“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is that good people do nothing.” Those words still ring true. The threat to our nation today is not just corruption—it is silence. When citizens, churches, and communities grow quiet in the face of ideologies that erode freedom, our silence becomes consent.
Across America, a growing number are embracing Democratic Socialism—a movement that sounds compassionate but conceals a deeper shift: from freedom to control, from self-reliance to dependency, from God-given rights to government-granted privileges.
The Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) say their goal is to let “working people run both the economy and society to meet human needs.” It sounds appealing. But history shows socialism—no matter how “democratic”—always ends the same way: with government control, higher taxes, and diminished liberty.
The DSA’s platform calls for public control of the economy, abolishing the Senate and the Electoral College, eliminating private healthcare, and expanding government power into nearly every area of life. Innovation and private enterprise would shrink under heavy regulation, while the government decides what we are allowed to earn, build, or keep.
Socialism rarely arrives overnight. It creeps in slowly, through small compromises that trade liberty for comfort, “fairness,” or efficiency. One new entitlement here, one new mandate there—and soon, the culture that once prized independence expects the government to solve every problem.
And what do most people do? Nothing. We stay silent. We do not want to offend. But silence in the face of radical change is not neutrality—it is surrender.
This is more than a political debate; it is a battle for the soul of America. One vision holds that our rights come from God and government exists to protect them. The other believes the government is the ultimate source of provision and justice. One leads to freedom under God; the other to control under bureaucracy.
As a woman of faith, I cannot stay silent. Scripture reminds us that every person is “fearfully and wonderfully made” (Psalm 139:14). When society starts viewing people as economic units instead of individuals created in God’s image, it loses its moral compass.
If good people—especially believers—will not speak truth in the public square, false ideas go unchallenged. We forfeit the debate before it begins.
So what can we do? We speak up. We teach our children what freedom means and why it matters. We support leaders who uphold the Constitution. We defend the right to live, work, worship, and speak without government interference. And we reject the lie that “it can’t happen here.”
Because it can—and it will, unless we refuse to be silent.
Silence is easy. Courage is costly. But the cost of silence is far greater. America was built by brave voices who spoke truth to power. If we lose that courage, we lose the country that those voices created.
One way to find your voice is through the ministry of Concerned Women for America (CWA), the nation’s largest public policy women’s organization grounded in Biblical principles. CWA equips people — especially women — to stand for truth in the public square, to pray strategically for our leaders, and to be a voice for righteousness at the state and national level.
Evil wins when good people stay silent. Let’s be the generation that refuses to be quiet.
Nickie McCarty is the State Director for Concerned Women for America of New Mexico and a former educator and district athletic director.
