CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY SEPTEMBER 28, 2026
IF YOU THINK SOCIALISM IS THE PREFERRED ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL VIEW OF A MINORITY, A NEW GALLUP POLL SHOWS IT IS GROWING IN FAVOR.
MORE THAN FOUR IN 10 AMERICANS HAVE A POSITIVE VIEW OF SOCIALISM FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE GALLUP BEGAN POLLING ON THE ISSUE SIXTEEN YEARS AGO. THAT’S UP FROM 39 PERCENT OF ADULTS SURVEYED LAST YEAR. CAPITALISM, FREE ENTERPRISE AND ESPECIALLY BIG BUSINESS ARE VIEWED LESS POSITIVELY THAN THEY ONCE WERE. DEMOCRATS AND YOUNGER PEOPLE, BUT ALSO A GROWING NUMBER OF INDEPENDENTS, ARE EMBRACING SOCIALISM, SAYS THE POLL.
WHY IS SOCIALISM IS GAINING IN POPULARITY IN AMERICA? FIRST, WE NO LONGER TEACH THE SUPERIORITY OF CAPITALISM IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND MOST UNIVERSITIES. SECOND, THE MEDIA RARELY REPORT ON SOCIALISM, AT LEAST NOT ITS NEGATIVE EFFECTS ON PEOPLE AND NATIONS. WITH THE EXCEPTION OF FOX NEWS, I HAVE NOT SEEN MANY INTERVIEWED WHO HAVE LIVED UNDER SOCIALISM AND ITS EVIL TWIN, COMMUNISM. THOSE WHO HAVE SPOKEN OUT WARN AMERICANS WE WON’T LIKE SOCIALISM IF WE CHOOSE IT.
LIKE SATAN’S LIES, SOCIALISM SOUNDS SO FAIR AND REASONABLE, BUT IN THE END, IT IS MUTUALLY SHARED POVERTY. AS THE LATE BRITISH PRIME MINISTER MARGARET THATCHER SAID: “THE PROBLEM WITH SOCIALISM IS THAT YOU SOON RUN OUT OF OTHR PEOPLE’S MONEY.”
DO YOU HAVE A CHILD IN A PUBLIC SCHOOL OR COLLEGE WHERE IT IS TAUGHT THAT SOCIALISM IS BETTER THAN CAPITALISM? GET THEM OUT NOW. I’M CAL THOMAS.
