Again, he is wrong. I’m not excusing him.
I’m simply acknowledging his sincerity.

Bob is easy enough to understand.
He isn’t a revolutionary.
He does understand the problems of concentrated wealth and power, and he sincerely (but incorrectly) believes that it may be overcome without the threat of popular violence.

You’re begging the question.

Define Socialism.

Define Socialism.

This is valid, and worth keeping in mind.
Still, the first step is getting the electorate to see that better things are possible.
Now Mamdami has to keep them engaged & motivated, to move the ball on the agenda.
I choose to remain cautiously hopeful.

Keep cope.

The fact is, American propaganda has been focused on demonizing any opinion other than capitalism for the last hundred years, and public ignorance serves capital interests; the uneducated are easier to manipulate & control.
Always follow the money.

Oh, I’m certain the capital interests will try to do it for him.
They’re thoughtful that way. 😀

Things are long overdue for an overhaul.
When the system was initially established, it made some sense.
(Not much, but there was a fig leaf)
Today, however, it serves only to protect the interests of wealth.

This all goes back to the ‘Third Way’ cabal that took over the Party after 1980.
They sold their souls for corporate sponsorship, and are now terrified of losing it.
It’s just greed, greed, and more greed.

VA & NJ are indicators that Republican gerrymandering is not going to let them walk it in.

But Mamdami’s win in NYC should be telling you where the energy is for policy, Pete.
The people want Rooseveltism back. ‘Third Way’ corporate servitude is dead.

¿Porque no los dos?

Let’s be honest, weaponized incompetence is a thing.

He was one voice among many.
The great man theory of history is garbage.
Prop 50 is a necessary and insufficient measure against the regime, and the idea that handing power over to someone who will not change the capitalist status quo is somehow going to prevent a repeat is naive.

It’s primarily a generational divide.
The financial crisis in 07-08 showed entire generations the myth of capitalist prosperity for what it is. Many of the younger generation sought answers to why their families were suffering.
Minsky & Marx illuminated the truth for them.