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First glimmer of hope in a long time has been Mamdani. Every week I feel like I hear about something new and great and it's weird actually seeing what someone can actually do.
If he keeps getting this good PR, Mandami won't be around for long. Otherwise people might expect things to change.
The biggest thing he should be showing you is that someone motivated can make noticeable positive change in a relatively short period of time. When you see another politician failing to make such noticeable changes, it's because they're not trying.
Yes, Mamdani still has a lot of work ahead of him - what we've seen so far is just a good first few steps, but they're obvious steps in the right direction. Whenever someone says "these things take time" and can't show any obvious first steps to prove that we're actually moving at all, then they're not actually doing anything - they're just saying they are and hoping you won't notice.
It's also important to understand his limitations. The capitalist system cannot be changed out piece by piece into a socialist one. Mamdani is powerless against the capitalist class, at most he can pass welfare and social reforms. The benefit of Mamdani is that he helps prove that these reforms are actually pretty easy to establish, but at the same time we must understand that socialism without revolution is impossible.
That's why it's critical to educate ourselves and communities, agitate amongst the working classes, and organize for socialist revolution.