New York Partied Like It Was 1975. In East Berlin.

....then don't shoot the messenger or send him to a Gulag; it's a Marxist:

Mamdani argues for the government seizing the means of production in society. That is Marxism.

Mamdani is not a socialist.

He is a Marxist. pic.twitter.com/C4tqD10sbj

— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) November 10, 2025

But you don't need Zohran Mamdani's soaring yet stultifying rhetoric to tip you off.  On his first day in office, even his own inauguration "block party" had that unmistakable "Smolensk under Brezhnev" vibe about it:

Zohran Mamdani fans disappointed by disastrous ‘block party’ with no food, bathrooms https://t.co/hPEwqjfVl6 pic.twitter.com/upZvJBTjpV

— New York Post (@nypost) January 1, 2026

Foreshadowing?

The lack of food is a sneak preview for the empty shelves of the city-owned grocery stores.

— Joel Kleinbaum (@PostWokePNW) January 1, 2026

Perhaps.   We'll come back to that (no doubt many times, in fact, in the next four years).  

But it's not like there wasn't foreshadowing:

Mamdani had a CASH BAR at his victory party. If you can’t get a free vodka from this guy something tells me the free food and buses ain’t coming. Congrats, suckers.

— Jimmy Failla (@jimmyfailla) November 5, 2025

And not just on the whole "privation" thing - although that was unmistakable, partly from observing which animals  were less equal:

After every communist / socialist revolution, the serfs cheer as they unwittingly descend into an era of privation. While we know that affluent limousine liberals will never pay the price of their socialist dreams, we find this chillingly appropriate for the proletariat of New York City who welcomed this upper-class child of privilege pretty boy to rule over them. If New Yorkers are lucky, mayor Mamdani will fail due to the hypocrisy of New York’s progressive plutocrats. However, if he succeeds, our poor proles will truly suffer as the utopian promises never materialize.

...and those who were more equal than others...:

New York's First Lady, 28,  wore a black knee-length skirt and a black woolen coat as they stood on the stairs of the subway station, with the artist completing the look with a pair of $630 boots.

The European brand promotes sustainable fashion, proudly touting that they're 'happy to sacrifice profit and to subvert problematic fashion trends to create a product that has personality in addition to aesthetic value' on its website.

However, many people slammed the illustrator for her pricey footwear choice, with Mamdani's campaign driving home his desire to make New York more 'affordable.'

 But, literally and incredibly (to most of the country) the whole "pining for Eastern Europe under the Commies" vibe that Mamdani seems to be putting down:

Matt Taibbi on his disgust at Mehdi Hassan, Jamal Bowman, and Hasan Piker doing USSR nostalgia at Mamdani’s victory party:

‘I could fill a whole book with stories of horrible things I heard and saw from eyewitnesses to the Soviet history. And to see people laughing about that… pic.twitter.com/Tf4UChDdQw

— Coddled Affluent Professional (@feelsdesperate) November 13, 2025

I'm not the world's biggest H. L. Mencken fan, but I'll give him the "W" on this one:

“Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard.”

- H. L. Mencken pic.twitter.com/SW6gvbsvMk

— Dylan Diggs (@dyldiggs) January 2, 2026

Oh, yeah - as far as the toilets go?

You elected a Democratic Socialist, New York.   You don't need toilets.  That's what streets and sidewalks are for, now.  

Sort of like the way they were in New York in the '60s into the '80s.  

Which, come to think of it, maybe why New Yorkers over 45 supported Cuomo:

Steve Kornacki seemed almost speechless around 907pm discussing the age divide in the NYC mayoral race with voters under 45 going overwhelmingly for Mamdani while those over 45 breaking heavily for Cuomo:

"The thing that makes that so volatile is this the cutoff line, and we see… pic.twitter.com/yiaJwcsqeK

— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) November 5, 2025

Good luck!