Winston Churchill once famously observed that “No one pretends that democracy is perfect or all-wise. Indeed, it has been said that democracy is the worst form of Government, except for all those other forms that have been tried from time to time.” His observation came to mind this week after China’s state-run Global Times wrote an article in the wake of the U.S. midterms that celebrated the imminent death of democracy, noting that “the ‘myth’ of Western-style democracy is losing its appeal, even in the West.” It appears that Americans are ready to embrace the simplicity and tranquility of Mao-like single-party rule. After all, Hasan Piker already has the Mao jacket to go with the rise in support for socialism and the nationalization of industries.
The Global Times took particular comfort in the growing dissatisfaction of Western citizens with their systems:
A poll released by the Pew Research Center this year shows that public satisfaction with how democracy works in their own countries is declining dramatically. Dissatisfaction rate stands at 69 percent in France, 68 percent in Spain, 62 percent in Italy, 47 percent in Poland and 69 percent in the US. In fact, sustained tracking by several other prominent Western polling organizations, including Ipsos and Gallup, points to the same trend: Dissatisfaction with the functioning of democracy in Western countries is evolving from isolated discontent into a widespread public sentiment.
The Chinese communists heralded such polling, showing a “dissatisfaction with democracy” due to “the failure of existing democratic institutions to respond effectively to public demands and meet societal needs.” This includes the alleged realization that “institutional corruption has increasingly permeated political processes, further exposing the inherent flaws of Western democratic systems.”
The editorial is obviously meant to show Chinese citizens that they are much better off under authoritarian rule and to deflect recent corruption scandals in China resulting in high-profile arrests and terminations. Instead, it seeks to focus its citizens on “what has gone wrong with democracy.”
The communists are heartened by a rising level of support for socialism and communism in the West. A new poll by The Economist/YouGov is consistent with other polls showing rising support among Democrats for socialism. More Democrats (38%) prefer socialism to capitalism (25%). Other polls show 60% have a favorable view of socialism, while only 32% have a favorable view of capitalism.
However, most Americans, outside of the Democratic Party, do not support socialism. Yet, the Democratic Socialist Party has found that, while it never resonated with voters directly, it has been able to exercise oversized influence within the Democratic Party.
Moreover, a recent survey found roughly six in 10 (59%) Democrats polled said they would feel “very positive” or “somewhat positive” if the US military removed Trump and seized control of the American government.
The survey also found the same overwhelming support for socialism in the new Democratic Party. What is surprising is the support for public ownership of industries. That includes almost half (46%) supporting public ownership and operation of grocery stores. Almost 40 percent support public ownership and operation of restaurants. (39%).
As I wrote in Rage and the Republic, this Republic’s success was a mix of Enlightenment and free-market principles. It was the combination of economic and political liberty that produced the most successful republic in history. This is the 250th anniversary not just of our Revolution but of the release of Adam Smith’s Wealth of Nations.
The founders knew that true individual liberty could not be achieved without economic freedom. Smith’s idea of the “invisible hand” offered a model of individual economic freedom where the individual tastes and choices of citizens drove whole economies. I believe the key to our surviving and thriving in the 21st Century will be preserving what I call a “liberty-enhancing economy.”
The rise of the Democratic Socialist Party has fueled the trend away from capitalism with calls “to dismantle the capitalist state.” Many of the rising candidates have spent years working the anti-capitalist movement. For example, Senate Democrat nominee James Talarico appeared intent on bringing a touch of Trotsky to Texas. In a video from a climate forum, Talarico is shown declaring capitalism an “oppressive system” linked with white supremacy and that it must be “dismantled” to achieve a better world. It is reminiscent of Leon Trotsky, who denounced the “fundamental evil of the capitalist system” and called on citizens to free themselves from its oppression.
As a state representative, Talarico addressed the 2020 climate conference with an attack on capitalism:
“I’m so thankful that you asked this question and also thankful that young activists have really drawn the link between climate change and White supremacy and capitalism in our country … And I think only ending the ways that all three of those oppressive systems work together are we gonna be able to begin the process of dismantling them.”
Talarico’s views closely parallel socialist and communist talking points online. Democratic Socialists of America has challenged people to “Imagine the end of capitalism.” Those words in the Democratic Socialists of America manifesto offer Americans a world without landlords, debt, mandatory work hours, and “food, education, energy, medicine, and transportation… are common goods and utilities.”
The DSA is premised on the same stated objective as Talarico, declaring that there has to be “a revolutionary transformation to replace the capitalist social order based on exploitation and oppression.”
Other candidates have sought to pander to this radical mob. Recently, California Gov. Gavin Newsom thrilled the mob by declaring that “nostalgia is not working,” adding that “capitalism as we know it doesn’t work either.” He also recently said that the DSA is the future of the Democratic Party. He ominously added later that the DSA was the future of the party and that “incremental” changes to our system would no longer be tolerated.
The praise from these quarters reaffirms the view of Leninists that American liberals were their “useful idiots.”
The fact is that most Americans do not embrace socialism or communism. This result parallels midterm losses experienced by Reagan, Obama, Clinton, and other presidents. It is not the Marxist mandate that the DSA or these countries had hoped for. The fact that this was another massive shift in American politics is a testament to democracy, not a sign of its death. Americans exercised their franchise as voters and their voices were heard and will be heeded.
However, that will not necessarily produce the changes that China or Iran are hoping for. The Democrats are still short of the votes needed to overcome vetoes. The new division of power will guarantee gridlock for two years. It is going to get messy, but democracy is messy. What may look like chaos in a country like China, without any democratic elements, is what democracy looks like for a free people.
Jonathan Turley is the best-selling author of “Rage and the Republic: The Unfinished Story of the American Revolution.”
Turley Notes:
59% Democrats polled said they would feel “very positive” or “somewhat positive” if the US military removed Trump..
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Trump has schemed to make the U.S. a direct ally of Russia. That’s reason enough for the military to take-out Donald Trump.
What is more significant is the fact the sheer number of voters who chose Democrats over Republicans completely eliminates the common narrative of voter fraud or rigged elections. Issues MAGA lives for. That’s no longer a thing. What does MAGA have to rely on to keep the momentum going without the conspiracy theories, allegations of fraud and cheating.
It’s the sheer clarity of what voters wanted that makes it nearly impossible to point a finger a the most common complaints by MAGA. So.. what is left? Chinese opinion pieces and an investigation on a 2022 Supreme Court issue? Really?
Think about it. The House has a Fetterman proof majority.
Trump lost a LOT of political capital and so did Republicans. That’s how bad things are. Reality hasn’t hit all of MAGA yet. But it’s starting to show. MAGA influencers don’t know what to do and what direction to take now.
The Professor’s choice for this article, a Chinese newspaper’s take on the election and the supposed demise of Democracy is pure silliness, but it’s also a symptom of a bigger issue that Turley really doesn’t wan to address. What the historic results of the midterms actually means.
What happened Tuesday night is was not a change in power in Congress. It was a complete repudiation of the experiment of allowing Trump and the Republican’s form of governance. They were willing to see how a Trump and Republican leadership would produce. What happened on Tuesday was an end to that experiment, the failed experiment called MAGA.
It shares a similarity with what happened in Kansas a when Governor Brownback was in office with a GOP supermajority. The went full bore into the trickle down economics fiscal conservatives have always claimed and sworn by as the solution to the economic problems of the state. Voters gave them a chance after being convinced by the promises and assertions made. Two years in and it became clear the trickle down economics were not working, it created more problems and ultimately were forced to do the one thing fiscal conservatives always detest….raise taxes. It took a while to clean up the mess but ever since nobody else has promoted this fiscal conservative economic idea. You don’t hear about it anymore.
This election is proof that people ultimately got sick and tired of the BS that they were seeing. MAGA tripes and grievances suddenly made no sense when everyone’s problems come down to being able to afford things like rent, bills, healthcare, even just filling up your car to go to work. Trump and Republicans kept ignoring that and Republicans failed to hold Trump accountable for causing most of that. Because criticizing Trump is an unthinkable thing to do as a Republican. Trump demanded red states gerrymander their districts mid-decade to more republican power. Turns out it made things worse for them AND every one else. Because people were seeing issues more important to them being ignored and seeing Republicans and Trump only focusing on keeping power and engaging in culture wars that did absolutely nothing to help with the affordability issue hitting everyone…including MAGA.
MAGA’s days are numbered and as it was for the Tea Party it will fade into history as another american Political adventure that had it’s chance and failed.
Did the Founders allow covetous and rapacious liberals-cum-communists to vote? They restricted the vote to males, Europeans, and those aged 21 with 50 lbs. Sterling, or 50 acres. It was never intended that parasites would be handed the reins to the United States of America—the Greeks intended the same in 508 B.C.
The United States of MexAfricAsiArabia
The DSA is premised on the same stated objective as Talarico, declaring that there has to be “a revolutionary transformation to replace the capitalist social order based on exploitation and oppression.”
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The smart money says if you audited a sample of the DSA membership, you would find next to no one with a distinct accomplishment. No one who had built and maintained a business, built a professional practice, made an honest living at a skilled trade. You’d probably find a scatter of faculty members and lawyers ensconced in the non-profit sector. Mostly, you’d find people like the current mayors of New York and Seattle (as well as the new U.S. Senator from Texas) – minor NGO apparatchiks.
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The question at hand is why these superannuated adolescents are the least bit appealing to any electorate.
The biggest problem with this is: The USA is not a democracy, it is a republic. Big difference in administration, electoral procedures, representative houses, and as well as responsibilities as compared to true democracies.
The liberals are crowing that they have saved democracy at the same time the Maoists are crowing their victory killed it. Go figure.
So the Chinese are saying that the victory of the Democrats indicates the failure of democracy? Or is this just a hostile government – the Red Chinese – trying to make what hay they can from the outcome of the U.S. midterm elections??
Not hostile, the US Democrats and the ChiComs are in complete alignment. Birds of a feather and all that.
One good thing is communist don’t put up with liberal trolls.
Just how did a state legislator in Texas without an accomplishment to his name manage to raise $136 million and outspend an established Texas pol by a margin of 8 to 1?
I assume you are pointing to something very dark and dangerous.
Why did the American Founders consider only European males, aged 21, and property owners appropriate for suffrage?
Why did the American Founders consider that only Americans would be admitted to become citizens?
I agree that the election is mainly a repudiation of Trump. He started a war without justification and without a reasonable chance of success. The results has been 1) persistent inflation (after making inflation an issue in the 2024 election); 2) an increase in the domestic popularity of the Iranian regime; 3) inexcusable killing of civilians, bordering on murder; and 4) loss of respect for, and confidence in, our own country. Only a fool would have taken such action. Republicans could have tried to stop him, but took the coward’s way out. We deserve repudiation. In the future, let us learn what the Democrats have not: character counts, above all else.
3 of 4 – I doubt that the domestic popularity for Iran has gone up; it may look that way because the domestic popularity of the Trump administration has fallen along with the fall in the popularity of Israel which motivated Trump to dump a considerable portion of US high-tech armament into the dirt in Iran.
edwardmahl: Iran no longer has the immediate means to create and deliver a nuclear weapon. I won’t bother commenting on the rest of your post.
You won’t bother commenting on the rest of edwardmahl’s post because you know he is right.
Why don’t you just admit it, instead of taking a snotty, supercilious attitude?
Iran didn’t have the immediate means to create and deliver a nuclear weapon before Trump attacked them. They hadn’t even taken steps to block the Strait of Hormuz.
Trump’s stated goal that Iran never have a nuclear weapon can only be guaranteed by killing all roughly 100 Million Iranians worldwide.
Now Iran has a clear motive to create or buy a nuclear weapon. Even without one Iran has delivered a punishing to Israel and America.
You have an opinion based on nothing? Antisemitism? …
When all else fails, when you know you have no argument, when you know you are wrong and others are right, the only response you have is … antisemitism.
What a pathetic loser.
What a pathetic moron.
No. Anonymous has proven he is an antisemite, so one can naturally assume antisemitism plays a part in an issue where antisemitism exists.
Your problem is that you believe any criticism of Israel is antisemitism, so one can naturally assume that you are a pathetic, ignorant moron incapable of participating in a rational discussion.
And “Crazy Abe” Lincoln started an unpopular, absolutely absurd, and unconstitutional war with no rationale against a sovereign foreign nation—secession is unprohibited and fully constitutional—Roosevelt caused Japan to attack Pearl Harbor, and Bush attacked Iraq, which had no WMDs and absolutely nothing to do with anything related to 9/11. Perhaps you failed to notice.
And, Iran has and never has had any intention of obliterating Israel and the U.S.
How do you account for Iran saying they want to destroy us? How do you account for Iran being the largest state sponsor of terrorism? How do you account for the American deaths at the hands of the Iranian Mullahs? How do you account for the 444 days of the Iram Hostage Crisis?
Now you can go back to counting your toes.
Any Americans out there notice “Reconquista” was just completed and the Southwest was returned to Mexico?
The mid-terms were not a mandate. They were a protest vote over the Iran War and its effect on the cost of living. I believe Trump will resume bombing now that the election is over. I don’t know for sure that it’s the right thing to do, and I don’t blame those who are opposed. It’s a tough call, but I suspect that it is the right thing to do.
Why do I think that?
The Iranian Republican Guard organized two teams in the U.S.A. to assassinate President Trump, President Biden, and even Nikki Haley. Those assassins were caught, prosecuted, convicted, and confessed in U.S. courts. Voters didn’t think about things like that on Tuesday but it matters.
Those plots were acts of war. General war. To that, one can add surrounding our allies in the Middle East with proxy wars, slaughtering American service men, funding worldwide terrorism, and trying to build nuclear missiles so that Iran can do all of this with impunity–not to mention the slaughter of their own dissidents. The mullahs have done more direct harm to Americans than Putin and Xi combined. They have done more harm to Iran itself than Saddam Hussein.
So there was a pretext for decapitating the Iranian regime on February 28th. The intelligence to do it was probably perishable, so it was likely now or never. Was it wise to do it? I think the jury is still out on that question. America has done decapitation attacks and invasions before. Sometimes it worked out. Sometimes it didn’t, but you can’t run away from the Iranian regime. They will come get you. They believe Allah will reward them for anything that harms America.
And these violent mullahs don’t respect Western liberals. They despise Western liberals as weak and decadent. They see them as useful idiots. That is not at all a mischaracterization.
Voters may not understand all that, but there are real consequences to always kicking the can down this particular road. War is hell, and innocent Americans are feeling that pain every day, but so did our guys on Omaha Beach, and these mullahs are crazier than Hitler and backed by Russia and China.
As for the Democrats wanting one-party rule, they/them should be careful what they/them wishes for. There will never be a caliphate. There will never be a socialist utopia. A Democrat one-party dictatorship would be so idiotic, a military junta to eventually remove them would not be beyond the realm of possibility. Remember Napolean.
It was a loud and clear rebuke of Republicans and Trump.
The only one to blame for this fiasco on Republicans is Trump. Remember, he’s the one who pushed hard for the redistricting in red states and Republicans gladly obliged.
Whatever conspiracy theories you concoct won’t change that reality.
I stand by my analysis. Believe what you want.
“Pretext” was a poor choice of words on my part. “Rationale” is a better choice.
There was no real rationale to attack Iran. None. The only reason we did is because Netanyahu finally got a U.S. president dumb enough to believe his point of view when many others who were smarter told him “NO”.
Because many, including those in our military knew how things would turn out and how it would affect energy markets. The price was too high. Trump, because he’s a moron believed it was going to be as easy as it was in Venezuela.
He got himself trapped in a quagmire and the Iranians did NOT let him off the hook when he wanted out. That cost Trump valuable military assets in the gulf including billion dollar radar installations and bases. That’s why we can only dispatch carriers and stop at the gulf of Oman. Just out of reach of Iranian missiles. It was a bad strategy that cost Republicans dearly in the midterms.
No, X. I’ve seen you contradict your own posts just to antagonize and mislead others.
Folks, X is painting the Iranian regime as the victims here. He’s saying it’s all Trump’s fault. If Iranians had assassinated Joe Biden, I bet X would blame it on Trump. That’s how predictably deranged and unbalanced this troll is. Please, take that into consideration.
They ARE the victims. Iran was fully complying with the JCPOA right up to the moment Trump decided to renege on the deal, simply because he couldn’t stand the fact that Obama achieved a successful diplomatic solution he thought he could do better.
Before the withdrawal, the Iranian regime was already dealing with severe internal unrest and public dissatisfaction. The prospect of normalized trade and lifted sanctions was a direct threat to the regime’s survival; it would have forced them to focus on domestic economic well-being instead of relying on their tired old tropes blaming the U.S. as the external aggressor. Without the U.S. to point to, the regime would have completely run out of excuses for their collapsing economy. Trump, driven by his own warped logic, completely wrecked that trajectory solely to deny his predecessor credit.
This disaster is entirely Trump’s fault. He did the one thing every president before him—including both Bush administrations—knew was a catastrophic mistake.
Meanwhile, Israel—particularly Netanyahu—wanted to cripple Iran and force regime change to maintain its own regional superiority, as Iran is the only nation capable of challenging Israel’s dominance in the Middle East. If left alone, regime change would have eventually come from within. But Israel lacked the patience to wait, capitalizing on the opportunity to convince the most reckless president in our history to launch attacks without an exit plan or a cohesive strategy for the aftermath. It is the single stupidest move Trump could have made.
We are already seeing that Iran is highly capable of inflicting severe, indirect pain on the U.S., and the recent midterm election results are a massive indicator that their strategy worked. They have spent decades planning for this exact asymmetrical conflict. They knew precisely how to bleed us indirectly, and it succeeded—a reality this administration will never admit.
Notice how we hear absolutely nothing about what happened to our regional bases or why we are pulling back from them? There is an effective media blackout surrounding the scale of the damage. Things are going terribly for us, and there is no clear path forward other than burning through billions more dollars on airstrikes that only end up producing retaliation on critical energy infrastructure that harms everyone. The ultimate takeaway is that we have completely failed to eliminate Iran’s nuclear program or secure its fissile material. It is still entirely intact, and they will still have full access to it long after we are forced to end this war.
X on 09/25/26 at 05:48 PM (The Socialist Chic: Almost Half of Americans Now Hold Positive Views…)
“Dismissing mainstream policy as ‘secret socialism’ ignores actual legislative reality. You claim Democrats want pure socialism, but legislatively, the focus remains on working within a capitalist framework.”
X on 11/03/26 at 10:03 AM (Poll: More Democrats Now Support Socialism Over Capitalism)
“Democrats are not embracing authoritarian socialism; they are opening up to democratic socialism largely because Donald Trump’s economic policies failed to lower the cost of living and make life more affordable.”
X contradicts himself so he can more easily contradict conservatives.
Let me rephrase X’s posts here:
Conservatives are crazy to call us socialists.
We’re socialists because conservatives drive us crazy.
Diogenes, the first part is correct. Conservatives are crazy.
The second part is wrong.
Diogenes: In Commenter X’ ‘s response to you above, I add that X just learned the word “fissile” after I called out and corrected his take on John Say’s “nuclear weapons-grade materials” comments (last night). As in any public forum, we just have to tolerate nonsense sometimes. We try to be respectful but there are times to be assertive (as you and John Say are) because there are those who will believe nonsense coming from irreputable sources.
Lin,
That is a good point.
I don’t try to educate X. I try to make sure he doesn’t miseducate others. It’s exhausting, I have to admit.
Lin, John Say’s nuclear weapons grade comment was a flat out lie. Defending it only made it worse.
We don’t have to tolerate nonsense.
Being assertive and ignorant is not a good position to argue. It just emphasizes the fact that ignorance is the default with you and John.
I looked up yesterday’s comments. I see why they call you the clown, X.
Diogenes, as usual you’re just demonstrating how confused you are.
You claim Democrats want pure socialism, but legislatively, the focus remains on working within a capitalist framework.
Furthermore, pointing to polling shifts does not equal a legislative pivot. When voters open up to democratic socialism, they are not embracing authoritarian socialism; they are reacting to the tangible reality that capitalist economic policies under Donald Trump failed to lower the cost of living and make life affordable.
There is a fundamental difference between a political party’s official legislative output, which remains firmly market-based, and the evolving economic frustrations of the electorate. Attempting to conflate voter sentiment with active legislation is a lazy rhetorical shortcut that completely falls apart under scrutiny.
“Iran was fully complying with the JCPOA.” You have got to be kidding! The “death to America” leaders never planned on complying. https://www.hudson.org/national-security-defense/seven-myths-about-the-iran-nuclear-deal
Genius. Brilliant!
For hanging the boy, that teenage, elite, medal winning wrestler,, Iran needs phase 2 of epic fury
Diogenes,
Well said.
GSX is not worth reading let alone to respond to. Just scroll past. We all know better without having to read his moronic comments. Listen to the village idiot once. No need to listen to the village idiot a second time.
“GSX is not worth reading”
Upstate, why is GSX not worth reading? The number one reason is that he is a liar. Number two is that he is stupid.
The above has been proven correct many times. His lies are like a Gecko’s tail. Pull the tail off and another tail (lie) appears.
I admire the Iranians who cooked Jewish babies in microwaves. That was wonderful
Sounds as if you had the same or similar education I did.
Totally point on here!
Just glad I will die before it becomes much worse.
We both predated wokery. That’s a double entendre 🙂
It always amazes me that people who are educated and know better, continue to refer to the United States as a democracy. We are not a democracy and never have been a democracy. We are and always have been a republic. In a republic individual rights are protected from the majority. In a democracy there is no protection. In a democracy, if the majority decide to vote away your right or rights, there is no protection. Democracy is mob rule in a prom dress. The reason we have trouble with our republic is because we have strayed from the Constitution. If followed, the Constitution pretty much covers issues. The states have allowed the Federal government to dictate matters that the states should be addressing. Every once in a while you hear talk about a state or states bringing up seceding from the union. It is my belief, that the Federal government seceded from the union a long time ago. Okay, go to the chalk board and write to the point of ad nauseam, “The United States is NOT and never has been a democracy. The United States is and always has been a republic”.
The US is a republican democracy as opposed to a direct democracy.
oh gawd. You make the same (unoriginal) argument tried for years.
You underestimate the key difference, power by representation or representative government.
At worst, we are a democratic republic. At best, we a a constitutional republic, whose public is represented through democratically-elected representatives. Get the difference?
Try your argument in a REAL constitutional class, and see how far you get.
Democracy was created as a severely restricted-vote republic by the Greeks in 508 B.C. that did not allow the poor, slaves, women, etc. to vote. It was perpetuated as restricted-vote republics in Rome and America. The vote in democracies has always been restricted for good reason. One-man, one-vote democracy is the “dictatorship of the majority,” the “dictatorship of the poor,” and the “dictatorship of the proletariat”; it is communism.
Merriam-Webster
republic
1a: a form of government in which the power belongs to a body of citizens entitled to vote and is exercised by the leaders and representatives elected by those citizens to govern according to law
Democracy is Dying in the West?
America is being pulled up by the roots and eradicated—America is being conquered without a shot being fired.
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But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.
– The American Founders and Revolutionaries
As the king and queen carriage down the road just play your parts and cheer. Then go home and toil knowing they had no clothes on.
Shakespeare
Dear Mr. Turley, other countries or their minions here pretending to “love” the U.S. do not know the determination of the citizens of the U.S. The progressives may have won a large battle, however, the war to save our country from these nutjobs is far from over. President Trump still has the “bully pulpit” and the veto pen. These are powerful tools at his disposal. The Republicans still control both houses and the White House. The election did not take that away.
We are reminded that the two largest cities in the United States (NY and LA) have now both elected Democratic Socialists as their mayors. (LA’s first democratic socialist mayor was just elected on Tuesday)
I’m not particularly disturbed or upset by this development, although both are coastal cities in coastal states whose influence could eventually express inward, causing political implosion of midwest states.
I’m more concerned with our abuse of the word “democracy” to justify such changes in America. I applaud the good professor Turley for reminding us that “this Republic’s success was a mix of Enlightenment and free-market principles. It was the combination of economic and political liberty that produced the most successful republic in history.”
As far as I am concerned, “Democratic socialism” is a semantics game. I think of my childhood: a skinny and mildly-anemic little kid whose parents were told by doctors to get me to eat more “organ meats” (yuck! to this day). As the saying goes, I wouldn’t touch liver ‘with a ten foot pole,’ -but then they offered me “liverwurst on crackers” along with the bribe that if I wanted to play the piano like “Liverace” [Liberace], I needed to eat it. dumb kid, me.
Lin, despite your “semantics game” allegation, we should wait to see if they are actually successful. So far, Mayor Mamdani has done a stellar job delivering on his promises, and his policies are highly popular with the majority of New Yorkers. Ironically, delivering on promises is exactly why many Republicans claimed they voted for Trump the first time.
Voters clearly saw that Republican policies were increasingly contrary to their views and witnessed their cruelty in action. Consequently, they voted for change. After nearly a decade of Trump-style governance, the electorate decided they had enough and wanted a change of scenery because these policies clearly failed to work for anyone except a select few.
Prove it.
Mamdani has not delivered anything.
Of course he has. That’s why. New Yorkers are happy with him. He’s done more than most mayors have not done, which is actually listen to New Yorkers and actually doing something about it and he’s showing it not just talking about it.
The fact that Mamdani is more popular than Trump is testament to what he’s doing.
That’s why so many Republicans or MAGA fans are critical of him, because he’s actually getting things done and that’s disconcerting to the Republican and MAGA establishment. It’s showing democratic socialists are a viable alternative,. He’s doing the work, not just lip service.
So, you cannot prove it. That is why so many people and businesses are leaving NYC.
I don’t need to prove it. The proof is in the actions and responses from New Yorkers.
People and businesses have threatened to leave, BUT they are still staying in New York despite the threats. Talk is cheap. Right?
Musk, Altman, Brockman, Sutskever, Zuckerberg, Huang, Amodei, Pichai et al. have delivered Nirvana and been absurdly and incoherently criticized to the detriment of America and Americans. The parasites who vote for “free stuff” rather than “freedom” will destroy America. The Founders restricted the vote for this very reason.
Lin,
“As far as I am concerned, “Democratic socialism” is a semantics game.”
Just a way to make socialism/communism sound all warm and fuzzy.
Here is that Hasan Piker’s take on it,
“We should have been way more active, we should have f—ing ran socialists in every f—ing primary, dude. We should have been running socialists in every primary. I mean, look, I’m happy with what we’ve got result-wise, but we should have been running straight communists in some of these blue districts,” Piker said. “And running the moderate-socialist wing of the DSA in these other ones.”
And he claims, “woke is back.”
Thank you for the laugh about liver and “Liverace” [Liberace]!
Communism has not failed in its desire to free workers from the purported evils of capitalism. Just look at the success of Cuba to free Cubans from the capitalist dogs. With no successful businesses there can be no workers to exploit. Socialist success!
Considering the modern left just accomplished with their brownshirt/red guard/indoctrinated youth, and a reticent older population, precisely what Mao did, I’m sure the CCP are thrilled.
Trilled, james? Removes a nuclear threat but china relies on exporting its junk goods to the US with great profit. They’ve got 1.5 billion mouths to feed.
@Carpe Diem
We really, really need to stop thinking that any of the old rules apply. Basically all of our collective political or legal theory accrued over the past century is effectively useless in 2026. This is not that, and it probably won’t be ever again. We all need to accept precisely what we are dealing with. Even if it is history repeating (which I think it is, to an extent), the milieu in which it is happening is nothing we have seen before. 🤷🏻♂️