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[–] 7 points 11 months ago (2 children)

...in a landslide.

Actually, for me, it was shockingly close. How could an absolute fraud like the Independent have gotten so many votes? How could there be so many people in a huge city like that could make such a terrible decision, seemingly based on making a string of prior, terrible conclusions?

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  • [–] 4 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    Weren't many millions of dollars spent directly against Mamdani?

    I'd say it's one of the most hope inspiring things I've seen, personally — given the propaganda roulette we're faced with in the MSM.

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  • [–] 1 point 11 months ago

    The mainstream media? Yeah, it's getting fricken' scary. The Washington post being taken over by Bezos, and CBS being recently taken over by... who is it again?

    But you're right, I wasn't totally accounting for all the manipulated voting. More and more, it seems that late-stage capitalism really is a tyrant...

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