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But the idiots who watch fox news see these as negatives anyway. It's only "advertising" to people who wouldn't watch that tripe to begin with.
I can already imagine my maga uncle: "$30 an hour to do what!? Flip burgers!? Fucking kids these days are so lazy, they should be grateful to make $5 an hour!"
This isn't some masterstroke from Mamdani, it's just Fox News laundering his ideas through the fascist filter.
This is a classic mistake partisans of all types make. The supporters of our enemies are not a monolith. Sure, most will react negatively but some will like these ideas.
A lot of republicans support the party because they mistakenly think Trump and his allies are fighting against some evil cabal that controls society to make their lives miserable. These policies can help break through that misinformation, if it is shared through avenues that reach people. Fox News, for all its flaws, is one such place.
My parents support the MAGA people, and they watch Fox News. However, I'm pretty sure they'd agree with these. (They might be confused about the minimum wage being so high and think that's bad though.)
They effectively have adopted my cousin (she isn't adopted, but they have full custody of her), and my mom at least loves the social benefits they provide — much less than it costs to take care of a person, but useful. They're told socialism is bad, but when you just talk about the policies they generally like them. A lot of people are just wrongly educated and made to be scared of concepts when the actual ideas are things they agree with.