The Warmth of Trump's Collectivism

We are fast becoming Leninism 2.0, what with Mayor Mamdami promising a $30 million dollar city-owned supermarket in East Harlem, not far from a capitalist Aldi store that probably cost about $10 million. How will that work out? (The Babylon Bee suggests that, if you need a loaf of bread, you'd better get in line right now.)

Meanwhile, in DC, President Trump is thinking of buying Spirit Airlines. What could possibly go wrong with a federally-owned budget carrier? Not to worry! Unlike New York's Bolshevik mayor, our president doesn't plan to run Spirit for the long run. "We'd be getting it virtually debt free," he explains. "They have some good aircraft, some good assets, and when the price of oil goes down, we'll sell it for a profit."

When Lenin eased off on the Bolshevism, he called it the New Economic Program, and the NEP actually worked for a time. Then came the warmth of Stalin: if you didn't work, you didn't eat, and the workers didn't eat much because the shelves were usually empty. Let's hope the price of oil comes down soon!