'Communists' Running Our Large Cities

What is to be done?

There was a time when calling oneself a “socialist” in this country was like calling oneself a “Nazi” (which makes sense we suppose since Nazis are National Socialists). There was shame in the term. Socialism meant oppression. Socialism meant party control. Socialism meant a lack of property rights. Socialism meant authoritarianism (socialism is by definition authoritarian, restricting economic liberty is to restrict liberty). Socialism meant 1984. Socialism meant Stalin. Socialism meant economic and moral dysfunction. Socialism stood in direct contrast to what makes the United States exceptional, which is that, ideally, the USA is supposed to be a haven for human liberty and a place where freedom is celebrated and government, generally is held in contempt.

Currently however there are quite a few who openly call themselves socialists, and in the isolated (though large) urban islands in this country, they are getting elected.

Los Angeles is run by a socialist with ties to Cuba and anti-American groups. In Chicago the city is headed by a socialist who is more keen on reparations for his voter base than in solving Chicago’s basket-case economics. And now in New York city Democrats have voted for Zohran Mamdani, a 33 year old fringe leftist who is advocating for state run grocery stores and even nuttier ideas.