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6 in 10 Gen Zers like ‘socialism’ — no wonder they’re hoodwinked by Zohran Mamdani | Red Hot Takes
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2:27Now PlayingZohran Mamdani owes his primary victory to young New Yorkers’ fiscal anxiety — paired with their economic illiteracy. NY Post columnist Rikki Schlott shares this story.
The majority of my generation is warm to socialism, thanks to our education system’s failure to equip us with the knowledge of history and economics required to debunk the shiny promise of “free things.”
That’s why, as a Gen Z New Yorker, I wasn’t actually all that surprised by Mamdani’s primary win. As disappointed as I am by the outcome, I saw the writing on the wall.
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