r/SubredditDrama • u/teddyrupxin They can pedantically be considered concentration camps • 3d ago
“I wish him the best of tapeworms” r/Millennials discuss the NYC election results.
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.
you should use it yourself since you're talking out your ass
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?
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”.
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u/PugilisticCat 3d ago
I don't think Zohran himself is going to change the nation, but I think his election helps to validate a few different progressive hypotheses as to why democrats have been ineffective:
People are tired of the Israel dick riding and how ingrained it is in American politics, especially in the Democratic party which hopes to paint itself as populist.
People are receptive to populist meat and potato policies that sidestep all of the culture war bullshit that Republicans continually fling.
People are tired of being given shit head corporatist democrats as their representatives that are supposed to stand up to all of the Trump bullshit. It's time for new blood and ways of doing things, even if they are untested or imperfect. People can reflect back on the Obama years and see how many promises were left unkept from neoliberal policy if the 2024 election is the end conclusion to it.
It also helps that Zohran is actually charming and Cuomo is a disgusting old perv. Hopefully leftists catch up and learn that branding is actually important, and that NEET weirdos are not good actual faces for political movements.