cross-posted from: https://jlai.lu/post/45502817
[purple, speaking]
We could fix everything
[purple, proudly]
It’d be easy actually, we have most of the political power
[purple, smug]
But we won’t
[zoom on purple’s face, smiling creepily at us]
https://thebad.website/comic/could
Mamdani entered his office on his first day on the job, and when he moved all that stacked up paperwork from past Mayoral Bums, he found a red button that said Something Good. He pressed the button, and Something Good happened. So he pressed it again. And again.
Any previous mayor could have pressed that button, but they just didn’t. Furthermore, there’s a button like that on EVERY politician’s desk. They could press that button at any time, but they just choose not to.
Mamdani is showing what happens when politicians choose to press that button. We have to convince a lot more politicians to start pressing that button, and it seems like they are starting to hear the message.
Dems supported Cuomo in Dems primary, and then supported Cuomo as the independent in the race. Only reason Mamdani was able to get to the point where he was able to press that button, was because he fought and won against the Dems. He presses it in an opposition to their plans.
It’s not that the politicians don’t know what happens when the button is pressed. Most of them have been hired to make sure it’s not. Until they’re rooted out, no change will happen.