• Funkt4st1c@lemmy.worldEnglish
    91·
    2 days ago

    Any other politician and id call it performative

    …but hes kinda doing shit like this daily so i think hes just really happy to be mayor and loves his city 🤷

    • St.Elsewhere@threads.net@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      108·
      2 days ago

      It’s definitely performative. But that doesn’t diminish it in the least. He is getting shit done, and advertising it effectively. If every politician clout chased this way, people wouldn’t have such vehement hatred for them. He has an amazing pr team and he’s governing effectively. You could ask for literally not a thing more.

      • Malyca@lemmy.zipEnglish
        26·
        2 days ago

        It’s performative, but to who? He’s performing for the working class, not for the Epstein class. That matters a ton.

      • StupidBrotherInLaw@lemmy.worldEnglish
        31·
        2 days ago

        You’re right. Most successful politicians are extremely performative. What matters with Mamdani is who he’s primarily performing for, and it’s not the wealthy Epstein class.

      • Imaginary_Stand4909@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
        17·
        2 days ago

        Exactly. In fact, I love that he’s openly displaying the stuff he does arohnd the city, because it lets me know of the wondeful stuff he’s doing rather than how so many reps refuse to advertise the stuff they do and have a nice record of their actions. I definitely think some of them obscure what they do because they don’t want voters to realize how shady they are, but it just frustrates mr more when i have to go out of my way to dig through records of a politicians vote history.

        If they would be fucking transparent they wouldn’t be struggling to get votes, but whatever…

    • Notyou@sopuli.xyzEnglish
      3·
      1 day ago

      He was out shoveling snow AFTER he got elected and people were still calling it performative. He’s just a good dude.

    • Derpenheim@lemmy.zipEnglish
      361·
      2 days ago

      I think we need to get away from calling things performative. It has a very negative connotation. What he’s doing is leading from the front. He’s making his presence, opinions, and values known and is showing it.

      • Funkt4st1c@lemmy.worldEnglish
        171·
        2 days ago

        I meant it negatively. If i saw a picture of Trump doing blue collar work, it would be performative (derogatory).

        My point is that mamdani lives the performance, and therefore is, in reality, just a stand-up guy who is leading from the front lines.

    • Avicenna@programming.devEnglish
      3·
      21 hours ago

      Is he a left populist? Yes he is. But atleast he draws attention to actual problems (homelessness, grocery prices) and their real reasons (governmental policies and bad leadership) rather than pointing at the same problems and then making up bullshit reasons like “immigrants are taking our jobs and eating our cats”

    • jack_of_sandwich@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
      12·
      2 days ago

      It’s performative to some extent. There’s no reason he needs to be there personally. It’s a photo op.

      But he does seem to be taking the needs of his constituents seriously.

  • driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.brEnglish
    92·
    2 days ago

    There was also the guy who did a video showing two potholes close his home at the morning and then came back in the afternoon to find them fixed.

    You can bet NY municipal workers are engaged AF with Mamdani’s administration.

  • thisbenzingring@lemmy.todayEnglish
    58·
    2 days ago

    Probably gonna get a reply from the animal shelters asking him to volunteer, guaranteed pussy everyday (insert cutecat.gif)

    • FinjaminPoach@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      9·
      2 days ago

      I think the tweet was misleading - isn’t mamdani just watching from the left hand side rather than performing the repair himself?