Socialism’s Fake Popularity: Leviathan’s Favorite Lie

Turn on the news, scroll your feed, or glance at a New York Times headline, and you’ll be told—yet again—that socialism, which really is a kissing cousin of the Progressivism that gave rise to Leviathan, is the wave of America’s future. According to the media, young people adore it, independents are warming up to it, and Democrats are practically running on it. The message is clear: resistance is futile, the socialist tide is rising.

But here’s the truth: it’s a lie.

Poll after poll shows that socialism is still a minority position in America. Roughly 40% of Americans view it favorably. Capitalism, despite being battered daily by corporate greed and elite corruption, still holds a clear edge. That’s not the portrait of a socialist revolution. That’s a portrait of a media class desperate to make socialism look inevitable so they can drag the country left without consent.

And here’s what the media won’t tell you: socialism’s “support” is almost entirely contained within one corner of American politics—the Democratic Party. Among Democrats, especially the under-50 crowd, socialism polls well. But step outside that bubble, and the story collapses. Republicans, ascendant in voter registration over Democrats nationwide, despise it. Independents lean against it. And ordinary Americans still prefer free enterprise and small business over government control.

So why the exaggeration? Because Leviathan needs statism. It needs socialism.

The administrative state, the NGOs, the permanent bureaucracy—they all fatten themselves on redistribution, regulation, and dependency. They need a public that believes government is the only solution to every problem. They need chaos they can “manage,” and crises they can “solve,” which of course are never solved. Socialism is the perfect justification for endless government expansion. That’s why the media shills for it, even when the numbers don’t add up.

Socialism may not be truly popular, but Leviathan doesn’t care. It doesn’t need a majority—it just needs enough useful fools to provide cover while it cements its power. It thrives on illusions: the illusion of popularity, the illusion of inevitability, the illusion that free enterprise is dying.

The reality is the opposite. Americans still value independence. They still trust their neighbors more than bureaucrats. They still prefer to build rather than beg. Leviathan knows this—and fears it. Which is why it keeps selling the myth.

The lesson is simple: don’t buy the lie. Socialism isn’t the rising tide. It’s the same old misguided idea that inspired the Progressives a century ago: that somehow a massive, powerful State that gave rights and managed every aspect of society was the only way to reach an enlightened future. The socialism we see today is the same DC sewer, swamp mentality, just slightly tweaked and rebranded.

But the only way it becomes our future is if we surrender the fight today.