Mamdani the Fascist

The definition of fascism is very tough for many modern Americans to understand. Fascism is not racist. Fascism is not militaristic. Fascism is the expansion of state power and class collaboration, with nationalistic undertones, as a counterbalance to rehabilitate or repress communist movements. Socialism is the dictatorship of the proletariat, a transitional stage between capitalism and communism, often featuring transitory measures to ease the people into communism.

Now, let's take a look at Mamdani's biggest points for his campaign. Higher taxes on the top earners being used to fund programs such as state-run grocery stores and free public transport. Does this seem like socialism? If the state runs a corporation, is this socialist? Or is it simply capitalism with a different owner? Do you think the workers in these stores will be able to vote for their supervisors? Do the workers, or the community, own the means of production? Or does it remain in private hands, in the hands of the state? The capitalist mode of production remains intact. Free public transport, is this a socialist program? Or is this merely a method to make the people's lives more comfortable, to placate them, to rehabilitate them to the capitalist system? Higher taxes on the rich? This still permits the existence of the wealthy, but that they simply put more effort into maintaining the state apparatus. The state maintains its essential focus of collaborationism, of reconciling the classes to avoid a revolution.

Mamdani seems to be pro-worker at times with these sorts of proposals. But he also has his pro-capitalist policies as well. For one, his promise to cut down on the 'red-tape' for small businesses. To foster the growth of the petty bourgeoisie, allow them to grow big enough to be able to exploit workers like good little capitalists. Is promising to help reduce restrictions and regulations for corporations, no matter the size, pro worker or pro corporation? Moreover, is deregulating small business a socialist policy?

Mamdani's entire campaign is not focused on the liberation of the working class, tearing down the bourgeoisie, anything like that. Instead, it is focused on bringing the two classes together, and using them to protect state interests, to ensure that the bureaucracy remains intact and the state programs function smoothly. Mamdani, like most fascists, uses socialist talk and dressing to disguise his open class-collaboration, seeking to reconcile the contradictions of capitalism under the watchful eye of the state. He is no socialist.