Relative size that's not a bad comparison. Intelligence-wise it's not even a contest. Shapiro is an idiot who is waiting to get his face devoured. As for the latter half of your comment that's more an indictment on the Democrats and their lack of foresight and just plain stupidity.
I think that what can be translated is Mamdani's focus on affordability. Everyone around the country is hurting. Trump promised MAGA cheaper groceries and then took away food stamps so that he can take away more Americans healthcare.... Hmmm I'm not a rocket scientist, but I bet if the Democrats launched a policy campaign that promised Universal Healthcare to the people.... I bet you they would win. Probably would win a lot of the youth who are being denied entrance into the economy. Probably would win over a lot of Boomers who are aging with healthcare costs ratching up. Most developed countries have it, it's kind of insane that America doesn't at this point. The current healthcare situation seems to only benefit the very few. Yeah I bet you a national campaigned centered around Universal Healthcare would take the lessons from Zohran and apply it to electoral wins.
Ben Shapiro prides himself as a serious analyst with serious things to say. Hasan is more of a Joe Rogan type where he doesn't really assert himself as being this intellectual, but has his view and it's more about creating content for a fan base to interact with at a personal level. The media is making Hasan out to be this thought leader amongst leftists and that just isn't the case. I think he's good at communicating complex topics in ways that make sense to people that maybe don't have the same political views. But there are other people online that do a better job of doing what the media thinks Hasan does.
I think the big lesson from the whole thing is that the people wanted this, despite the Democratic party not supporting Mamdani and the billionaires spending a lot of money against him. Swinging that youth vote is no joke. There is no indication that a Harris or Biden policy campaign would be better at convincing the youth to vote Democrat than a platform like Mamdanis. Obviously we can't offer free buses and have that be appealing to someone living in rural Nebraska. But we could offer a radical proposal that will take private equity out of home buying. To be honest I would support the nationalization of private equity bought residential homes. ******** people who tried to make it so that a higher percentage of the population would be renting instead of owning. Who cares if you lose that investment. It in no way makes anything better in society except for your personal greed. ******** that energy. It should be illegal. And since we've allowed it to happen in excess, I could see anything that would make it much more affordable for multiple generations that have had roadblocks not seen by their older counterparts when they were at similar ages. Yeah something like that? Would definitely see the youth swing out.
Not socialism per se, but conservatives derided it as such. See Heather Cox Richardson's How the South Won the Civil War for some good insights into the pushback against the New Deal and democracy in general.
This is brilliant. https://www.instagram.com/stories/washington__report/3759516340513003599?utm_source=ig_story_item_share&igsh=dWR1YXMzcGI0NnZu
Oh, you sweet summer child. I’m so old I remember the 2010 election. Yes, that was 15 years ago, but I think the onus is on you to make the case that everything is different now. Everything is simple in your world, like when I was 8.
You don't think that would be a winning campaign? Or you doubt that America could have universal healthcare? It isn't super complicated. We have enough wealth to facilitate it. It's a policy decision. If someone ran on it, they would win. It's not hard to implement with a mandate. Citation needed for the snark.
Such a reform would require bipartisan congressional support because that is how the US legislature is designed to work. David Frum was thrown out of AEI in 2010 for pointing out this exact thing. The GOP should have an actual healthcare policy which isn't just opposing/repealing healthcare. Trump actually won in '16 running on "great healthcare" because it is popular with GOP voters. Even when Biden and Obama expanded federal heathcare support, some GOP run states refuse to adopt it. This is the reason why you don't have healthcare reform. It has nothing to do with 'the lessons of Zohran"
What a Tuesday. Started with Darth Cheney's backup heart failing. Then we see Dem blowouts all over the US. And the cherry on top - our rabid socialist/WOKE monitor gets sent to the permashowers.
Look at that European socialist just taking up all our air, moonlight & sunshine. Do Americans really want that kind of statuary?
Ben may pride himself on that but he isn't. His arguments are incoherent, full of, at best, distorted facts and outright lies. He's pandering to an audience and style that is antiquated and would happily cheer him on the road to the camps. Agreed on Hasan's style. He does dumb it down and play loose but put him in a room with Ben and he'd ripd him to shreds. He can pull the intellectual card, it's not his brand. If anyone is interested in the philosophical side of the Internet left, it'd be Vaush or one of his ilk. They pride themselves on intellectualism and consistency. Not sure that translates to the general public tho.
Oh believe me I'm not ignorant of the challenges. I'm not ignorant of the historical setbacks. I'm very aware that the Constitution structures government to prevent majority rule. Politics is about taking advantage of situations as they unfold. And right now? We have historical wealth inequality. We have multiple generations that are being offered a lower standard of living. We have an administration that is willfully choosing to starve our most vulnerable. There has never a better time in my lifetime to run a campaign based on class consciousness and fundamentally transforming what government should be than right now. This is an opportunity to create a coalition that could dominate America for decades. But to do that? We need to have a platform that can win in red states. To do that? We need to pound on who has been taking from them-->corporations and oligarchs. The Democratic party hasn't been doing that, they've been alienating them for having outdated social attitudes that are due to no fault of their own. Capitalistic propaganda via the television has creating a fake reality in much of America's rural and suburban towns. I know this because I grew up in both of these worlds and I've seen it firsthand. Racism's best antidote is experience and education which can be hard to come by if you are from one of those areas. As to the meat of your post if the Democrats are smart and continue to play hardball, I believe that Trump will get the Republicans to remove the Senate Filibuster. Yes it would be the worst move a Republican could ever make. Yes, it's one of the biggest impediments to Democracy right now in our system. I think Trump in his short sightedness, as well as mounting frustration as for one of the first times in his project he has struggled to sell his lies to his audience will turn to it....And once he does? A lot easier for a nationalized healthcare plan now? We get the politicians we deserve. As voters if we argue for our limitations, then we deserve them. Ok you say, the Republicans will never remove the Filibuster. It would be political suicide. Then campaign on ending the Filibuster. Republicans have already shown they don't want to create change through legislation because they know how unpopular their policies. Make voting matter again. If the Republicans want to do something unpopular they can pay for it at the ballot box. Say you are going to give DC statehood. And Puerto Rico statehood. Say you are going to rebalance the court and add seats. Make this a statement about returning power from the Epstein Class to the People. Stop trying to compromise with Republicans. Stop trying to fight against the Socialists. Create a populist campaign centered around undoing the damage that the Capitalist Class has done to this country over the past 45 years. It would be a BIG winner.
I dislike Trump and I bet Trump would love to run America like Kim Jong Un runs North Korea But if anyone believes Trump is worse than Kim, they are stupid. Yes, the tankis will defend Un by saying he only oppressed his own people he is not an imperialists that conquers other countries. Well, because he can't, He would love to conquer South Korea and do to them the same shit he does to the North Koreans. But I would imagine people like Hassan would argue that a united Korea under Jim Jung would be better than having a capitalist South Korea. BTS fans around the world would disagree. (Unless there are tanki BTS fans, and it would not surprise me if they do exist). Hasan scoffs at chatters who say Kim Jong Un is a dictator.Proceeds to say that "all Western leaders are infinitely worse" not just to their own citizens, but to everyone all around the world. pic.twitter.com/W8OIcTSMnz— hasans_old_tweets (@HasansOldTweets) November 6, 2025
Out of context, my post seems strange, even to me. I did say somewhere that the campaigns of Mamdani and Spanberger were very similar on a broad view - COL and affordability. How Mamdani spoke to his supporters would work only in NYC, and maybe a couple of other places (like Philly or Chicago). Maybe work elsewhere. But the message was, generally, the same across the board, and appears to be what voters voted on.