To anyone with a basic understanding of history, economics, or human nature, there was something profoundly chilling about the declaration by New York City’s new mayor, Zohran Mamdani, that he wanted to “replace the frigidity of rugged individualism with the warmth of collectivism.”
Those words reveal him to be either an idiot, a subscriber to a cult, or a cynical demagogue.
The idea that New York is a city where Rands and Roarks rule the roost is about as credible as the notion put about by collectivists of left and right that our economy is one where “market fundamentalism” prevails, so cynical ...
