Mamdani has said that (1) they'll open government-run stores, and (2) the government will seize buildings from bad landlords.
My family is from a communist country and I can assure you, that is communistic.
My family is from a communist country and I can assure you, that is communistic.
We've had those for ages. Called commisaries. Here's a picture: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:US_Navy_020813-N-364...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defense_Commissary_Agency
> the government will seize buildings from bad landlords.
We've had eminent domain since the founding of the nation.
The US army have their own government owned supermarkets. And there are plenty of US states and other countries with public stores which are definitely not communist. Is the US army communist ?
In Berlin we voted to seize housing from megacorp landlords profiteering from housing, I don't think Berlin is communist either. https://qz.com/2065655/berliners-voted-to-seize-housing-from...
In Berlin you didn't realise that population increase is what enriches landlords and screws regular people, but you still vote for a lot of immigration. Population increase in a finite, well-settled country is what gives rise to landlords.
Trump sent a bunch of government checks to people during Covid and no one called him communist for this.
Giving people money on a temporary basis is the opposite of the government opportunistically taking over areas of the market.