{"id":3721,"date":"2026-07-05T09:40:52","date_gmt":"2026-07-05T09:40:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=3721"},"modified":"2026-07-05T09:40:52","modified_gmt":"2026-07-05T09:40:52","slug":"nithya-raman-cant-or-wont-explain-socialism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=3721","title":{"rendered":"Nithya Raman can’t, or won’t, explain socialism"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Nithya Raman can\u2019t explain why she\u2019s a socialist, or even what a socialist is.<\/p>\n

When CNN\u2019s Elex Michaelson asked her what the difference was between a Democrat and a \u201cdemocratic socialist,\u201d her only answer was to claim that socialists care more about renters.<\/p>\n

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Really? And here we thought socialism was about ownership \u2014 the ownership of the means of production.<\/p>\n

Raman\u2019s dodge is typical. Socialists always want to hide what they truly believe, because the American people would reject it \u2014 or laugh at it.<\/p>\n

Lately, socialists have been on a \u201chearts and minds\u201d campaign to soften their image.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Zohran Mamdani isn\u2019t an angry rabble-rouser getting arrested for protesting against Israel. No \u2014 he\u2019s the guy who always smiles, who jumps into the swimming pool wearing a suit.<\/p>\n

Seizing people\u2019s wealth isn\u2019t what socialists want to do \u2014 if you ignore that billionaire tax. No, no \u2014 socialism is just public roads, and public schools and public parks \u2014 anything public.<\/p>\n

And Nithya Raman isn\u2019t a socialist who appeared with Hamas-supporting radical Hasan Piker \u2014 no, she just wants to make sure that the streetlights stay on and the homeless are housed.<\/p>\n

Socialists have also been on a campaign to claim that everything they do is successful \u2014 that after just six months in office, Mamdani has turned New York around. Never mind the homeless dying on the streets in winter, or the investors rushing for the exits. Everything is wonderful!<\/p>\n

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Then again, the Soviet Union also had Pravda, and Western admirers of communism willing to overlook even the most ghastly crimes. Socialism cannot abide truth, or dissent.<\/p>\n

Raman also told Michaelson that she wants to get past \u201cpay-to-play\u201d politics. As if socialists had invented a better kind of politician; as if socialism had done away with greed.<\/p>\n

Raman\u2019s description of socialism was so empty that at one point in the CNN interview, Michaelson asked her if she considered herself a capitalist. She dodged that one, too.<\/p>\n

She was right about one thing: \u201cAngelenos are ready for something new,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

After four years of mismanagement by Karen Bass, that\u2019s true. But socialism isn\u2019t \u201cnew.\u201d<\/p>\n

Socialism is one of the oldest ideas in the world. It has never worked, except in a few circumstances \u2014 like the Israeli collective farms, the kibbutzim. (The US socialists hate Israel, though, so don\u2019t tell them that.)<\/p>\n

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Socialism combines high-minded sentiments with heavy-handed repression.<\/p>\n

Nithya Raman chose the \u201csocialist\u201d label. She should wear it.<\/p>\n

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