Once again America is divided because of news. Unfortunately, this time around it is not fake news.
Parsing out and subsequently digesting this ‘new news’ has become rather laborious what with all the goings-on in the world and individuals’ private lives. As such, news consumers have resorted to finding means by which to expedite their news feeds, one of which being the internet.
Loaded chock full of eager advertisers trying to sell their wares to anyone, anywhere, has created a medium that rudely interrupts “normal” web surfing. Pop-ups blaze across the screen to not only antagonize but also disrupt any attempt to get to the core of a particular search.
Throughout its short existence, the internet had become a mixed hotbed of news-agency propaganda besides distractions in the form of those pesky pop-ups. As an aside, most of those pop-ups are titillating to the point of ‘train wreck’ status.
We’ve all been there: Driving down the highway when traffic comes to an abrupt stop. Flashing lights, wailing emergency vehicle sirens, tow trucks, citizens standing roadside weeping and often covered in blood, draws enough attention to make you want to look – like it or not. We must witness the train wreck.
Akin to the roadside train wreck is something generated by brief those hokey news briefs I call “click bait.”
Click bait is an enticement to divert your attention away from what you were doing, causing you to focus attention elsewhere. They begin with sensational headlines such as “Pope interviews space alien,” or “Donald Trump cheated with golf partner.”
Of course, the Pope story is about Jimmy Pope from the Bronx who is a heavy LSD user, while the Trump story misleads by omitting his golf partner actually gave him a Mulligan. Neither of these click baits were honest or informational. But they made you look.
Which is where we find ourselves less than several weeks after the New York City (NYC) Democratic Mayoral primary race. We couldn’t avoid the hoopla which was an exposé of showcasing failed New York State (NYS) governor Andrew Cuomo, along with a relatively newcomer named Zohran Mamdani.
Being a long-time governor spending ten-years in office, Cuomo has proven himself to be a genuine sleaze bag, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic, when he ordered nursing homes to admit patients from hospitals without testing them for COVID-19. He was blamed for a large number of those nursing home deaths.
Mamdani’s, appearance on the Democratic ticket generated a considerable amount of interest and enthusiasm. Being a relatively newcomer – he’s been representing the 36th district in NYS since 2021. He’s also a member of the Democratic Party and the Democratic Socialists of America. And proud of it.
With the aid of another Socialistic-leaning Congressional Representative, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, 33-year-old Mamdani seemingly coasted to a wide-margin victory over Cuomo.
Immediately thereafter, the hoopla began to resonate across the media. Wearing an insincere smile, Mamdani continued to make the rounds while spouting his brilliant plan for “fairness,” and “equity.”
It all sounded so good to the downtrodden and spiteful New Yorkers who suddenly demanded a pound of flesh from smart investors plus business owner, alike. Take no prisoners!
Forgetting who was feeding them, those under educated voters could easily see lots of freebies in their future.
Promises of free bus rides, free subway trips, free cell phones, free food from city-owned and operated grocery stores, as well as free clinics, we on the tongues of every financial analyst and news pundit in America. This was revolutionary. REVOLUTIONARY!
Similar to attracting flies to poop, Mamdani was drawing larger and larger crowds of admirers and well-wishers on his trek to Gracie Mansion, following every spoken word. But from whence will the money for all the newly incurred bills come?
I’m glad you asked.
Evidently, Mr. Mamdani has this vision of taxing the “wealthy” for their fair share. It appears as though the actual numbers that separate the rich from the poor remain somewhat nebulous to our new Democratic shooting star. All we need to know is that a Mayor Mamdani will conjure up a clear number after his election.
Of course, that will be much too late to put the proverbial genie back into the lamp. Not to worry, though, as something desperate needs to be done to help the NYC underclass in such dire times.
He’s mentioned he will aim at stopping the current Commander-in-Chief, President Donald J. Trump, inasmuch as President Trump has been unfairly targeting needy illegal immigrants in America’s throes. Mamdani is angry that America’s resources, innovation, and subsequent wealth are too precious to waste on Americans.
Currently bragging about his socialist tendencies, Mamdani mentioned his brilliant programs that would spread his generosity would have to be likely confiscated from those not sharing his benevolence.
For the record, socialism is term used to describe an economic system that advocates a system of shared ownership and wealth equity. Communism, on the other hand, is similar to socialism, however communism receives its monies and holdings from state confiscation.
As is evident, socialism is nothing but communism light. Confiscation without guns...socialism for all!
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| Former PM Margaret Thatcher |
Margaret Thatcher, the former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, once said, “The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people’s money.” That pretty well sums up the situation in which Zohran Mamdani hopes America’s NYC will head.
This sleazy tactic is very, very similar to one used in 1930’s Germany. A political newcomer from Austria felt Germany was in need of a more robust economy that would help most German people. With Jewish, homosexuals, and anti-National Socialist Party citizens serving as scapegoats, Adolph Hitler turned that nation against his perceived enemies to drive Germany into a world war. It should be noted that his newly contrived National Socialist Party – NAZI, for short – is nothing like what our modern media is comparing to President Trump.
This razzle dazzle plunged the world into desperation, poverty, mayhem, with international divisions felt to this day.
These wacky ideas from such immigrant transplants such as Mamdani should not be ignored, but rather heeded to prevent such dangerously stupid ideas from being implemented.
To prevent this derailing of America – this step having its inception at a low level – must be stomped out with education and an historic perspective.
Mamdani is not a clown. He is a dangerous threat that will turn the minds of ignorant, complacent Americans into slaves for his grandiose hare-brained idea of changing NYC into a socialist-run entity.
