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Zohran Mamdani was elected mayor of New York City on Tuesday, capping a stunning ascent for the 34-year-old state lawmaker, who was set to become the city’s most liberal mayor in generations.

In a victory for the Democratic party’s progressive wing, Mamdani defeated former Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Republican Curtis Sliwa. Mamdani must now navigate the unending demands of America’s biggest city and deliver on ambitious — skeptics say unrealistic — campaign promises.

With the victory, the democratic socialist will etch his place in history as the city’s first Muslim mayor, the first of South Asian heritage and the first born in Africa. He will also become the city’s youngest mayor in more than a century when he takes office on Jan. 1.

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[–] Danquebec@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Isn't the right to private property part of liberalism?

[–] mjr@infosec.pub 1 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

It's more part of socialism than it is of liberalism! Liberals generally want the least property regulation needed for their system to work, whereas socialists want the means of production to be owned by the workers or users, depending what sort of socialists.

Are you confusing socialism with communism? Communism is more likely to say everything should be common property.

[–] Danquebec@sh.itjust.works 1 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

My understanding is that socialists include communists, utopian socialists, democratic socialists, baathists, and most anarchists, and that communists see socialism as a step towards communism, socialism as a step being the collective ownership of the means of production by the workers and the state being managed by a workers party to manage the overall economy. Am i wrong?

[–] mjr@infosec.pub 1 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah, that's not how socialism is used in most of the world. It's to the right of communism, to the left of social democratic, not really encountered the others enough to know where they stand, except anarchism is off on another axis. Communists may see socialism as a step towards them, but socialism doesn't necessarily mean collectives, as other forms of ownership are accepted. Look at the principles of groups like Socialist International.

[–] Danquebec@sh.itjust.works 1 points 18 hours ago