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.

[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.

[esajarvi@mastodon.world]

@dattamatrika @Strandjunker
You are just throwing labels around. Not helping.

[raven667@hachyderm.io]

@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

[fazalmajid@social.vivaldi.net]

@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.

[raven667@hachyderm.io]

@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

[pier@infosec.exchange]

@Slyence @Strandjunker Balancing a budget is easy when you don’t let the ultra wealthy socialize all the risk and privatize all the profit.

[blogdiva@mastodon.social]

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

@Strandjunker

[blogdiva@mastodon.social]

@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).

[killionaire@mastodon.social]

@Strandjunker Simple - they don't want to - they use bureaucracy as a scape goat to fail for their true benefactors - the lobbyists / bribers.

[pawsplay@dice.camp]

@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.

[prefec2@norden.social]

@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 ...

[prefec2@norden.social]

@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.

[subjectsphinx@mathstodon.xyz]

@Strandjunker he doesn't side step anything. Nothing significant will change. False premise.

[haploc@fedi.cr-net.be]

@Strandjunker "other politicians bad at their job"

[engideer@tech.lgbt]

@Strandjunker I mean, he absolutely is sidestepping all his promises regarding upholding the rights of trans people and ensuring their access to healthcare with flimsy excuses and/or silence

Erin Reed (@erininthemorning.com)

1. I've written a few times about Mamdani and what he can do for trans people to uphold his promises. But there are disingenuous people who apparently do not read articles, so I figured I would lay out his power and what other trans journos want him to do here directly and what is in his power. [contains quote post or other embedded content]

Bluesky Social (bsky.app)

[catawu@mastodon.social]

@edgeofeurope @Strandjunker No, no he wouldn’t. We’re safe. Go ahead.

[slyence@mastodo.neoliber.al]

@pier @Strandjunker defunding pensions and lying about tax revenue is the ultra wealthy socializing the risk and privatizing the profit? You absolute steamed turnip