Given socialism’s extensive history of failure, maybe the most accurate assessment of those who propound socialism is that failure is what they’re after. From Mark Jeftovic at Bombthrower.com via zerohedge.com:
This is Happening, This is Really Happening
On New Year’s Day, Zohran Mamdani was sworn in as mayor of the financial capital of the world, with his hand on a copy of the Koran, and in his inauguration speech, he proclaimed:
“I was elected as a democratic socialist and I will govern as a democratic socialist.”
As a guy who normally tunes out political speeches (to this day, I haven’t a single speech by Trump, Trudeau, let alone Carney or Biden), this one got my attention to the point where I downloaded the transcript and read the entire thing.
It gave me some serious Pol Pot “This is Year Zero” vibes…
“Beginning today, we will govern expansively and audaciously… to those who say the era of Big Government is over, hear me when I say this: no longer will city hall hesitate to use its power to improve New Yorker’s lives.”
Most people don’t know who that was. Except maybe the odd Cambodian.
The banger pull quote was this:
“We will replace the frigidity of rugged individualism with the warmth of collectivism.”
…and the crowds, no doubt cheered.
The comradette who will seize private property in comrade Mamdani’s merry circus is an actual commie.
I admit I don’t feel sorry for Yankees and their New Man workers utopia as the Long Marchers finally found a generation stupid enough to fall for free rainbow stew bubble up.