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Mayor Mamdani Is Governing Like A College Theater Kid

Mamdani is the high-energy guy eager to let you know just how much fun stuff there is to do, and be sure to check out movie night on the quad this Friday, and also, Free Palestine!

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Zohran Mamdani isn’t a sewer socialist. He’s a student-government socialist, which is worse.

The New York City mayor has said he wants to emulate the so-called sewer socialists from a century ago — local government leftists whom he admires for their purported practicality and determination to make things work for ordinary people. The problem is that people who look seriously into making things work tend not to be socialists. This is why campus Marxists congregate in, say, gender studies and English programs, rather than economics and engineering.

The impractical reality of socialism is also why Mamdani’s signature rent freeze policy is not working. And it is why he does not seem poised for much success on other key issues such as public safety and public schools. The latter is especially likely to get worse with the state planning to scrap high school graduation exams. 

Consequently, the mayor and his supporters are celebrating smaller, mostly symbolic efforts at improving life in the Big Apple. Most recently, this has meant Mamdani promoting a plan to give away 70,000 unsold opera tickets. Other initiatives have included city-run grocery stores, cheap World Cup tickets, and free babysitting at city rec centers for a “parents’ night out.”

These political marketing gimmicks have Mamdani’s fan base singing his praises. But they are........

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