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5 min read“I think that a lot of people don’t want unregulated capitalism. And they don’t want crony capitalism. But that doesn’t mean that at a core that’s not clearly the best decision.” That exchange, early in the conversation, captures the central tension of this episode: a populist left-wing candidate, Zohran Mamdani, is surging in the New York City mayoral race, and the hosts (Asmongold and his co-host) are trying to figure out what that means — not just for New York, but for the Democratic Party and American politics more broadly.
The Argument: Voters Aren’t Stupid, They’re Responding to Real Problems
The hosts’ core claim is that Mamdani’s rise is not an aberration or a fluke. It is a predictable democratic consequence of a political establishment that has ignored working-class economic pain for decades. As one host puts it: “These people were ignored for a long time and now they’re not getting ignored and they can force their viewpoint and now things are changing and until you address the core problem nothing is going to change.”
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What you'll learn
- 1 (01:36) **Introducing the Democratic Socialist Candidate in NYC** - Asmongold and co-host react to a clip of Zellnor Myrie, a democratic socialist candidate for NYC mayor, who states he has critiques of capitalism and calls himself a democratic socialist.
- 2 (03:46) **The "Government-Run Grocery Stores" Proposal** - The hosts break down Myrie's signature economic policy: creating a network of city-owned grocery stores, redirecting funds from corporate supermarkets.
- 3 (06:37) **Debating "Late Stage Capitalism" and Sweden** - The conversation shifts to whether capitalism is the root of society's ills, with the co-host preferring Sweden's model despite higher taxes.
- 4 (09:02) **The "Don't Call Him a Radical Communist" Strategy** - Asmongold argues that attacking Myrie as a "radical communist" won't work, just as calling Trump a "racist" didn't work, because voters don't care about character when they feel disenfranchised.
- 5 (10:43) **Media Bias and the "Sadiq Khan of New York"** - The hosts react to warnings from the Washington Post and other outlets, dismissing them as owned by special interests with a vested agenda.
- 6 (12:54) **Voters Would Vote for a Murderer** - Asmongold argues that people will vote for a "psychopath, racist, maybe even a rapist" if they believe that person will give them a better life.
- 7 (14:27) **Violent Rhetoric and the Comfort of a Strongman** - Asmongold expands on the psychology of voters, arguing that people find comfort in leaders who are willing to be violent against their enemies.
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