In case Cuomo tries to claim that your policies have to increase taxes, it is possible to accomplish progressive objectives while lowering taxes if they are funded by addressing the climate crisis.
If neoliberalism cannot solve the climate crisis and poverty it is an existential threat to democracy and human civilization itself. We can solve these problems and lower taxes neoliberals just choose not to:
I’m 100% a progressive economic populist but I think in America, the DSA should rename themselves the Social Democrats of America. Nothing will be fundamentally lost by shedding the “socialist” label. America’s Cold War history is unique & explains a lot about its fraught relationship to socialism.
I argue that nothing is fundamentally gained by dropping socialist. You could name your party "Patriot Party" and conservatives would still find brand it as the 2nd coming of Mao. They took the Affordable Care Act and called it Obamacare to make people hate it for being black
That’s true. The Right will call even Joe Biden a socialist so I’m not particularly concerned about them. But there are normie Dems & moderate unaligned voters who hesitate to fully support a DSA candidate because of the party name, even if they softly support most of the policies.
I think a position like that looks at garnering support from the wrong perspective. There are tens of millions of Americans who don't engage in politics because they feel that no one represents them or nothing matters. Doing a name change as marketing to get support from moderate Dems is going to
I hear what you’re saying & IDing as “socialist” is courageous & provocative. I just think in the US, the word “socialist” still causes more negative provocation than positive provocation. Politics is about persuasion; why give ppl pause w/ a loaded name when you already appeal to them on policy?
Changing names means you concede that name (and therefore the ideals you champion) is bad and are giving in to conservative framing. They will then frame whatever you call yourself next as bad. Will you change your name again? All this does is shift social values to the right over time
Lose people who you may not otherwise have reached. I think it's far more important to get new people engaged and active than appeal to an aging, out of touch group. The name doesn't matter. Get those tens of millions of disengaged Americans engaged by speaking to them and their needs.
Zohran I will most likely rank you first but after watching the NYC mayoral debate, I need to know if you have undocumented people and their families back? To be blunt, other candidates had policy+long term plans on how to handle this clear crises against our undocumented communities, and u didn’t
I forget which interview (I've watched a number at this point) but I'm petty sure he said he would designated schools and places of worship as sanctuaries where ICE is not allowed, and that he would direct the NYPD not to cooperate with ICE.
Not saying u didn’t have a plan, but I felt that u repeated other talking points meant for other topics— taxing the rich isn’t as clear cut as Jessica Ramos answer on ensuring law clinics and legal students are readily deployed to stand up to ICE, FBI the military etc. she also stated NYPD will not
Collaborate with ICE— will you as mayor ensure NYPD doesn’t collaborate with ICE by: 1. arresting those protesting ICE kidnappings and by 2. facilitating ICE kidnappings?
I believe he's in support of guaranteeing lawyers at detention hearings, and not cooperating with ICE. And he spoke about taking his dad to his immigration check ins.
Legal clinics (staffed by law students) only take on a few cases a semester. They are very selective in picking clients and cases.
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CUOMO IS 100% A PIECE OF SHIT. LIKE ERIC ADAMS, HE 100% IS CORRUPT.
…REMEMBER HOW HE “MANAGED” ALBANY AS GOVERNOR?!? TOTAL CORRUPTION 24/7/365.
DON’T LET ME DOWN, NEW YORK! YOU GOT THIS. VOTE PROGRESSIVE UP AND DOWN THE BALLOT.
Thank you.
Legal clinics (staffed by law students) only take on a few cases a semester. They are very selective in picking clients and cases.