The Free Stuff Wave - The Socialist Surge

A Red Tide Rising

"A red tide is creeping into America’s political bloodstream—and it’s not just a campus fever dream anymore.

Socialist candidates, once dismissed as radicals in dorm rooms and coffee shops, are storming Democratic primaries, city councils, and mayoral races, promising “free stuff” while comparing capitalism to slavery and corporate greed to the Holocaust.

From New York City’s stunning 2025 mayoral primary upset to Seattle’s tax wars, the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) and their allies are reshaping the Democratic Party—and steering it toward economic peril.

Their platforms—wealth taxes, city-run grocery stores, $30/hour minimum wages—sound noble until the math collapses.

Their rhetoric—emotional, moralistic, and historically reckless—distracts voters from the truth: someone has to pay for their utopia, and it won’t be the rich alone.

For conservatives, this is a wake-up call to fight smart.

For Democrats, it’s a dangerous flirtation with both electoral and economic suicide."

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