Democratic Socialism – Live Laugh Love Do http://livelaughlovedo.com A Super Fun Site Tue, 02 Dec 2025 05:35:02 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 Internet Alpha Males Want White America to Fear Zohran Mamdani http://livelaughlovedo.com/internet-alpha-males-want-white-america-to-fear-zohran-mamdani/ http://livelaughlovedo.com/internet-alpha-males-want-white-america-to-fear-zohran-mamdani/#respond Wed, 02 Jul 2025 04:53:54 +0000 http://livelaughlovedo.com/2025/07/02/internet-alpha-males-want-white-america-to-fear-zohran-mamdani/ [ad_1]

Zohran Mamdani will have to get used to it. The Democratic candidate for mayor of New York City hasn’t even won the general election, but he’s already become public enemy number one in the online manosphere, the world of alpha male influencers and masculinity content creators who thrive on having an enemy to attack.

Mamdani, 33, a Democratic Socialist and state assembly member, is facing a digital firestorm from a coalition of conservative commentators, far-right figures, and online alpha influencers. These men, who have built vast online followings by selling a hyper-individualist, hyper-capitalist vision of masculinity, are now rallying their audiences around one shared goal: stopping Mamdani’s rise to power.

The attacks are deeply racialized, overtly Islamophobic, and framed as a battle between “the West” and “the East.” Mamdani, who is Indian-Ugandan and Muslim, has been branded a “Muslim communist” and accused of being a Trojan horse for radical anti-American ideologies.

“New York City is the battlefield for the future of the West,” declared right-wing commentator Charlie Kirk on June 30.

 

“He wants to steal other people’s stuff,” Kirk wrote in another post, calling Mamdani “resentful of the rich, of white people, of Westerners.”

 

Kirk, who has over 5 million followers on X, is just one voice in a growing chorus. Others include billionaire Trump supporter Bill Ackman, who ominously warned, “Watch him and listen to his words,” and tech investor Chamath Palihapitiya, who claimed that if Mamdani wins, “it will most likely ruin NYC and degrade one of the world’s greatest cities.”

Jack Posobiec, a far-right influencer known for promoting conspiracy theories, posted a cinematic trailer filled with violent protest footage and flag-burning imagery. “UNDERSTAND NYC IS ON THE SAME TRAJECTORY AS LONDON,” he wrote, invoking a frequent manosphere talking point: that the city will decline under a Muslim mayor, just as they claim London has under Sadiq Khan.

Their goal is clear: make Zohran Mamdani look dangerous. Use fear, Islamophobia, and racialized language to scare New Yorkers, especially white, middle-class moderates, away from a candidate who speaks openly about wealth redistribution, affordable housing, and taxing billionaires. Paint him not just as a progressive, but as a threat to civilization.

This is classic manosphere playbook strategy. The manosphere refers to the sprawling ecosystem of male influencers, YouTubers, and podcast hosts who monetize grievances about masculinity, feminism, race, and power. It includes figures like Andrew Tate, Sneako, and Ben Shapiro, and operates by casting progressive politics as an existential threat to men.

In Mamdani, they’ve found a perfect antagonist: a young, charismatic, nonwhite Muslim leftist with real political momentum.

They mock his campaign videos while refusing to address the issues he actually talks about: sky-high rent, public transportation, homelessness, and the city’s wealth gap. Instead, they post memes, inflammatory edits, and clips taken out of context to project an image of chaos and destruction.

“Zohran Mamdani’s radicalism is the future of the Democratic Party,” warned Shapiro, adding, “mainly because of the cuckold Democrats rolling over for him.”

 

“This guy is bad,” Ackman posted flatly, offering no policy critique, only vibes and threat.

 

What is at stake for these online figures is their ability to influence real-world politics. By creating a high-profile enemy, they can consolidate their audience and test their power. Their strategy is to redefine Mamdani before he can define himself to a broader electorate. While they raise the specter of New York’s decline, they rarely offer solutions to the very real problems Mamdani’s campaign addresses, chiefly the city’s crushing cost of living. This is particularly ironic given that many of these figures portray themselves as self-made wealthy men who have succeeded through sheer effort.

Mamdani won the Democratic primary by defeating former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo in a surprising upset. Because New York is a Democratic stronghold, he has a good chance of winning the general election scheduled for November 4. This makes the campaign to define him now all the more urgent for his opponents.



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Billionaires are outraged after self-described Democratic Socialist Zohran Mamdani defeated establishment candidate Andrew Cuomo to become the Democratic nominee in New York City’s mayoral race.

The 33-year-old Mamdani was, until recently, a little-known state assembly member and came into the Democratic primary as an underdog, unlikely to surmount former Gov. Cuomo’s brand recognition and billionaire backers. But his proposals—which included rent freezes, free bus fare, and city-owned grocery stores—ultimately resonated with New Yorkers who have faced rising rents and heaps of economic pain in one of the most expensive cities in the world.

Mamdani has all but clinched the nomination after Cuomo conceded the race this week, and because of his Democratic Socialist label and controversial proposals, billionaires have rushed to paint the young politician as a threat to business, democracy, and the Democratic Party. Many of the billionaires protesting also lost financially, donating to “Fix the City,” a nonprofit group that received about $25 million in donations and spent loads on pro-Cuomo ads and anti-Mamdani ads, per Business Insider.

Here are some of the loudest (and richest) voices attacking Mamdani after his landmark win. 

Bill Ackman (Net worth $8.09 billion)

One of the loudest voices condemning Mamdani is activist investor and hedge fund manager Bill Ackman. Ackman, who founded Pershing Square Capital Management, let loose on Mamdani in one of his characteristic posts on X. 

In response to Mamdani’s win, the hedge funder said he and his allies would saturate New York City’s election with donations to try to defeat him. 

After calling Mamdani “young and charming,” Ackman criticized him for his comments about the New York Police Department, and his proposals for rent freezes and city-owned grocery stores. He also claimed a Mamdani mayoral victory would push big business to exit New York. 

“Socialism has no place in the economic capital of our country,” wrote Ackman on X. “The ability for NYC to offer services for the poor and needy, let alone the average New Yorker, is entirely dependent on NYC being a business-friendly environment and a place where wealthy residents are willing to spend 183 days and assume the associated tax burden.”

Ackman also promised hundreds of millions of dollars of funds “will pour in,” if the right candidate to oppose Mamdani appears.

Elon Musk (Net worth $368 billion)

Now essentially on the sidelines of government after running President Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency, Tesla CEO Elon Musk still found time to chime in on Mamdani’s win, even if he held back major criticism. 

In several comments reacting to other users’ tweets on X, Musk made his skepticism about Mamdani known. Musk commented a laughing emoji in reaction to another user’s post criticizing Mamdani saying “queer liberation means defund the police.” 

John Catsimatidis (Net worth $4.5 billion) 

The billionaire founder of the Gristedes grocery chain threatened to move the company out of New York should Mamdani win the NYC mayoral election. Catsimatidis threatened to move the company’s corporate offices to New Jersey.

“If the city of New York is going socialist, I will definitely close, or sell, or move or franchise the Gristedes locations,” Catsimatidis told Fox Business.

Catsimatidis also took issue with Cuomo and the way he ran his campaign. 

“It’s not a done deal, but Cuomo screwed up real big because he tried to do what President Biden did and hide in the basement for two months,” Catsimatidis told Forbes.

However, the grocery chain magnate said Trump may be able to help current New York City mayor Eric Adams beat out Mamdani in the general election in November. Adams has vowed to run as an independent.

Dan Loeb (Net worth $3.2 billion) 

Dan Loeb, the billionaire founder of hedge fund Third Point, donated $250,000 to support “Fix the City,” which backed Cuomo. 

After Mamdani’s presumptive win, Loeb criticized New York Gov. Kathy Hochul’s comment calling Mamdani’s campaign a “formidable grassroots coalition.”

“For anyone who had a doubt that our Governor is a clueless, unqualified buffoon,” Loeb said in a post on X.

Loeb also cheekily declared that “It’s officially hot commie summer.”

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