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Zohran Mamdani Knows He Has Political Capital. He Intends to Spend It. | The New York Times (www.youtube.com)

submitted 4 hours ago by yonderbarn@lazysoci.al to c/progressivepolitics@lemmy.world

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[–] Triumph@fedia.io 20 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Interestingly, when he spends his political capital on the things he does, he ends up with more than he started with. That's how "doing the right things" works.

[–] TheGoldenV@lemmy.world 11 points 2 hours ago (2 children)

It’s like he’s investing in the community and seeing dividends.

[–] First_Thunder@lemmy.zip 3 points 32 minutes ago

A COMMUNIST? INVESTING? AND HAVING RETURNS? He’s clearly a hypocrite who is a filthy capitalist

[–] Tyrq@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 hour ago

Hold on, there's another political tactic besides grifting your constituents to line your own pockets? I don't believe it