cross-posted from: https://yall.theatl.social/post/12077419
From Atlanta Capital B News
A growing number of Black Democrats who feel alienated by politics as usual within the party are finding common cause with Democratic Socialist activists who want the government to be more responsive to the needs of the working class. Mathewos Samson, a 27-year-old software integration engineer, is competing against Republican Torrey Balam to replace retiring […]The post Georgia Poised to Elect Its First Black Democratic Socialist appeared first on Capital B News - Atlanta.
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Now what will the corpo democrats do? They can’t pull the usual bullshit of “what if the more corpo candidate is of a more diverse background”.
What are this guy’s current chances of winning in the general election? And in comparison, what would you estimate (since we’ll never know) a more moderate Democrat’s odds of winning that same general election?
I’m trying to check Kissmi/pooeymkat (misspelled on purpose), but haven’t had much luck finding the odds so far.
I’m always happy to see any socialist win.
Socialism is still a terrifying word for conservatives and most independents. Nominating socialists as Democratic candidates makes me feel more certain that Dems will fail to retake control of this country.
The mainstreams of both parties are open to socialist ideas presented by their own members. Obviously, only the Dems are consistently willing to entertain thoughtful socialist ideas (in smallish doses). But NONE of that can happen if we nominate far left socialists who crush primaries only to get eviscerated in the general elections.
Conservatism is a mental illness and needs to be excised, not bargained with.
More centrists aren’t going to help anyone We have white nationalist cultists in control of gov. The DSA is not a bridge too far. People will back anyone who is actually going to fight and work for the people. Republicans called Corpo ass Biden a Dictator and commie it is time to stop letting their insults control anything.
People
willshould back anyone who is actually going to fight and work for the people.That sounds like super nice and all, but in reality we need independents to be on board. A large chunk of them are still irrationally afraid of socialism even though they probably appreciate tons of government programs that they don’t realize are socialist by nature.
At least we agree that the terrible right wing needs to be voted out of office. And I would agree with you that so much of our establishment Dems (especially the moderates/centrists) are a substantial part of the problem. Where I think we disagree is what the largest chunk of decent voters want right now — I think we simply want a competent government that strives to work for the people and strives to hold criminals and other bad actors accountable for their misdeeds. I don’t think this chunk agrees with extreme measures like defunding institutions that have been important to America for decades. That type of rhetoric (or candidates being affiliated with other people who use that type of rhetoric) feels like a great way to ensure the Maga scum remain in power.
Independent doesn’t mean centrist. I’m independent and it’s because the establishment Dems aren’t socialist enough for me. Most Dems I’ve seen online have been disgusted with the centrist stand of the DNC leadership
Decades of corporate centrists running the Democrat party are why we have Trump today…
My concern is that far left candidates will get destroyed in general elections is how the Trump-affiliated scum will remain in power. At the very least, there will be fewer victories over right wing scum if our candidates cannot appeal to independents. And we need to recognize that a large chunk of those independents are people with largely conservative values but are simply disgusted by what Trump and his sycophants have been doing to our country.
Good luck to Mathewos Sampson! Let’s make socialism the goal (what most humans think), not something to fear (what “money” people think).
It’s incredible how many people think socialism = communism. U can have capitalism and socialism together, and just not let the capitalism run unchecked the way it has in the USA for the last 50 ish years which is what fucks us. Strong socialism with a sprinkle of capitalism is imo the perfect solution, but unfortunately I think most hear socialism and think their old soviet’s trying to make a comeback. A lot of people fail to realize how socialist the USA used to be and how far we have gotten away from it as money moved into politics. Crazy how the “red scare” is having a second wave now, the elites must be scared.
not murican but I’d vote for him just because he seems cool. Even if he didn’t seem cool I’d still vote for him because the republican candidates would all rape your children the moment you look away then shoot your dog when you look back and shoot your visible minority neighbour after that just for an extra layer of distraction, then bill you for all of it.
I shouldn’t have hope, but I do.
The biggest buzz kill right now is as we keep winning we have this large part of the left that is so use to losing that they can’t recognize what winning looks like.
We have a democratic Zionist that took millions from AIPAC going on Fox News and effectively bending the knee and saying “I will be supporting Abdul”. We don’t have to like her. But there is this paranoia on the left that this is somehow tainting Abdul.
No, this is us winning. They are deciding that their only option is to bend the knee to our popularity and realizing that actually fighting the right is their only option. They faught Mamdani and realized how unpopular that made them. Yes, they want to keep their jobs. And if they stand behind and pass socialist policy, we’ll let them. That’s ok. We want policy.
As we gain power these Stevens or Harris endorsements will be unnecessary. But, right now, they aren’t bad. Let’s lose the pessimism.
Look back at 2023 and see where we came from. Keep working and we can look back at 2026 and also think about how far we’ve come.
The Democratic party is lined up to do a unity tour behind Hong after she wins tonight. We put them in a position that they are forced into supporting us.
My biggest surprise is that these establishment Democrats are actually working for the survival of their party. I honestly thought we have to keep fighting them like we had to do with Mamdani. But, that’s not bad. It shows how strong we’ve become.
In a way, this is similar to what the Republican party was forced into with Trump’s primary win. All those Republicans that didn’t bend the knee are gone now.
We will get there with the DSA. We will have to fight them again. But, right now, they aren’t fighting us past a primary. So let’s take the bump and fight the right when the Democrats are bending the knee.
This guy is apparently the first black candidate who is a member of the DSA who is going to be elected to the state House (and yes, he is going to be elected: in the 58th district, the token Republican has absolutely zero chance). He is, however, far from the first leftist/socialist rep from that or other nearby districts.
The main news here is that DSA as an organization is becoming more popular, such that leftist candidates are willing to be affiliated with the label “democratic socialist” instead of calling themselves “progressive” or whatever.
which of the DSA manifesto do you or Samson actually want to happen?
or is “be more responsive to the needs of the working class” the whole cop-out line
are they a commie in disguise or not? why even bother aligning with the DSA if you’re not?
You do know that even if they don’t achieve 100% of their vision (which let’s be honest that’ll never happen without a massive revolution and I don’t see that happening anytime soon), there are about 20 steps before that point that all materially improve the lives of the working class right?
This is my question as well. I also support Medicare for all and ending corporate home ownership, but I absolutely do not support open borders and public control of large corporations, which is part of the DSA platform. Does this candidate also support open borders and public control of large corporations? I’ll vote for a democrat over a republican but not one who supports these aspects of the platform.
He’d be a state rep in Georgia. I think your corporations and borders are going to be safe.
Your condescending response puts you in the same category as others who don’t think through the choices they make and are unable to engage in a rational discussion about a topic that deserves more attention. It makes me think you haven’t even read Workers Deserve More and if you have you didn’t read it critically. And you’re certainly no student of history.
I never vote for someone based on their looks, but I’d make an exception for this guy
Mathewos Samson, a 27-year-old software integration engineer, is competing against Republican Torrey Balam to replace retiring state House Rep. Park Cannon in the Georgia General Assembly. His June primary win in the dark-blue district makes him the odds-on favorite to become the first Black member of the Democratic Socialists of America to serve in the Gold Dome.
Samson’s platform includes getting corporate landlords out of the single-family home business by forcing them to sell the houses they’ve bought, not just capping the number they can own. He also supports Medicare for All and getting money out of politics.
“We don’t take money from corporations because we represent people’s interests,” Samson said. “We need to take our government back and have something that actually represents all of us.”
With the fucking price of housing and the general cost of living, I don’t know how you can even side with the GOP on this one, regardless of past party affiliation.
Like, you actually want to vote for Blackrock to dominate your day-to-day lives?
It’s easy, look how brown this guy us and vote something else. These turds are way past making decisions based on platforms that might actually benefit them even when up against platforms that will clearly hurt them. The backbone (if you want to call it that) of the GOP is capitalizing on latent American racism.
Georgia… the country? (/s, it’s clearly about the USA state)
If there’s ever doubt, the answer is nearly always the option where it’s an American assuming everyone else is American
American solipsism™
Yes, when the article was published in the newspaper of a city in that very US state of Georgia, there is no need to doubt, or to specify. Do you seriously expect a newspaper in Atlanta, GA writing about a local election should specify that it’s not talking about another country?
Had me in that first half… 😜
When the article is posted on a global social network, yeah, you can add a note to the title of the post? People from any other country that’s not the USA have figured this out already but it’s always Americans that just assume everyone else is also American
I was gonna be snarky about deductive reasoning and the fact that we’re all speaking English… but then I got curious.
TIL the country of Georgia has its own language. They speak Georgian, and it ain’t American English with a southern drawl either… interesting.
REALLY!? Hrm, perhaps I should get curiouser and learn more about this…
Are you ok?
Given everything that has been going on, would I truly be okay if I were? 😉
Lemmy and Reddit…rejoice!
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