It's a sign of the times that the once great capitol of capitalism on this earth and the city with more Jews than any outside of Israel now appears intent on electing a socialist anti-Semite as its mayor.
It seems our publicly financed educational institutions have successfully indoctrinated at least two generations of Marxists who have now formed sizable ghettos in nearly all of our major cities.
I've said it before but Mamdani, as a socialist Muslim anti-semite, would make a great mayor-- of Tehran.
Remembering a phone call to the Rush Limbaugh show a very long time ago, the caller brought out a point about communism and those who ran/run it throughout the world, and why it has failed. The caller pointed out, that in the US, communism is still believed by its supporters to be the best system, and the reason it has failed in every country is because the wrong kind of people were running it. They believe, they are enlightened enough to run a communism country and make it work because they are better. So besides being historically ignorant, they are conceited and self righteous, which describes all those on the left, from college campuses to Congress who want socialism/communism to be the way of the US.
I spent my entire life in New York until moving to Texas in 2024. I love the city and always will. But I am thinking that maybe a massive failed experiment in implementing Marxism in America's largest city is the only thing that might wake up the millions of useful idiots who mean well but dont know what and who they are supporting. Sad to say there are many Jews among them.
Mamdani has rizz. His tired leftist tropes resonate with his mostly young supporters—"there is massive inequality—only socialism can fix that." I recently wrote a piece on Mamdani in my substack and had a commenter raise exactly the 'inequality' issue. Here's how I responded:
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The grievances that socialists constantly voice are part of every important civilization throughout history—Chinese and Egyptian dynasties, the Incas and Aztecs, the Roman and Ottoman Empires, and on and on. They are part of the human bell curve.
In fact, there is "massive inequality and nearly unfathomable concentration of wealth," within every large scale socialist experiment that has been tried. Socialism puts more people in poverty, creates more shortages of the basics that are required to live a fruitful life, and rewards the ideologically pure with perks unavailable to the masses. No economic and social system is perfect, but socialism offers utopia while delivering ruin.
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I agree with Roger Simon. Should Mamdani win, ruin is sure to follow in NYC. There will be no future for those citizens who refuse to be parasites or victims. If you can, the best strategy is to vote with your feet and leave.
That's sad, but despite his telegenic face and nice smile, Mamdani is a bad guy. He'll bring in a army of true believers—unqualified to lead, incompetent in the extreme, and greedy to pillage the flow of tax money that remains.
Every person in a large city (I’m in Chicago) needs to run his own special interest through the same thought process as this. What comes out of the meat grinder at the end is the same, socialism doesn’t work. Modern DEMOCRATS destroy anything beautiful and can’t run a two-car funeral. Bring back the likes of the First Mayor Daley if people feel compelled to vote for a DEMOCRAT. At least crime was less, potholes were filled and garbage picked up…
My real awakening of the inability of having socialist/communist/marxist governments succeed anywhere took some time. Having a brave teacher in high school, who risked being fired and being labeled a “subversive” for teaching us about the truths behind these kinds of government, solidified my understanding of the dangers of these “isms.” Also, as a South Fl high school student, I learned much from the students who fled communist Cuba and came to my city during the Mariel Boat Lift to escape Castro’s dictatorship. I began to see that Joseph McCarthy’s fight against communism in our country may have been a fight that was not heeded because of his actions in trying to “out” communist sympathizers living in our country and to punish them. The hiring in 1969 of an avowed communist, Angela Davis, to be a University professor in CA was the moment I knew my profession as a high school teacher was in great danger from the threat of communism. Communism was given a platform on a university campus in CA. Vermont voters ignored Bernie Sanders’ candidacy as a Senator wannabe from 1996 until 2006 when they overwhelmingly voted (94.2%) to send him to DC as their Senator, and he was sent back 7 more times!! Fast forward to my volunteer work doing political opposition research. I continue to see the real influence of these “isms” in our politicians and in politics everywhere. It behooves us all to understand this real and dangerous movement threatens our very existence, and we must fight against it by demanding our Constitution as the true rule of our land. New York City’s voters must vote against mamdani to save itself.
I voted for Jerry Brown for mayor in Oakland once. He was the only one in the race that was not a radical leftist. He was actually a pretty good mayor considering the city he had to run.
I fear that the degree of idiocy has persisted for so long, that the severity of the consequences, which will be required to effect change, is terrifying.
I wonder about the future of Israel ,if ,because of the fallout from the EPSTEIN debacle ,If
The Southern Baptist twill turn their back on Israel because of Israeli spy operation . Of course that must be a fact. Support for Israel has always been almost taken for granted.Kind of scary,IMO.
I think the whole Epstein thing is a red herring, like Obama's birth location, something that makes the right look a little nuts and feeds into Jew-hating conspiracies.
Do I think the Mossad was involved because Ehud Barak was involved with Epstein? No. He's close to a non-entity in Israel.
Edit: The Mossad is almost the definition of the left-wing Israeli deep state. They'd probably rather get kompromat on Netanyahu than blackmail American politicians. For the people who hate Israel and for those with Jews on the brain, American politicians' support for Israel can't possibly be based on rational reasons like generally broad American support for the country and openly recorded political contributions. No, there must be some nefarious plot because those Jews are always plotting to manipulate Goyim. It gets fucking tiresome.
I have always appreciated doing business in NYC-they were the best and the Museums and entertainment venues were terrific. But I was never attracted to the lifestyle, similar to my actual dislike of Los Angeles, being a San Diegan. I wouldn’t be surprised at all that this character ccould precipitate a mass exodus of talent and wealththy people who have a choice.
I was born and raised in NYC but left in the late 70's never to return. I moved to NJ but the insanity followed me there. I have recently moved to Florida and it too so long because of work. My children all left NJ a long time ago never to return except to visit their parents. They now can visit in Florida. As for Mamdani being a useful idiot, don't sell him short. It is the ones that voted for him that are useful idiots. He will be running the City. As I recall the nomenklatura in Soviet Russia did ok for themselves it was the vast rest of the population that did so poorly. The same will be in NYC. The people running the place, those politically connected, will thrive, everyone else will suffer. The rich will either get their minds "right" or leave.
Roger, great insights as usual from your stack. As a Wyoming resident, I've born the brunt of the "flyover country" jokes from many East Coasters, and now we see that fleeing to the middle hasn't been such a bad idea. NYC was my favorite "stopover country" whenever I was headed over the pond because I hate long flights. But I wouldn't even venture a visit there now. The hopeful side of Mamdani's victory is that just maybe it opens the door for a counter candidate to win with better values and a better future plan for NYC. I have always wondered what the Jewish commitment to the Democratic Party was all about other than ignorance. Sadly most of the great builders of NYC and Wall Street in particular have already fled to Long Island. So the voting populace has turned upside down and to the left. Can I be allowed my hope for a better NYC mayoral candidate that can win?
It's a sign of the times that the once great capitol of capitalism on this earth and the city with more Jews than any outside of Israel now appears intent on electing a socialist anti-Semite as its mayor.
It seems our publicly financed educational institutions have successfully indoctrinated at least two generations of Marxists who have now formed sizable ghettos in nearly all of our major cities.
I've said it before but Mamdani, as a socialist Muslim anti-semite, would make a great mayor-- of Tehran.
Remembering a phone call to the Rush Limbaugh show a very long time ago, the caller brought out a point about communism and those who ran/run it throughout the world, and why it has failed. The caller pointed out, that in the US, communism is still believed by its supporters to be the best system, and the reason it has failed in every country is because the wrong kind of people were running it. They believe, they are enlightened enough to run a communism country and make it work because they are better. So besides being historically ignorant, they are conceited and self righteous, which describes all those on the left, from college campuses to Congress who want socialism/communism to be the way of the US.
I spent my entire life in New York until moving to Texas in 2024. I love the city and always will. But I am thinking that maybe a massive failed experiment in implementing Marxism in America's largest city is the only thing that might wake up the millions of useful idiots who mean well but dont know what and who they are supporting. Sad to say there are many Jews among them.
Mamdani has rizz. His tired leftist tropes resonate with his mostly young supporters—"there is massive inequality—only socialism can fix that." I recently wrote a piece on Mamdani in my substack and had a commenter raise exactly the 'inequality' issue. Here's how I responded:
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The grievances that socialists constantly voice are part of every important civilization throughout history—Chinese and Egyptian dynasties, the Incas and Aztecs, the Roman and Ottoman Empires, and on and on. They are part of the human bell curve.
In fact, there is "massive inequality and nearly unfathomable concentration of wealth," within every large scale socialist experiment that has been tried. Socialism puts more people in poverty, creates more shortages of the basics that are required to live a fruitful life, and rewards the ideologically pure with perks unavailable to the masses. No economic and social system is perfect, but socialism offers utopia while delivering ruin.
---
I agree with Roger Simon. Should Mamdani win, ruin is sure to follow in NYC. There will be no future for those citizens who refuse to be parasites or victims. If you can, the best strategy is to vote with your feet and leave.
That's sad, but despite his telegenic face and nice smile, Mamdani is a bad guy. He'll bring in a army of true believers—unqualified to lead, incompetent in the extreme, and greedy to pillage the flow of tax money that remains.
Mamdani's election proves that he is not the only useful idiot in NY, just the head one.
Hell, it’s not just about Jews!
Every person in a large city (I’m in Chicago) needs to run his own special interest through the same thought process as this. What comes out of the meat grinder at the end is the same, socialism doesn’t work. Modern DEMOCRATS destroy anything beautiful and can’t run a two-car funeral. Bring back the likes of the First Mayor Daley if people feel compelled to vote for a DEMOCRAT. At least crime was less, potholes were filled and garbage picked up…
My real awakening of the inability of having socialist/communist/marxist governments succeed anywhere took some time. Having a brave teacher in high school, who risked being fired and being labeled a “subversive” for teaching us about the truths behind these kinds of government, solidified my understanding of the dangers of these “isms.” Also, as a South Fl high school student, I learned much from the students who fled communist Cuba and came to my city during the Mariel Boat Lift to escape Castro’s dictatorship. I began to see that Joseph McCarthy’s fight against communism in our country may have been a fight that was not heeded because of his actions in trying to “out” communist sympathizers living in our country and to punish them. The hiring in 1969 of an avowed communist, Angela Davis, to be a University professor in CA was the moment I knew my profession as a high school teacher was in great danger from the threat of communism. Communism was given a platform on a university campus in CA. Vermont voters ignored Bernie Sanders’ candidacy as a Senator wannabe from 1996 until 2006 when they overwhelmingly voted (94.2%) to send him to DC as their Senator, and he was sent back 7 more times!! Fast forward to my volunteer work doing political opposition research. I continue to see the real influence of these “isms” in our politicians and in politics everywhere. It behooves us all to understand this real and dangerous movement threatens our very existence, and we must fight against it by demanding our Constitution as the true rule of our land. New York City’s voters must vote against mamdani to save itself.
Registered Republican here, but I'll vote for either Adams or Cuomo.
I voted for Jerry Brown for mayor in Oakland once. He was the only one in the race that was not a radical leftist. He was actually a pretty good mayor considering the city he had to run.
I fear that the degree of idiocy has persisted for so long, that the severity of the consequences, which will be required to effect change, is terrifying.
There is no law of nature that says NYC cannot become Detroit.
Chicago wants to be West Detroit.
I wonder about the future of Israel ,if ,because of the fallout from the EPSTEIN debacle ,If
The Southern Baptist twill turn their back on Israel because of Israeli spy operation . Of course that must be a fact. Support for Israel has always been almost taken for granted.Kind of scary,IMO.
I think the whole Epstein thing is a red herring, like Obama's birth location, something that makes the right look a little nuts and feeds into Jew-hating conspiracies.
Do I think the Mossad was involved because Ehud Barak was involved with Epstein? No. He's close to a non-entity in Israel.
Edit: The Mossad is almost the definition of the left-wing Israeli deep state. They'd probably rather get kompromat on Netanyahu than blackmail American politicians. For the people who hate Israel and for those with Jews on the brain, American politicians' support for Israel can't possibly be based on rational reasons like generally broad American support for the country and openly recorded political contributions. No, there must be some nefarious plot because those Jews are always plotting to manipulate Goyim. It gets fucking tiresome.
The year was 1781, Thank you for the proof reading!
As you noted this isn't exclusively about Jews. It's pretty much a 'First they came for... but I wasn't ...' situation.
I have always appreciated doing business in NYC-they were the best and the Museums and entertainment venues were terrific. But I was never attracted to the lifestyle, similar to my actual dislike of Los Angeles, being a San Diegan. I wouldn’t be surprised at all that this character ccould precipitate a mass exodus of talent and wealththy people who have a choice.
I was born and raised in NYC but left in the late 70's never to return. I moved to NJ but the insanity followed me there. I have recently moved to Florida and it too so long because of work. My children all left NJ a long time ago never to return except to visit their parents. They now can visit in Florida. As for Mamdani being a useful idiot, don't sell him short. It is the ones that voted for him that are useful idiots. He will be running the City. As I recall the nomenklatura in Soviet Russia did ok for themselves it was the vast rest of the population that did so poorly. The same will be in NYC. The people running the place, those politically connected, will thrive, everyone else will suffer. The rich will either get their minds "right" or leave.
Roger, great insights as usual from your stack. As a Wyoming resident, I've born the brunt of the "flyover country" jokes from many East Coasters, and now we see that fleeing to the middle hasn't been such a bad idea. NYC was my favorite "stopover country" whenever I was headed over the pond because I hate long flights. But I wouldn't even venture a visit there now. The hopeful side of Mamdani's victory is that just maybe it opens the door for a counter candidate to win with better values and a better future plan for NYC. I have always wondered what the Jewish commitment to the Democratic Party was all about other than ignorance. Sadly most of the great builders of NYC and Wall Street in particular have already fled to Long Island. So the voting populace has turned upside down and to the left. Can I be allowed my hope for a better NYC mayoral candidate that can win?