The prediction explicitly refers to "the coming years" and says socialism will "sweep over this nation" (the U.S.), which implies a multi‑year horizon beyond the few months that have passed between the podcast date (August 9, 2025) and now (November 30, 2025). That time frame has clearly not elapsed, so the claim can’t be fairly judged yet.

Substantively, current indicators do not yet show socialism as nationally dominant:

• National polling still shows most U.S. voters prefer a free‑market system over socialism; one 2025 survey finds 71% of likely voters say a free‑market economy is better than socialism and only 12% say socialism is better. (rasmussenreports.com)
• Gallup‑based reporting indicates that while support for capitalism is at a historic low (about 54% viewing it favorably), socialism remains less popular overall, with roughly 39% favorability nationwide. (foxnews.com)
• Within the Democratic Party, socialism has become relatively popular (about two‑thirds of Democrats view it positively), but Republicans and independents remain largely negative, so it is far from a cross‑partisan national consensus. (yournews.com)
• Politically, the U.S. House of Representatives recently passed a resolution explicitly denouncing socialism, with a large bipartisan majority voting in favor—hardly evidence of socialism having already “swept” national politics. (time.com)

However, because the prediction’s horizon is “coming years,” it is too early, as of late 2025, to decide definitively whether socialism will eventually “sweep over” the U.S. and produce the broad unhappiness Friedberg fears. The appropriate classification is therefore inconclusive (too early to tell), even though available data so far do not show the predicted dominance of socialism nationwide.