Probably in November when they determine there are "inconsistencies" with the vote count

Call me old fashioned but it’s probably deteriorating material conditions that are going to radicalise more people in the long run.

Definitely true, however you're going to want a portion of the population "pre-heated" by these electoral defeats so they can do some vanguardism when the time is right. This is true even if it is stagnant and cyclical, like you propose. I don't think I fully agree myself, but I could see it.

The true revolutionary action will happen at the periphery of the empire. If some Demsocs create internal strife and discontentment in the core, it allows for more opportunities for our comrades on the ground in the more materially impoverished areas to make some moves.

There isn't, as far as our community is concerned, it's a win-win situation even if one is more likely then the other. I am confident that people on Hexbear did not decide to forget about the weaknesses of electoralism last week. Maybe in other "leftist" communities or something that's a problem, but I have faith in our comrades to have a balanced perspective, even if there's a lot of excitement built in to what's happening in the immediate term.

Also important is that even though he is not the most anti-zionist perspective out there, his victory represents an electoral rejection of Zionism by the NYC electorate, which bodes positively for the continued decline of popular support for Israel in general. Anti-zionism is only going to continue to gain momentum as they use it as a cudgel to attack a candidate that has a lot of popular policies.

We know the US has and will support Israel in the face of its unpopularity among its population, but the process is in motion already. Force the state to respond and shut it down! Or, once again, if they fail to shut it down, maybe LA or someplace shits out an even more outspoken local/state level candidate.

No question that the propaganda machine is incredibly effective, but it can't stand up to "you want a candidate who runs on/lies about materially beneficial policies and wants to actively resist trump? Well you're a bunch of communist antisemites" from the establishment. Once again, the higher Zohran rises (and Zohran 2.0 wherever that person comes from), the harder he's going to fall with a ton of liberals looking on (60% of whom favor an overhaul of Democratic Party leadership).

It's an effective propaganda opportunity to gas him up to liberals and get it he attention on him. It's a fantastic learning experience!

Some of us are hopeful to watch the dreams of those who are more liberal than us get crushed. Obviously the situation with AOC and Bernie was radicalization fuel for many of us. The higher Zohran rises, the harder he falls (or succeeds somehow). This is exciting to see!

That's surprising to me. He is a scholar of Chinese political philosophy at Tsinghua who has been critical of the turn toward neoliberal tendencies. I've read some of his translated works but they are incredibly dense (but fascinating!). In 2020 the Monthly Review did an entire issue about China, and most of the articles were written by "Wang Hui-ites".

I think you would find some value in his work. If you look into it (even at a surface/wikipedia/LLM level), I'd be curious to know your thoughts.

Xiao, is your line of thinking right in line with Wang Hui or are there differences between the two of you as it stands in 2025?

Gotcha thats what I thought, but without an external reference it was hard to be sure lol. I wonder how replacing the white with purple (lavender?) would look

Not to say that it would be to your taste or anything,, is it trying too hard to be cute at that point? Cause I think I'd actually like it

I thought he was only saying "free bus" at this point, unless there's something I haven't heard

Ofc that doesn't make you wrong

First one. What is it?

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I mean what's also important is that regardless of how some people pick apart his representation online, he's still perceived by the public as an anti-zionist radical which is the actually important part because he is winning! That's a huge W for anti-zionism, even IF he had to make some compromises along the way. It paves the way for Zohran 2 to be even more outspoken a few years from now

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He was accused of being a sex pest which he admitted, and there is an article about SA accusations from two anonymous women which the author of the article appears to have corroborated.