Anti-capitalist populists like to tell Americans what they want to hear rather than the truth. And so many of them were quite upset at commentator Ben Shapiro’s recent contention that New Yorkers who struggle with affordability should move.
“If you’re a young person and you can’t afford to live here, then maybe you should not live here,” Shapiro reasonably told the hosts of the Triggernometry podcast. “I mean, that is a real thing. I know we live in a society that says you deserve to live where you grew up, but the reality is that the history of America is almost literally the opposite of that.”
The post-liberal “heritage American” NatCon faction on social media immediately piled on. “If we want Democrats to have a super majority, then this is the message for the GOP to adopt,” Mike Cernovich wrote. “Tell people they need to move. Don’t form family bonds. Worship the banks and big corporations. My goodness!”…