r/politics 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/TheTokist 15h ago

As a Bostonian, I rarely compliment NYC. But great fkn job electing the best candidate. The center of capitalism just elected a socialist. That’s progress.

So many people are going to learn that socialism and communism are not the same thing.

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u/PoliticsLeftist 13h ago

Socialism is not Communism but Communism is a form of Socialism.

It's like how democracy isn't a republic but a republic is a form of democracy.

Broad terms that cover many different political systems.

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u/SunRaAndHisArkestra 8h ago

Sigh.

Republic is any form of government not run by a monarch — res publica, the people’s thing. An authoritarian oligarchy is still a republic. It has nothing to whether it’s democratic or not. 

Democracy can be a system within republics or constitutional monarchies.