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Friday, January 9, 2026

New York’s new socialist mayor announced that he will bring to the city the “warmth of collectivism.” This is a chilling phrase for those who have lived under such regimes which bring the destruction of both economic prosperity and civil liberties.

What really matters for policymakers is power. As we are learning with the Trump invasion of Venezuela, the seizure of more power comes first, and the justifications come later.

Ryan McMaken, Editor-in-Chief

“The Warmth of Collectivism”: Beginning the Mamdani Era

William L. Anderson

In his inaugural speech, New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani declared an end to “rugged individualism” and the embrace of “the warmth of collectivism.” New Yorkers are about to find out that collectivism will not produce what they need to have better lives.

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There Are No Good Outcomes in Trump’s Latest Attempt at Regime Change in Venezuela

It guarantees blowback.

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Filibuster in Cuba,
Part 2

From courtroom drama to a doomed second invasion: Washington balks and Havana answers with firing squads.

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One Good Thing Can Come From US Intervention in Greenland: The End of NATO

If the US annexes Greenland, NATO will fail in maintaining the territorial status quo.

Bernie Sanders’s Clumsy and Dangerous Melody

As government control expands, the space for individual freedom contracts. This is not a historical accident.

War Collectivism in World War I

WWI served as the model, the precedent, and the inspiration for state-corporate capitalism for the remainder of the 20th century.

The Real Reasons
the US Bombed Venezuela

All this talk about democracy, human rights, and noble causes is just cover for the exercise of raw power.

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The Misesian

The latest issue of The Misesian discusses why, without private property, there is no way to plan for the future, and one’s goods are always subject to confiscation from the more powerful. In other words, a world without private property is a lawless world.