In George Orwell's "Animal Farm" he wrote that "all animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others."
That passage came to mind a couple of times today, and the first was after New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani said that citizens and businesses should set their air conditioning to 78 degrees and no lower to help the electricity grid handle this summer heat.
According to the New York Post, Mamdani didn't alert City Hall:
Mamdani can't even get City Hall to stick to his 78-degree AC rule - as temps in building hit as low as 54 https://t.co/YqumJAj8Rd pic.twitter.com/DlxsU6xkaA
— New York Post (@nypost) July 2, 2026
Mandates often seem like an easy task for the ones making the rules, and that's usually because they have no intention of personally following them.
A sizable segment of the media also has an easier time giving support to those making the rules for the same reason. Things got wild on CNN when Ben Ferguson pointed out that their studio wasn't in compliance with Mamdani's dictate, and Abby Phillip didn't like it. Watch:
CNN just got EXPOSED LIVE on the air.@benfergusonshow noticed that Abby Phillip’s CNN studio was NOT set to 78 degrees in solidarity with Mamdani’s energy dictates.
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) July 3, 2026
The host got VERY defensive. pic.twitter.com/NvxcB04Q0f
It never fails!
@abbydphillip ‘s 4 favorite words when a conservative is making a point: “hold on a second”.
— EFA (@Eddie_Acworth) July 3, 2026
When a leftist panelist talks: silence.
This is because he is pulling back the curtain to expose that the people championing this, are the "more equal" people who won't have to sacrifice like the rest of us.
— Tom Steele (@tsteele93) July 3, 2026
Socialism ALWAYS has the "privileged" ruling class that doesn't have to live the same way as the proletariat.
Bingo.
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