Akin to Trump, the gargantuan fascist mollusk Jabba the Hut sailed along the desert dunes of Tatooine on his luxurious, Mar-a-Lago-esque sail barge and was a prodigiously podgy pig of a creature who exuded noxious vapors and had a predilection for atrocious eating habits, sadism and psychological manipulation of the weak-minded, yet he still lived to be over 600 years old before he was brought to a rather abrupt, unceremonious end at the petite hands of a strong-willed slave woman with nothing more than her leash of chains.
Perhaps American citizens need to devote their energies to somehow convince Melania to repeatedly watch the first 30 minutes of Star Wars Episode Six and hope for divine inspiration.
It isn't about winning the election. It is about the successful repudiation of long-held political beliefs and norms.
Mamdani's winning proves to future American political candidates that taking a firm, conscientious stance against the well-funded and organized machinery of the ruling elite- against all odds- can still result in victory. And that is of far greater value than anything he might accomplish during his term as mayor.
How many other Mamdanis are out there- encouraged by his victory and ready to flip the script in 2026 and beyond?