Hugo Chávez, like Zohran Mamdani, vowed to smash entrenched elites, redistribute wealth, and end poverty through bold socialist programs.
Result in Venezuela? Roughly 8 million people, a full quarter of the population, fled the country in desperation from hyperinflation, shortages, and collapse.
Yet fans of Mamdani cheer the same playbook for NYC, convinced this time socialism will magically deliver in the world’s financial capital, despite its spectacular failure just hours away by plane.
History isn’t a suggestion. It’s a warning.
They're not freezing your rent, they're freezing your housing providers' income, while their expenses keep increasing.
The point isn't to make your housing affordable, it's to make providing housing financially inviable, so government(s) can seize the unmanageable properties.
Our lack of financial literacy is going to destroy us.
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