John Saunders
@js-53.bsky.social
I've been around a while. Reader of The Reframe. PoP.
Sucker for pithy turns-of-phrase. Slowly finding all my peeps.
"The first lie of fascism is its own inevitability. " @jeffsharlet.bsky.social
NO KINGS NO NAZIS NO SLAVES NO VILLIANAIRES
Sucker for pithy turns-of-phrase. Slowly finding all my peeps.
"The first lie of fascism is its own inevitability. " @jeffsharlet.bsky.social
NO KINGS NO NAZIS NO SLAVES NO VILLIANAIRES
Reposted by John Saunders
we band of why-bothers
November 11, 2025 at 3:04 AM
we band of why-bothers
Reposted by John Saunders
Also worth repeating: Mamdani's greatest power isn't something just anyone can learn or emulate. He's got an entire PHILOSOPHY and MORAL CORE based on care over punishment that informs everything he says and does. Without that, the charisma means nothing.
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This is absolutely Mamdani's not-so-secret secret power: he knows who he is and what he believes and he wants to help ALL of us. So you can't trip him up with a trick question; you can't get a fake note out of him. BECAUSE HE HAS NOTHING TO HIDE AND HE'S DONE THE READING AND HE'S HERE FOR US.
100 percent. I think he benefits from what most great orators benefit from: he knows himself—and more importantly, he talks to (and understands) what moves people. And, as far as I can tell, he believes what he’s saying.
November 11, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Also worth repeating: Mamdani's greatest power isn't something just anyone can learn or emulate. He's got an entire PHILOSOPHY and MORAL CORE based on care over punishment that informs everything he says and does. Without that, the charisma means nothing.
blacksky.community/profile/did:...
blacksky.community/profile/did:...
Turns out much of what we need to build new institutions has been made for us already. Adding to my <groans> reading list.
November 11, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Turns out much of what we need to build new institutions has been made for us already. Adding to my <groans> reading list.