Mind you, I’m biased since I’m not from the US, I’m Balkan. So a quick heads up there. Plus I’m a hardline commie so yeah. Just did some research on this because It caught my eye.

I haven’t really noticed this here or at Lemmygrad. But a lot of online “leftist” spaces, especially on Reddit, are over hyping this shit too much lmao.

Zohran so far:

This circlejerk about a social democrat getting elected is doing my head in, people are acting like the October revolution happened.

Just don’t act surprised when magically not much actual change happens in New York. Also don’t give me “Oh but the pipeline!!!1!”. Yeah If the pipeline actually worked, Bernie and AOC supporters would have been actual marxists by now (Also as a Serb, fuck Bernie, Parenti was right about your dumbass).

I have a pet peeve with American “anti-capitalists” in general. Where they constantly just whine how everything is expensive, no public transport and no free healthcare. Yet they’d probably be fine with the world suffering as long as they got those three things + whatever treats they want.

Don’t forget to join a good org nearby you, read and organize folks!

  • miz [any, any]@hexbear.netEnglish
    37·
    20 days ago

    in my view the credibility of “this one’s different!” collapsed when he didn’t have the chops to avoid helping the US destroy the Bolivarian revolution in Venezuela, or the rhetorical ability to center a people’s right of resistance against occupation and instead joined in manufacturing consent for genocide in Palestine. (EDIT: or at the very minimum, to avoid the question by centering New York and New Yorkers) I wish him luck in doing something good for the poorest residents of the empire’s beating heart but I won’t hold my breath.

    I spit on zionist AOC
    I spit on zionist Bernie Sanders
    I spit on nazi Graham Platner
    may they suffer horrific boils and hemhorroids and meet humiliating ends

    • sewer_rat_420 [he/him, any]@hexbear.netEnglish
      8·
      19 days ago

      I see it differently and somewhat more optimistically than you, but I appreciate the “not holding my breath” attitude. Frankly, there is no reason to be pro or anti Zohran at this point unless you live in NYC. Lets just see where it goes and not pin all our hopes on one administration.

      I think the bigger story is still the fact that being called a socialist, and being pro-palestine by American standards, as well as being a Muslim experiencing the most insane racist attacks funded by millions of dollars, did not stop him from winning. It feels like a good omen, even if this is just the beginning.