Zohran Mamdani wants to give you free stuff—“fare-free” transit, frozen rents, and a world where the government makes everything “equal.” Sounds nice, right? It always does. That’s how socialism sells itself: sugar-coated tyranny wrapped in buzzwords like “equity” and “compassion.” But let’s peel back the layers and see what’s really going on. The Economics of Make-Believe The problem with socialism is that it assumes a handful of bureaucrats can outsmart millions of people making their own choices. Austrian economists like Mises, Hayek, and Hazlitt proved decades ago that you can't just command an economy into fairness. When the government tries to “help” by setting prices or giving handouts, it distorts the market. That distortion causes real damage: fewer goods, higher…
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