A Policy Disguised as Protection—But Built for Control Let me spell it out plain: the moment a politician wants to “protect” you from voluntary labor, you should grab your wallet and run. Zohran Mamdani and his ilk want to take a sledgehammer to one of the last remaining outposts of real economic freedom: freelance work. The gig economy, imperfect as it is, lets you sell your time, your skills, your labor—on your terms. No HR department, no union dues, no waiting on some soulless middle manager to approve your time off. Just you and the open market. Gig Work Is Entrepreneurship—and That’s the Real Threat Don’t make the mistake of thinking gig work is somehow different from entrepreneurship. Gig work…

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