The NYC mayor is trying to build a city that functions like a city in a children's picture book, where people aren’t caught in a web of lies and scams.

Mamdani’s “Richard Scarry Socialism” Can Make City Life Simple Again

There are no memecoins in Busytown. There is no gig economy. There are no junk fees, phishing scams, fine print, higher than normal call volume, deepfakes of Bill Gates hawking fake Alzheimer’s cures, sponsored search results, phony reviews, dynamic pricing. There are no collateralized debt obligations, credit default swaps. The people of Busytown are not followed by an all-seeing Palantir eye that compiles a data profile on them. Private equity has not bought their apartment buildings. There is no slopaganda in Busytown. In Busytown, life is straightforward and things are what they seem to be.

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