Luring Children: How Socialism Got Its Groove Back

[Billiejeens]

Bernie Sanders keeps telling young people how he will give them so much free stuff, if only they will go with him, vote for him. Bernie basically stands in front of a windowless van, telling kids to get in, luring them with candy and puppies.


Back in my day, I was taught to be wary of people luring me with promises of Utopia. I was taught that if someone offers something for free, I should tell them, "no, thank you, I can't afford it." But those days are gone. At the start of the new millennium, adults have lost sight of teaching kids the basics.

Today's youngest voters grew up tightly packed in bubble wrap, never exploring on their own, never making mistakes from which they can learn, never getting to understand reality. These young people spent their lives dependent on authority, on guidance. Yet those who were supposed to guide them have failed them. Millennials grew up as a generation expecting handouts but not learning work ethic or personal responsibility, never finding the inner drive to succeed independently. The idea of autonomy and freedom are genuinely frightening concepts for these youths. Socialism simply fits their expectations more comfortably. If you grow up with white-glove care from a nanny, why wouldn't you ask for a nanny-state to continue coddling you through your illusory adulthood? (And illusory it sure is.)

Luring Children: How Socialism Got Its Groove Back

BJ - Pull quote - The idea of autonomy and freedom are genuinely frightening concepts for these youths.

 

[Billiejeens]

Life's Losers: we are a collective now
Yeah but The Collective is horrible.
Life's losers - yes but we are all doing horribly collectively.

 

[Jitss617]

Every shite hole city in America is run by socialist / communist style policies. Democrats are just to chicken shit to come out. In Boston The only people participating in democracy are rich people, or people that follow the socialist path to longevity.

 

[CrusaderFrank]

Is Bernie still talking about all of the opportunity Socialism has created in Venezuela

 

[martybegan]

Bernie Sanders keeps telling young people how he will give them so much free stuff, if only they will go with him, vote for him. Bernie basically stands in front of a windowless van, telling kids to get in, luring them with candy and puppies.


Back in my day, I was taught to be wary of people luring me with promises of Utopia. I was taught that if someone offers something for free, I should tell them, "no, thank you, I can't afford it." But those days are gone. At the start of the new millennium, adults have lost sight of teaching kids the basics.

Today's youngest voters grew up tightly packed in bubble wrap, never exploring on their own, never making mistakes from which they can learn, never getting to understand reality. These young people spent their lives dependent on authority, on guidance. Yet those who were supposed to guide them have failed them. Millennials grew up as a generation expecting handouts but not learning work ethic or personal responsibility, never finding the inner drive to succeed independently. The idea of autonomy and freedom are genuinely frightening concepts for these youths. Socialism simply fits their expectations more comfortably. If you grow up with white-glove care from a nanny, why wouldn't you ask for a nanny-state to continue coddling you through your illusory adulthood? (And illusory it sure is.)

Luring Children: How Socialism Got Its Groove Back

BJ - Pull quote - The idea of autonomy and freedom are genuinely frightening concepts for these youths.

The issue is young people today have nothing to compare the current experience to. Forget Venezuela, it's thousands of miles away and not threat to the US. The Soviet Union was an in your face example, a threat to the US, and with that threat came more interest in the failings of the Soviet system.

Youth today are falling for the "But when we do it, it will work this time" mantra of the Democratic Socialists, along with their "pledge" to work within the system.

 

[Eric Arthur Blair]

My son wanted Sanders last election because he said his student debt would get paid off.
I asked him if he realized he would be paying off everyone else's debt in exchange.

He said now he likes Yang though I just heard Yang has dropped out of the race.

Sanders has put the standard democrat policy, of giving stuff away in exchange for votes, on steroids.

 

[Billiejeens]

My son wanted Sanders last election because he said his student debt would get paid off.
I asked him if he realized he would be paying off everyone else's debt in exchange.

He said now he likes Yang though I just heard Yang has dropped out of the race.

Sanders has put the standard democrat policy, of giving stuff away in exchange for votes, on steroids.

I asked him if he realized he would be paying off everyone else's debt in exchange.
Did he have a response to that?

 

[Eric Arthur Blair]

I asked him if he realized he would be paying off everyone else's debt in exchange.
Did he have a response to that?

Not really. But I'm sure he hadn't considered that before. That he has spoke favorably of Yang and Gabbard most recently makes me think as a small independent business owner he may be over Bernie.

He went to a small fancy college in Bernie-Land (Vermont) so maybe he was indoctrinated there.