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Real socialism hasn’t been tried. Chicago had this choice. They chose socialism. Brandon Johnson has a 9% approval rating, apparently. DeBlasio was pretty far left. He was re-elected! By the end of his second term, everyone hated him. So a few years later, they’re going to elect someone further to the left.
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Awful. But, like the Trump phenomenon, which was a logical and extreme response to republicans peddling a “fight” narrative in 2015, this is a logical response to Democrats peddling helplessness and fear.
he still has to win in the general election, and all the candidates are flawed. God help NYC.
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He’s being described as the new Democratic star, this additional splinter on the Left. I’ll say this for him: affordability/rising cost of living is the right message. Dems have had a tin ear on that topic for a very long time, not surprising given that their six key constituencies (Wall Street, Hollywood, Silicon Valley, law firms, academia, the media) don’t really care about the economy or inflation’s impact on the little people.
My sister is a diehard Socialist, she feels quite strongly that it is the only moral social/economic/political platform. She’s quite clear that she’s not a Communist and states that “real” Socialism has never been tried.
We were discussing capitalism vs. socialism in front of my eight year old, and he asked what the difference was. This was the conversation, not paraphrased:
ME: Capital is money. We use money to invest in designing products and services that people purchase. People have the choice as to which to buy, and they buy the better products/services, so society continually improves. And how much money you make depends on three things: your talent, a little bit of luck, and how hard you work. That last part is most important.
SIS: That’s all great, but Socialism is MUCH better. Remember when you were in kindergarten and everyone got the same thing? That’s Socialism. Everyone gets the same thing, and everyone cooperates and no one is jealous. Everyone does the job they want to do.
8 YEAR OLD: So…no matter how hard I work, I would get the same money?
SIS: That’s right!
8 YEAR OLD: Then why would I work hard?
SIS: (Long soliloquy on the joys of proletarian cooperation, etc.)
8 YEAR OLD: I’d rather just work hard and make a lot of money.
If an eight year old can destroy your political argument, your system probably won’t work…
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Great story, Beeg Dawg. Good question, too, and I remember thinking the same thing at that age.
My dad used to say “If you rob Peter to pay Paul, you will always have Paul’s vote.” So Mamdani is calling for:
- Free buses
- Free child care
- City owned grocery stores
- Rent freeze
- Defunding the police
And he’s going to pay for all of this with tax increases on corporations and the wealthy. Governor Kathy Hochul has already said “no” to these tax increases, BTW.
The typical voter doesn’t understand that they’ll ultimately pay for it, they just hear “free stuff.” And Cuomo and Adams and Sliwa will split the anti-Mamdani vote.
Zohran Mamdani on Why He Beat Cuomo and What Happens Next
Billionaires don’t like the 33-year-old socialist, what a surprise.
Zohran Mamdani and the Total Freak-out of NYC Power Brokers
The city’s 350,000 millionaires and 123 billionaires are threatening to move:
Why millionaires are planning to escape from New York
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On top of the Socialism, PA Governor Shapiro demands that Mamdani condemn the global intifada, not just discourage it.
Mamdani handed stark warning by Josh Shapiro ahead of NYC mayoral election
Fat chance. The strain of anti-Semitism exhibited by the Muslim community is striking and terrible.
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