Today, Mamdani is at the vanguard of an army of proud sewer socialists, who say that once you deliver for people in their day-to-day existence, they will trust you and back you when you fight for deep, structural changes (and the corollary: if you *can't* deliver for people in their daily lives, why should they trust you when you claim that you'll make everything better?):
https://prospect.org/2026/04/10/zohran-mamdani-getting-new-york-city-believe-in-government/
33/
Cory Doctorow
npub1yx…75qvv
2026-08-08 09:11:57 UTC
in reply to nevent1q…40es
Author Public Key
npub1yxzkmtuyctjw2pffp6e9uvyrkp29hrqra2tm3xp3z9707z06muxsg75qvvSeen on
wss://relay.ditto.pubPublished at
2026-08-08 09:11:57 UTCEvent JSON
{
"id": "b2085293d3f5dbe5cd78cf30e65d749497cf79d02897ab35dc5d1232cf6bded7",
"pubkey": "21856daf84c2e4e505290eb25e3083b0545b8c03ea97b89831117cff09fadf0d",
"created_at": 1786180317,
"kind": 1,
"tags": [
[
"e",
"c8c8f4bd1853dc345e0947baa55e65ad3b1641d646d2afa0e5f1b46746370d6b",
"wss://relay.ditto.pub",
"reply"
],
[
"content-warning",
"Long thread/33"
],
[
"proxy",
"https://mamot.fr/users/pluralistic/statuses/117059113304704696",
"activitypub"
],
[
"client",
"Mostr",
"31990:6be38f8c63df7dbf84db7ec4a6e6fbbd8d19dca3b980efad18585c46f04b26f9:mostr",
"wss://relay.ditto.pub"
]
],
"content": "Today, Mamdani is at the vanguard of an army of proud sewer socialists, who say that once you deliver for people in their day-to-day existence, they will trust you and back you when you fight for deep, structural changes (and the corollary: if you *can't* deliver for people in their daily lives, why should they trust you when you claim that you'll make everything better?):\n\nhttps://prospect.org/2026/04/10/zohran-mamdani-getting-new-york-city-believe-in-government/\n\n33/",
"sig": "8caec657482e511ae45e219839b6096ccc21a0f0ae27366a8fa1fe1c8073aa08eb35dce13f9c6720fb12246d851e4922bf413ad7cc35db1e44333a83628a5081"
}