The US has a “left” it has just been beaten into submission and told to vote for D or it gets the hose again. And I think now it’s realized it’s not alone, and it’s fighting back. This country fought a war to depose a king. This country fought a war to end slavery. This is a country that has spent basically all its history trying to protect itself and others from what exactly is currently happening. Yeah obviously they didn’t do a great job stopping this earlier, but this is not a country that is going to let itself be taken over by conservative right-wing religious fascist authoritarianism, despite the current evidence to the contrary. The country just needs a little time to remember who it really is and shake some of the rust off, because yeah, it’s been quite awhile since any of us in the west actually needed to fight for anything significant in our lives. But I also think it’s silly to expect we won’t. I don’t think the great American experiment is over, I think it’s going to continue and we’re going to see how that actually works.
Maybe I’m wrong, but there are still way too many good people down there, and there are good people outside the US who want them to succeed too. The real fight will come eventually. It’s anybody’s guess when, where, and how. They may be down right now but don’t count the US out just yet I think they’ve still got lots of rounds left in them.
It seems like it might finally be materializing. I don’t know every detail of Mamdani’s politics but they do seem genuinely left by American standards. I can’t think of a further left candidate that has won a prominent election in this country.
The LA metropolitan area is well over half of New York’s in terms of population. And I’d argue that it’s significantly more important to pop culture today. In this thesis, I will-
Wow! What a huge win.
Is the left finally unified and rising? This is pretty stunning.
A candidate that offers real help to the working class.
The US doesn’t have a “left.” This is encouraging, but let’s not get silly.
Then it’s time to create one.
I’ve never considered myself super “left.” But MAGA and feckless Dems have me radicalized.
It’s either this or guillotines. Time to stop playin’. Let’s fucking go.
The US has a “left” it has just been beaten into submission and told to vote for D or it gets the hose again. And I think now it’s realized it’s not alone, and it’s fighting back. This country fought a war to depose a king. This country fought a war to end slavery. This is a country that has spent basically all its history trying to protect itself and others from what exactly is currently happening. Yeah obviously they didn’t do a great job stopping this earlier, but this is not a country that is going to let itself be taken over by conservative right-wing religious fascist authoritarianism, despite the current evidence to the contrary. The country just needs a little time to remember who it really is and shake some of the rust off, because yeah, it’s been quite awhile since any of us in the west actually needed to fight for anything significant in our lives. But I also think it’s silly to expect we won’t. I don’t think the great American experiment is over, I think it’s going to continue and we’re going to see how that actually works.
Maybe I’m wrong, but there are still way too many good people down there, and there are good people outside the US who want them to succeed too. The real fight will come eventually. It’s anybody’s guess when, where, and how. They may be down right now but don’t count the US out just yet I think they’ve still got lots of rounds left in them.
Doubt
The US does have a left, but it’s atomized, disorganized and has a severe case of Stockholm syndrome towards liberals.
It seems like it might finally be materializing. I don’t know every detail of Mamdani’s politics but they do seem genuinely left by American standards. I can’t think of a further left candidate that has won a prominent election in this country.
Hell yeah! Just the one city so far, but good sign!
FWIW, NYC is the city.
Maybe about 150 years ago. Now, as far as I’m concerned, there’s 4. Chicago, LA, Atlanta, and NYC.
NYC is more than twice the size of any of those cities. It’s still the city.
e: And Atlanta proper is only half a million people. It’s the metro area that’s got the population. Lots of mayors.
The LA metropolitan area is well over half of New York’s in terms of population. And I’d argue that it’s significantly more important to pop culture today. In this thesis, I will-
Oh no you’re right - Atlanta, Chicago, LA metro areas are all on par with NYC.
But … the NYC metro area arguably stretches beyond DC now.