Democratic socialists, like New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, claim they’re going to increase “affordability” by raising taxes, but that can never work because, unlike liberal propaganda, commerce isn’t based on emotion, conservative commentator Mark Levin explained in his “Liberty’s Voice” podcast Friday. “Commerce is not emotional. It’s factual. It is what it is. It proves itself to be right every single time,” Levin explained. “But, when you’re dealing with people’s passions and emotions and you’re telling them they can get something for nothing, and not only that, somebody’s ripping them off,” common sense can lose out, because the most-prosperous citizens – those the left vilifies – are the minority among the population of voters. Levin cites the case of Mayor Mamdani's socialist promises: “Those of you who are in New York: you’re paying for all these things that are supposed to be free. In other words, he’s redistributing wealth. He’s redistributing wealth. “So, what happens when you redistribute wealth? You have less wealth, because aren’t going to create it or they’re going to leave, create it somewhere else.” “You’re giving money to the people who aren’t creating things and you’re taking it from the people who are creating things” and, in the long run, that drives out, not only those who provide jobs, but also the average citizens who can’t afford to pay the higher taxes required to provide “free” things to others.