The socialist promise: Fail, blame racism, repeat

Before dedicating his time to mass Islamic worship sessions on city streets, dinners with terrorist sympathizers, or defending his wife’s social media history, Zohran Mamdani made a lot of promises. In fact, his entire path to becoming New York City mayor was paved with these promises. Free this, free that, free everything.

Famously, the buses were going to be fast and free. The city was going to be affordable again, as if it was ever affordable to begin with. Inequality was going to be washed away like a city sidewalk outside a methadone clinic.