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

[j-mac]

Naw, guy, you really can't complain about "Communism" when captialism is turning into such a shit sandwich.

You see, the reason why the GOP made a comeback in the 1950s is because Ike had the good sense to embrace the New Deal Reforms that created the middle class. So we defeated "Communism" by having a little socialism.... kind of like an innoculation.

I'm actually horrified by Mamdani and AOC, but it's not like your side is offering a better alternative as Trump is sending the economy down the drain.

48,000 layoffs at UPS
40,000 layoffs at Amazon
10,000 layoffs at Kroger

It's going to get really bad, really quick.

Communism is a failure....I hope you wake up soon.

 

[SweetTea]

Naw, guy, you really can't complain about "Communism" when captialism is turning into such a shit sandwich.

You see, the reason why the GOP made a comeback in the 1950s is because Ike had the good sense to embrace the New Deal Reforms that created the middle class. So we defeated "Communism" by having a little socialism.... kind of like an innoculation.

I'm actually horrified by Mamdani and AOC, but it's not like your side is offering a better alternative as Trump is sending the economy down the drain.

48,000 layoffs at UPS
40,000 layoffs at Amazon
10,000 layoffs at Kroger

It's going to get really bad, really quick.

There is a reason you aren’t more successful. You don’t have a clue what you are talking about. You just bloviate hatred for Republicans, Trump and the South and support a Democratic Party that is fully embracing Socialism. You think Capitalism is bad because YOU can’t make it work . YOU can’t make it work because YOU are just like the snot-nosed kids that are complaining about it while they play video games in their parent’s basements. They believe they are geniuses that know it all. The reality is they are just losers who don’t have the ambition to do anything but complain about those who have been successful and how those people owe them something.

You are your entire ilk are pathetic losers.

 

[SweetTea]

This is surprising in that the usual liberal attitude is "if I can't be rich no one should be rich". However, with so many rich liberal Democrats running around one would think this attitude would change. Strange.

They don’t believe it will ever affect them personally. They mistakenly believe they are insulated. It makes them feel good to say the “rich” should pay their fair share, but in reality, they do everything they can do to prevent paying any more than they have to.

 

[Woodznutz]

They don’t believe it will ever affect them personally. They mistakenly believe they are insulated. It makes them feel good to say the “rich” should pay their fair share, but in reality, they do everything they can do to prevent paying any more than they have to.

They mistakenly think "liberal" means "lawless". It's dumbfounding that while colleges teach that everything in the universe functions according to strict and unbending laws their graduates come out with no sense of it as applied to their own thoughts and actions.

 

[SweetTea]

Really, funny thing, guy.

Bush-41, Bush-43, and Trump-45 all left this country in recession.

Clinton, Obama, and yes, Biden, left the country with low unemployment and economic growth.

And even you are conceding, Trump-47 is driving us into another recession. Hey, let's blame AI for this one. Yeah, that's the ticket. Just like we blamed "COVID" for the last one. Nothing is ever Trump's fault.

We weren’t in a recession when Bush 41 or Trump left office.

Are you trying to change the definition of recession again to suit your argument? Using the true definition, we were in a recession during a portion of Biden’s presidency.

 

[SweetTea]

They mistakenly think "liberal" means "lawless". It's dumbfounding that while colleges teach that everything in the universe functions according to strict and unbending laws the graduates come out with no sense of it as applied to their own thoughts and actions.

Yep, but it isn’t just colleges doing the damage. Living in an area surrounded by liberal nuts warps the brain. JoeB is prime example.

 

[OhPleaseJustQuit]

Destroying to rebuild in one's vision is what you people do.

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And have been doing for the whole seven decades I've been alive, and it has NEVER WORKED.

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[Zincwarrior]

I was an idiot too at that age.

NO WONDER THEY THINK SO

Millenniums have lived multiple recessions and the end of the American Dream.

Gen Z grew up in covid, a depression, the prospect of never ending debt and being replaced by AI.

Why on earth would they think 21st Century Robber Baron capitalism us goid?

 

[georgephillip]

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

Your link:

"A recent survey by the Cato Institute and YouGov paints a troubling picture: 62 percent of Americans aged 18–29 say they hold a 'favorable view' of socialism, and 34 percent say the same of communism.

"This is shocking given that communism is responsible for 100 million deaths worldwide and is rooted in socialism, the same philosophy that spawned both Mussolini’s fascism and Hitler’s National Socialism.

"To favor socialism is to flirt with tyranny."

Young people and others recognize capitalism doesn't exist without mass murder and eternal debt; socialism offers another way:

"The military-industrial complex has been the USA’s main industry policy under post-war military Keynesianism, as Yanis Varoufakis and others have pointed out..."

"To quote Michael Roberts, 'Keynesianism advocates digging holes and filling them up to create jobs; military Keynesianism advocates digging graves and filling them with bodies to create jobs.'"

Capitalism and Endless War - MR Online

 

[JoeB131]

And the parent’s benefit from the services as well. Don’t be so naive, if you can help it.

Well, I call it basic humanity, but I don't think you understand that concept. I don't think we should starve children because of their skin color or where their parents were born.

I am not getting into a process of elimination thing with you to figure out where I live. The point is that you would say something similar about any Southern state, because you are an indoctrinated fool who believes that his small hovel in crime-infested Chicago is something we should all aspire to have. We don’t, because we know better and live better.

I could say something about any southern state because it's mostly true about them. Dumb, inbred idiots in Jesusland who only have the good luck to be attached to a first world country.

Yes, they are, but that hasn’t prevented people from moving here from blue states. They will continue. It will accelerate if Mamdami gets elected. Good for our property values, bad because we have to deal with some, not all, obnoxious jerks.

Again, I go back to my friend, who only moved to a red state because her husband's job required it. She doesn't like it there, (probably being the only Asian in the community doesn't help). the one percenters have moved those people, but you have to deal with their politics. Or maybe you will all smarten up and stop voting against your own economic interests.

Ok, sure. Obnoxious, immoral, know-it-all jerks seems best to describe your klan.

Yes, morality only comes if you grovel in front of an imaginary sky fairy.

And then you have Cheeto Jesus, who cheated on all three of his wives and fucked a porn star, because "Family Values".

LOL…You live in a blue bubble. Yes, indeed there are places outside that dump in live in that this is possible.

I've been to them. Ugh. Deliverance was a documentary.

 

[JoeB131]

Communism is a failure....I hope you wake up soon.

Capitalism is a failure. It failed in 2008. It just hasn't stopped flopping around on the deck yet.

 

[JoeB131]

Yep, but it isn’t just colleges doing the damage. Living in an area surrounded by liberal nuts warps the brain. JoeB is prime example.

Again, I was more right wing than you were until 2008.

Then I had a Romney-loving boss who decided to totally screw me over professionally. I was left with a busted 401K, an underwater mortgage and a 25% pay cut.


His exact words, 'good thing I don't have to deal with a union!"

 

[Lockback]

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

It's amazing what just a few years of Marxist indoctrination in our school system will yield, isn't it? A generation lost ...

 

[Zincwarrior]

The US does not have capitalism. It has robber baron crony capitalism now. Small businesses are getting as screwed as normal folk.

 

[JoeB131]

It's amazing what just a few years of Marxist indoctrination in our school system will yield, isn't it? A generation lost ...

except no one is advocating Marxism.

If you brought Marx to the 21st Century and showed him the extensive social welfare programs, he'd probably be pretty impressed that we exceeded his vision.

 

[Lockback]

except no one is advocating Marxism.

If you brought Marx to the 21st Century and showed him the extensive social welfare programs, he'd probably be pretty impressed that we exceeded his vision.

Marxism/Communism has changed.
It used to be based on class warfare, I.e., the bourgeoisie vs the proletariat. Because capitalism has been so successful, that tired old outdated idea has been replaced with identity politics where Western culture and particularly white men are blamed for everything from jock itch to flatulence.

 

[SweetTea]

Well, I call it basic humanity, but I don't think you understand that concept. I don't think we should starve children because of their skin color or where their parents were born.

There it is again. That childish idea that we can support the entire world on our dime, well, my dime, not your dime. You are petulant child.

I could say something about any southern state because it's mostly true about them. Dumb, inbred idiots in Jesusland who only have the good luck to be attached to a first world country.

Sure. I mean, we don’t have intelligent engineers, doctors and lawyers in the South. They are inbred rednecks who went to schools like Duke, Rice, Vanderbilt, Emory, Ga. Tech, etc.

Again, I go back to my friend, who only moved to a red state because her husband's job required it. She doesn't like it there, (probably being the only Asian in the community doesn't help). the one percenters have moved those people, but you have to deal with their politics. Or maybe you will all smarten up and stop voting against your own economic interests.

Why on earth would anyone vote for higher taxes? How exactly is that in our best economic interests? Oh wait, that is only supposed to be for the rich people. But, us Southerners are all inbred rednecks. We don’t have rich, successful people here to pay those taxes for people like you.

Yes, morality only comes if you grovel in front of an imaginary sky fairy.

And then you have Cheeto Jesus, who cheated on all three of his wives and fucked a porn star, because "Family Values".

Yes, indeed, true Christians are moral. Do you have a problem with the 10 commandments or do they not fit the leftist definition of morality?

I don’t know many that have made the claim that Trump is a bastion or morality. Neither was Biden. What we do recognize however is that his policies espouse a morality that we agree with, unlike the Democrats very skewed views.

I've been to them. Ugh. Deliverance was a documentary.

We play golf on very nice courses around here. Deliverance was a fictional movie that is far from any reality in my area. Are you dodging bullets from shootouts on your way to dinner every night? There are lots of Chicago mob movies to choose from, many of which are not fictional.

 

[Lockback]

There it is again. That childish idea that we can support the entire world on our dime, well, my dime, not your dime. You are petulant child.



Sure. I mean, we don’t have intelligent engineers, doctors and lawyers in the South. They are inbred rednecks who went to schools like Duke, Rice, Vanderbilt, Emory, Ga. Tech, etc.



Why on earth would anyone vote for higher taxes? How exactly is that in our best economic interests? Oh wait, that is only supposed to be for the rich people. But, us Southerners are all inbred rednecks. We don’t have rich, successful people here to pay those taxes for people like you.



Yes, indeed, true Christians are moral. Do you have a problem with the 10 commandments or do they not fit the leftist definition of morality?

I don’t know many that have made the claim that Trump is a bastion or morality. Neither was Biden. What we do recognize however is that his policies espouse a morality that we agree with, unlike the Democrats very skewed views.



We play golf on very nice courses around here. Deliverance was a fictional movie that is far from any reality in my area. Are you dodging bullets from shootouts on your way to dinner every night? There are lots of Chicago mob movies to choose from, many of which are not fictional.

A simply brilliant post that should be required reading for all liberals.

 

[SweetTea]

Again, I was more right wing than you were until 2008.

Then I had a Romney-loving boss who decided to totally screw me over professionally. I was left with a busted 401K, an underwater mortgage and a 25% pay cut.


His exact words, 'good thing I don't have to deal with a union!"

No you were not a Republican. You don’t just espouse the fiscal policy of Democrats, but also the social policy.

And your boss was correct. It is a good thing he didn’t have to deal with a union. Unions inflate prices for everybody and create a sense of entitlement.

 

[MarathonMike]

Capitalism is a failure. It failed in 2008. It just hasn't stopped flopping around on the deck yet.

Capitalism was the rocket fuel that propelled America from an agrarian upstart nation to the world's number one superpower. By contrast, look at what Socialism did to Venezuela in the last 30 years. No system is perfect, but Capitalism has proven it does the greatest good for the greatest number. Socialism and Communism do the greatest harm for the greatest number.