Tyler Austin Harper

And Eric Adams.

Do not forget that either.

and Erica Adams, right?

That was, you know, releasing these horrifically racist AI videos, just really grotesque forms of Islamophobia.

So I think Mamdani pretty studiously avoided getting into any of these debates about identity.

He was relentlessly focused on affordability.

Yeah, you know, I mean, I think like it can't be underestimated.

WOCUS was extraordinarily popular across large swaths of the public at its peak.

A lot of us changed how we speak and think, et cetera, you know, and partly I think it's because it gave us a cultural rubric for how to live.

Right.

OK, this is how you talk.

These are the things you put in your email signature.

This is how you interact with other people.

This is the kind of conversations you're supposed to have.

Right.

This is the kind of questions you're supposed to be worried about.

It gives you a clear etiquette.

Right.

And in a secular society that is large and sprawling and very multicultural.

It was something that, OK, this is straightforward and clear.