We will draw this city closer together. We will replace the fragility of rugged individualism with the warmth of collectivism. We just witnessed. A well-trained communist, maybe a perfectly trained communist, and the warmth of collectivism line, which would send a shudder down the spines [00:00:17] of all New Yorkers and all Americans, because we're talking about the financial epicenter of America and the world here is incredibly chilling. You know, the DSA has raised this kid and rugged individualism. Give me a break. That's what built this country. [00:00:36] There you have it. Right wingers are having a collective aneurysm over Zoran Mamdani's inaugural address in New York City yesterday. His promise to embrace collectivism has conservatives across the country accusing him of being the next Stalin. We're going to hear more about those conservatives in a second. [00:00:53] But first, jenk your $0.02. Yeah, so I didn't love the line about the warmth of collectivism. I'm going to tell you why in a minute. But, do I agree with the right wingers flipping out over it? No, I do not. So what do I believe? Well, good news, you're going to find out after you get all [00:01:09] the facts of the story first. All right. So let's get into it. There are just a few we have here gathered for you. Of the hundreds of freak outs from conservatives online, we have Megyn Kelly, of course. No, actually, we are Americans, and we don't believe in that. [00:01:25] Then you have Ron DeSantis. He got in on it. The warmth of collectivism that always requires coercion and force. How many dead over the past 100 years due to collectivist ideologies? Former Congressman Mark Walker wrote this right out of Joseph [00:01:41] Stalin's 1928 playbook, forcing collectivism on the Russian people, taking away the individual's right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Property is communism in its purest form. America's greatest threat now lies within, representative Chip Roy [00:01:59] added in some Islamophobia to hear for his fear mongering. Rather, Marxists and the Islamists are the enemy. The mayor of New York is both. Finally, the former Republican congressman Joe Walsh criticized Mamdani, but also [00:02:15] called out hypocritical MAGA loyalists. I reject what Mamdani says here, but I got to call out the hypocrisy of every MAGA Trump supporter out there. They're screaming communists while enthusiastically embracing a fascist in Trump. And by the way, MAGA, while you shout, we don't believe in collectivism [00:02:32] in America, remember that we don't believe in authoritarianism in America either. In your adoration of Trump, you've conveniently forgotten that Mamdani has made clear over and over again that he is not a communist. He's a democratic socialist. He promised to pursue those principles during his speech. [00:02:50] Listen. Here is what I want you to expect from the administration that this morning moved into the building behind me. We will answer to all New Yorkers, not to any billionaire or oligarch who thinks they can buy our democracy. I was elected as a democratic socialist and I will govern [00:03:08] as a democratic socialist. I will not abandon my principles for fear of being deemed radical. As the great senator from Vermont once said, what's radical is a system which gives so much to so few and denies so many people the basic necessities of life. [00:03:29] We will strive each day to ensure that no New Yorker is priced out of any one of those basic necessities. So the speech was a hit with some clear miss with others. More on your thoughts. Collectivism and what? [00:03:44] What stuck out? What bothered you even. Yeah. So we're going to ask you guys to because I'm curious what you guys think. Everybody has a different opinion. Oftentimes you guys have different opinions than me and there's nothing wrong with that. It's called America. So on target.com we're asking which do you prefer. Prefer a the warmth of collectivism, b rugged individualism, [00:04:04] or c a balance between the two. So I'm going to argue for a balance between the two. So I'm going to come back to that. I just wanted you to note in the videos that you saw there, Susan Sarandon was in the crowd. That's not surprising, but she's been a solid leftist throughout. [00:04:19] God bless her heart. John Turturro was in the crowd. Love you, John. Okay. And, And people are complaining. Oh, so he was sworn in on the Koran, and like, you're supposed to have something after that. Otherwise you're just saying I'm a bigot who hates Muslims. [00:04:37] That's all. Like, that's literally all you're saying. I'm not. I'm not putting words in your mouth. He's sworn in on the Quran. And why is that a problem? What, like Christians are sworn in on the Bible? I assume Jewish folks are sworn in on Talmud Torah, whatever it is. [00:04:53] Why? Why can't he get sworn in on a Quran? All right. And the guy holding it. And I love this because it's a beautiful picture of America. Was Bernie Sanders. So we have the most prominent successful Jewish American politician in American history helping to swear in a muslim American as the mayor of New York [00:05:12] because they agree on policy. We're supposed to put old ethnic hatred, strife, differences aside when we come to America and be Americans, and that's what Bernie and Zoran are. That's awesome. Now back to the economic stuff. [00:05:29] Yeah. No, I think that, I'm kind of torn on this. So he says basically that his speech was I'm going hard. I didn't come here for half measures. Well, that's after my own heart, so I kind of. I like that, right. Now, the problem is he's going to hard for democratic socialism. [00:05:46] And I'm not quite a democratic socialist. I'm a democratic capitalist. Is it similar? It is similar. Is it? Is there a little bit of a difference? There is. And so to me, I don't when I hear collectivism, I don't even hear socialism. [00:06:02] That does feel like more of a term that's a little further left than socialism. And so but, you know, everybody disagrees about what socialism means. So it's all like junk labels. But but like, that doesn't give me a lot of warmth because a lot of socialist countries have done great. [00:06:18] Norway. Taiwan depends on what you call socialists, right? Communist countries have not done great. They've done terrible. And it's a I don't agree with that system at all. It gives me no warmth at all. Right. But much more importantly than that, guys like this idea that you're going [00:06:34] to get to the right answer by going to one of the extremes is to me like absurd. So, okay. Rugged individualism. Oh, I'm just one guy alone will do it. Really? Have you ever seen just one guy be able to do anything? Okay, let's ask the simplest question of all time. [00:06:51] What is stronger, an individual or a team? Duh, a team, right. So we have to be able to work together. How are you going to work together? How are you going to have cops? How are you going to have a military? How are you gonna have Social Security? Are you going to have fire department if you don't work together, [00:07:06] how are you going to protect one another if you don't work together? Obviously, rugged individualism by itself cannot just be the answer. That's crazy talk. If you do collectivism at its extreme, and he's not necessarily saying it's at its extreme, but if you do it at its extreme, it does go against individualism. [00:07:23] It says no, the collective is more important than the individual, and sometimes the collective is more important than the individual. But not every time. An individual rights are super important and a cornerstone of this country. Don't forget Noble Mobile saving you a ton of money. So a lot of people are signing up now and beginning to realize what the hell, why am [00:07:41] I paying so much to Verizon and AT&T? So your bills only $50 a month, but it can actually be less because they give you money back if you don't use your data. So if you're paying more than $50, there's no reason to to not switch. It's crazy not to switch because same phone, same number, same contacts. [00:07:57] Literally nothing changes. Titcomb. Slash switch to switch. All right, we'll be right back. So my answer is a balance between making sure that every individual is protected and has their freedom to be an individual, [00:08:13] but at the same time, we all work together to the best of our abilities on things we agree on to go way further ahead. Because if we're not working together as a United team, we're never going to be able to compete internationally or in any other way. We're never going to be able to get anything great done. [00:08:30] We got to the moon. We won World War two by working together. It wasn't one engineer going, hey, NASA, I got this. It wasn't one general or one soldier that won World War two. It was the combined team of America. All of us together. [00:08:48] Yeah. Do you think Mamdani needs to double down? Have show more nuance? I guess I'll say, because when it comes to landlords versus affordable housing and tenants, is he really saying I want all landlords to fail? No. What he's saying is, we're so far out of whack over here that [00:09:06] I've got to level things out a little bit, or most people will will lose. Yeah. So look, there's a couple of reasons why I support Mamdani that are really important. One, you know, Israel was so adamant that no one that they haven't pre-approved [00:09:25] be allowed to win an American election. So I'm ecstatic that Israel first lost. And that's it's important for the rest of the country, not just New York. Number two, it's drives a racist and bigots like Chip Roy crazy. So? So Chip Roy, what is that? [00:09:41] Oh. He calls him an Islamist, but he's definitely not an Islamist. He's just Muslim. He's never said he was in favor of radical Islam. Fundamentalist Islam. He's never said anything like that. So basically, Chip Roy is saying, I hate all Muslims, and I want pieces of crap like that to lose and to cry. [00:09:59] Okay. So that's a second reason. But third reason is the one you're alluding to, which is let's try things. Let's elect people who are going to try things for the average American. And and if they are, let them run with it. I don't have to agree. [00:10:15] I don't have to agree if it's a right wing or I don't have to agree if it's someone further left in me and to to the bottom line, to your point, Sharron, is what's going to happen is Mamdani is going to try hard, and I want him to try as hard as possible, and he's going to run into a huge amount of opposition. [00:10:32] And so that together might move it from the extreme. We're in now a closer to the center right. He'll never get to the far, far left because a million people in New York, including Wall Street, will stop him. Right? So if he tries as hard as he can, maybe we get closer to the center and away [00:10:52] from the extremes that we've been in. Every time you ring the bell below, an angel gets his wings. Totally not true, but it does keep you updated on our live shows.