It’s safe to say that libertarian journalist John Stossel is not a fan of socialism. He definitely favors free markets, which is great.
In the video below, Stossel takes a good look at Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic Socialist (communist) who is likely to become the next mayor of New York City, and takes apart the underpinnings of socialism in the process.
Stossel originally released this video in August, but now that the election is right around the corner, he re-released it on his Twitter/X account.
If you haven’t seen it, it’s definitely worth viewing.
Partial transcript via Reason:
I live in New York City. “Proud Democratic Socialist” Zohran Mamdani is likely to be my next mayor.
I’m not happy about it. But I am outnumbered.
Mamdani is popular. He won more primary votes than any other candidate in the city’s history.
Minneapolis may also elect a socialist mayor.
Why?! How deluded can voters be?
In my new video, I explain why their socialist ideas are destructive.
Mamdani mocks those of us who fear socialism. He says socialism just means that the state “provides whatever is necessary for its people to live a dignified life.”
Sounds nice.
But socialism doesn’t bring a dignified life. It never has. It’s wrecked lives wherever it’s been tried.
Mamdani says socialism isn’t a threat. It just means “seizing the means of production.”
For example, to provide more housing for the poor, government should take over apartment buildings.
“Whether you call it the abolition of private property,” said Mamdani, “or you call it just a statewide housing guarantee, it is preferable to what is going on right now.”
No! It’s not! This idea has failed, again and again!
Socialism, in various degrees, was tried and abandoned in the USSR, China, Vietnam, Mongolia, Cambodia, Afghanistan, South Yemen, Myanmar, Angola, Mozambique, Benin, Congo, Ethiopia, Somalia, Tanzania, Zambia, Ghana, Madagascar, Nicaragua, Guyana, Chile, Israel, Sweden, and India.
Countries that didn’t abandon socialism, like Cuba, Bolivia, and North Korea, stay poor.
Venezuela was once the richest country in Latin America. Now it’s the poorest.
Watch the whole thing below:
My home city, New York, is likely to elect a socialist Mayor Tuesday.
I don’t usually report on local politics, but I make an exception for Zohran Mamdani… because people believe his socialist dreams.
Yet what he is promising to do is so STUPID.
Here’s why: pic.twitter.com/xGv55xB28o
— John Stossel (@JohnStossel) November 1, 2025
Anyone who thinks that ‘taxing the rich’ is going to improve their personal finances needs to have their head examined. It’s just amazing that New York City might actually go through with this.
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