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In the city where Wall Street stands as a global monument to enterprise and individual opportunity, nearly half of voters now say they prefer socialism — or at least aren’t opposed to it. A recent Fox News poll conducted in September found that only 48% of New Yorkers view capitalism favorably, while 41% have a favorable opinion of socialism. Even more alarming, a self-professed democratic socialist, Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani, holds a commanding 20-point lead in the city’s mayoral race, according to a Suffolk University/The Hill survey. It is a telling sign of our times: when people lose faith in God’s providence, they turn to government as their savior.

This revival of socialism in New York was born of a smoldering fire. It’s not something spontaneous. As a Princeton un

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