Day 1 of Mamdani
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I think the Mamdani experiment is very interesting. Those on the left believe that increasing taxes on the rich and corporations will solve all their problems. Those on the right think that the rich and corporations will pack up and leave. Likely neither will be 100% right.
Most Americans have no problems with taxing earnings over $1 million/year a couple of extra % and most have even less problem taxing corporations more. Whether or not it's feasible for these to leave for a low tax state is going to be made on an economic decisions.
One thing I've learned in life is that nothing is free. Somebody pays.
Another thing I've learned is that economic decisions have consequences. It's unclear as of now what consequences come from NY raising taxes. Past actions might lead you to believe that people with money/ corporations will find a way to deal with it by taking advantage of other tax rules to mitigate any financial damage.
Interesting
Who the **** are these people? We're going to have "a different relationship" with our personal property? Does someone's single family home all of a sudden become a commune? These people are absolutely insane.
No way in hell some of her more extreme ideas will fly, especially when it comes to treating housing as a communal resource instead of a means to build wealth. I read up on some of her past statements and one of the main ways she's floated to keep housing affordable is by capping the amount of profit you can make on the re-sale of your home, but hell no to that idea since that's one of the main ways Americans are able to build their nest eggs and/or create generational wealth.
When referencing whites, she seems to be focused on issues like redlining and the GI Bill which disproportionally favored whites. However, she does have a strong record on protecting tenants rights and that appears to be her main mandate under Mamdani. Her statements are concerning but I'd be surprised if she is able to make headway on her more radical ideas.
Her ideas?No way in hell some of her more extreme ideas will fly, especially when it comes to treating housing as a communal resource instead of a means to build wealth. I read up on some of her past statements and one of the main ways she's floated to keep housing affordable is by capping the amount of profit you can make on the re-sale of your home, but hell no to that idea since that's one of the main ways Americans are able to build their nest eggs and/or create generational wealth.
When referencing whites, she seems to be focused on issues like redlining and the GI Bill which disproportionally favored whites. However, she does have a strong record on protecting tenants rights and that appears to be her main mandate under Mamdani. Her statements are concerning but I'd be surprised if she is able to make headway on her more radical ideas.
I'm not aware of everything he's ever said but I haven't seen him advocate for the same ideas that Cea Weaver has in the past. At least not during his campaign but I'm not a Mamdani expert so I could have missed it.
All I've seen is proposals like:
- Constructing 200,000 new truly affordable apartments over the next decade.
- Funded by municipal bonds and higher taxes on corporations and the wealthy.
- Proposing a four year rent freeze.
- Doubling investment in public housing repairs.
- Building new affordable housing on under-utilized, city-owned land.
- Reforming NY's zoning and land-use rules to spur more affordable housing in high-cost neighborhoods, especially near transit lines.
Zohran Mamdani’s Urban Planning Vision To Transform NYC Housing In 4 Years
Zohran Mamdani’s Urban Planning Vision to Transform NYC Housing in 4 Years
urbandesignlab.in
Zohran Mamdani’s advisers plan for socialized housing..
“Housing will be owned by a collective and everyone will be paying 30% of their income, in order to live in their housing.”
“If someone makes $0 per year, they live for free — if someone makes $500k per year, they’re paying 30% of that.”
Insanity.
LOL.. civil discourse is privilege..... That's how f'd up these people are.... Purely authoritarian. "Through threat of force or penalty".... That's all they know.
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/a...i_declares_war_on_civil_discourse_153688.html
Zohran Mamdani’s inauguration speech on Jan. 1 became instantly famous for his promise to prove the “warmth of collectivism.” Yet Americans should pay just as much attention to another deeply concerning comment from the socialist mayor of New York City’s first act in office. He declared that those who are “fluent in the good grammar of civility have deployed decorum to mask agendas of cruelty,” implying that his administration won’t tolerate public debate about his agenda.
These words mark the moment when higher education’s radical monoculture jumped into the real world of political power and cultural impact. Our experiment in self-government is now at unprecedented risk.
Mamdani’s words are familiar to anyone who has followed the decline of the university in recent decades. It reflects the idea that respectful discourse – a central Enlightenment and American ideal – is really a tool of oppression used by elites to prop themselves up while keeping everyone else down. This belief is widespread on campus: A December poll from the free-speech group FIRE found that 90% of undergraduates think that “words can be violence.” Even worse, a third of students are willing to use actual violence to prevent the saying of those words. This is a generation prepared to stifle debate it dislikes, casting even the most well-meaning ideological opponents as enemies of society.
Mamdani Declares War on Civil Discourse
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/a...i_declares_war_on_civil_discourse_153688.html
Zohran Mamdani’s inauguration speech on Jan. 1 became instantly famous for his promise to prove the “warmth of collectivism.” Yet Americans should pay just as much attention to another deeply concerning comment from the socialist mayor of New York City’s first act in office. He declared that those who are “fluent in the good grammar of civility have deployed decorum to mask agendas of cruelty,” implying that his administration won’t tolerate public debate about his agenda.
These words mark the moment when higher education’s radical monoculture jumped into the real world of political power and cultural impact. Our experiment in self-government is now at unprecedented risk.
Mamdani’s words are familiar to anyone who has followed the decline of the university in recent decades. It reflects the idea that respectful discourse – a central Enlightenment and American ideal – is really a tool of oppression used by elites to prop themselves up while keeping everyone else down. This belief is widespread on campus: A December poll from the free-speech group FIRE found that 90% of undergraduates think that “words can be violence.” Even worse, a third of students are willing to use actual violence to prevent the saying of those words. This is a generation prepared to stifle debate it dislikes, casting even the most well-meaning ideological opponents as enemies of society.
DERP
No, Robert De Niro did not say he has "no choice but to leave NYC" now that Zohran Mamdani is the mayor.This claim originated as a viral rumor and meme circulating on social media (including Threads, X, and Facebook) in early January 2026, shortly after Mamdani was sworn in as mayor on January 1, 2026. The posts typically quote De Niro as complaining that the new administration wants to take nearly half his savings because he's "wealthy," adding irony since he was allegedly a vocal supporter of Mamdani during the campaign. Some versions label it as entering the "**** around and find out" phase.
Fact-checks from Snopes and other sources confirm this is false. There is no credible evidence—such as interviews, statements, videos, or reports from reliable outlets—that De Niro made any such remark. The story appears to stem from satirical or fabricated content designed to mock perceived hypocrisy among wealthy progressives.In reality:
- Zohran Mamdani (a Democratic Socialist) won the 2025 NYC mayoral election, defeating opponents in the Democratic primary and general election, and took office in 2026.
- De Niro has actually spoken positively about Mamdani in the past. For example, in late 2025, he praised Mamdani's election as a hopeful development for the country.
