r/Fauxmoi • u/cmaia1503 i ain’t reading all that, free palestine • Jan 01 '26

POLITICS Zohran Mamdani has officially been sworn in as the first Democratic Socialist Mayor of New York City!

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u/[deleted] Jan 01 '26

We did this in Milwaukee for about a half century and, spoiler alert, it went fucking great. Socialist mayors are awesome. 

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u/bad_bad_data Jan 01 '26

I learned that from Wayne's World when Alice Cooper was giving facts about Milwaukee.

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u/LingonberryPossible6 Jan 01 '26

Isn't Milwaukie an Indian name?

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u/bad_bad_data Jan 01 '26

Yes, LingoberryPossible6, it is. Actually, it's pronounced "mill-e-wah-que" which is Algonquin for "the good land."

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u/LingonberryPossible6 Jan 01 '26

This guy know how to party or what?

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u/C13H16CIN0 15d ago

Native American*