On The Affective Aspects of Politics: A Letter to Irish Comrades
Zohran Mamdani’s popularity is not down to policy alone, neither to his class-first politics in conjunction with his unyielding defence of minorities, but also his youthful presentation, engagement with popular culture and New York’s unique history, scavenger hunts and quips and storytelling, exciting the masses. This is politics, a complete package, decorating a rational kernel with a libidinal force, presenting it to the masses.

