Is he a left populist? Yes he is. But atleast he draws attention to actual problems (homelessness, grocery prices) and their real reasons (governmental policies and bad leadership) rather than pointing at the same problems and then making up bullshit reasons like “immigrants are taking our jobs and eating our cats”
It’s definitely performative. But that doesn’t diminish it in the least. He is getting shit done, and advertising it effectively. If every politician clout chased this way, people wouldn’t have such vehement hatred for them. He has an amazing pr team and he’s governing effectively. You could ask for literally not a thing more.
You’re right. Most successful politicians are extremely performative. What matters with Mamdani is who he’s primarily performing for, and it’s not the wealthy Epstein class.
Exactly. In fact, I love that he’s openly displaying the stuff he does arohnd the city, because it lets me know of the wondeful stuff he’s doing rather than how so many reps refuse to advertise the stuff they do and have a nice record of their actions. I definitely think some of them obscure what they do because they don’t want voters to realize how shady they are, but it just frustrates mr more when i have to go out of my way to dig through records of a politicians vote history.
If they would be fucking transparent they wouldn’t be struggling to get votes, but whatever…
I think we need to get away from calling things performative. It has a very negative connotation. What he’s doing is leading from the front. He’s making his presence, opinions, and values known and is showing it.
Any other politician and id call it performative
…but hes kinda doing shit like this daily so i think hes just really happy to be mayor and loves his city 🤷
He was out shoveling snow AFTER he got elected and people were still calling it performative. He’s just a good dude.
Is he a left populist? Yes he is. But atleast he draws attention to actual problems (homelessness, grocery prices) and their real reasons (governmental policies and bad leadership) rather than pointing at the same problems and then making up bullshit reasons like “immigrants are taking our jobs and eating our cats”
It’s definitely performative. But that doesn’t diminish it in the least. He is getting shit done, and advertising it effectively. If every politician clout chased this way, people wouldn’t have such vehement hatred for them. He has an amazing pr team and he’s governing effectively. You could ask for literally not a thing more.
It’s performative, but to who? He’s performing for the working class, not for the Epstein class. That matters a ton.
Clearly you can ask for pussy.
You’re right. Most successful politicians are extremely performative. What matters with Mamdani is who he’s primarily performing for, and it’s not the wealthy Epstein class.
Exactly. In fact, I love that he’s openly displaying the stuff he does arohnd the city, because it lets me know of the wondeful stuff he’s doing rather than how so many reps refuse to advertise the stuff they do and have a nice record of their actions. I definitely think some of them obscure what they do because they don’t want voters to realize how shady they are, but it just frustrates mr more when i have to go out of my way to dig through records of a politicians vote history.
If they would be fucking transparent they wouldn’t be struggling to get votes, but whatever…
I think we need to get away from calling things performative. It has a very negative connotation. What he’s doing is leading from the front. He’s making his presence, opinions, and values known and is showing it.
I meant it negatively. If i saw a picture of Trump doing blue collar work, it would be performative (derogatory).
My point is that mamdani lives the performance, and therefore is, in reality, just a stand-up guy who is leading from the front lines.
You might even say he is “performative” because it is his job, as a politician.
It’s performative to some extent. There’s no reason he needs to be there personally. It’s a photo op.
But he does seem to be taking the needs of his constituents seriously.