Before long Mamdani will provide yet another proof of Thatcher's well-known dictum on socialism:
The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other peoples' money
The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other peoples' money
Show me the proof of a working Socialist system [1] and I might change my mind. Otherwise you're just deflecting through misplaced ad-hominems.
[1] No, the Scandinavian countries are not socialist countries - I live in one of then. Neither is the Netherlands, nor France nor any other European country.
Similarly, it's still unheard of in Europe to go bankrupt because of healthcare.
> Capitalism is a system designed by the owning class to exploit the rest of us for their own profit. We must replace it with democratic socialism, a system where ordinary people have a real voice in our workplaces, neighborhoods, and society.
> We believe there are many avenues that feed into the democratic road to socialism. Our vision pushes further than historic social democracy and leaves behind authoritarian visions of socialism in the dustbin of history.
> [...] We want to win “radical” reforms like single-payer Medicare for All, defunding the police/refunding communities, the Green New Deal, and more as a transition to a freer, more just life.
1: https://www.dsausa.org/about-us/what-is-democratic-socialism...