Mastodawn

In a way Trump and Mamdani are similar. They are both populists fighting against the elite, it's just who they see as "the elite" differs.

Mamdani sees the elite as the billionaires who control the economic, political, and social systems of society.

Trump sees the elite as people who read books.

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René Ladan 6d ago

@existentialcomics that reminds me of a made-up article in a Dutch satirical newspaper (somewhat like the Onion) about people who would vote for the far-right parties saying reading is for vegetable-eating leftists. https://nieuwspaal.nl/meeste-pvv-stemmers-steunen-btw-verhoging-boeken-boekuh-leze-stom/

Meeste PVV-stemmers steunen btw-verhoging boeken: "Boekuh leze stom"

Maar liefst 93% van de PVV-kiezers staat achter het besluit van de nieuwe coalitie om de btw op boeken te verhogen. Dat blijkt uit een peiling van bureau QuestionIt.

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