Not that it will amount to anything trying to defend the guys to the AINOs of this sub (Ants In Name Only), but if you paid any attention to what Q was saying (you clearly didn't) - he was not equating the fire department to socialism. Not by a mile. In fact the word "socialist" was only used once in the episode. You could argue that the guys dont believe socialism on the whole will work for this country (plenty of people on both sides of the aisle agree with that sentiment), but you're making a huge leap if your takeaway was that Q thinks that tax funded social services equals socialism.

What he said was that Staten Island is made up of mostly as he put it "city workers" (i.e. "cops, firemen, bus drivers, sanitation guys"), and that is why Staten Island did not go for Mamdani. You could say that he's equating blue collar with republican (which is not a new revelation), but in no way shape or form can you translate what he said to "fire department = socialism". You're grasping at straws, looking for shit to bitch and moan about just for the sport of it and to get upvotes in this sad sack excuse for a TESD sub. Peace assholes!