Abolish Everything, Replace It With What?
Zohran Mamdani's allies want to abolish the police, prisons, borders, and capitalism. None of them have said what comes next.
John Aziz
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Zohran Mamdani's allies want to abolish the police, prisons, borders, and capitalism. None of them have said what comes next.
Zohran Mamdani wants to institute “collectivist” governance, but NYC already has a collectivist problem—a coordinated veto system that blocks development and progress.
History and the constraints of American federalism suggest the euphoria and catastrophism that have followed Zohran Mamdani’s election victory are misplaced.
If liberalism is to recover it must find a way to create the conditions for a better future.
Zohran Mamdani’s father Mahmood is a postnationalist who advocates the dissolution of all nation states, which he views as intrinsically violent and unjust.