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Re:Mamdani Targets Junk Fees and Hidden Charges in Two Execu... by mschuster91 on Tuesday January 06, 2026 @11:39AM (#46514598)
> he’s literally a “democratic socialist” which is far, far left

For an US perspective, yes. From an European perspective... him and Bernie are center-left, if not centrist. The Overton window is positioned much more towards the authoritarian right in the US than it is here - although the huge amounts of American and Russian funding towards far-right parties have been shifting the window here as well for about a decade.

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Re:Mamdani Targets Junk Fees and Hidden Charges in Two Execu... by baby on Tuesday January 06, 2026 @11:55AM (#46514850)
This, America has shifted to the extreme right by a lot and Mamdani policies which are more centrist are seen as extreme here
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Re:Mamdani Targets Junk Fees and Hidden Charges in Two Execu... by osakasake on Tuesday January 06, 2026 @11:54AM (#46514835)
Mamdani is an American politician. Why would comparing him to European standards make sense?
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Re:Mamdani Targets Junk Fees and Hidden Charges in Two Execu... by text0404 on Tuesday January 06, 2026 @01:05PM (#46516028)
Because Mamdani is not "far far left" unless you live in the American echo chamber which treats anything not right-wing as a leftist threat [1]. On a global stage, where actual political systems exist beyond America's basic, captured two-party system, the words "left" and "right" have established political meaning.

[1] https://www.aclu.org/news/national-security/how-nspm-7-seeks...

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Re:Mamdani Targets Junk Fees and Hidden Charges in Two Execu... by lm28469 on Tuesday January 06, 2026 @02:02PM (#46516904)
Because in the US feeding kids for free in schools is seen as communism, but that's not what communism is. You can't say this dude is a communist or an islamist because words have a meaning and these meanings transcend American borders

It really isn't rocket science lol

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Re:Mamdani Targets Junk Fees and Hidden Charges in Two Execu... by throwaway-11-1 on Tuesday January 06, 2026 @03:35PM (#46518290)
because Americans are incredibly stupid when it comes to understanding class politics so they just throw words like marxist and communist around without knowing what they mean (source: I am American)
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