Now I know a country is not the same as a city, but my country, the Netherlands, is small and densily populated, so maybe they’re somewhat comparable?
I hear Mandami is considered from extreme-left to what he professes himself as democratic socialist, which to me would mean left-wing. I however keep pushing every US politician one or two positions to the right, but that’s just vibes. So I would like to compare his stances to at least five political parties from my country, but where do I start?
Should I post an ask Lemmy on each topic how they compare to Mandami starting with housing? Because I would imagine the stances of each party on just one topic would already make quite a long post.
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I’ll try and make several posts on this subject.
Part 1 - My vibes list of American youtubers & politicians
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Thanks for the links. I hadn’t gotten around to really learning anything about this guy yet.
Most things sounded like basic things a government should do for people. The real “controversy” seems to be that he wants rich people and businesses to chip in more and not get quite as many special privileges at the sale of other people
The city owned grocery stores sound interesting. The one article said other cities have recently started testing the same idea. In Pennsylvania we have state owned liquor stores that have gotten better now that rules have been loosened to create some competition. They’ve traditionally been looked at as a monopoly, limiting selection and keeping prices high.
With it being just city owned stores, they’d seem to still have all the same competition that exists now, but the city could get volume pricing and not have to include massive real estate expenses into the operating costs. If it continues to be run for the benefit of the people and doesn’t line anyone’s pockets, it sounds like it could be a great benefit.
With the low cost housing, one thing I thought while reading is how do you keep those units from being scooped up by investors?
He’s really got a lot of lofty goals, and it seems like a very intense and complicated job if he gets to be mayor. I wish him luck!