The Freelance Purge: Mamdani’s War on Independent Work
A Policy Disguised as Protection—But Built for Control
Let me spell it out plain: the moment a politician wants to “protect” you from voluntary labor, you should grab your wallet and run.
Zohran Mamdani and his ilk want to take a sledgehammer to one of the last remaining outposts of real economic freedom: freelance work. The gig economy, imperfect as it is, lets you sell your time, your skills, your labor—on your terms. No HR department, no union dues, no waiting on some soulless middle manager to approve your time off. Just you and the open market.
Gig Work Is Entrepreneurship—and That’s the Real Threat
Don’t make the mistake of thinking gig work is somehow different from entrepreneurship. Gig work is entrepreneurship—just stripped down, decentralized, and digitized. It’s the everyday man’s business model. A delivery rider managing their own hours, a coder working contract jobs across time zones, a photographer hustling weekend gigs—that’s grassroots capitalism in motion.
And that’s exactly what Mamdani and his comrades want to crush. Because nothing threatens a centralized, union-backed political machine more than a population of self-reliant, economically independent individuals who don’t need permission—or a W-2—to earn a living.
Licensing and Mandates: The Old Tricks of New Tyrants
Mamdani’s proposals? A regulatory chokehold masquerading as compassion. He wants to “scrutinize” contracts—translation: kill them with red tape. He wants “stricter licensing” for delivery platforms—translation: only mega-corps with legal armies survive, while the little guy gets crushed. And he wants to mandate “benefits” for gig workers—translation: force every transaction through the meat grinder of State-approved standards, regardless of whether the worker wants those “benefits” or not.
You Don’t Need Saving—You Need Freedom
It’s the arrogance of planners. They think they know better than you what you should value. Cash in hand? Flexibility? The chance to work between school pick-ups or pursue a side hustle? Nope. Mamdani thinks you’re too dumb to make that choice. He and his bureaucrat buddies will decide for you.
Who Benefits? Follow the Chains
Let me ask the obvious: who benefits from this crackdown?
- Not the worker.
- Not the startup.
- Not the neighborhood delivery guy trying to earn a few bucks after hours.
No—the beneficiaries are:
- Unions that can’t compete.
- Corporations that want to crush agile competitors.
- And the political machine that thrives on dependency and control.
This isn't about protecting workers. It's about neutering entrepreneurship—and that includes every freelance hustle out there.
California: The Canary in the Coal Mine
California already tried this game. The result? Jobs vanished. Creativity dried up. Voters revolted. And even then, many freelancers never got their livelihoods back. This is not a hypothetical—it’s history repeating itself.
Mamdani’s Endgame: Total Economic Submission
If Mamdani gets his way, the freelance economy in New York will be strangled. And make no mistake—once it falls here, it’ll fall everywhere. The digital nomad, the Uber driver, the freelance coder, the food delivery rider—each one will be forced into the narrow corridor of State-sanctioned employment.
This is a war on freedom. Not just economic freedom, but the freedom to choose how you live, how you earn, and how you define your work.
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