[Mallory_Ringess]

Given that Socialism has shown time and time again to lead to economical and societal disaster, anyone supporting it unironically should not be taken seriously.

Show me the proof of a working Socialist system [1] and I might change my mind. Otherwise you're just deflecting through misplaced ad-hominems.

[1] No, the Scandinavian countries are not socialist countries - I live in one of then. Neither is the Netherlands, nor France nor any other European country.

[trolleski]

A lot of things in USSR did not work - but they did educate masses upon masses of people in reading, writing and stem.

Similarly, it's still unheard of in Europe to go bankrupt because of healthcare.

[Ar-Curunir]

Whatever Mamdani is implementing is also not USSR-style socialism. It’s at best similar to the system you live in Europe.

[rootusrootus]

Indeed, a cursory check suggests that these kinds of tax schemes are common in Europe.