Igrew up in Venezuela , a country where the government ran supermarkets, seized private housing, imposed price controls, and built public housing. Where the state hated that the rich got richer, so it took their wealth. Now, everyone is equal: equally poor.

The same ideas that destroyed my country — government control, class resentment, and centralized power — are now being celebrated in New York under Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani . These are not new ideas. They are a nightmare I’ve lived before.

Recommended Stories

How Trump can keep his energy promises

Venezuela in Manhattan? Mamdani’s vision will be a nightmare

Mamdani won an election, not a revolution

With all the historic disasters caused by socialism, you would think this debate was over. Right?

Communist East Germany buil

See Full Page