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Is Zohran Mamdani's success in New York politics the mark of socialist resurgence or just a reflection of a deeply fractured party base? Zach Weissmueller is joined by two very concerned New Yorkers. Our own Liz Wolfe and Inez Stepman, who's a policy analyst at the Independent Women's Forum.
Stepman critiques the ideological cocktail attracting young New Yorkers to socialism. She argues that Mamdani's appeal is more cultural than it is economic, which leads to a discussion of whether libertarianism can actually be effective in combating Mamdani-esque movements.
"HSTPA Impacts Study," by the Real Estate Board of New York
"The Daily Dirt: 5 Questions With Socialist Mayoral Candidate Zohran Mamdani," by Kathryn Brenzel
"The Most Detailed Map of the N.Y.C. Mayoral Primary," by Martín González Gómez, Saurabh Datar, Matthew Bloch, Andrew Fischer, and Jon Huang
Mamdani's homeowner policy memo
Clip from Eric Adams' speech blasting socialism
Mamdani's talk at the 2021 Young Democratic Socialists of America Winter Conference
00:00—Podcast theme
00:24—Zohran Mamdani and the new face of the Democratic Socialists
05:12—Class resentment, college debt, and the upper-middle-class left
11:19—How socialism distorts incentives and degrades culture
17:32—The myth of New York's liberal monolith
22:53—Rent freezes, housing politics, and urban affordability myths
30:53—Are YIMBYs being misled by progressive rhetoric?
35:22—The cultural core of Mamdani's politics
41:45—Why Inez Stepman broke with libertarianism
48:54—Policing, public safety, and the stakes of a Mamdani mayoralty
57:58—Mental illness, civil liberties, and involuntary commitment
01:08:00—What Mamdani's rise means beyond New York
The post Inez Stepman: How Socialism Seduced New Yorkers appeared first on Reason.com.
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Is Zohran Mamdani's success in New York politics the mark of socialist resurgence or just a reflection of a deeply fractured party base? Zach Weissmueller is joined by two very concerned New Yorkers. Our own Liz Wolfe and Inez Stepman, who's a policy analyst at the Independent Women's Forum.
Stepman critiques the ideological cocktail attracting young New Yorkers to socialism. She argues that Mamdani's appeal is more cultural than it is economic, which leads to a discussion of whether libertarianism can actually be effective in combating Mamdani-esque movements.
"HSTPA Impacts Study," by the Real Estate Board of New York
"The Daily Dirt: 5 Questions With Socialist Mayoral Candidate Zohran Mamdani," by Kathryn Brenzel
"The Most Detailed Map of the N.Y.C. Mayoral Primary," by Martín González Gómez, Saurabh Datar, Matthew Bloch, Andrew Fischer, and Jon Huang
Mamdani's homeowner policy memo
Clip from Eric Adams' speech blasting socialism
Mamdani's talk at the 2021 Young Democratic Socialists of America Winter Conference
00:00—Podcast theme
00:24—Zohran Mamdani and the new face of the Democratic Socialists
05:12—Class resentment, college debt, and the upper-middle-class left
11:19—How socialism distorts incentives and degrades culture
17:32—The myth of New York's liberal monolith
22:53—Rent freezes, housing politics, and urban affordability myths
30:53—Are YIMBYs being misled by progressive rhetoric?
35:22—The cultural core of Mamdani's politics
41:45—Why Inez Stepman broke with libertarianism
48:54—Policing, public safety, and the stakes of a Mamdani mayoralty
57:58—Mental illness, civil liberties, and involuntary commitment
01:08:00—What Mamdani's rise means beyond New York
The post Inez Stepman: How Socialism Seduced New Yorkers appeared first on Reason.com.
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