Brandon Marcus

When political power systematically turns to creators who do not claim a critical role — and are not held to one — the balance of power between government and the public shifts.

Direct distribution through digital creators is faster, more effective, and more controllable. Journalists are increasingly viewed as an intermediary layer that can be bypassed.

Crucially, Mamdani’s campaign did not present politics through slogans or traditional advertisements, but as culture: through humor, pop references, personal stories, and existing digital formats. Policy was explained in videos that looked like ordinary content rather than campaign messaging.

It is clear that content creators who can talk about news in engaging, short-form formats are the present and future of media.

An unpatriotic left has never achieved anything. A left that refuses to take pride in its country will have no impact on that country's politics, and will eventually become an object of contempt.

Like every other country, ours has a lot to be proud of and a lot to be ashamed of. But a nation cannot reform itself unless it takes pride in itself -- unless it has an identity, rejoices in it, reflects upon it and tries to live up to it. Such pride sometimes takes the form of arrogant, bellicose nationalism. But it often takes the form of a... See more