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Specifically, she criticizes New York City’s incoming mayor, Zoran Mandani, whom she paints as a poisonous "rose" — symbolic of deceptive appearances masking destructive policies like higher taxes and minimum wage hikes that she argues will devastate the local economy, especially in restaurants and hotels. Ingram draws parallels between socialist ideals and Karl Marx’s principles, claiming that Marx’s vision of a classless society involves abolishing private property, centralizing production, and suppressing dissent — actions she suggests are underway in cities like New York.