OPINION — New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani recently promised to replace the “frigidity of rugged individualism with the warmth of collectivism.” Warmth certainly sounds inviting on a cold day in New York. But before climbing under the blanket, it might be worth asking what is underneath it.
Collectivism offers more than an economic program. It promises belonging, solidarity and a society liberated from injustice. Progressivism adds a destination: a better world where exploitation ends, barriers fall and everyone shares in humanity’s progress. Who would not welcome such a future? It is the dream of an earthly utopia — heaven on earth.
But there is a curious paradox hiding beneath this utopia: it’s a heaven without God.
