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‘Not Just NYC’: Poll Shows Mamdani Economic Policies Popular Across US (www.commondreams.org)

submitted 1 week ago by TokenBoomer@lemmy.world to c/progressivepolitics@lemmy.world

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“His campaign paired moral conviction with concrete plans to lower costs and expand access to services, making it unmistakable what he stood for and whom he was fighting for.”

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[–] M1ch431@slrpnk.net 18 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

But what about all the times I've been told that these sort of policies are actually really unpopular because they don't win elections?

[–] Cruxifux@feddit.nl 5 points 1 week ago

Seriously. Establishment liberals real quiet now.

[–] idiomaddict@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

No, no, no! Of course these are popular policies, but we have to resist them because ~~of Calvinism~~ ~~they’re greedy~~ how will we learn to take care of ourselves without surviving off of a small fraction of the value we add to the economy?

[–] M1ch431@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Calvinism

What a wonderful twisting of the scripture that rabbit hole is.

[–] naught101@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago

No kidding

[–] MellowYellow13@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

Not surprised no matter what centrist morons say.