Mamdani: “Tupac said it decades ago, it continues to be true about the fact that we always seem to have money for war but not to feed the poor.”



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  1. SerBrienneOfSnark on

    I don’t like to stan politicians as a general practice but Mamdani is really giving me a reason to want to lol

  2. The system is clearly broken, capitalism is out of control. The wealth gap is too wide and people just want to be able to have a bit of lumber and plumbing on a piece of dirt they can call their own and we’re unnecessarily trapped under extreme monetary pressures as we feed the soulless beast of infinite growth. Radical actions aren’t required. Tax the rich. Eat the rich. Cut out all the ways money is created out of thin air, inflation must reflect reality. The system of capitalism and free trade is a tree that bears great fruit, but without pruning it will grow beyond control. This is the time to rally, to find a voice, to sit up and walk out. No Kings needs a voice, a leader, who will say no more billionaires. No more hungry. No more homeless. No more spiraling down a drain of capitalist consumption that consumes everything within its bottomless well.

    A strong voice must stand up and say: our future works for us. A smarter future that serves us, and at a bare minimum! A system that feeds, houses, clothes every single god fearing human. There are enough resources on this planet to feed every person, to house every single one, and to provide them food and space and security.

    This planet is ours. The future must serve us.

    America needs a voice that says yes! god dammit, yes i see it! the whole damn system is broken. No dammit! it won’t repair itself! A voice who can lead America and the world in a new type of cooperation between allies and enemies for the greater good. Someone who can demilitarize the world. The world doesn’t need police. Tensions need to be lowered. Trade needs to be open. Our real enemies are corporations and banks. Reduce the waste of corporate spending and banking. Reduce the waste of energy on valueless projects. They are the cause of inflation. Capitalism must be held by the reins and controlled like a wild animal, as do the politicians. We must demand a good life.

    America needs the anti-Trump. Desperately. So does the world. The unipolar world is a peaceful world.

  3. cascadingtundra on

    BASED AF 👏 LET’S FUCKING GOOOOO AMERICA 🎉

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  4. RiggityRyGuy on

    I mean it really is as simple is that isn’t it? We cannot boast about being the richest country when our average citizens are living in technical poverty while we’re waging war that costs us week by week significantly more than what we know would cost to fix our significant social issues. It’s a lie, there’s more info than ever to peel back the lie. 

  5. TangerineTassel on

    I love prolific artist’s quotes used poignantly in current affairs to reflect that even if decades have passed, the statement rings true because nothing has changed. Well done!

  6. No_Feedback_3340 on

    This has been America since before I was fucking born. We can’t find the money to feed poor but somehow the money for the military industrial complex magically appears. America is an unfunny joke.

  7. LezbianaGrande on

    America is hell but at least this man is my mayor 😭

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  8. ImpressionCertain736 on

    New York City is funding the wars? I didn’t realize they spent taxpayer money on that 

  9.  “Still i see no changes. 
    Can’t a brother get a little peace? 

    There’s a war on the streets and a war in the Middle East. 

    Instead of a war on poverty, they got a war on drugs so the police can bother me”

  10. Look, there are obstacles in getting all of his policies and like many politicians after being elected, there are negotiations and shift sometimes to be made, and sometimes things get delayed, but I am so glad we elected him.

    Like somebody who actually cares about people is so refreshing and it shouldn’t be! As he says all politicians should want to serve their people.

  11. Great stuff but the Tupac quote feels like he’s trying too hard to get a sound bite. Tupac certainly wasn’t the first to say it and you hear this sentiment repeated all the time online lol

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