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Zoran Kwame Mondami is sworn in as Mayor of New York City on a Quran, promising to replace "rugged individualism" with "collectivism." His policies include the seizure of private property from "slumlords" and the establishment of government-run grocery stores. An emergency fundraiser for InfoWars is launched, featuring limited edition posters of John Paul Jones to prevent the show's bankruptcy.
Mayor Mondami's inauguration speech, attended by Leticia James, explicitly calls for the end of rugged individualism. A satellite comparison of North and South Korea is used to illustrate the failure of collectivist systems. Mondami warns that the city government will step in to seize housing if landlords do not meet specific quality standards or resolve 311 violations.
Mayor Mondami references the South African Freedom Charter in a speech declaring that New York belongs to all who live in it. He specifically mentions Palestinian New Yorkers in Bay Ridge and black homeowners in St. Albans as groups that have been betrayed by the "established order." He dismisses the "grammar of civility" as a mask for "agendas of cruelty."
