I need someone to explain to me exactly how Mamdani manages to sidestep the very bureaucracy that other politicians always blame for their inability to get anything done.

[zimzat@mastodon.social]

@Strandjunker On the extreme: Austin Texas is an example of a place that tries to do some good and then the state government spends their biennial sessions undoing and banning anything they did or might do.

If the New York state government was against it they'd be preventing everything he's doing, instead they're actively helping him (ex: balance the budget). If Cuomo was still governor they probably would be antagonistic.

But yeah, "bureaucracy" is shorthand for "boogyman".

[dxzdb@mastodon.social]

@adrianco @Strandjunker The record low murder rate is the one that seems like magic. Maybe just giving people hope?

[walruths@mastodon.social]

@Strandjunker

He doesn't work for it.

The bureaucracy is an excuse, not an obstacle.

[maccruiskeen@social.linux.pizza]

@Strandjunker Rudy Guiliani got some stuff done when he was mayor. It was mostly bad stuff.

[jackmexa4@mastodon.social]

@Strandjunker

He wants to.

[mcwabbit@tenforward.social]

@Strandjunker Whatever it is, I want whatever he is doing over here in "progressive Netherlands" too. Tax the rich, invest in education. Wild coming from a European.

Big sidenote: The Netherlands, albeit seemingly having better social programs and infrastructure, is rapidly being Trumpified by consecutive neo-liberal/libertarian governments parroting far-right populists and a general media that is hijacked by white conservatives.

White expats coming over here still laud the country for its progressiveness, but they at least do not have to experience or have lived experience with institutionalized racism.

[jasper89@mastodon.social]

@Strandjunker a reasonable bureaucracy is in place to defend against dictators and royalty. Either the bureaucracy is rolling over and/or the sidestepping is illegal.

[jasper89@mastodon.social]

@Strandjunker i.e. things Trump does (even if courts later overturn them). Too soon to know if Mayor Mamdani’s will pass legislative scrutiny.

[renardboy@mastodon.social]

@Strandjunker He cares enough to try

[koh_kun@mastodon.social]

@DenOfEarth @Strandjunker I'm pretty sure they're comparing him to past NY mayors so arguing whether municipal bureaucracy is easier to get through than federal might not be relevant.

[dockwalk@mastodon.social]

@Strandjunker

Unions?, but guessing you'd have to look case by case.
... if you can read this reply--could you note me?

[beggarmidas@mastodon.social]

@Strandjunker Because he's popular and a current darling of some new yorker effete clique. That tends to lubricate a lot of the usual systemic resistance. Been a few others like that too if you think about it. When you're the darling of new yorks elite, well, it opens a lot of doors.

...and thats all it is.

[sadsquatch@mastodon.social]

@Strandjunker Whatever else may be in play, I believe the mayor of NYC has more ability to act directly than a lot of elected officials.

[spacelifeform@infosec.exchange]

@Strandjunker

It was not a Federal election.

The bureaucrats live there and voted.

[arghmatey@mastodon.social]

@Strandjunker he gives a shit, is not corrupt, uses all the leverage his popularity buys him, and really loves NY City.

[seufz@troet.cafe]

@Strandjunker This is an interesting thread.

[martinicat@mastodon.social]

@Strandjunker

Because 'bureaucracy is bad' is a canard. Bureaucracies are designed so everyone is treated the same, i.e. fairly.
Mamdani's ability to get things done? It has nothing to do with what those bad men argue

[xs4me2@mastodon.social]

@Strandjunker

Because he is an original and out of the box thinker? Charismatic and convincing too?

[raven667@hachyderm.io]

@Strandjunker I mean, hes only been in my office a short time, these announcements are the beginning of the new process not the end, so there are lots of places where the established powers in the agencies which actually implement policy could drag their feet.

[suzannealdrich@hachyderm.io]

@Strandjunker he just doesn’t care what the establishment thinks of him, and ignores the trolls. True power comes from doing the right thing even if it makes you into a “gigantic dork”. I always hated politics because it was about appearances, not results. Well this guy overcame all that.