From a unitedstatesian:

Genuinely, thank you, European politicians and public figures, for pointing out that reasonably socialized public services are considered de rigueur by the vast majority of the rest of the developed world.

Yes. Thank you.

The fact that even r/democrats has banned posts about Mamdani is shocking to me. (I found out from Bluesky, went to Reddit and checked and it's true)

This dude is normal. Full stop.

EDIT: And yea, I was literally thinking these days "It's nice to see Europe influencing the US for a change"

“Europeans recognize his vision about free public transit and universal childcare. We expect our governments to make these kinds of services accessible to all of us,” said Verbeek. “We pay higher taxes and get civilized societies in return. The debate here isn’t whether to have these programs, but how to improve them.”

Yes.

Of course. Your Democrats are our conservative parties, and your Republicans are our rightwinger/neo-nazi parties. And we have parties, left of the American spectrum that are mainstream.

As a foreigner I've been disgusted by all the American media surrounding Mamdani's campaign. Even from so called "liberal media" like the Washington post; it's been grotesque racist caricatures, overblown red scare taglines, and downright apocalyptic visions for a guy that wants, cheap fast buses and to tax the oligarchs.

I can't believe the Ideological shit show that is America and it frightens me that they think it is their duty to export these ideas to other countries.

Yes, it's called Social Democracy and the countries that apply it always have the highest standards of life.

Don't let the billionaires bullshit you.

“Here, taking care of one another through public programs isn’t radical socialism. It’s Tuesday.”

I always found it absurd that in the richest country in the world, there is no universal health insurance, no parental leave, no public holidays, that a college education costs hundreds of thousands of dollars, that there is no protection against dismissal, that people are starving or working but still homeless because they cannot afford an apartment—all of this is inhumane, uncivilized, and a disgrace to the US, not its recipe for success; it is its downfall, as the current regime is demonstrating.

There's absolutely nothing radical about Mamdani.

All of his proposed policies are favored by the vast majority of Americans and normal in actually developed nations.

Can confirm.
By the way my country has an actual Communist Party with some representatives in government (not enough for anything really).

And FYI EU politicians are learning from the US: the EU, either at top level or at countries' governments, is veering right as of late, towards the same fascism we now see in the US.
So perhaps we shouldn't be so smug, not right now at least.

The whole "it's too expensive" thing is kind of nonsense. There are billionaires. We would get something for the money. It's not like Zohran is proposing building a 500 solid gold statue of himself, or a ballroom that would only be used by a handful of people. Healthcare, buses, grocery stores, those all actually help people and will lead to more good stuff later.

People who stay healthy later go out to concerts and spend money, or whatever.

FOX is pushing HARD to paint him as a communist foreigner dictator.

Its working perfectly on my parents who swear he is the anti Christ. While they worship drumpf.

Help.

The actual European policies the US is in dire need of importing, not the Orbán and Putin-style dismantling of secular democracies.

As a European I'd see his policies as left wing but not as socialist, communist or whatever. And as a person who has been to New York countless times I would see anything that improves the quality of life such as public transport, childcare, food poverty as a generally good thing. Whether Mandani manages to pull it off and doesn't go to the dark side like every single other New York mayor remains to be seen.

You put Mamdani, Bernie, or AOC virtually anywhere in Europe, and they're slightly left leaning moderates.

lol or for some child’s play. US far left ideas is basic in most countries.

Extreme left as defined in US falls somewhere around center-center right in EU on most issues.

Am European; can confirm.

Americans live in a world where their "left" is already pretty far right. Someone who isn't that right but more centre / mildly left I indeed consider normal. It's still kilometers (miles) away from far left.

Hopefully this is not news to Americans, but I guess it may be. Seems the entire country is in its own bubble, separated from what Europe is doing.

We are just people, wanting mostly the same things.