Kira Crush reposted
centrists lack the political education to see why Mamdani or the alt-right have winning strategies. All they are able to comprehend and emulate are the aesthetics they perceive as "succesful". Which is why they are also able to perceive ""AI"" as conscious. It has the aesthetics of consciousness
Burnham's whole approach is doing Mamdani-style vertical video announcing small, technocratic tweaks except Mamdani is a mayor who belongs to the opposition party in a highly decentralized federal system and Burnham is the head of government with a stonking majority in parliament...