Michael Shellenberger: Mamdani Should Scare You—There’s Something Dark There

Journalist and author Michael Shellenberger shares how he makes sense of New York City electing an openly socialist mayor in 2025. Rather than focusing on the economic illiteracy behind Mamdani’s proposed policies, Michael digs into the psychological factors driving his success and the rise of radicalism more broadly in American politics. Reflecting on his own past on the far left, he explains how secularization has left a spiritual void now filled by revolutionary sentiment, leading radicals to perpetually chase the supposed “root causes” of our societal ills.

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