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Zohran Mamdani wins NYC mayor's race, capping an ascent

64 points by vga42 11mo ago

pseingatl 11mo ago
NYC Ashura next year will be huge.
ChrisArchitect 11mo ago
[dupe] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45818421 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45818421
SideburnsOfDoom 11mo ago
It's a tough job and disappointment is nigh inevitable, but best of luck to him. Time will tell if this is truly the "cap" of his ascent though. For the next few years sure, but he is young, as the article says.
personomas 11mo ago
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- kakacik 11mo ago
  Its not destroying it, just making it less efficient, not driving people and companies to deliver their best (but often at a big personal mental & physical cost). In ideal world you have it all, thats what Star Trek and similar utopias were based on. In reality, the more you push to the left, the worse system gets since it always fails on the same premise - it expects ideal human beings, rather than greedy selfish real people(TM) with their own priorities that may diverge from common good. I've seen the mix of socialism and communism dictatorship in my home country (so a vastly different concept than you describe even if spiritually in same direction), it destroyed the spirit and work ethics of entire nation so deeply that even 2 generations after it all collapsed its not back in any way, and maybe never will be (to detriment of entire nation). While capitalism doesn't care, it pushes everybody to their max, for better or worse, weak or unlucky are allowed to fail all the way to the bottom and all the glory to the best and only the best.
  - personomas 11mo ago
    Yes, you are right, except at some point countries will start to fail as well. That hasn't happened yet, but it will start to soon (my prediction). Great comment, by the way. What country are you from?
- rcbdev 11mo ago
  What kind of comment is this? Have eco-social market economies (i.e. like Austria's) done more damage to this world than hyper-capitalistic economies that define growth at any cost as their primary goal (i.e. like a cancer)?
  - personomas 11mo ago
    All western economies are socialist nowadays. There doesn't exist any hyper-capitalistic economies. What hyper-capitalistic economies are you talking about? Even America has become a socialist country. The current Republicans are doing their best (thankfully) to slowly roll this back, but it's a long, slow process. As evidence that America has become a socialist country, you just need to look at the massive expansion of medicare/medicaid and social security. Here is a great place to start (Scroll down to the table called "Historical Social Security Tax Rates" and see how the numbers have just exploded): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_Security_(United_States) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_Security_(United_States...
    - whou 11mo ago
      > All western economies are socialist nowadays. There doesn't exist any hyper-capitalistic economies. What hyper-capitalistic economies are you talking about? What? How are any of "western economies" socialist AT ALL?? Do the workers on "all western economies" own the means of production in any way, shape, or form?
      - personomas 11mo ago
        Socialism = lots of social welfare You sound like an ignorant american. Germany prides itself on being a socialist state. It's even anchored in their constitution (Article 20): "Germany is a democratic and socialist state." Lots of other european countries are similar in this regard to Germany. The word socialism is well integrated in almost all european countries except for the english speaking ones. Most European countries consider themselves to be socialist states. > Do the workers on "all western economies" own the means of production in any way, shape, or form? You're drawing from some sort of book definition, like an ignorant american. You don't understand what "socialism" means.
clot27 11mo ago
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64 points by vga42 11mo ago

pseingatl 11mo ago

NYC Ashura next year will be huge.

ChrisArchitect 11mo ago

[dupe] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45818421 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45818421

SideburnsOfDoom 11mo ago

It's a tough job and disappointment is nigh inevitable, but best of luck to him. Time will tell if this is truly the "cap" of his ascent though. For the next few years sure, but he is young, as the article says.

personomas 11mo ago

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kakacik 11mo ago
Its not destroying it, just making it less efficient, not driving people and companies to deliver their best (but often at a big personal mental & physical cost). In ideal world you have it all, thats what Star Trek and similar utopias were based on. In reality, the more you push to the left, the worse system gets since it always fails on the same premise - it expects ideal human beings, rather than greedy selfish real people(TM) with their own priorities that may diverge from common good. I've seen the mix of socialism and communism dictatorship in my home country (so a vastly different concept than you describe even if spiritually in same direction), it destroyed the spirit and work ethics of entire nation so deeply that even 2 generations after it all collapsed its not back in any way, and maybe never will be (to detriment of entire nation). While capitalism doesn't care, it pushes everybody to their max, for better or worse, weak or unlucky are allowed to fail all the way to the bottom and all the glory to the best and only the best.
- personomas 11mo ago
  Yes, you are right, except at some point countries will start to fail as well. That hasn't happened yet, but it will start to soon (my prediction). Great comment, by the way. What country are you from?
rcbdev 11mo ago
What kind of comment is this? Have eco-social market economies (i.e. like Austria's) done more damage to this world than hyper-capitalistic economies that define growth at any cost as their primary goal (i.e. like a cancer)?
- personomas 11mo ago
  All western economies are socialist nowadays. There doesn't exist any hyper-capitalistic economies. What hyper-capitalistic economies are you talking about? Even America has become a socialist country. The current Republicans are doing their best (thankfully) to slowly roll this back, but it's a long, slow process. As evidence that America has become a socialist country, you just need to look at the massive expansion of medicare/medicaid and social security. Here is a great place to start (Scroll down to the table called "Historical Social Security Tax Rates" and see how the numbers have just exploded): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_Security_(United_States) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_Security_(United_States...
  - whou 11mo ago
    > All western economies are socialist nowadays. There doesn't exist any hyper-capitalistic economies. What hyper-capitalistic economies are you talking about? What? How are any of "western economies" socialist AT ALL?? Do the workers on "all western economies" own the means of production in any way, shape, or form?
    - personomas 11mo ago
      Socialism = lots of social welfare You sound like an ignorant american. Germany prides itself on being a socialist state. It's even anchored in their constitution (Article 20): "Germany is a democratic and socialist state." Lots of other european countries are similar in this regard to Germany. The word socialism is well integrated in almost all european countries except for the english speaking ones. Most European countries consider themselves to be socialist states. > Do the workers on "all western economies" own the means of production in any way, shape, or form? You're drawing from some sort of book definition, like an ignorant american. You don't understand what "socialism" means.

clot27 11mo ago

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