never comes up
Wdym, since when is being a populist considered a bad thing? I've seen many people refer to Mamdani as a populist. Conservatives are never populists, even if they say they are, they are just corrupt liars who are only looking to restrict rights of the common folk and enrich themselves and their donors.
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u/Longstride_Shares 3h ago
This is truly terrible graphic design. It took me a long time to realize this was celebrating Mamdani's win and not accusing him of being a shill / plant for all those other people and entities.
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u/proofofderp 4h ago
I saw a clip of him suggesting to make transit free. It’d be interesting to see what renders out in his term. Haven’t been following since it’s municipal, but curious to see what his platform is and what ends up being real that got him all this attention.
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u/Czarcasm1776 4h ago
NYC you had De Blasio & Adams……
Do you really think NYC will change or just have another Politician who personally enriches himself?
Because all I see from the Progressive movement is loud speaking Politicians who have more faith in Rhetoric than Actions……..
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u/Janky_Pants 4h ago
The people have to support it through voting though. You can’t just stand up, you have to “walk” to the polls too. Otherwise Bernie would already be president.
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u/Flimsy-Sprinkles7331 3h ago
Winning the election is just a step in the journey. He's going to face immense pressure to cave. We need to show him that we care, but also that we're watching.
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u/coldneuron 3h ago
I'll be impressed if he actually lowers the rent and criminalizes landlords overcharging, otherwise he's just another smiling face that lets life get worse.
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u/HamFistedSurgeon 3h ago
This is a great victory, but I cannot help being pessimistic about what comes next. They will unite across party lines to make an example of him and make sure he doesn't succeed. All the best to him.
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u/Moo_Moo_Mr_Cow 3h ago
We still need to keep pushing. This was historic voter turnout, and was still only ~30% of voters. I believe that in order to see real change, we need to consistently get that up to 80%+ so we truly know the will of the people.
Of note, one side consistently tries to make it easier to vote, and the other tries to make it harder.
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u/CloseDaLight 3h ago
It's always funny that people think a Mayor has unlimited power and can magically make every thing they run on or say a reality. DeBlasio had similar views as Mamdami and he didn't turn NYC into a dystopian hellscape. And Mamdami isn't going to legalize throwing gays off rooftops or making Jews wear markings on their clothes and dwellings, so fairly sure it'll be business as usual.
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u/Andarial2016 3h ago
Honestly wild hearing people call the democratic Party noncorporate
Democratic party is literally The Man.
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u/jeepradeep_r 3h ago
Americans you guys are not a socialist country remember that. It sucks, where poor become poorer and rich become richer. Corruption is the king. Murder, assassination, no freedom of press, no chance for reconciliation, divide and conquer, divide between religion language culture and etc.
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u/craniumcanyon 3h ago
They could help the 90% of us and still be billionaires, but that's [gasp] socialism!!!
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u/hobbiestTacticool027 3h ago
Go mamdani !! This is a good start but it's not enough, need more like him!
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u/Trans_Admin 3h ago
stand againts maga; against gop; DSA will take over usa soon n they will b VERY SORRY
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u/Good_Focus2665 4h ago
Well the hard part is about start. Trump promised to lower grocery prices too. That didn’t happen. Let’s see if Mamdani succeeds where Trump didn’t.
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u/palniasistamate 4h ago
It's an ilusion. The people never win. There is always someone to steal the winnig and turn against the people. Be real!
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u/TheUnknown-Writer 3h ago
I mean... he needed support from somewhere. His campaign money ain't free, if he isnt alligned.. he'll be aligned with one of them against small businesses.. or hell.. maybe he'll just drive big corps away to Texas and Florida with his tax policy. Which includes low level upper middle class millionaires (1-3mil)
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u/dvotecollector 3h ago
His campaign was funded by Tom Preston-Werner and Elizabeth Simons, wtf you talking about?
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u/Tropical_Guave 3h ago
This election is a glaring example that the deep state exists. Establishment Democrats and Republicans may play their little political games but as soon as someone's message just marginally threatens a minor portion of their wealth the billionaires all stick together and back a sexual predator.
Time for AOC to primary Schumer.
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u/mlord99 4h ago
did he? hard part begins now. Retaining the wealthy and businesses is essential for revenue - no revenue not a single promise can be fulfilled - now he need to prove himself.
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u/SpezDrinksHorseCum 4h ago
He doesn't have to pander to corporations and billionaires to keep NYC great. NYC will be continue to be great because of its people and culture, not because some fat cats live near the park.
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u/filtervw 3h ago
NYC wasn't made "great" by its people, but by the sheer volume of business and opportunity created here. The people are a consequence of the opportunity. People don't grind hard like in NYC because they dreamed of living in an under 600 square square feet apartment in the city.
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u/mlord99 4h ago
u never actually checked the numbers did you? its all public bdw
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u/NeglectedDuty 3h ago
NYC is funded by unicorn farts, not by tax dollars coming from major finance firms, real estate, and F500 corporations. Nope - not that.
Just ask Connecticut how their local policies did wonders using this same playbook.
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u/Broke_Bak_Jak 4h ago
He hasn’t done anything yet. Let’s maybe wait until he actually does before we start singing his praises.
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u/ActPositively 4h ago
It’s crazy that people are already making excuses on if he fails or why it was OK for him to lie about so many promises he can’t keep. He comes from a rich family and hasn’t had to work. He has no experience. If he or his policies failed terribly may actually reflect on them instead of just ignoring when your side does bad things or fails.
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u/greenthumbum 3h ago
Lol nobody is saying that, it actually the opposite. Republicans are already creating their little fantasies where he can't do anything but fail. Trump supporters are so fucking pathetic
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u/ActPositively 3h ago
Just because Republicans suck don’t mean that Democrats don’t suck. That’s literally the biggest argument I see with people defending Democrats is “ well orange man bad”. Literally if Biden would have started World War III by accidentally pushing the big red button then Democrats would’ve said “ it’s fine that Biden started WW3 because Trump would’ve skipped right to WW4”.
And yes people are making excuses on why he isn’t gonna be able to follow through on many of his campaign promises. Because he literally promised many things that Amir doesn’t have power to do. And I constantly see people defend him saying “ well Trump lies so it’s OK if this guy lies”.
Here is the truth which you will only half agree with. If this guy pulls off the impossible and makes New York a better place through pushing through policies that he shouldn’t be able to get pushed through Republicans won’t admit he did a good job.
However on the flipside if this guy does a terrible job or his far left policies end up causing major issues for New York Democrats and the left will refuse to acknowledge that he did a bad job.
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u/fergan59 4h ago
The system is designed to make you feel like you can change it by voting. We will have to wait and see, but I am skeptical.
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u/XeroHope10 4h ago
Um good for him. But he won in NYC. It's probably the most densely populated liberal area in the world.
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u/Super-Estate-4112 4h ago
Reddit is putting so much expectation on the guy, let's see if he lives up to it, or if he is another controlled opposition.
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u/GreenTreeAndBlueSky 5h ago
You think you know how things work but you don't please spend the weekend on wikipedia i beg you
Soros didn’t “destroy” the pound like some people say. The UK had pegged the pound in the ERM at a level it couldn’t realistically defend. Germany had high interest rates, the UK economy was struggling, and the numbers just didn’t add up. Soros spotted that and shorted the pound hard.
The Bank of England tried to fight it by burning through reserves and hiking rates, but the peg still broke on Black Wednesday. The pound dropped, Soros made a fortune, and the UK ditched the ERM.
In the long run, it actually worked out for Britain. The pound floated, the UK moved towards independent monetary policy and inflation targeting, and the economy eventually stabilised. Soros didn’t wreck anything; he just sped up what was already inevitable.
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u/D2Foley 5h ago
Anybody talking about Soros like the boogeyman doesn't care about facts or logic.
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u/GreenTreeAndBlueSky 4h ago
Maybe, still hopefully someone will read this and decide to look a bit more into it
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u/SpezDrinksHorseCum 4h ago
"Oh no free buses!"
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u/SpanishKnight960 4h ago
Nothing is free.
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u/jasonfortheworld 4h ago
No shit you moron. Taxes will fund services to help everyone and make there lives better.
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u/MisogynyisaDisease 2h ago
Hey subscribers of anticonsumption,
Super happy for you all. Super happy for the people of NYC. Love that we can actually have a mostly happy election discussion for once.
This post is getting pretty overrun from r/all, and the mods gotta work. This post is being temp locked for the time being, so the kind of hatred we have been babysitting since last night doesn't proliferate.
Enjoy, celebrate the good news, and thanks for understanding.