I deeply despise Mamdani, the nepo dude, but I understand why people voted for him. Cuomo is a washed up Boomer with zero energy. He brought nothing to the race except for being a Democrat who is not Mamdani. Sliwa is old and weird.
No argument was advanced to discredit Mamdani. Republicans kept harping on him being a Muslim which is ludicrous. He’s a Muslim like I’m a ballerina. He conducted his campaign in gay clubs and promised huge sums to trans people. They also kept saying he’s a Communist which means nothing to anybody outside of the Boomer crowd.
“He quoted Marx (badly) in a joking exchange on Twitter five years ago!”
I quoted Marx (correctly) last week, so what?
Life is very expensive in NYC. For young people, it’s extremely harsh. Housing prices are ruinous. Mamdani offered a fantasy of affordability. And yes, it’s a fantasy. It’s dumb. But nobody else offered anything. Mamdani brought great energy, optimism, excitement, and fun. Energy always wins. I lose energy even just listening to Cuomo for 2 minutes.
There’s a lesson here that, I’m afraid, nobody is learning.
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