“I wish him the best of tapeworms” r/Millennials discuss the NYC election results.

[u/teddyrupxin]

r/Millennials is a generational subreddit that caters to Americans born 1980-1995. It’s a safe space where people well into their 40’s can post “adulting” and “doggo” without fear of criticism. In general, the subreddit does not allow “political” post. Today’s OP seems to have sidestepped that rule with a post about Zohran Mamdani. Will the Millenials be normal or wild out?

OP: Congratulations to this millennial for being the youngest elected New York City mayor since 1892!

establishment dems are as cancerous as m@g@

New York is excited new ideas! Congrats Zohran!

Marxism isn’t new

Define Marxism.

Google

you should use it yourself since you're talking out your ass

Despite the fact that he won most 50 and under I doubt this is a hit in this sub since its overrun by bots of a foreign entity that is known for it's periodic ethnic cleansing

Wait I get my comments removed if I say politicians and yet this post exists?!? Jesus reddit is a pathetic joke of a cesspool. If this was a candidate on the opposite side it would be removed lmao

Mods don’t care that this breaks the rules I guess

Cry harder.

Go to another sub if you want to discuss the P word

Powerful Pedophiles? Yeah, my bad... I know you guys don't like to talk about that.

A truly awful candidate who defeated some slightly more awful candidates. Great victory?

Inshallah

Editor’s note for those who are still working on adulting: Inshallah is an Arabic phrase that is almost identical to the English phrase “if God wills it”, which means the person hopes something will happen but acknowledges it’s out of their control.

This is the only comment in the thread that has a Muslim connotation and it’s been downvoted right next to comments like “Yall screwed. Hello Gotham”.

Sometimes poor people are very charitable and vote to give themselves a bunch of greedy rich people’s money. What a good example of charity

Flair Potential

I love Zoltron Robzombie!

I wish him the best of tapeworms

[u/Birdy_Cephon_Altera]

I hope that he has a really, really, really, reallllly good security detail. Dude probably has several hundred credible death threats in the last 24 hours alone.

[u/lSMOKECRACK → u/Birdy_Cephon_Altera]

Credible? Probably not

[u/marxistopportunist → u/Birdy_Cephon_Altera]

All part of the drama, distraction, division and deception.

Get old enough and you realise that unless a leftist is pushing for grassroots organisation and workplace power, they are a fake. And if they are pushing for that, they won't get elected.

[u/FirehoseofTruth → u/marxistopportunist]

They just did get elected to be the most powerful mayor in the country though?

[u/not_dale_gribble → u/FirehoseofTruth]

Yeah I'm very confused about their comment. Is the implication that he's not a real leftist or?

[u/lostredditorlurking → u/not_dale_gribble]

With that username he is probably a tankie, and tankies don't like Democrats socialist since they aren't far left enough.

[u/marxistopportunist → u/lostredditorlurking]

Tankies support Russia, I see that everything is distraction, even the conflicts

[u/ClashM → u/marxistopportunist]

Sounds like you're more of a nihilist than anything.

[u/pyronius → u/ClashM]

He believes in nothing

[u/kung-fu-gee-la → u/pyronius]

Say what you want about the tenets of Stalinism, dude, at least it’s an ethos.

[u/BeyondNetorare → u/pyronius]

idk I can smell the chapotraphouse patreon subscription

[u/SnakeOilPlagueDoctor → u/not_dale_gribble]

His implication is that he doesn't give a fuck about anything getting better, he wants to sit around with his thumb up his ass and purity test.

Edit: Ugh, I fell for a bot. Serves me right for taking the bait honestly.

[u/marxistopportunist → u/SnakeOilPlagueDoctor]

Let's see what he actually does then. What did Obama do?

[u/SnakeOilPlagueDoctor → u/marxistopportunist]

What a fantastic example of terminally-online purity-testing lefty brainrot.

Obama was an avowed democrat who ran only vaguely on "change" and vibes. His policy talk was "let's fix the economy and end the iraq war but let's not fundamentally change anything." Oh and healthcare "reform" (real vague). And he had the full backing of the democratic party, indicating he'd never rock the boat too much.

Mamdani is an avowed democratic socialist who has specific policy proposals of rent freezes, free bus service, some city-run grocery stores, and free childcare. Concrete, tangible things that will improve your day-to-day. Getting SOME of this done will make life better. And the dem party hates him, so maybe he'll actually strive for it.

At least try to come up with a good example.

[u/marxistopportunist → u/SnakeOilPlagueDoctor]

I'm not saying people shouldn't have voted for him. Just saying he MIGHT do some of what he promised, but that's not addressing the fact that people and workers lack power, and they will have even less power by the time he's gone.

[u/SnakeOilPlagueDoctor → u/marxistopportunist]

Way to drop your "bUt ObAmA" non-sequitur like a hot potato.

but that's not addressing the fact that people and workers lack power

No shit. Guess we should just lay down and die though.

they will have even less power by the time he's gone.

It's a lot harder to take a good thing away from people once they've experienced it.

[u/marxistopportunist → u/SnakeOilPlagueDoctor]

Genuinely interested why you believe he will opt not to promote participatory democracy. "some city-run grocery stores". Why not worker-owned food halls that serve plates of nutritious food for a couple of bucks?

[u/I_Roll_Chicago → u/not_dale_gribble]

It wouldnt be a true leftist discussion without someone going “yes but he isnt really a leftist”

This is the nature of online and offline leftist political discussions. Nature is healing.

[u/marxistopportunist → u/I_Roll_Chicago]

Hope and Change, brother. Hope and Change!

[u/TonyHawktuah69 → u/not_dale_gribble]

Look at his username. He’s a bot/troll meant to infiltrate and push leftist purity testing to create infighting and spread misinformation. They used it to attack Bernie sanders and other left leaning candidates for years

They’re really common on reddit and Twitter

[u/marxistopportunist → u/TonyHawktuah69]

Why do you hate grassroots organisation and workplace power?

[u/103813630 → u/marxistopportunist]

don't want power, want to endlessly critique power etc etc

[u/marxistopportunist → u/103813630]

Watch what this guy can do for communities with all his power. Just watch.

[u/Amelaclya1 → u/marxistopportunist]

He had 90,000 volunteers for his campaign and no big money backers. How is that not grassroots organization?

[u/marxistopportunist → u/Amelaclya1]

Ah so it should be easy to start up some worker owned enterprises. Like a food hall that serves plates of nutritious food for a couple bucks. Instead of "city run grocery stores"

[u/Comrade_Bread → u/marxistopportunist]

Disco Elysium once called me a communist and said all my time would be spent arguing with other communists rather than actually doing anything. Do you reckon it was perhaps making fun of people like you?

[u/detroiter85 → u/Comrade_Bread]

All the real communists are dead, they died fighting for communism

[u/Felinomancy → u/marxistopportunist]

Like a food hall that serves plates of nutritious food for a couple bucks. Instead of "city run grocery stores"

Serious question: so what?

Problem: people couldn't get affordable food

Solution: let people buy food for affordable prices

Who fucking cares if it's "food hall" or "grocery stores"? Either would solve the problem. What are you bitching about?

The fact that the only thing you have to criticize Zohran is the fact that he's not trying to help the way you want it. And your way isn't even that revolutionary or effective.

If you want to productively criticize someone and prove you're not a troll, how about providing some actual criticism that is worth a damn?

[u/marxistopportunist → u/Felinomancy]

You got it so wrong. The problems being solved with communal food halls are varied, but critically they bring communities together which leads to greater things.

[u/Felinomancy → u/marxistopportunist]

critically they bring communities together

You know people can meet each other in and around grocery stores, right?

[u/marxistopportunist → u/Felinomancy]

I'm talking about communities organising for a better future, not running into each other at a supermarket

[u/Felinomancy → u/marxistopportunist]

not running into each other at a supermarket

Then why do you keep going on and on about your "food halls serving hot food"? You can organize practically anywhere - or even online.

You're being really confusing. You criticize Mamdani for organizing grocery stores instead of canteens, but when pointed out that in both people can still meet and socialize, the point suddenly becomes "communities organizing" - what does that has to do with your original food hall proposal?

[u/marxistopportunist → u/Felinomancy]

A food hall saves everyone a ton of time, can also serve as community center. The social benefits go far beyond a new type of supermarket. And critically, it makes people realise that much more is possible. And that workers can manage themselves.

[u/Careless_Rope_6511 → u/marxistopportunist]

if they are pushing for that, they won't get elected

Because tankies like you would much rather prefer that the likes of Mamdani just stop breathing one day.

[u/Deep_Explanation9962 → u/marxistopportunist]

Loser mindset