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Why Are Liberals So Unhappy?

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JL;DR SUMMARY The episode delves into the candidacy of Zohran Mamdani, noting his anti-capitalist and anti-Zionist stance, and reflects on the challenges he faces in New York's mayoral race. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski.

  • At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself.
  • This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude.
  • Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from.
  • But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me.
  • And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.
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Anti ZionismLiberalismBernie SandersPolitical DiscourseZohran MamdaniNew York Mayoral RaceAnti CapitalismHappiness StudiesDsa GrowthGratitude Vs. Discontent

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New York City, New York, United States
"And I don't want to bore people in the ambit of my voice by, like, dwelling obsessively on this matter. I will point out two things about Zoran Mamdani, or three things about Zoran Mamdani, in the last 24 hours, that is making this a very interesting candidacy in the sense that if there were a viable alternative to him right now, I would be saying that viable alternative would slaughter him in a general election."
Israel
"An anti-Israel tweet from that notoriously fair, anti-Zionist Jewish publication called Haaretz, with an absolutely astoundingly ludicrous claim that IDF soldiers are firing purposefully on unarmed, poor Gazans."
Uganda
"So a person who, born in Uganda, comes to the United States, becomes a citizen eight years ago, and is trying to mesh himself into the power of one of the two parties in the country, in a country that is..."
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