By Laurence F. Sanford

Who, 24 years after 9/11/2001, would have ever thought that a foreign-born Indian Marxist Muslim with a Cheshire Cat smile would be elected mayor of New York City, the greatest city in America?

The Cheshire Cat is a character from Lewis Carroll’s 1865 novel Alice in Wonderland who is famous for its mischievous smile and disappearing act, leaving only its grin behind. The cat is more than a simple talking animal whose most famous quote is, “We are all mad here.” It is a symbolic figure representing absurdity and ambiguity.

Zohran Mamdani is a telegenic, slick, smiling snake-oil salesman whose social media postings were supported by Red/Green Marxist Muslim organizations. His father is a Marxist professor at Columbia University, and his mother, Mira Nair, is a well-known film producer. In a 2013 interview (when Zohran was about 21), Nair reportedly described him as “not an American at all,” saying: “He was born in Uganda, raised between India and America. He is at home in many places. He thinks of himself as a Ugandan and as an Indian.”

In the words of H.L. Mencken, New York City is about to receive Marxist/Islamic democracy, where the common people know what they want and “deserve to get it good and hard.”

With a Cheshire Cat smile, Mamdani sprouted typical Marxist rhetoric of grievances and racial division. He lamented the cost of living in New York while living in his rent-controlled apartment. He offered socialist/Marxist solutions such as freezing rent and opening government-run grocery stores, which, so far, in the history of mankind, have never been successful.

The high cost of living in NYC is due to stifling socialist government regulations on rent control and businesses. Walmart is not allowed in Manhattan, and non-union grocery stores are prohibited. A significant percentage of the population is on some form of government dole. Landlords cannot charge rent sufficient to cover maintenance and capital improvements.

Democratic socialism is defined by ChatGPT as “a political philosophy that aims to combine democratic governance with a socialist economic framework.” It is a deceptive term for state control. Words have meaning, but sometimes not. North Korea is officially the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, and yet it is not democratic, people friendly, or a republic. It is not possible to have “democratic” governance in the American civilization of freedom if the government controls private property.

Mamdani was elected due to:

• One-party political domination resulting in a poor selection of alternative candidates.
• Funding and grassroots support from Marxist and Islamic organizations.
• A slick social media ad campaign that appealed to uneducated college female graduates who have been taught that socialism is good and capitalism is bad.
• A large Muslim immigrant population that voted en masse for Mamdani.

Summary

“We are all mad here” to think socialism is the answer to the human condition. It is absurd and dangerous.

The U.S. is witnessing the fruits of a decades-long Marxist march to take over education and change American culture. First led by communist Soviet Union, the march is now led by communist China. American patriotism among the young is at an all-time low.

The march has been augmented with mass Muslim immigration whose Islamic ideology of violence, intolerance, and misogyny is fundamentally un-American. Qatar and other Islamic organizations have funneled billions of dollars into American universities.

Marxism and Islamism are totalitarian ideologies that preach racial and economic grievances against the Judeo-Christian American civilization of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Individual rights, the rule of law, private property, and free markets, as spelled out in the Declaration of Independence and Constitution, are not found in the real world of socialist/communist/progressive governance.

American youth have not been taught that communism and Nazism utopian totalitarian ideologies resulted in the deaths of over 100 million people and untold misery for millions more. How many people have died fleeing to Cuba or North Korea versus those fleeing from them? How many people seek refuge in Russia and China?

Action

1. Decertify public teacher unions and eliminate tenure in both K-12 schools and universities. Demand universities list foreign donations.
2. Stop immigration of Muslims into the U.S. Deport and remove U.S. citizenship from anarchists and lawbreakers.
3. Eliminate electronic voting machines. Paper ballots only. Voter IDs required.

Peace Through Strength!

Laurence F. Sanford is a senior analyst at the American Security Council Foundation.