{"id":20120,"date":"2025-07-03T18:21:07","date_gmt":"2025-07-03T18:21:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thisbiginfluence.com\/?p=20120"},"modified":"2025-07-03T18:21:07","modified_gmt":"2025-07-03T18:21:07","slug":"how-socialism-seduced-new-yorkers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thisbiginfluence.com\/?p=20120","title":{"rendered":"How socialism seduced New Yorkers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p data-start=\"1410\" data-end=\"1975\">Is Zohran Mamdani&#8217;s success in New York politics the mark of socialist resurgence or only a reflection of a deeply fractured social gathering base? Zach Weissmueller is joined by two very involved New Yorkers. Our personal Liz Wolfe and Inez Stepman, who&#8217;s a coverage analyst on the Unbiased Ladies&#8217;s Discussion board.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1977\" data-end=\"2518\">Stepman critiques the ideological cocktail attracting younger New Yorkers to socialism. She argues that Mamdani&#8217;s enchantment is extra cultural than it&#8217;s financial, which results in a dialogue of whether or not libertarianism can truly be efficient in combating Mamdani-esque actions.<\/p>\n<h2>Talked about within the podcast:<\/h2>\n<p>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rebny.com\/reports\/hstpa-impacts-study\/\">HSTPA Impacts Study,<\/a>&#8221; by the Actual Property Board of New York<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20250620131730\/https:\/\/therealdeal.com\/new-york\/2025\/06\/20\/trd-asks-mayoral-candidate-zohran-mamdani-about-real-estate\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Daily Dirt: 5 Questions With Socialist Mayoral Candidate Zohran Mamdani<\/span><\/a>,&#8221; by Kathryn Brenzel<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2025\/06\/24\/us\/elections\/nyc-mayor-primary-results-precinct-map.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Most Detailed Map of the N.Y.C. Mayoral Primary<\/span><\/a>,&#8221; by <span class=\"svelte-10de1fz\">Mart\u00edn Gonz\u00e1lez G\u00f3mez,\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"svelte-10de1fz\">Saurabh Datar,\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"svelte-10de1fz\">Matthew Bloch,\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"svelte-10de1fz\">Andrew Fischer,<\/span>\u00a0and\u00a0<span class=\"svelte-10de1fz g-last-byline\">Jon Huang<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1iGn9ws9Ds0x_3kkB1tdM2pxLlbkPtT0k\/view\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mamdani&#8217;s homeowner policy memo<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DanielDiMartino\/status\/1938385899638694307\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Clip from Eric Adams&#8217; speech blasting socialism<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=9K7HDuoJ0MQ\">Mamdani&#8217;s talk at the <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2021 Young Democratic Socialists of America Winter Conference<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Chapters:<\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"178\" data-end=\"197\">00:00\u2014Podcast theme<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"199\" data-end=\"265\">00:24\u2014Zohran Mamdani and the brand new face of the Democratic Socialists<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"267\" data-end=\"336\">05:12\u2014Class resentment, school debt, and the upper-middle-class left<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"338\" data-end=\"398\">11:19\u2014How socialism distorts incentives and degrades tradition<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"400\" data-end=\"445\">17:32\u2014The parable of New York&#8217;s liberal monolith<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"447\" data-end=\"514\">22:53\u2014Lease freezes, housing politics, and concrete affordability myths<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"516\" data-end=\"570\">30:53\u2014Are YIMBYs being misled by progressive rhetoric?<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"572\" data-end=\"617\">35:22\u2014The cultural core of Mamdani&#8217;s politics<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"619\" data-end=\"667\">41:45\u2014Why Inez Stepman broke with libertarianism<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"669\" data-end=\"737\">48:54\u2014Policing, public security, and the stakes of a Mamdani mayoralty<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"739\" data-end=\"804\">57:58\u2014Psychological sickness, civil liberties, and involuntary dedication<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"806\" data-end=\"856\">01:08:00\u2014What Mamdani&#8217;s rise means past New York<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/reason.com\/podcast\/2025\/07\/03\/inez-stepman-how-socialism-seduced-new-yorkers\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Is Zohran Mamdani&#8217;s success in New York politics the mark of socialist resurgence or only a reflection of a deeply fractured social gathering base? 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