"The champions of socialism call themselves progressives, but they recommend a system which is characterized by rigid observance of routine and by a resistance to every kind of improvement. They call themselves liberals, but they are intent upon abolishing liberty. They call themselves democrats but yearn for dictatorship. They call themselves revolutionaries, but they want to make government omnipotent. They promise the blessings of the Garden of Eden, but they plan to transform the world into a gigantic post office..." -- Ludwig von Mises
"The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings; the inherent virtue of socialism is the equal sharing of miseries..." -- Winston Churchill
You get two quotes today because I like you.
And because they're both apropos to today's topic, the self-proclaimed "democratic socialist", Man of the People, wanna-be Mayor of Sodom-on-Hudson, Zohran Mamdani.
Firstly, I would like to congratulate Mr. Mamdani on his recent nuptials. I think that if his politics suck rotten eggs, he at least has good taste in ladies. She's a lovely woman.
But the point of this missive this fine afternoon is to discuss the Bizzaro nature of Mr. Mamdani's public and personal life. The wedding is a great place to start.
For we are told that this celebration of marriage was held in his family's "compound"...in Uganda.
We are also reliably informed that security was extraordinarily tight -- as one might expect in the heart of Africa -- including devices to jam outgoing radio signals, no press, a shutting down of the local internet, the equivalent of a "no-fly zone" being erected around the location, and a battalion of armed guards, all wearing masks to conceal their identities.
It's all a very well-to-do, and very expensive, proposition that have Presidential-levels of security at your wedding on another continent in the splendor of a family "home" that probably resembles the old-style "Government House" motif of the height of British Imperialism (although I don't know this for sure, but I imagine it's not that far off) in an exotic location, far from civilization.
The logistics alone boggle the mind, and the cost of this soiree can easily be imagined to be in the millions.
The whole thing makes one question whether this "democratic socialist" thing is even for real.
For it should be a truism that a self-proclaimed "socialist" does not, as a matter of course, have a "family compound", let alone one on another continent. Nor should a self-styled socialist indulge in a multi-million dollar wedding, a conspicuous display of both bourgeoise excess and an expression of age-old moral codes that must be destroyed so as to invite "progress".
One wonders whether the proletariat who served this orgy of capitalist greed, presumably people of color, of the "oppressed" masses who yearn to shrug off their chains, were paid decently or even paid at all for their labor.
How is it that a "socialist" could manage to get a foreign government to shut down their communications systems, allow armed private security, deliberately exclude the free press from even reporting on the event, a party thrown for someone who has become a public figure of some import to the American public?
The answers to all of those questions is simple: Momdani is not a socialist. He just plays one on TV and the internet.
So if the gratuitous display of conspicuous consumption, that had to be hidden from public view, was not proof enough of the hypocrisy the man exudes wasn't enough to convince you, here's another formulation for you to mull over:
Mandani is rich and doesn't give a shit. His main purpose here is to acquire some form of power to go along with his wealth and he believes the greater mass of the people are stupid enough to fall for the image of the Man of the People, rather than the substance of the spoiled rich bastard.
And who can blame him? Here in America we have had our own cavalcade of wealthy douchebags who claim to have the interests of the Common Man at heart. The names are a "Who's Who" of American politics:
Roosevelt
Kennedy
Cuomo
Clinton
Obama
Bush
Romney
I've probably missed a few.
Granted, some of them were not wealthy until they obtained and then left office. Others were the recipients of what socialists denigrate as "generational wealth" and others were outright grifters both in and out of office.
But they all had one thing in common:
They professed to sincerely care about the plight of the Common Man and then did little to nothing to make them Uncommon. If there was any changes in the lives of the average American, it was often coincidental or accidental, not necessarily driven by policies. For example, for all his "New Deal" bullshit, what improved American economic conditions under FDR was the outbreak of the Second World War.
George W. Bush could make claims about "No Child Left Behind" and "Compassionate Conservatism" but it would appear as if it was all some gigantic giveaway to the Department of Education and the teacher's unions that left a lot of kids behind and resembled conservatism in no way, shape or form.
Don't get me started on the Clintons...
So, if Mr. Mamdani can be feted at his wedding as if he were some potentate, and not just the scion of some very wealthy parents, while claiming to stand for free education, free transit and government-run supermarkets free of the profit motive for the masses, you're supposed to just believe him.
After all, it's worked before, right?
Just as importantly, this whole affair reinforces many of the things that have been said of socialists a million times before, but which still require repeating (in no particular order):
1. The usual suspect in the socialism racket is the child of privilege. People who were born into wealth, enjoyed all the things wealth could provide, and then fall into two, distinct camps:
a. Those who feel irrationally guilty about their luck as compared to others and take up socialism as a form of self-flagellation and penance for what they see as their "sins". This sort is the most-dangerous of the two, because this self-destructive impulse is projected onto all of Mankind, eventually, and it becomes something like a religious crusade for them to inflict their own inner conflict and misery upon others. Being essentially a Messianic endeavor, they never know when to stop, nor can they admit to having made mistakes, or
b. Having avoided the consequences of not being wealthy all of their lives, never having to want, to have to struggle, to work for a living, they begin to see the Working Class, especially, as a bunch of morons just waiting to be duped. This sort is dangerous because eventually the hubris leads them great leaps of stupidity which eventually brings them low, but only after they have wrought great destruction.
In both cases, neither actually gives up any of their wealth and privilege (because it has become an ingrained habit) but wishes you to believe that they're sacrificing on your behalf. Neither actually hates capitalism or money; the first just don't like the other people who have it and the second merely sees politics as a means of getting more. If it means having to pretend to be someone you're not, well, it's only a game, isn't it?
2. Someone who is insulated from the consequences of their actions or of what they advocate has absolutely no problem spending other people's money on pie-in-the-sky, pipe-dream, Utopian visions that can only work on a movie screen or a fairy tale. It doesn't cost them anything, or at worst, doesn't cost them anything that they can't already afford, or if you're like Warren Buffet, the advocacy is merely camouflage for another agenda.
(I refer to Buffet here for his "I wish I could be taxed like my secretary" routine, knowing full well the majority of his income is in stock options -- which are taxed as capital gains when exercised, not as income -- or consists largely of the company picking up his living expenses).
3. There is often a streak of "do-as-I-say-not-as-I-do" in these people, wherein they pretend to be ashamed of their mortal sins, but they go on committing them, believing the repeated mea cuplas they spew like a sick dog vomits is like some form of self-crucifixion, and confession of imperfection, that absolves them from the sin.
4. Socialism, it has been said, is a movement of the ill-informed but-well-intentioned, led by the ill-intentioned but well-informed. If one were take a look at the Rogues Gallery of self-professed socialists in this country, the saying can be said to be well-founded.
In conclusion, I have no issue with Mr. Momdani having himself a Hollywood-gala-level wedding in the midst of an impoverished nation; I don't despise him for having access to the wealth that allowed such an event to take place. Far from it: money exists to be spent on life's finer things, when you can afford them.
No, my problem is with the obvious self-serving and secretive nature of the whole thing. Obviously, we're not supposed to know that the Mamdanis are richer than most peoples dreams of avarice (to paraphrase Dr. McCoy), but rather at the extent to which they apparently went to keep it all secret.
It's almost an admission of guilt: I had to have armed guards, no press, and a communications blanket because otherwise people would have found me out, and it would sink my political fortunes faster than a harpoon in a rubber dinghy.
The hypocrisy and the disregard for, at least, the appearances of such a thing is par for the course with these idiots. They're somehow entitled to such things because they're somehow better than you are; they have the right to make you live like a caveman under a liberty-crushing regime intended to set the world aright because they're better than you.
I can promise you that if Mr. Momdani were Mayor here, that level of security and privacy would never be allowed at your wedding, peasant. He is permitted masked-guards at his wedding: ICE agents should have to be exposed in public to retaliation and intimidation.
Unless you contributed to the campaign, of course.
I guarantee you that if someone other than me raises these points about hypocrisy and expectation of privacy they will be immediately attacked by the democratic machine and the legions of dickheads who follow them. You'd be doxxed; crowds of foul-smelling hippies smoking pot and chanting hypnotic, but meaningless, slogans would appear at your doorstep; your employer would be harassed until you lost your job, and everyone you know would be forced to distance themselves before they got similar treatment at the hands of the unwashed mob.
Had I known you were getting married, Mr. Mamdani, I would have had the DOW award suitably, cleaned, polished and placed carefully upon the top of your wedding cake.
Especially after since Andrew Cuomo got it three times before you did.
And assuming UPS delivers to Uganda and it got by your brigade of sniffer dogs, of course.
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