The Mamdani Doom Loop Is Inevitable

Think Berlin Gedachtniskirche (with an umlaut); in English, the “Memory Church,” a ruin of a once beautiful church in downtown Berlin, now a memorial to the horrors, the folly and the destruction that Germany inflicted and then suffered through Hitler’s Nazi terror.

Pondering the fate of New York City (NYC) under the likely mayoralty of uber-radical Democratic Socialist Zohran Mamdani, the Gedachtniskirche should spring to mind.

Bespeaking the power of political charisma, Mamdani, a man gifted with a glib tongue and nary a life accomplishment beyond perfecting the metro beard, is almost certain to be the Big Apple’s next mayor. And the thing about Mamdani, as with most radical socialists, is that he doesn’t just spout destructive inanities about what should be done. He really believes them. No, really!

Being a man of no consequential experience, Mamdani’s policy ministrations may be thwarted by the city council and reality. But a better bet is that he’ll carry through regarding rent control, higher taxes, crime tolerance, etc.

The result is as predictable as the sunrise: NYC will fall into a doom loop whereby the major businesses and the wealthy, aka the tax base, will flee.

Meanwhile, the city’s existing government-created housing crisis will rapidly worsen under stricter rent controls, forcing more to flee.

And, if dilapidated, rent-controlled housing doesn’t empty the city, Mamdani’s antipathy toward the police and accountability for criminals will unleash said criminals as though given a free pass.

In short, if Mamdani wins, then NYC’s future will bear a remarkable likeness to that of 1945 Berlin under the combined onslaughts of allied bombers.

Except, first, the time will come when, flat-busted broke, the city will plead for relief from Albany, only to be turned away as with collapsed NYC revenue streams the state’s finances will follow suit. Whoever succeeds the current governor, Kathy Hochul, will surely damn her often for endorsing Mamdani.