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by 1970-01-01 142 days ago
He is turning out to be a benevolent, law-abiding mayor that just happens to be communist.
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direwolf20 142 days ago
What's that supposed to mean?
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1970-01-01 142 days ago
The previous mayors were none of these things
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georgemcbay 142 days ago
Mamdani is a socialist, not a communist.

And Fiorello La Guardia was (in terms of beliefs and enacted policy) even more socialist than Mamdani is even though he was technically a Republican when elected.

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Izikiel43 142 days ago
Some of it is good, some of it is bad.
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direwolf20 142 days ago
Can you be more specific?
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hydrogen7800 142 days ago
To some, anything sufficiently resembling functioning government is indistinguishable from communism.
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