Anyone in NYC voting for Mamdani should be transported back to John Lindsay's NYC where the garbage wasn't picked up, you'd get mugged with monotonous regularity and you didn't go to the cops for help because they were as bad as the criminals. Those movies that depicted NYC at that time as a Method Actor¡s dream of a nightmare - “Serpico,” “Where's Poppa?” And “Taxi Driver” were not fictional. They were portraying the city as it went down the hellhole of socialist “good” intentions. Don't cry for Argentina. Cry for New York City. And California if the Democrats get their way.
Also, welfare roles (like crime) exploded by something like 250% in short order. Yay, progressivism! It took decades — decades! — to get the city back under decent control.
I guess it isn’t too bizarre that young people are unaware that all this leftie baloney has already been tried and didn’t work out well, but who can make sense of the fact that Boomers, who were actually there, don’t seem to remember the failed Progressive projects of the ‘60s and ‘70s. How to explain it?
The bible says in many places and in many ways that if anyone is not willing to work, let him not eat. More generally the idea that to consume something it is necessary to produce something is lost in socialism. Rooted in academia, ideas that mere existence confers a right to others wealth is the surest path to universal poverty. Until the government stops subsidizing poverty through redistribution of wealth, socialism will continue to draw political support in America and world wide.
BH, "religion" is a real hair trigger for you, isn't it? The Judeo-Christian Bible offers shared wisdom about the human condition after thousands of years of observation. Timeless stories formed this universal bedrock for many, many people. Somebody or something poisoned your mind. Good to see you have a place to expel some of it here.
Javier Milei, President of Argentina, is like a force of nature changing his country towards and beyond its former prosperity. In South America, of all places, he is the shining light of freedom.
Yesterday, I posted a comment highlighting the fact that in a survey of 2,000 people in America under the age of 29, favored socialism as the system of government in the USA. I believe that this age group is known as Generation Z.
It was TheotokosAppreciator who claims to be a Carlist, who advised me that the underlying reasons for this group wanting a socialist state is that they believe: "The world has failed them." Also, "America has a political and economic order that helps everyone, but them."
They think Socialism will provide future prosperity to them, or at least level the playing field
financially towards them. I think this person is probably right in his/her explanation of their motives.
As someone who has lived under socialism, I know they are mis-informed. Charlie Kirk was trying to persuade them onto a different path. He was assassinated, allegedly, by a Gen Z male and I believe that the first assassination attempt on President Trump, was also by a Gen. Z male.
My point is that we must take the 60% of Gen Z and its socialism beliefs seriously to convert, them, if we are to make America Great Again.
Jim, I hope that the President of Argentina message spreads throughout South America and beyond. It time to throw off the yoke of wokeism and government knows best. Thank yo
Scott, This applies to California in that if Milei's efforts fail it would or at least is likely to be a harbinger of what many happen here in the United States. Both would be a disaster.
I think that the current poll numbers for Milei, are a harbinger of the results for his upcoming election. Come to think of it, he has the same negative pole numbers as Trump! No need to worry about California, Jimmy.
The insidious nature of wokism corrodes at many levels.
Why does high tech claim they need to bring in more foreign workers? Because wokism in US K-12 eliminated GATE, gifted and talented education programs, and we lost a generation of our own best minds to come out of our own school systems.
Dumbing down our $800 billion annual public education industry, may be even more tragic than lives lost in our prior senseless wars like Vietnam and the War on Poverty.
While pissing off fellow republicans, as well as U.S. soybean farmers by a Trump 20 Billion dollar giveaway, after Argentina reeps record profits from soybean sales to China.
Fascinating! Wouldn’t it be great if the very biased New York Times published this? Mamdani is said to be remarkably similar to Castro. You don’t suppose we could saw New York City off and float it out to sea do you?
If urban architecture alone speaks for a country, Buenos Aires was once a grand and glorious country. What brought this uniquely endowed country to such magnificence at one time, to crumble into disrepair and ruin at another?
else, The blame is squarely on the shoulders of Juan Peron and his successors. And maybe a little on Evita, who showered goodies on her admirers, paid for by the treasury and who was instrumental in introducing "socialism" to Argentina.
Digging deeper, there is a reason Evita dyed her hair blond. The ruling class continues today to be those of blond Spanish heritage. Crowds continue to flock around her Duarte family tomb in the prestigious Recoleta cemetery in BsAs. She has not lost her appeal in the socio-economic schism that still defines this country. It is a beautiful and passionate country. I wish it well, but they cannot take back the Islas Malvinas (Falklands) as recently threatened.
"Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech was passionate and powerful but delivered to a nearly empty assembly hall, as at least half the delegates staged a sustained walkout as he approached the podium. The Iranian “president” delivered a recycled tirade against the U.S., Israel, and the West from last year and the many years before." Passionate and powerful? A recycled tirade? The entire world opposes Israel's genocide and antics, as does everyone in this country except the sus shills on this page.
Every government resides on three legs - democracy, socialism, and authoritarianism. In the constitution these are represented by the courts (all are equal before the law and can achieve according to their capacities), the congress (the people and their needs), and the executive. If any one of these three factors goes to extreme it becomes toxic. Socialism is not communism but it can mutate into it in extremes. Authoritarianism is not fascism but it can mutate into it in extreme. And democracy is not a libertarian Ayn Randian distopia but it can go there. Isn't Argentina's economy in a bit of trouble now, and asking for a bail out from Trump....
BH: It is not even socialism that Democrat claim to want. They just want more tax dollars for themselves and their vast army of Democrat-voting government employees. Grow government dependency into an immutable voting block and share the spoils. That is not socialism either. Nor communism. It is more a peculiar brand of in-house mercantilism.
You forgot to mention that Milei is an anarcho-capitalist, Austrian theory economist with radical libertarian free market ideology. He is a scholar and espouses the economics and philosophy of Mises, Menger, Schumpeter, Hayek and other Austrian School theorists. He's also an atheist. He has proven that free market laissez-faire type economics works to free Argentinos from socialism and poverty. But ... he is facing Peronist and union thugs that are trying to derail him. I fear for his safety because these entrenched interests won't give up easily. He is a beacon of liberty for the world. Thanks for this post.
Anyone in NYC voting for Mamdani should be transported back to John Lindsay's NYC where the garbage wasn't picked up, you'd get mugged with monotonous regularity and you didn't go to the cops for help because they were as bad as the criminals. Those movies that depicted NYC at that time as a Method Actor¡s dream of a nightmare - “Serpico,” “Where's Poppa?” And “Taxi Driver” were not fictional. They were portraying the city as it went down the hellhole of socialist “good” intentions. Don't cry for Argentina. Cry for New York City. And California if the Democrats get their way.
Polly, You forgot about snow not being plowed in Queens and Brooklyn during Lindsay's reign!
Great performance by DeNiro prior to his current long-run as looney Trump hater. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cujiHDeqnHY
Also, welfare roles (like crime) exploded by something like 250% in short order. Yay, progressivism! It took decades — decades! — to get the city back under decent control.
I guess it isn’t too bizarre that young people are unaware that all this leftie baloney has already been tried and didn’t work out well, but who can make sense of the fact that Boomers, who were actually there, don’t seem to remember the failed Progressive projects of the ‘60s and ‘70s. How to explain it?
The bible says in many places and in many ways that if anyone is not willing to work, let him not eat. More generally the idea that to consume something it is necessary to produce something is lost in socialism. Rooted in academia, ideas that mere existence confers a right to others wealth is the surest path to universal poverty. Until the government stops subsidizing poverty through redistribution of wealth, socialism will continue to draw political support in America and world wide.
Gee whiz, let's use the bible to decide who starves.
BH, "religion" is a real hair trigger for you, isn't it? The Judeo-Christian Bible offers shared wisdom about the human condition after thousands of years of observation. Timeless stories formed this universal bedrock for many, many people. Somebody or something poisoned your mind. Good to see you have a place to expel some of it here.
Well said elce.
I have no problem with the bible, but some of those who use it to support their own agenda..., that's a different story.
God breaths life into our clay,
Sees the meanings when we pray.
Saying we've reached him
We've only impeached him,
Preaching our dreams as His way.
The Bible offers no authority to make policy, only the wisdom to make just policy. This should be obvious even to an academic.
Javier Milei, President of Argentina, is like a force of nature changing his country towards and beyond its former prosperity. In South America, of all places, he is the shining light of freedom.
Yesterday, I posted a comment highlighting the fact that in a survey of 2,000 people in America under the age of 29, favored socialism as the system of government in the USA. I believe that this age group is known as Generation Z.
It was TheotokosAppreciator who claims to be a Carlist, who advised me that the underlying reasons for this group wanting a socialist state is that they believe: "The world has failed them." Also, "America has a political and economic order that helps everyone, but them."
They think Socialism will provide future prosperity to them, or at least level the playing field
financially towards them. I think this person is probably right in his/her explanation of their motives.
As someone who has lived under socialism, I know they are mis-informed. Charlie Kirk was trying to persuade them onto a different path. He was assassinated, allegedly, by a Gen Z male and I believe that the first assassination attempt on President Trump, was also by a Gen. Z male.
My point is that we must take the 60% of Gen Z and its socialism beliefs seriously to convert, them, if we are to make America Great Again.
Jim, I hope that the President of Argentina message spreads throughout South America and beyond. It time to throw off the yoke of wokeism and government knows best. Thank yo
Great speech! Let's hope that his words come to fruition.
How does this apply to Calif.? How are your rights and conditions being changed?
Something to think about as you watch the 7 story buildings being planned and streets that are narrowed and intentionally destroyed.
Scott, This applies to California in that if Milei's efforts fail it would or at least is likely to be a harbinger of what many happen here in the United States. Both would be a disaster.
I think that the current poll numbers for Milei, are a harbinger of the results for his upcoming election. Come to think of it, he has the same negative pole numbers as Trump! No need to worry about California, Jimmy.
Malayhttps://www.upi.com/amp/Top_News/World-News/2025/08/29/argentina-Javier-Milei-approval-rating-drops/5041756490304/
The insidious nature of wokism corrodes at many levels.
Why does high tech claim they need to bring in more foreign workers? Because wokism in US K-12 eliminated GATE, gifted and talented education programs, and we lost a generation of our own best minds to come out of our own school systems.
Dumbing down our $800 billion annual public education industry, may be even more tragic than lives lost in our prior senseless wars like Vietnam and the War on Poverty.
There I was thinking the US is bailing out Argentina to secure access to the oil and gas shale reserves which Chevron are helping extract.
While pissing off fellow republicans, as well as U.S. soybean farmers by a Trump 20 Billion dollar giveaway, after Argentina reeps record profits from soybean sales to China.
Fascinating! Wouldn’t it be great if the very biased New York Times published this? Mamdani is said to be remarkably similar to Castro. You don’t suppose we could saw New York City off and float it out to sea do you?
If urban architecture alone speaks for a country, Buenos Aires was once a grand and glorious country. What brought this uniquely endowed country to such magnificence at one time, to crumble into disrepair and ruin at another?
else, The blame is squarely on the shoulders of Juan Peron and his successors. And maybe a little on Evita, who showered goodies on her admirers, paid for by the treasury and who was instrumental in introducing "socialism" to Argentina.
Digging deeper, there is a reason Evita dyed her hair blond. The ruling class continues today to be those of blond Spanish heritage. Crowds continue to flock around her Duarte family tomb in the prestigious Recoleta cemetery in BsAs. She has not lost her appeal in the socio-economic schism that still defines this country. It is a beautiful and passionate country. I wish it well, but they cannot take back the Islas Malvinas (Falklands) as recently threatened.
elce, My spellcheck changed your name and I didn't notice it before sending this reply. My apologies.
"Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech was passionate and powerful but delivered to a nearly empty assembly hall, as at least half the delegates staged a sustained walkout as he approached the podium. The Iranian “president” delivered a recycled tirade against the U.S., Israel, and the West from last year and the many years before." Passionate and powerful? A recycled tirade? The entire world opposes Israel's genocide and antics, as does everyone in this country except the sus shills on this page.
Every government resides on three legs - democracy, socialism, and authoritarianism. In the constitution these are represented by the courts (all are equal before the law and can achieve according to their capacities), the congress (the people and their needs), and the executive. If any one of these three factors goes to extreme it becomes toxic. Socialism is not communism but it can mutate into it in extremes. Authoritarianism is not fascism but it can mutate into it in extreme. And democracy is not a libertarian Ayn Randian distopia but it can go there. Isn't Argentina's economy in a bit of trouble now, and asking for a bail out from Trump....
BH: It is not even socialism that Democrat claim to want. They just want more tax dollars for themselves and their vast army of Democrat-voting government employees. Grow government dependency into an immutable voting block and share the spoils. That is not socialism either. Nor communism. It is more a peculiar brand of in-house mercantilism.
That's your opinion and you're certainly entitled to it.
Yes, humans have a habit of giving up their freedoms without even knowing it.
You forgot to mention that Milei is an anarcho-capitalist, Austrian theory economist with radical libertarian free market ideology. He is a scholar and espouses the economics and philosophy of Mises, Menger, Schumpeter, Hayek and other Austrian School theorists. He's also an atheist. He has proven that free market laissez-faire type economics works to free Argentinos from socialism and poverty. But ... he is facing Peronist and union thugs that are trying to derail him. I fear for his safety because these entrenched interests won't give up easily. He is a beacon of liberty for the world. Thanks for this post.
Mr. Buckley...
GREAT essay!
D.L.