高超的政治話術，透露出狡黠的愚蠢

Masterful Political Rhetoric Reveals a Cunning Kind of Foolishness

Archer Hong Qian
2025.11.7 · 新加坡途中

“競選時用詩歌，執政時用散文。”

這句美國政治評論界的格言，諷喻的是徹頭徹尾的現實：候選人競選時往往訴諸激情、夢想與道德正義，但一旦真正掌權，就不得不回到制度、官僚、預算、權衡與妥協這些“散文”的世界。

   耐人尋味的是，曼達尼剛剛當選紐約市長，還未開始執政，就迫不及待地借用這句話替自己鋪路。他把反對其“共產主義傾向”的川普總統當作對象，公開喊話“提高聲量”，並斬釘截鐵地引用這句名言：“一位偉大的紐約人曾說，競選用詩歌，執政用散文。”

那麼，他是在為自己“不可能兌現競選承諾”提前打預防針？
還是在為自己“缺乏治理能力與行政經驗”找台階？
抑或只是借名言包裝，轉移公眾視線，再次把情緒當成政治動員的武器？

無論曼達尼懂還是不懂：所謂“殺富濟貧”的共產式社會主義，本就是一條“通往奴役之路”；而其瘋狂光鮮的口才背後，透露的恰恰是一種狡黠的愚蠢。

越來越多美國選民註定會明白：
靠話術上台者，最終必會遭話術反噬。

也許正因如此，兌現競選承諾最高的川普總統，只在 Truth Social 上淡淡回應一句：
    “一切才剛剛開始。”

我倒不擔心所謂“民主社會主義（DSA）”的幽靈，因為他們根本不懂第二國際傳統中的“民主社會主義”是什麼——在美國語境下，DSA不過是一種競選話術，當不得真。

民主黨推出曼達尼，只暴露其政治智慧的黔驢技窮。此舉與他們慣於玩“拖字訣”逼政府關門別無二致：虛張聲勢，最終自砸腳面。

共和黨只需堅持一條更具體、更有針對性的方向——比如《大美麗法案》（The Great Beautiful Act），在預算中剔除重複而不當的奧巴馬醫保條款，就足以形成制度性反制。

而如果川普總統此時反向而行——主動祝賀幾位民主黨市長當選，展現出“全民總統”力量感——那種高明的政治幽默和自信，才更有意思，也更具戰略殺傷力。

參考閱讀：
《曼達尼是“民主社會主義”者？搞笑了吧？》
http://symbiosism.com.cn/11108.html
https://blog.creaders.net/user_blog_diary.php?did=NTMwNzEz

Mamdani’s Masterful Political Rhetoric Reveals a Cunning Kind of Foolishness

Archer Hong Qian
Nov 7, 2025 · En Route, Singapore

“Campaign in poetry, govern in prose.”

This famous maxim in American political commentary captures an unvarnished truth: Candidates on the trail summon passion, dreams, and moral fervor—but once in office, they are dragged back into the world of institutions, bureaucracy, budgets, trade-offs, and compromise. That is the prosaic reality of governance.

What is striking about Mamdani is that—having just been elected mayor of New York, and not yet begun to govern—he is already invoking this line as a defensive shield. He publicly addressed former President Trump, who criticized his “communist leanings,” calling on him to “raise the volume,” and confidently citing:
“A great New Yorker once said: campaign in poetry, govern in prose.”

So what exactly is Mamdani doing?

Is he preparing excuses in advance for promises he knows he cannot fulfill?
Or is he preemptively defending against his lack of governing ability and experience?
Or is it simply another rhetorical move—borrowing the gravitas of a quotation to redirect attention and once again turn emotion into a political weapon?

Whether Mamdani understands it or not: The so-called ‘rob the rich to save the poor’ model of communist-style socialism is a road to serfdom—and behind its fiery, polished rhetoric lies a cunning kind of foolishness.

Sooner or later, American voters will see through it:
Those who rise on rhetoric will be undone by rhetoric—not swallowed, but bitten back.

Perhaps that is why Donald Trump—the president with the highest rate of fulfilled campaign promises in modern U.S. history—responded so lightly on Truth Social with just one line:
“It’s only just beginning.”

I am not troubled by the supposed ghost of “Democratic Socialism (DSA),” because they have no real understanding of what the democratic socialism of the Second International was ever about. In the United States, the DSA is little more than campaign rhetoric—never to be taken seriously.

Putting forward Mamdani only exposes the Democratic Party’s political exhaustion. It is no different from the same old “delay tactics” they've played for years in budget crises and government shutdown showdowns: loud gestures that end up backfiring.

The Republican path is far simpler: stick to a concrete and targeted agenda—such as The Great Beautiful Act—and remove redundant, ill-fitted Obamacare provisions from the federal budget. That alone would be a meaningful structural correction.

And if President Trump were to reverse the political current—
publicly congratulate several Democratic mayors-elect and embody the strength of a ‘president for all Americans’—
that would not only be strategic, but a masterstroke of political humor.

That, indeed, would be far more interesting.

Reference:
“Mamdani a ‘Democratic Socialist’? What a Joke.”
http://symbiosism.com.cn/11108.html