Billionaires like Bill Ackman and David Sacks have taken to X to criticize New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani’s views on income inequality.

It’s impossible to earn a billion dollars.” That was how Mark Bou Mansour of the Tax Justice Network framed it, and in New York City the world capital of billionaires this is more than a motto. It’s the rallying cry of 33-year-old democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani,

Mamdani defeated former Governor Andrew Cuomo in the Democratic primary last week but still faces an uphill battle for support.