The Morning Rant

Maybe every new generation has to learn for themselves that socialism is the ultimate political evil, and every attempt at a better version always...ALWAYS ends in death and destruction on a massive scale.

One would be forgiven in thinking that after the Holodomor, the Great Leap Forward, the Cambodian genocide, 45 years of Eastern Europe's enslavement, and smaller but no less brutal country-killing communists in Venezuela, Cuba, Ethiopia, North Korea, etc., that people wouldn't need personal experience to understand the true nature of socialism.

One would be wrong.

And I will be making popcorn and watching with amusement at the klown-car antics of our newest communist/Islamist at the helm of New York City.

Socialists Hate 'Excellence,' So Mamdani Is Ending the 'Gifted and Talented' Program For Kindergarten

New York's Democratic Socialist Party Mayor Zohran Mamdani thinks that these special programs that elevate some kids over others based on talent and gifts are an abomination and need to end. Catering to the lowest common denominator in education, the workplace, and government is how socialists keep everything nice and equal — equally mediocre, at least.

NYers raise a stink over trash buildup as 'limited collection' continues 7 days after winter storm: 'It's disgusting'

Cold Death Toll Hits 17 as Deep Freeze Continues

It doesn't really matter that only about a quarter of eligible voters bothered to vote in the mayoral election. Not voting is a decision just like voting for one's preferred candidate.

NYC got what it wanted, and the consequences of that will reverberate for the next four years. Gutting the cream of the public schools because too few blacks and other pressure groups can get their kids into those schools is absolutely expected, but will be a painful surprise to the willing fools who voted for Mamdani.

Decaying public service (and it was bad before!) was baked into Mamdani's policy cake, but far too few people actually spent the time to figure out what those policies were.

Actual death! That wasn't in his campaign speeches, but anybody who didn't expect this is a fool.

New York City will enjoy four years of chaos, hyper-politicized administrative decisions that bolster Mamdani's political beliefs but penalize NYC, an increasingly vicious tone directed against Jews, Christians, Whites, the well-off, and anyone else who doesn't fit neatly into the top of the grievance hierarchy.

Hopefully they will leave, and NYC will cascade into insolvency, because the top of the grievance hierarchy doesn't pay taxes! And even if NYC can muddle through without a financial catastrophe, the quality of life will decay significantly, and it will take a generation to repair it. Just take a look at how long the horror of the 1970s and 1980s took to be banished! And that's assuming that there will be a tax base to finance it, and that is by no means a given.

So...visit NYC if you want, because it won't be better than it is today for a very long time, and there is a long, dark night coming!

[Crossposted at CutJibNewsletter and X/Twitter]. If you folks who are on X/Twitter would follow us it would be much appreciated!

posted by CBD at 11:00 AM

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