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Mamdani is the candidate of the “haves,” who disguise their rage at the “have-mores” as concern for the “have-nots” (who don’t support Mamdani). The typical pattern you see with socialist movements in general.
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this was also the target audience of marx: the upper middle class who felt the upper class was unreachable and also felt empathy for those of the lower class.
Trust fund socialism
The reality is socialism appeals to the upper and lower class. It has the least appeal for the middle and working class.
It’s like supporting net zero agenda and shopping at Whole Foods
i believe marx was from a very well off family and may have been over educated in theory and under educated in practical reality
this is the situation many millennials with good jobs but a lot of debt find themselves in https://history.howstuffworks.com/historical-figures/karl-marx.htm
Makes sense. Both AOC and Mamdani are from families with that income profile. Socialism has always been about inter-elite jealousies.
It took me way too long to figure out what this was supposed to be
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Batya Sargon calls this trust fund socialism
Here is an interesting response:
view on x.comhttps://xcancel.com/michaelbarone/status/1938686229769269592
https://xcancel.com/robkhenderson/status/1938585882908353004