If history teaches us anything at all, it is that collectivism not only fails to bring justice and equality to human societies; it also operates through violent coercion and leaves those societies awash in blood.
The proof of this abundantly available in the bloody histories of revolutionary France, the Soviet Union, Communist China, Democratic Kampuchea, North Korea, and every other place that has tried it. As Mamdani assumes power in New York City, many complacently assume that the city’s experience won’t even come close to approaching the horrors of that those nations experienced, for New York City is still part of the United States, and American laws will restrain him.