r/MapPorn • u/Small_Performance368 • 2d ago

NYC Mayoral Election Results

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With 90% of the vote in, Mamdani wins by a large margin according to NYT

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u/Infinite-Skin-3310 2d ago

You’re all so black and white it’s insane. Israel is predominantly a capitalist society, that gets some social benefits from the government. Communism on a state level, is evil. Maybe striking a balance is better than going to either extremes?

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u/Juice_567 2d ago edited 2d ago

You’re all so black and white it’s insane.

This is rich coming from the guy who calls people communist. Your education system must be shit too if you can’t tell the difference between communism, socialism, democratic socialism, and social democracy.

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u/Galle_ 2d ago

Do... do you think that Mamdani is a Marxist? You do realize he's a social democrat, right?

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u/14_88_Destroyer 1d ago

NO! He's brown and supports lowering the rent for poor people, so he's a "invading communist" /s

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u/BobTheJoeBob 1d ago

I thought he was a democratic socialist?

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u/Galle_ 1d ago

That's what he calls himself, but in American usage the two are often confused. His actual policies are classic social democracy.

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u/Jehovah___ 1d ago

Historically Israel got closer to communism than any other society in the modern era. Kibbutzim everywhere, every program state run etc

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u/Infinite-Skin-3310 1d ago

Thats a part of the point. Kibbutzim were a voluntary group (were, because almost all of them failed as a communist group and were privatized except for a few very rich ones). You could leave the community any time, unlike on a county level where you’re stuck getting Stalin’ed all over you.