Zohran Mamdani wants to bring socialism to City Hall.
Government grocery stores. Rent control expansion.
Tax hikes in a city already bleeding taxpayers.
Let’s break down why his NYC mayoral plan is a rerun nobody asked for — and why voters won’t buy it. 🧵
Government grocery stores. Rent control expansion.
Tax hikes in a city already bleeding taxpayers.
Let’s break down why his NYC mayoral plan is a rerun nobody asked for — and why voters won’t buy it. 🧵
🏪 First up: government-run grocery stores.
He says it’ll fight food deserts.
Reality? We’ve seen this movie.
• Soviet Union: ration lines
• Venezuela: no food, no funding
• San Francisco pilot? $20 eggs and ghost aisles
Do you want the DMV running your bodega?
He says it’ll fight food deserts.
Reality? We’ve seen this movie.
• Soviet Union: ration lines
• Venezuela: no food, no funding
• San Francisco pilot? $20 eggs and ghost aisles
Do you want the DMV running your bodega?
Mamdani talks about “greedy corporations” fueling inflation.
In truth:
• Fed printed trillions
• COVID-era stimulus overheated demand
• Supply chain collapsed
This inflation isn’t fixed with more government — it was government.
people.bsu.edu/econbriefs/202…
In truth:
• Fed printed trillions
• COVID-era stimulus overheated demand
• Supply chain collapsed
This inflation isn’t fixed with more government — it was government.
people.bsu.edu/econbriefs/202…
🏘️ Rent control 2.0?
Berlin tried it. So did Boston and San Francisco.
Result:
• Landlords sold off units
• Housing supply tanked
• Market rents soared
Mamdani’s housing plan makes it worse for the working class he claims to help.
Berlin tried it. So did Boston and San Francisco.
Result:
• Landlords sold off units
• Housing supply tanked
• Market rents soared
Mamdani’s housing plan makes it worse for the working class he claims to help.
🚓 He backs police “reimagining” — soft on crime with hard consequences.
We tried this post-2020. NYC got looting, violence, subway chaos.
Even Eric Adams had to pivot back to order.
Zohran wants to drag us back to Gotham circa 1977.
We tried this post-2020. NYC got looting, violence, subway chaos.
Even Eric Adams had to pivot back to order.
Zohran wants to drag us back to Gotham circa 1977.
“Tax the rich” is a classic crowd-pleaser — until the rich leave.
NY already saw a tax exodus:
• High earners relocated to FL, TX
• Remote work made moving easy
Now Mamdani wants to double down and tax what’s not even here?
discoversouthflorida.com/blog/why-new-y…
NY already saw a tax exodus:
• High earners relocated to FL, TX
• Remote work made moving easy
Now Mamdani wants to double down and tax what’s not even here?
discoversouthflorida.com/blog/why-new-y…
The timing couldn’t be worse.
Groceries are up. Rent is up. Insurance is up.
You think struggling New Yorkers want to experiment with a system that failed in the Eastern Bloc?
Groceries are up. Rent is up. Insurance is up.
You think struggling New Yorkers want to experiment with a system that failed in the Eastern Bloc?
🗳️ Don’t let Twitter fool you — NYC voters lean moderate when times get hard.
Adams beat progressives.
Kathy Hochul barely held NYS.
People want sanity, not slogans.
Inflation is political poison for ideologues like Mamdani.
Remember when DeBlasio ran on the same issues?
Adams beat progressives.
Kathy Hochul barely held NYS.
People want sanity, not slogans.
Inflation is political poison for ideologues like Mamdani.
Remember when DeBlasio ran on the same issues?
Mamdani’s blueprint sounds bold, but we’ve seen it crash:
• Dinkins-era NYC? Crime and flight
• De Blasio’s reign? Homelessness and decay
Same policies, different packaging.
It didn’t work then. It won’t work now.
coalitionforthehomeless.org/the-tale-of-tw…
• Dinkins-era NYC? Crime and flight
• De Blasio’s reign? Homelessness and decay
Same policies, different packaging.
It didn’t work then. It won’t work now.
coalitionforthehomeless.org/the-tale-of-tw…
Bottom line: Mamdani’s “People’s NYC” sounds poetic in a podcast — but try living in it.
When you’re paying $9 for eggs, you don’t want a lecture on class struggle.
You want lower prices, safer streets, and real leadership.
Socialism can’t deliver. NYC voters know it.
When you’re paying $9 for eggs, you don’t want a lecture on class struggle.
You want lower prices, safer streets, and real leadership.
Socialism can’t deliver. NYC voters know it.
He’s also known for changing his accent depending on whose speaking with him 👇
His famous quote
“Nepotism and hard work go a long way”
“Nepotism and hard work go a long way”
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