DEAR EDITOR:

The newly elected mayor of New York City, Zohran Mamdani, won over a majority of voters with promises built around the words free, affordable and empowerment of working people. Throughout his campaign, he leaned heavily on class envy, promoting a coming “new era” that would mandate change through competence and compassion.

Some of Mamdani’s proposed policies include freezing rents, making buses faster and free and providing universal child care — funded largely by the wealthy residents of NYC. But, as with socialism, these ideas can sound appealing in theory yet fail in practice, with the working class ultimately suffering from a declining standard of living.

Socialism is a form of governance that presents itself as compassionate and caring, but historically always fails to

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