Bill Maher recently shared his less-than-optimistic view about the future of the Democrat party, especially following the win of radical socialist Zohran Mamdani as Mayor-elect in New York City. Maher likened the Democrat brand to Kodak, Polaroid, Radio Shack, GE, Atari, RCA, and other brands that have slipped into obscurity or have disappeared altogether.
NYC voters, especially young, white women, voted in droves for Mamdani, many fully embracing his socialist plans for the Big Apple. Maher warns, however, that socialism isn’t quite the utopian fantasy spoiled middle-class hipsters think it is.
During a recent episode of his show, Maher shared a brief history lesson on the realities of socialism.
“Democrats must recognize that Zoran Mamdani is the future of the party.”
“Unfortunately, it’s the Republican Party.”
“We’ve run this experiment many times, and the results are always obvious.”
“Here’s capitalist South Korea at night from space.”
“Here’s socialist North Korea.”
“Yeah.”
“In 1990, Venezuela was wealthier than Poland. But then Poland, finally free of Soviet-style economics, went all in on capitalism. and now their economy is as big as Japan. And people there have high wages, low inflation, cars, vacations, homes.”
“Meanwhile, Venezuela traded capitalism for Hugo Chávez’s Socialism for the 21st Century, which turned out to be like socialism in the last century or any century, a fu**ing mess.”
“It turned one of Latin America’s richest countries into one of its poorest. Low wages, high inflation, shortages, outages, and 8 million people fleeing.”
“If you think New York can somehow reinvent this wheel, you’re in for a rude awokening.
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