62% of 18-29 Year Olds Have a Favorable View of Socialism

[Nuthin' Fancy]

We probably won't be able to believe the government unemployment reports now, since the department is slave to the WH.

I wouldn't.

ADP's numbers are pretty good but inconsistent.

But in this case, and in the case of inflation, voters won't be looking at unemployment or inflation data.

Unless you work for one of these companies or supply them with goods or services.

They'll be looking at their own lives. So I guess we'll see how that goes.

 

[Zincwarrior]

Closer to the original description of fascism.

This is true. Crony capitalism is the first step.

 

[struth]

97% of the people support some aspect of socialism.

I point out often that the taxpayers bailing out failed business has nothing to do with capitalism but still a large segment of people support it.

That’s not socialism.

 

[SweetTea]

Well, maybe if Capitalism weren't such a shit sandwich, young people might have a better opinion of it.

Sure, all while they sip their $7 lattes. Like spoiled children, they don’t have clue what bad really is.

Socialism does sound kind of appealing.

It always has. Free stuff with no accountability. Somebody else will pay for everything. Unfortunately, that is the principle teaching of the current Democratic Party.

The very fact that NY is electing a socialist shows how really sick of Capitalism some people have gotten.

No, it shows they have bought into misinformation. They are ignorant. I may also point out that non-native born US citizens are a large portion of those supporting Mamdami, many of those with non-Western civilization ideals. This is also in large part due to the Democratic Party that not only supports unfettered immigration, but doesn’t promote assimilation into our culture, but rather promotes diversity of culture. Just another huge failure of the Democratic Party that may ultimately result in our country falling off our pedestal.

Now, there's a whole slew of reasons why Socialism doesn't work, I get that. But you really can't look at the status quo of someone building a gilded ballroom while you are cutting off poor people's health care and food stamps.

He is building the ballroom with private donations. Republicans aren’t cutting anything off. They pushed through a clean CR, the same CR that Democrats have voted for several times in the past under Biden. The extra freebees that the Democrats added for COVID relief are set to expire. Democrats set that expiration. Now they don’t want the them to expire. That can be argued in the large budget battle.

 

[struth]

Anybody with a favorable view of socialism, doesn't understand it. It's slavery, that's all it is. The rich, ruling class, then slaves. It's oppression, dependence and poverty.

 

[Zincwarrior]

Anybody with a favorable view of socialism, doesn't understand it. It's slavery, that's all it is. The rich, ruling class, then slaves. It's oppression, dependence and poverty.

Sing those praises grandpa!

 

[pknopp]

That’s not socialism.

Nor is 95% of what people label as socialism.

 

[OldFlame]

Pretty scary stuff here. Not only do 62% of young people have a favorable view of Socialism, but 34% have a favorable view of Communism. This is just more proof that our education system has gone off the rails. I contend that is due to enemy influence, but that is another discussion.

When will mature, adult Democrats, if there are any left, realize that they need to reign in the far-left of their party to prevent this type of uninformed, ignorant thinking? Are all Democrats so lost in the wilderness that they are unable to see the danger their current party poses to this Republic? The financial hub of our country is getting ready to elect a professed Democratic Socialist, in large part due to the young (and non-native born) population in that city. He will fail miserably. Maybe that will be a walk-up call, but I’m not so sure that will be enough wake people up.

https://www.cato.org/blog/young-americans-socialism-too-much-thats-problem-libertarians-must-fix

Why is it even being called 'Democratic Socialist', it's just plain Socialist, there is nothing democratic about it.

 

[1srelluc]

Wrong generation. That was the Boomers.

Damn, I must have missed it. Thank goodness for pop bottles and lawns.

 

[struth]

Nor is 95% of what people label as socialism.

agreed. Like I said, anyone taht has a favored view of it, has no clue what it is

 

[struth]

Sing those praises grandpa!

what did you think I was praising in my post???? weird

 

[OldFlame]

Just as soon as you give us a perfect example of a socialist existence.

Compare the two historically, and all of a sudden capitalism does not look so bad.

Don't worry though, if AI gets up and running, we will all be on welfare, and not one single vote will have gotten us there.

I agree, I'm asking myself who these companies think will be buying their products and services because no one will have a job to pay for any of it.

 

[SeaMajor7]

Why is it even being called 'Democratic Socialist', it's just plain Socialist, there is nothing democratic about it.

Semantics for deception.

 

[OldFlame]

Semantics for deception.

Exactly.

 

[ColonelAngus]

So the antiestablishment groups like ANTIFA help the communists get into power.

Now, those ANTIESTABLISHMENT groups are a threat to the communists in power…because the communists in power are now THE ESTABLISHMENT.

As a result, the communists dispose of the antiestablishment groups that helped get them into power.

Some of you need to learn history.

 

[SeaMajor7]

So the antiestablishment groups like ANTIFA help the communists get into power.

Now, those ANTIESTABLISHMENT groups are a threat to the communists in power…because the communists in power are now THE ESTABLISHMENT.

As a result, the communists dispose of the antiestablishment groups that helped get them into power.

Some of you need to learn history.

Trotsky thought he was all in too, until......

 

[AsherN]

Maybe they should have to worry about it as part of growing into adulthood.

I had a illness at 17 that landed me in the hospital for a couple of weeks. My parent's insurance covered it but I learned that the coverage ended at 18.

With that in mind I got my own insurance through my employer at 19. I even bought life insurance payable (at the time) to my parents.

A lot of young people are in school at 20-26. They can't afford insurance.

 

[1srelluc]

A lot of young people are in school at 20-26. They can't afford insurance.

Reminds me of this:

 

[task0778]

We have so poorly applied capitalism, we have stood by and watched the growth of such grotesque wealth imbalances, we have handed so much power and influence to the top 0.1% of the country, we have bailed out so many uncontrolled financial institutions with publc money, that it's absolutely no surprise whatsoever that many will start seriously looking at other ideas, even something as shitty and hopeless as socialism.

That's not their fault, it's ours.

It's the governance of capitalism that is at fault. Capitalism is nothing more than an economic model that requires supervision, i.e. proper government to make sure no one gets screwed. At least as much as possible anyway. Sadly, we don't have that; but nobody else does either. There is no place on Earth where greed and avarice do not exist and likewise no place where gov't fraud does not occur. Since capitalism creates more wealth by far than any other economic system, there is of course more greed, avarice, and fraud. We've done a shit job of controlling it, and that's on all of us.

"That's not their fault, it's ours." True.

 

[JoeB131]

If people want to learn about other countries, good. The job of the educational system is to teach our culture and our civilization. Otherwise, we get what we got.

If you are reading history to feel good, then you aren't reading history, you are reading propaganda.