Zohran Mamdani: Understanding the Philosophy That Will Dominate The New Left

Join Malcolm and Simone Collins as they dive deep into the political and cultural landscape surrounding Zohran Mamdani’s recent election victory. This episode explores the shifting priorities of progressive movements, the rise of new ideologies, and the complex interplay between identity, history, and policy. The conversation covers Mamdani’s background, his family’s influence, and the broader implications of his policies for New York and beyond. Malcolm and Simone analyze the narratives around colonialism, survivor identity, and the evolving definitions of discrimination and privilege. They also discuss the impact of socialism, rent control, and economic reforms on urban life, as well as the alliances and tensions among different communities. With candid insights, historical context, and a touch of humor, this episode challenges conventional thinking and encourages viewers to question the motivations behind today’s political movements. Whether you’re interested in politics, social change, or just enjoy thought-provoking discussions, this video offers a fresh perspective on the forces shaping our world.

Malcolm Collins: [00:00:00] Hello Simone. I am excited to be here with you today. Today we are gonna be talking about Zhan Mandani who won the election. Overwhelmingly, I don’t know if you saw, but he won to such an extent where even if the Republican candidate hadn’t been running, he still would’ve won. He won was over 50% of the vote.

So

Simone Collins: 58% right? A

Malcolm Collins: lot. Just something like that. Yeah, like a lot. And this, when I saw this and when I saw a lot of election wins among Democrats, which I didn’t expect them to win as, as, as strongly as they did this cycle, especially among the more communist leaning branch of Democrats. It was sort of like a wake up call for me as I’ve seen Zo Ani as kind of like a joke, right?

Like, oh yeah, he is gonna screw up New York. You know, typical lefty nonsense a bunch of dumb policies, but I never really took the time to attempt to understand. Where he was, what he came from, what he stands for in terms of how politics are going to shift in this country. Because as I pointed out in the [00:01:00] episode now that the Gazen war is over right now, that environmentalism is over.

And like even we’ll do an episode on that where even Bill Gates, I dunno if you saw this recently, but he put out a thing being like the Gates Foundation is no longer gonna focus on environmentalism in the same way. Basically, like Greta said, it’s over. The Gates Foundation said it’s over.

Environmentalism is done. So I’m like, now that they don’t have environmentalism, now that they don’t have the Gaza War, now that trans people seem to be on the outs, even with progressives. What does progressive move to next? What does the cause move to next? And Simone hypothesized in that video, they’re gonna move towards communism.

They’re going to move towards forcible wealth, redistribution and authoritarian control of governments. And I heard that and I was like, oh, come on, Simone. That’s a silly hypothesis. But then I looked at the love that Zhan is getting and I’m like, I might have a smart wife.

Simone Collins: I know, man. Yeah. Who has bladder control problems and good predictive powers.

This lady ha ha [00:02:00]

Malcolm Collins: from the pregnancy, when you have

Simone Collins: kids, yeah. You just, you laugh and you pee, you sneeze and you pee. You’re running, you pee.

Malcolm Collins: Well, you’ve got a giant baby in you. You don’t have as much room for organs or storage. But anyway, you’re not making pregnancy sound very, we’re supposed to be selling pregnancy to our audience here, Simone.

Simone Collins: Yeah. Well, you don’t wanna sugarcoat it either. It’s, it’s a very common thing.

Malcolm Collins: But anyway, so, no, but I was, I, I or maybe I should be scared that you can model them, so well, maybe you still have that, that urban monoculture in your mind.

Simone Collins: I 100% do, and everyone who watches this podcast knows that I, I, I serve as the defacto representative.

The medium.

Malcolm Collins: Yes. What are the ghosting, how, how are they speaking? What’s happening next?

Simone Collins: I have to see

Malcolm Collins: now. Well, you, I, I, I think you’re right. I think you’re right. I think I was, I was wrong to not be as certain about it. And I wanna understand this guy. Okay. And understand him without the hyperbole and without the histrionics that you often get when Right-leaning people are talking about him or his policies.

Hmm. Because [00:03:00] I think there’s some aspects of him when I went through and studied his history and past that are hugely oversold. The biggest one being just how socialist he is.

Oh.

He’s really not as socialist as you would expect. He’s more just like an normal Democrat plus. The one that is undersold is how it’s very clear his goal is to turn the world into an Islamic state.

Simone Collins: What, what, okay, so that’s the undersold part. Oversold. This is socialism. Oh, few undersold Islamic State. What?

Malcolm Collins: Yeah, it is his extreme solidarity with terrorist organizations terrorist actors and terrorist related goals. O often tied towards Muslims in, in, in increasing their population to the point where they control governments.

And it makes sense when you look at his background. So, so if we’re gonna go into his background here and why he wouldn’t see this as a negative thing. [00:04:00] Right. So he was born on October 18th, 1991. By the way, does that make you sad? God, born in the nineties,

Simone Collins: he’s a child.

Malcolm Collins: He is in his thirties, but still, that makes me feel so old.

‘cause I remember when people would date girls born in their nineties and I’d be like, oh, that’s cradle robin. That’s like too young.

Simone Collins: Yeah.

Malcolm Collins: And I was just like, Floran Mond. In Kampala, Uganda Mond is the only child of prominent parents. His father, Mohammud Mond, is a renowned academic in post-colonial studies, and his mother Aire is an acclaimed filmmaker for works like Moon.

So wedding and the namesake, both parents

Simone Collins: are Monsoon wedding,

Malcolm Collins: monsoon wedding. Yes.

Simone Collins: She made monsoon wedding. Damn.

Malcolm Collins: So, yeah, he was very wealthy growing up.

Simone Collins: Wow. That was a really big hit. I mean, it’s a great movie. I, I listened to the soundtrack constantly when I was a kid. Damn.

Malcolm Collins: Both parents are of Indian descent.

His father a Guari Muslim. [00:05:00] Born in Bombay now Mumbai and raised in Uganda with family roots in Indian diaspora across the Southeast Africa. And his mother a Punjabi pun, Punjabi Punjabi Hindu from RA Lenny India whose own mother founded the Saka Baka Salaam Baka Trust for Child Welfare. I can, Mondavi holds Uganda, US citizenship naturalized in 2018 and identifies as a Shia Muslim of the Twelver branch.

His middle name Ur Honors Ur Nur Ghana’s first president reflecting his family’s Pan-African leanings. Oh, one thing we’re gonna get into this, which I find pretty interesting. It’s despite his incredibly sort of Islamist goals mm-hmm. His Islamist goals are seen through the lens of urban monoculture, sort of communist agenda.

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