In this twilight struggle the truth has an advantage: Socialism is incompatible with human nature. People are driven to build, to invest, to strive and be productive, to pursue their own families’ well-being above all. Socialism subverts these impulses. It requires coercion to achieve anything resembling success. It’s an intellectual lab leak. Misery follows wherever it’s tried.
Yet each generation somehow produces naïfs who are certain that collectivism is the true longing of the human heart. …The young voters who supported Mr. Mamdani were primed by their expensive educations to buy his line that capitalism is rigged in favor of the rich. All they’ve ever been told—by teachers, professors, TV and TikTok—is that markets are inhumane.
This is a failure of education, yes. Basic economics is rarely taught in high school or required in college. But it’s equally a failure of public relations.