Jan PenfratNov 6

Gotta love The Guardian for those quotes from Europeans on #Mamdani's win in NYC:

"Verbeek backed this with a comment he had overheard in an Oslo cafe, in which Mamdani was described as an American politician who “finally” sounded normal."

“Normal. That’s the word,” Verbeek wrote in his newsletter, The Planet. “Here, taking care of one another through public programs isn’t radical socialism. It’s Tuesday.”

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/06/europe-zohran-mamdani-policies-normal

Europeans recognize Zohran Mamdani’s supposedly radical policies as ‘normal’

Critics of New York City’s mayor-elect have said his pledges of free bus service and universal childcare are unrealistic, but in Europe it’s a given

The Guardian
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@ilumium

i've done so much traveling & i've tried my best to get Americans to understand what a crappy society we have & how good we COULD have it, like many other places!

but, US citizens are deeply propagandized, practically brainwashed into thinking that we're BEST; self-made people exist & are the pinnacle; we dont need to help each other, bc it's every person for themselves.

we need a natl identity that rests on community instead of capitalism. not sure we'll get it before we collapse

Nov 7 at 6:21amWeb