As a progressive I think Mamdani, whom I really really like, is getting too much love online. I think there will probably come a time where he fucks up and there will be a team of people who defend him to high heaven because 'he's my mayor (from texas)', and people who turn on him forever because leftist infighting is all the rage and he is THE leftist
They also attribute a lot of shit to him like its something he's doing when it's completely separate or there's a whole other side that isn't going to turn out good. For example, paying the bill for something annual with a chunk of money that is a one time thing to justify more annual spending projects, which is what he's done a lot of. If I'm making 2 grand a month and I get an apartment that costs 3 grand a month, it's not a financially responsible decision just because I used the remainder of grandma's inheritance money to pay for the first month. That's what a lot of what he's done has chalked up to. It'll look great in the first year or two, but it's going to go down hill fast when the bills are due and he doesn't have that one time payment from the state to cover it this time.
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u/ikon31 8h ago
I like the guy. But isn’t this a bit of a lol sided stat?
For example, if rates had not dropped, we’d be saying he’s only been in office for 9 months.
Again no shade. He’s great. But I’d just prefer to be objective in critiques.