Anonymous #1 1d

Whenever I talk to a small business owner, without fail, they immediately start talking to me about how much they like Mussolini. It's really odd

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Anonymous OP 1d

What the hell type of dudes in your area😭😭

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Anonymous OP 1d

To answer the question, no. Being a small business owner isn’t inherently a red flag But being into Mussolini very much is 🚩

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Anonymous OP 1d

One‘s a fascist and one‘s slightly socialist. Thats an odd mix up ngl 🤨

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Anonymous OP 1d

This comment shows your political standpoint lmao, mamdani is the best thing to happen to NY/ the US

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Anonymous #2 1d

Idk they seem pretty similar to me. Both support small businesses, want to increase welfare, believe in socialism in one country/city, state/city run enterprises, and shoot/bulldoze proletarians respectively.

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Anonymous #1 1d

I mean who says you can't support both?

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Anonymous OP 1d

Remind me of when Mamdani promoted state capitalism for the enrichment of the billionaire class and the mandatory service of the proletariat in work sectors for the explicit benefit of the upper class? Maybe read some more history first before making swingingly incorrect comparisons like that. As a reminder, because it seems like you’re unaware, socialsm and national socialism are not the same.

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Anonymous #2 1d

Seems like we are in agreement! Mamdani is actually against the "billionaire class" just like how Mussolini was against the big businesses that dominated the market and needed to be nationalized. Also of course national socialism is different from socialism, i don't think i ever said they were the same.

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Anonymous OP 1d

False equivalence. State capitalism (what Mussolini implemented) is fundamentally different from socialism. On paper, it states that resources should be nationalized to give the people control, but functionally it’s purpose is to nationalize resources to consolidate power in the state among the members of the upper class. The purpose of fascism is to convince people that they have a voice while using populist rhetoric to consolidate power in the wealthy, not actually create social change.

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Anonymous #2 1d

The reason I brought up the socialism vs. national socialism argument is because many of the people making the same argument you did above also disingenuously equate the two. I’m not saying you are disingenuous, but I wanted to get that argument out of the way in case you weren’t posting in good faith.

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Anonymous #2 1d

Isn't that exactly what Mamdani did? Create government owned grocery stores, consolidate power in the bourgeoise by reducing regulation, and then bulldozing homeless encampments to serve the interests of the bourgeoise.

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Anonymous OP 1d

Ok so maybe I was right on the bad faith side. 4/10 bait, better luck next time.

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Anonymous #2 1d

I'm being serious...

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Anonymous #2 1d

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/18/nyregion/homeless-encampment-mamdani-nyc.html ^^ source

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