Quote of the Day
We will draw this city closer together. We will replace the frigidity of rugged individualism with the warmth of collectivism.
Zohran Mamdani
New York City Mayor
January 1, 2026
Bishop Barron rips Mamdani’s ‘warmth of collectivism’ remark: ‘For God’s sake’ | Fox News
Conservatives sound alarm over Zohran Mamdani’s ‘collectivism’ comment | Fox News
Spell checker wanted to correct Mamdani to “Madman”. I wonder if it there is some significance to that.
If you want an economic argument as to why Mamdani’s plans are a really, really, bad idea read The Road to Serfdom: Text and Documents-The Definitive Edition (The Collected Works of F. A. Hayek, Volume 2): Hayek, F. A., Caldwell, Bruce, Caldwell, Bruce, Caldwell, Bruce: 9780226320557: Amazon.com: Books
If you want to read the detailed results of a real-world test case of this political philosophy read The Gulag Archipelago: An Experiment in Literary Investigation Complete 3 Volumes Collection (Volume 1, 2, 3): Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn: Amazon.com: Books.
I don’t want to read any more about it. I want my underground bunker in Idaho*.
If you follow the X post above, you will find the following means and many more:
The difference between the two:
Ricardo Gomes sums it up for me:
* The night of January 1st, 2026 was the first time I spend the night in my underground bunker in Idaho. It’s not really ready, but for this time of year, it is better than the camping trailer. While it will not be completed, I expect that within a month Barb and I would be comfortable here should the need occur. It is not a minute too soon.
New York is not America. It is just where the mediascum congregate.
I don’t think you have anything to worry about. We’ve invaded Venezuela, Cuba’s next, and then either Mexico or Iran depending on whether Dear Leader’s diaper is full or not. We’re back to the old imperialist days, and the U.S., Russia, and China are going to divvy up the world like the Europeans did a bit over a century ago.
What’s old is new again, and there’s nothin’ like a nice big helping of good old American FREEDOM! For us, anyway.
And it all couldn’t happen to a nicer place.
America needs a true and clear example of what not to do.
And New York has been begging to be that example for 200 years.
But commie mommy practicing communist policies to pretty much communist people already isn’t the real play.
Invasion is.
Just like islame took over Minnesota. Muslims radicals freely travel through Canada into the waiting arms of other muslims.
They have all bureaucracies set up and running for them.
ID’s, SS cards, EBT, and cultural adjustments in a community setting.
New York is going to be the biggest staging area for the islamic invasion of the east coast.
And where might I ask are the most powerful jews in the world working out of?
Communism is an excuse to steal your money and give it to all the new invaders. Just like it has been in most of America.
His speech wasn’t for New Yorkers. It was for muslims all around the world. The port of New York is open for business.
I can’t help but believe this is just the latest example of the “Gates of Toledo” being opened.
And with Trump just starting the war in Venezuela?
Economics and comfort is not the only factor in existence, though obviously all else being equal I’d rather be rich and comfy than not.
That said, it’s worth pondering that the TFR in North Korea is more than twice that of South Korea, and Russia is still Russian, while the “prosperous” West is increasingly not western, and has cratering birthrates among the native European population.
Comparisons to the decadence of late-period Rome may apply.
Happy New Year!
Mamdani….New York, Seattle, Portland, Boston….ALL merely PROOF that we are NOT an intelligent species. Merely a clever one. And not all of us at that.
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