Rugged Individualism to be Replaced with Socialism in New York
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It’s Mayor Mamdani now in New York City, and God help New Yorkers, and forgive them for what they have done. Zohran Mamdani was sworn in with his hand on a Quran, the holy book of the 19 hijackers that flew airplanes into the towers of the World Trade Center on 9/11. How soon New Yorkers forgot.
It gets worse.
In his inaugural speech, the new Mayor promised to get rid of incentive, the profit motive that creates excellence through competition. The Mamdani administration will install a new system of collectivism, perhaps with such ideas as government-run grocery stores and rent control.
And if he follows through on his socialist proclivities, he may also continue to be in favor of globalizing the Intifada. The people of New York voted for this – and they got it.
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It’s not going to be pretty, but Mamdani is a true believer.
The new mayor might have considered moving slowly to transform a vibrant world-class financial center like New York into a molasses-slow backward city. But no.
In his inaugural address, he made this statement:
“We’ll replace rugged individualism with the warmth of collectivism.”
The idea that you can become a millionaire in America, or even a billionaire if you have big ideas like Steve Jobs at Apple or Elon Musk with all his various enterprises is the essence of capitalism. Mamdani thinks government can do better by taxing those nasty billionaires and finding ways to redistribute their money.
Video: Mamdani delivers his inaugural address after being sworn in by socialist Bernie Sanders.
Economist Steve Moore, in his Unleash Prosperity Hotline newsletter is quick to point out that it was a form of collectivism that led to soup kitchens during the Great Depression. Could that sort of misery be coming to New York? That will be interesting to watch. There are a number of things that could happen if Mamdani’s plans are all implemented:
- Government-run grocery stores will likely be dirty affairs with many empty shelves as people opt for more modern, competitive supermarkets.
- Landlords who invest in rental property, and who have to maintain it and fix the pipes when they freeze, may not want to stay in the rental business.
- Billionaires that fuel New York with corporations and real estate may want to escape to Texas or Florida to avoid Mamdani’s wealth redistribution plans.
If the billionaires flee, Mamdani will have no wealth to tap into in order to make his socialist scheme work. He will soon run out of other people’s money. The “warmth” of collectivism will start turning New York into a third-world city and people will try to get out.
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Don’t expect Mamdani’s department heads to steer him away from the dangers of socialism.
As Moore’s newsletter points out, Mamdani has chosen Kamar Samuels to head up the city’s public school system. Samuels is against gifted & talented programs, but is a big supporter of forced racial diversity. As you might expect, the leftist that created the 1619 project is happy with the appointment. Per Moore’s newsletter:
Ominously, one of his biggest fans is Nikole Hannah-Jones, The New York Times journalist who created the infamous 1619 Project, which incorrectly claims that slavery represents the very essence of America’s history. She praised the appointment of Samuels as “outstanding news for those who still care about school integration and equality.”
Another interesting choice is Julie Su as Deputy mayor for economic justice. This short bio is from the City and State New York website.
Mamdani created a new deputy mayor role with a portfolio that includes the Taxi and Limousine Commission, the Department of Consumer and Worker Protection, the Commission on Human Rights, the Department of Small Business Services and several other agencies. Julie Su was formerly acting secretary of the U.S. Department of Labor under the Biden administration. She was never confirmed by the Senate despite two nomination attempts, but received praise from Mamdani supporter and socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders, who called her an “outstanding leader of the Labor Department.” Su is brand new to New York, and has moved to Queens for the position. Su’s appointment was announced on Dec. 19, 2025.
You can check out other appointment at that same website. You’ll find some old, some young, some from the Biden administration, some that worked under former Mayor Bill de Blasio, and some members of the Democratic Socialist of America.
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And what about globalizing the Intifada?
The term is Arabic for “uprising,” and usually having to do with attacking Israel. This is from Wikipedia.
In the 20th century, the word intifada has been used to describe various uprisings. In the Iraqi Intifada of 1952, Iraqi parties took to the streets to protest their monarchy. Other later examples include the Western Sahara’s Zemla Intifada, the First Sahrawi Intifada, and the Second Sahrawi Intifada. In the context of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict, it refers to an uprising by Palestinian people against Israeli occupation or Israel, involving both violent and nonviolent methods of resistance, including the First Intifada (1987–1993) and the Second Intifada (2000–2005).
This is what Mamdani apparently wants to globalize. We saw what globalizing the Intifada looks like on October 7th when Hamas conducted a sneak attack on a music festival in Israel and killed hundreds of Israelis. We saw it on college campuses in the United States. We saw it on Bondi Beach outside of Sydney. This is what Mayor Mamdani appears to want to expand globally.
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The late and much-missed Rush Limbaugh once caused a furor when, considering the left-wing ideas that Barack Obama brought to the Oval Office, he exclaimed that he hoped Obama failed. Rush was right. It was not unpatriotic to wish for the failure of ignorant ideas that would make our country worse off. In that same spirit, the ideas espoused by Mayor Zohran Mamdani are as ignorant as ignorant can be. I hope he fails, because that’s the only way New York can succeed.
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I say globalize “Stitches in Time.” The entire world should be reading this book.
