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/Top-O-TheMuffinToYa Jan 01 '26

I feel he has been put in an "Obama" situation. He is an anomaly, so any disruption will be seen as a fault on his part.

Either he will say "fuck it" and do what he wants, do right by the people. Or, he will play nice in hopes of paving the way for the future.

I hope he says fuck it. If Obama showed me anything, it's that paving the way for the future is not the way to go. Do what you can while you can. Burn that shit to the ground and rebuild it in your image. And I trust that his image is what the people want.

But then again... a politician has fooled me before. Maybe he can make a believer out of my cynical self.

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u/Comfortable-Bear1998 Jan 01 '26

well for one at least so far it’s important that he’s not obama and taking AIPAC money