See The ‘Back to the Future’ Scenario Warning Americans About Socialism

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See The ‘Back to the Future’ Scenario Warning Americans About Socialism

Independent Women’s Voice, a nonprofit advocacy group, is warning about socialism’s potential impact on America with an ad aimed at one of the movement’s largest voter blocs: young women.

“I hate it here, just get me to the future,” a young woman says in the video, wishing socialism had already taken over. A mad scientist resembling Doc Brown from Back to the Future then appears outside her bedroom window and says, “I’ll take you, let’s go.”

The pair travel to 2050, where the ad depicts a socialist version of the young woman’s hometown.

“Housing is guaranteed now. Everyone gets a home of their own now,” the scientist says. The young woman asks to live near the beach but is informed that she doesn’t have a choice about where she lives.

She is then taken to a government-run grocery store. At first, she is excited that the government now pays for groceries, but she soon learns she only gets a $100 coupon while eggs cost $40. When someone robs the grocery store, she suggests calling the police, only to find out that the police no longer exist.

Finally, she goes to the hospital because she doesn’t feel well. Although healthcare is free, she learns that the wait to see a doctor is 72 days.

The video ends with the young woman ripping down her Democratic Socialists of America poster as an ominous message appears: “Beware of the gap between promises and reality.”

Democratic Socialists of America and politicians aligned with the movement have advocated for some of the policies referenced in the video, including government-run grocery stores and universal healthcare.

New York City Democratic Mayor Zohran Mamdani has already selected the site for his first government-run grocery store, which he says will offer a basket of goods at prices 30% below competitors. He has also promised “fast and free” buses.

Democratic socialist-backed Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed is running on Medicare for All. El-Sayed claims his plan will not “ban additional private insurance through unions or employers” but “should make those choices redundant and unnecessary.”

In its “Social and Economic Bill of Rights,” DSA advocates for policies that go beyond those depicted in the video. The organization supports free or minimal cost education beyond high school for anyone who wants it, arguing that free public education can reduce economic inequality and poverty.

The organization also supports the “right to leisure time.”

“Eight hours for work, eight hours for rest, and eight hours for what we will,” DSA says. “A truly participatory democracy requires that every citizen have adequate leisure time, in which to fully develop intellectually, culturally, politically and spiritually in the manner of their own choosing.”

DSA argues that capitalism’s “pursuit of profits” prevents Americans from having adequate “leisure time.”

The Democratic Socialists of America did not immediately respond to a request for comment on whether the America depicted in the ad reflects the organization’s view of what the country would look like under socialism in 2050.