Socialism used to be something we Americans picked up in our freshman dorm room and dropped right around the time HR walked us through the concept of a 401(k) match. New York has a democratic socialist mayor, Zohran Mamdani, and he is quite popular: Quinnipiac put his favorability at 60 percent among likely city voters in September. Membership of the Democratic Socialists of America passed 120,000 in July.
The Trump administration owns a slice of Intel, a deal nobody at the White House seems eager to describe as the state seizing the means of production. You, dear reader, might think you know where you land on the socialist-to-capitalist spectrum. At least, I thought I did (put me down as Reluctant Capitalist, please).
Plenty of people who would never sit through a DSA meeting get their electricity from a utility owned by their city. If you live in a planned subdivision, your HOA probably has more say over the height of your fence than the typical commissar had over a Moscow balcony. Is that free-market capitalism?
The test that follows runs 20 questions, one point per yes. A few come straight from DSA’s 2026 platform, which proposes abolishing the Senate among its more constitutionally ambitious ideas. Others concern the worn tote bag in your hall closet.
They count the same, so a confession about the kind of milk you put in your coffee can push you leftward as easily as your view on the Electoral College. Tally up and consult the scale at the end. Pencils are not provided by the state.
DSA wants 32 hours at full pay. Federal overtime has generally kicked in after 40 hours since 1940. In a 2022 British pilot, 61 companies cut hours without cutting pay; 56 continued afterward and staff turnover fell 57 percent.
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