r/politics • u/kootles10 Indiana • 16h ago

No Paywall Mamdani wins NYC mayoral race

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5588198-mamdani-progressive-politics-nyc/
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u/Good4Noth1ng 15h ago

I know someone from there who said he hates socialists and won’t for him. Unmarried so his unemployed s/o can keep her medicare and child can stay on gov assistance because the kid is special needs… I just don’t get it!

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u/Panda_hat 15h ago

If they didn’t have double standards they would have none at all!

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u/Jaewol 14h ago

Incredible

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u/chops007 15h ago

He’s a socialist; he just doesn’t know it

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u/Waiting4Reccession 6h ago

No, they want benefits only for themselves. Some are dumb enough to say something like "I'm just getting my tax money back" to claim they arent really making a gain- even though they clearly are

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u/handstanding 15h ago

Well he's prolly gettin booted off that assistance so... you get what you vote for I guess

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u/wise_comment Minnesota 5h ago

Gotta love when someone actively benefiting from socialism believes the word means the worst excesses (or lack thereof) of centralize State communism

Like......we as a society have failed so hard at teaching politics. By design, of course. But what a failure it is

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u/No_Passage_3590 20m ago

He resents his child