Here’s hoping Team Burnham takes this lesson from Mamdani and not just the vertical video style. Deliverism isn’t enough. Slick comms aren’t enough. Authentic empathy isn’t enough. You need all of it. This did not need to have become Dead Sea Scrolls lost wisdom. We used to know this.

Asha Rangappa

Hard to overstate how much of a threat leaders and public officials who actually govern and serve the people pose to those whose political careers depend on fomenting cynicism and delegitimizing democracy