New York Finally Falls for Communism

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So, Mamdani has won.

Congratulations to everyone who doesn’t pay taxes in New York—including all government workers. For those who do, things are about to get ugly.

When 9/11 happened, I was actually serving in the German military. It was a shocking event that sent ripples all the way to Berlin. Back then, we were ordered to double all security measures—days off were canceled, controls were tightened, fear was spread.

Twenty years later, New York has become a place that has actually elected a Muslim mayor. Travel back two decades and try telling that to New Yorkers. Immigration certainly played a massive role in this. Some claim that Mamdani received heavy financial backing from Islamic interest groups. There is also a high probability that all elections in the West are rigged.

But it’s also the foolishness of the liberal upper class that made this possible.

In their attempt to appear morally righteous, many Western loonies are now voting for socialist measures that will inevitably pave the way toward totalitarian communism. They fail to grasp that they’ll be the ones footing the bill, while only the politicians grow rich and powerful.

The lower class will be hit hardest—as always under communism.

At first, they’ll be gaslit into believing that everything is now “free.” But nothing is ever free when it comes from the state—it’s just taxpayer-funded. And the moment the biggest taxpayers realize this, they’ll flee to protect the fruits of their labor. History has shown time and again that people will go to great lengths to escape communism once the money runs dry, while nobody ever faucht to escape towards a communist country.

Who will pay for all the “free” stuff once your taxpayers are gone?

Exactly—no one.

And that’s when everything collapses. Public housing, transportation, medication, welfare—eventually, it will all grind to a halt. Once the communists admit that it’s no longer viable to offer these services for “free,” those who used to provide them for a fee will already be gone. The result? You won’t be able to get anything—neither for free nor for money. It’ll all be gone for good.

I feel sorry for the sane New Yorkers who didn’t vote for this. They do exist. But like in every major Western city—Berlin, London, Paris, Los Angeles—the power-hungry communists sink their teeth into the hardworking population and drain them dry like the parasites they are until nothing is left.

All they can do is to run away and watch the inevitable collapse from a safe distance.

Getting Out of My Friend Group Made Me Stop Drinking Instantly

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I was never a heavy drinker. But there was a time when I got drunk almost every weekend. Altogether, that phase lasted about half a year during my late high school years — in Germany, that’s around the age of 18 or 19.

Once I finished high school and stopped seeing the group of friends I’d been hanging out with, I stopped drinking altogether. And I never got into it again.

In hindsight, calling them a friend group might be an exaggeration. Most of the guys I spent time with were people from school I used to play basketball, soccer, or video games with. As we got older and developed different interests, I realized how little we actually had in common.

Back in school, we always had something to talk about — classes, teachers, exams, and essays. We complained about teachers and joked about other classmates. But beyond school-related topics, the only thing that held us together was getting drunk on the weekends.

Once I recognized that, I realized I was only drinking because I was with them — as it was the only thing that connected us. Truth be told, I didn’t even like these people very much. And they probably didn’t like me that much either. We just kept hanging out out of habit, a routine that started back in seventh grade out of necessity.

When high school ended, I made a rule for myself: I would only spend time with people I could genuinely enjoy being around while sober.

Granted, my circle of friends has been quite small ever since — but, I like the few people in my life that I call friends and family. And, just like magic, I’ve never felt the urge to drink again.

If you want to cut back on your drinking, my advice would be: take a look at your friend group. Could you enjoy their company sober, or do you need alcohol to get along?

If it’s the latter, maybe it’s time to find a new circle or even life without a circle at all for a while. You’re only getting rid of people that you don’t really like anyway, and you probably get out of the habit of drinking. Two upsides, not a single downside.

Write A Done List

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I use to-do lists almost every day. I set goals for the year, break them down into milestones, and even make New Year’s resolutions. Sometimes I accomplish my goals and stick to the plan — sometimes I don’t.

Creating a plan and defining goals can be motivating. It helps you give structure and direction to your life. But on some days, it also feels like you’re trapping yourself in a self-imposed rat race.

  • Complete my STORY52 short story project
  • Write the next novel
  • Finish editing my last novel
  • Write at least ten tweets
  • Publish that blog post
  • Do your workout
  • And don’t forget the day job tasks and household chores
  • …

Reviewing that list every day and crossing things off until the page is empty can make me more productive, yes — but when there isn’t enough time and items remain unchecked, it can also feel like I’ve accomplished nothing. It’s draining and demotivating.

That’s why it makes sense to use the opposite of a to-do list from time to time: a Done List. It reminds you of everything you’ve already worked on and achieved.

In 2025:

  • I published my next novel, Forever
  • I set up my mailing list, including another published book, Endless, which I give away for free to subscribers
  • This blog became a reality — and I’ve already written more than 80 posts
  • My YouTube tutorial channel grew to over 10K subscribers
  • I’ve gained almost 1K followers on Twitter
  • Seven of my short stories are already available on Amazon
  • I started two more YouTube channels to document my Author in Progress journey (and yet another one is in the works)

That’s a lot of progress since March 2025, when I decided to take my writing hobby a bit more seriously.

Sure, not everything went as planned. Not every goal was achieved. And I’m far far away from being able to pay any bills with my writing. But the list of accomplishments shows a lot of progress after just over half a year of focused effort.

Create your own Done List. Look back at what you’ve achieved in the past six months — and just imagine what you could do in the next ten years.

Why Everyone Needs Philosophy

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I never studied philosophy. I wasn’t interested in it back in school. To me, philosophy always seemed like something pretentious that pseudo-intellectuals did in college while smoking a pipe. My only exposure to what I thought philosophy was, as a teenager, came from watching some stoners get high and wonder whether “getting high” would still be called that if you never came down again.

When I got older, I realized two important things: First, my idea of philosophy wasn’t philosophy. Second, if you don’t take the time to explore and build a real philosophical framework for yourself, someone else will impose theirs on you—without you even realizing it.

The Philosophy of Philosophy

The official definition of philosophy goes like this:

The use of reason in understanding such things as the nature of the real world and existence, the use and limits of knowledge, and the principles of moral judgment.

Doesn’t that sound like something everyone should care about?

The problem is, most people don’t. I didn’t either. But that’s largely because philosophy is often presented the wrong way. It is taught as something abstract, boring, and pseudo-intellectual, pursued by people who’ve never had a “real” job and don’t have to deal with real-world problems.

Yet philosophy is everywhere. It’s in everything we do. It is what we are.

What you eat for breakfast reflects your philosophy. What you wear, read, and watch does too. Whom you vote for. The job you have. The friends you attract. Philosophy shapes how you think and dream—it’s who you are.

And when we don’t take the time to define our own philosophy, we leave space for others to define it for us. They can shape us into what they want us to be—before we ever have the chance to become who we truly want to be.

The First Step: Ask Questions

Most things I do in daily life happen on autopilot—driving, brushing my teeth, eating, even parts of my work. The same goes for many people’s political beliefs, life choices, and everyday conversations. I’m not an exception. Sometimes I say things I haven’t thought through. Sometimes I believe things without knowing where they came from. Sometimes I make choices I can’t fully explain.

My interest in philosophy began when I finally asked myself: Why? Why did I do that? Why did I think that? Why did I believe that?

That’s where philosophy begins—with the question why.

The answer isn’t a complex definition from a dusty college textbook. The answer is what makes life better. Why do you believe that a specific politician deserves your vote? Why do you read that book instead of another? Why do you have these friends? Why do you work at the job that you have?

Most people don’t have answers for these questions. We are simply spoon feed the answers the system wants us to swallow via TV, public schools, colleges, religion, mainstream books, and even our friends and parents.

When we start asking questions again, we can define a philosophy that’s truly our own, not one created by others. Only then can we live the life that we want to live and not the one the system wants for us.

What Happens When AI Takes All the Jobs?

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Many people are scared. AI is taking over the economy — especially online. Computer science majors are complaining, writers are worried, Hollywood filmmakers have voiced their concerns, and countless other industries will soon be affected too.

Some are asking the big question: What happens when AI literally takes all the jobs?

Taxi drivers will disappear once self-driving technology is perfected — maybe even within this decade. Human doctors might become obsolete. There’s even an argument that psychologists are replaceable today, as their job is purely language based which AI can already do. The same could be said for teachers, copywriters, journalists, and many more professions.

At some point, a combination of AI and robotics might make human manual labor a thing of the past as well. Within twenty years, construction workers, plumbers, carpenters, and similar trades could all be automated.

Let’s assume this scenario unfolds, and all jobs are done cheaper, better, and safer by AI and robots. The question then becomes: How will humans pay for food?

In such a future, we must remember that all work would be done without labor costs. Human workers require payment — you have to give someone a few dollars to clean a toilet, or they’ll never do it. But a robot will do it simply because it’s programmed to.

The same logic applies to every other job. Robots don’t need monetary incentives; they just need the right code. Therefore, an economy without human labor would be an economy without labor costs.

As a result, products in that economy would become far cheaper — and many might even be completely free.

The real question, then, is not how goods and services are produced, but who gets access to them, and how the necessary resources are distributed. Robots could mine lithium and manufacture batteries at virtually no cost, but who decides how that lithium — and the finished batteries — are distributed?

The good news is that this might not be a problem for politicians or business leaders to solve. If AI and robots are more efficient at every job, they would also be better politicians and business managers.

Thus, in this thought experiment, it would ultimately be the robots themselves deciding the best way to distribute resources and products to humans (at some point even in a fully cost-free economy).