There is a lot of worrying about the corrupt Andrew Cuomo and the socialist empty suit Zohran Mamdani duking it out over the likely mayoralty in NYC. It's mostly the city's problem, though anything that affects the country's and the world's largest economic center does have trickle down effects. And the uniqueness of New York does bring ideas into a cleaner abstract focus for us to discuss.
If Mamdani were some kind of Northern European socialist I might spring for that. But for everywhere else in the world, the socialist is going to become corrupt anyway, it is only a matter of time (or ability to disguise). That would bring us to competence. Cuomo has little, Momdani none known, advantage Cuomo. A practiced corrupt politician can really double down if they get encouraged, as in Joe Biden. Momdani might at least graduate to being a basically honest fool.
The outcome will not be good for NYC. But what kind of Not Good, and what people learn from it might matter. I haven't a clue about that.
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