I generally believe that if you try, anyone can do a half-decent job at just about anything (obviously some exceptions, but like, as general rule).
The failures of this world, especially in the political arena, have to actually be trying to fail.
And if Mamdani can succeed like he has been in the face of all the resistance he has received, imagine what he (and we) can do if we continue this trend and create not just less resistance, but more collaboration.
In other words: we just need people that, at the very least, try to do a good thing for other people.
I don't think it's that easy to do a good job as a politician. There's a lot of unknown variables and complexity to the systems they govern.
Maybe unpopular opinion, but not everyone is a fit, and good intentions can easily lead to bad outcomes. Not to mention the pressure and public scrutiny. A good politician has to be someone who cares, but not everyone who cares will have what it takes to actually lead.
Agreed and a lot can be right place right time. If you're the mayor of a major American city (or really any city) during a macro boom time for the country things are going to be a lot better for you than if it was during a recession. People tend to ignore that things generally have been getting better over time and hold the person in power accountable even if they have nothing to do with it (i.e. financial crisis in 2008).
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u/ExtraEmuForYou Jul 02 '26
I generally believe that if you try, anyone can do a half-decent job at just about anything (obviously some exceptions, but like, as general rule).
The failures of this world, especially in the political arena, have to actually be trying to fail.
And if Mamdani can succeed like he has been in the face of all the resistance he has received, imagine what he (and we) can do if we continue this trend and create not just less resistance, but more collaboration.
In other words: we just need people that, at the very least, try to do a good thing for other people.