Andylusion
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“What do you think is the strongest draw toward Socialism in our country lately?”
Great question. I believe there are several answers.
IGNORANCE, IGNORANCE, and IGNORANCE!
Ironically, my intended reply was ignorance.
It's Atlas Shrugged. If you read the book, there is a guy who says openly how he believed that taking money from the more wealthy, would filter down into him getting more. And then in a sad depressed voice, says he just didn't realize there were hundreds of people below him, who thought the same thing about him.
When he realized his money was to be stolen by those who earned less than him, he quit. Then realized that's exactly what the people above him also did. And everyone ended up with nothing, because no one worked.
Atlas Shrugged had terrible personal morals, but was likely the greatest of all stories about how economics works.
But that's why socialism has any pull with anyone. It's the universal mythology that "someone else will pay for it".
All you have to do is look at Europe, where the lower and middle class lose half their income in taxes.... and you realize that if "someone else will pay for it" actually worked, then why has that not happened in Europe?
It's all mythology. That's why the ideals of socialism still exist.