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Bernie Sanders says Zohran Mamdani is the only New York City candidate standing up to billionaires.
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this post was submitted on 15 Aug 2025
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We have a fundamental disagreement about the purpose of government, and the mechanics of politics. The political status quo (often mistaken as the ideal by centrists) only ever changes by force. There isn't some wise council at the top of our government who decide what changes, and at what speed. Changes come from "extremists" at the speed with which they are able to overcome the resistance of the "moderates" who prefer things as they currently are. Throwing your lot in with the "moderates" is adding your weight to the political inertia that prevents progress.
i think perhaps our disagreement is with terms
i’m saying that the government should be a moderate representation of the populace… change for sure comes from the extremes of society at large, but those people should never be elected representatives: they should campaign to the people; not the government
change should shift societal norms, and then the populace should elect leaders to represent their views and thus government trails the morality of the populace ever so slightly
I would rather have actual leadership than weathervanes.