Mayor Mamdani is not merely a supporter of genocidal Hamas terrorists. He is a leading figure, perhaps the most pivotal figure in the Democrat Socialists movement. This movement is gathering steam and threatens much more than the Democrat Party. It is a direct threat to everything that the United States has held as essential to its growth and prosperity.
Socialist policies that are not joined with anti-Jewish animus are just as destructive and dangerous. One can argue that the capitalist ideas of Milton Friedman allow for market forces to correct too many of the ills of society. One can argue that the welfare state should be a larger part of the government. These are all legitimate opinions that Democrats like LBJ, FDR and Woodrow Wilson supported and boosted. All of those leaders supported raising taxes in order to redistribute along the lines of the Great Society, New Deal or other marketing tool to increase the size of the government. But none of them were socialists. None of them wanted the government to have the level of control that the Democrat Socialists are striving to have.
Mamdani and his supporters mean what they say when they say they want to “seize the means of production.” Mamdani defenders argue that he is not truly a communist and what he really wants to do is just: “to implement socialist style regulation of key public needs and services in areas like housing, food, education and transportation via higher taxes on the very rich.”
Good try to hide what Mamdani has clearly outlined his end goal as. Even if he doesn’t get to the point of seizing the means of production, stiff regulation of housing, food, education and transportation are all things that would never have been supported by the supporters of FDR or LBJ. A simple casual discussion with any small group of Mamdani supporters reveals exactly where they are holding. They support receiving free stuff. Free groceries. Free housing and free buses. And if Mamdani can somehow tax the middle class and wealthy sufficiently to make the numbers work, he will do it.
New York has already begun a major population transfer under Mamdani. Tax the middle class and wealthy to induce their flight with the excuse that he is “defending the working class.” Then, bring in as many illegals as possible who now have voting rights. This is how Mayor Mamdani will turn into an easily reelected official despite wrecking the city with his policies.
The anti-Israel policies are terrible. The socialist policies are even worse. And who will Mamdani and his supporters blame for all of the ills that his policies are causing? The Jews.