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Jeff Mockensturm's avatar

This collectivist impulse against capitalism will be short-lived. Communism only survives, to the extent it does, until it has consumed the wealth that exists. Then it either stops or it expands to grab the wealth of outsiders. NYC exists within a state, within the United States, as a walled-off experiment - it has no access to Other Peoples' Money - and the servants are free to leave once they've been fleeced. This is why communist societies exist behind walls, fences and mine fields - to keep people from escaping. Absent that, the NYC flirtation with communism will be fairly short.

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Michael D DesJardins's avatar

Regarding Other Peoples' Money: When you have a lot of it and the US' money folk in NYC do, you can do unforeseen evil. I'm genuinely concerned about this, as there is quite a lot of world level damage that could be done by a well orchestrated effort disguised as earthly saviors with all of everyone's money.

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Eric Ivers's avatar

The reason the desire for communism repeats endlessly is because every person possessing it thinks that he or she will be one of the ones in charge.

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John Wygertz's avatar

Free stuff! Mamdani is gonna give us free stuff!

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173dVietVet's avatar

”Illogical actions are the playground of the communist.” T.L. Davis

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Jer's avatar

The devil is adept when it comes to steal, kill and destroy...there is NOTHING NEW UNDER THE SUN as he is incapable of CREATING anything. Therefore, history repeating itself in a bad way is the work of the devil through the REPROBATE MIND. I look forward to the day when evil is GONE from the earth. COMING SOON!

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Bruce Kodish's avatar

You could be writing about Islamic jihadism.

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mvlbob's avatar

Insightful.

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