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.
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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.
Explain it to me like I’m in kindergarten.
@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.
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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.
Explain it to me like I’m in kindergarten.
@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.
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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.
Explain it to me like I’m in kindergarten.
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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.
Explain it to me like I’m in kindergarten.
@Strandjunker he gives a shit, is not corrupt, uses all the leverage his popularity buys him, and really loves NY City.
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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.
Explain it to me like I’m in kindergarten.
@Strandjunker This is an interesting thread.
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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.
Explain it to me like I’m in kindergarten.
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 -
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.
Explain it to me like I’m in kindergarten.
Because he is an original and out of the box thinker? Charismatic and convincing too?
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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.
Explain it to me like I’m in kindergarten.
@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.
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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.
Explain it to me like I’m in kindergarten.
@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.
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@dattamatrika @Strandjunker
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@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.
@Strandjunker at least they are pointed in the right direction and people of good conscience will advocate internally to boost these good policies, so maybe the worst case is something like the ACA, where lots has been done to undermine it but its survived long enough to do some good
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@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.
@McWabbit @Strandjunker I only lived there for a year 1999-2000, before Pim Fortuyn and Geert Wilders, but I could already feel it, despite being a French citizen.
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@Strandjunker at least they are pointed in the right direction and people of good conscience will advocate internally to boost these good policies, so maybe the worst case is something like the ACA, where lots has been done to undermine it but its survived long enough to do some good
@Strandjunker I guess we shouldn't get disheartened if he doesn't usher in some socialist utopia and his reforms are half undone by entrenched interests, better is still better and we can continue to build and push off that
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@Strandjunker balancing a budget is easy when you rob Peter to pay Paul and hard when you try to actually balance a budget
@Slyence @Strandjunker Balancing a budget is easy when you don’t let the ultra wealthy socialize all the risk and privatize all the profit.
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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.
Explain it to me like I’m in kindergarten.
Trump. everybody in nyc, even republicans, hate him. we are the first ones to get whacked economically, not Texas or Cali. everybody is suffering but the idle rich. and many of those fuckers been warehousing apartments, houses and store fronts since the Giuliani era (1990s).
when fucking Adams came after DeBlasio and spent 4 years licking MAGA and Trump taint and stalling fiscal changes we’ve needed since the 1990s, that was it for.
so nobody is putting up a fight
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@adrianco @Strandjunker The record low murder rate is the one that seems like magic. Maybe just giving people hope?
@dxzdb @adrianco @Strandjunker that’s because so many cops retired or quit. NYPD are a violent gang paid for billionaires (the fight about their secret budget is coming).
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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.
Explain it to me like I’m in kindergarten.
@Strandjunker Simple - they don't want to - they use bureaucracy as a scape goat to fail for their true benefactors - the lobbyists / bribers.
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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.
Explain it to me like I’m in kindergarten.
@Strandjunker It turns out that in addition to being charismatic, pragmatic, and out of fucks, he's actually a very talented administrator who works with good people.
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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.
Explain it to me like I’m in kindergarten.
@Strandjunker I live in another country, but I doubt it is any different in that respect. I also work in the administration. So this is an inside view. There are two major forces in an administration. The solution oriented group and the problem oriented group. The latter hates changes of all sorts. They will even sabotage change and use the frustrated majority to block things.
However, a politician can engage with the solution oriented people and be transparent about his/her goals for ...
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@Strandjunker I live in another country, but I doubt it is any different in that respect. I also work in the administration. So this is an inside view. There are two major forces in an administration. The solution oriented group and the problem oriented group. The latter hates changes of all sorts. They will even sabotage change and use the frustrated majority to block things.
However, a politician can engage with the solution oriented people and be transparent about his/her goals for ...
@Strandjunker ... the frustrated majority. Then the latter will be either positive or indifferent towards the change and then changes can happen. And when you just change the taxation and give the people who perform that task enough time to do it, it will fly.
So maybe he is doing just that. He looks like one who listens to people he works with.
