The guy is still running and the people can still vote for him. I’m not even sure that this endorsement is that necessary for this position:
The party hadn’t endorsed a mayoral candidate in 16 years prior to backing Fateh.
Whatever the feelings about the DFL and how they handled it, the power of the vote would seem to be intact. It’s a bit premature to be fatalistic about voting in this particular scenario.
The Democrats who are refusing to respect “blue no matter who” as they support Cuomo anyway is worthy of criticism, but even then Mamdani is still the official candidate and the people can vote. The Cuomo supporters are acting poorly, but again, the vote at least still matters.
Raise awareness as well about these moves, but don’t be dismissive of the voting.
You make some good points, but you can believe that voting isn’t really going to change much but also practice harm reduction by voting. The two positions aren’t mutually exclusive.
I don’t believe for a second the ruling class would allow real change to happen through voting, but going into a voting booth once every couple of years is not that difficult and might keep actual fascists out of office.
The guy is still running and the people can still vote for him. I’m not even sure that this endorsement is that necessary for this position:
Whatever the feelings about the DFL and how they handled it, the power of the vote would seem to be intact. It’s a bit premature to be fatalistic about voting in this particular scenario.
The Democrats who are refusing to respect “blue no matter who” as they support Cuomo anyway is worthy of criticism, but even then Mamdani is still the official candidate and the people can vote. The Cuomo supporters are acting poorly, but again, the vote at least still matters.
Raise awareness as well about these moves, but don’t be dismissive of the voting.
Voting for Cuomo is literally worse than doing nothing and not voting at all in terms of defending this democracy.
I meant Mamdani is the official candidate.
You make some good points, but you can believe that voting isn’t really going to change much but also practice harm reduction by voting. The two positions aren’t mutually exclusive.
I don’t believe for a second the ruling class would allow real change to happen through voting, but going into a voting booth once every couple of years is not that difficult and might keep actual fascists out of office.