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minus-squareglimse@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 days agoWhat is this cartoon even trying to say
minus-squarejordanlund@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 days agoIt’s equating Mamdani with death cult leader Jim Jones: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Jones and “Jonestown”. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonestown The whole “drink the Kool-Aid” idiom stems from his followers drinking poisoned Flavor-Aid in a mass suicide. All in all, deeply disrespectful to Mamdani.
minus-squareStillwater@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 days agoThat Mamdani is a marxist and, even worse, a muslim, and that following him is like joining a death cult.
What is this cartoon even trying to say
It’s equating Mamdani with death cult leader Jim Jones:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Jones
and “Jonestown”.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonestown
The whole “drink the Kool-Aid” idiom stems from his followers drinking poisoned Flavor-Aid in a mass suicide.
All in all, deeply disrespectful to Mamdani.
That Mamdani is a marxist and, even worse, a muslim, and that following him is like joining a death cult.