The Left is Stuck in a Time Loop with Zohran

25 Jul 2025 • 47 min • EN
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Dan Davison discusses his essay for Sublation Magazine entitled "Stuck in a time loop? Mamdani and the Left’s Amnesia" on this episode of Diet Soap.  Here's an excerpt: Leftists are brimming with joy that Mamdani’s platform has (apparently) shown the world how to build a winning socialist campaign that brings together and highlights the connections between “material” concerns on the one hand and “identity” concerns on the other. Predictably, much of this has been framed in terms of lessons for the Democrats in how to take on Trump. “You see!” cries the would-be left to the Democratic Party. “This is the kind of bold, positive alternative you should present to voters if you want to win! Here are the policies you should adopt, and here’s how you should campaign for them!” Much like the Enterprise crew in the later repetitions of their time loop, my first thought upon seeing all this was “Haven’t I been here before?” Stuck in a Time Loop Essay: https://www.sublationmag.com/post/stuck-in-a-time-loop-mamdani-and-the-left-s-amnesia Support Sublation Media: https://patreon.com/dietsoap

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