As I watched the bloodbath in New York on Tuesday evening, all I could think of was the last episode in Game of Thrones, when Daenarys sicced her dragons on Kings Landing.

Of course, there were some significant differences. In the first place, Dany was one person seething with anger and grief, whereas the voters of Manhattan could be counted in the millions.

Second, Kings Landing was destroyed immediately, burnt to a crisp by the loyal lizards, while New York will suffer a slow death over the next four years.

But the end result is the same: people destroying the thing they loved, in a momentary flash of madness.

That is how I see the election of Zohran Mamdani. The citizens of the greatest city in the country just anointed a 34-year-old neophyte who has had a very difficult time condem

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