Poll: Majority of 18- to 29-year-olds reject capitalism

American Thinker ^ | 27 Apr, 2016 | Rick Moran

[MtnClimber]

A curious poll out of Harvard was published on Monday showing that 51% of people between 18 and 29 do not support capitalism.

But the curious aspect of this poll is that only 33% of respondents supported socialism. The dichotomy suggests that either most young people haven't a clue about the differernce between capitalism and socialism or, as the researchers believe, the opposition to capitalism arises out of anger at the status quo.

Washington Post:

The Harvard University survey, which polled young adults between ages 18 and 29, found that 51 percent of respondents do not support capitalism. Just 42 percent said they support it.

It isn't clear that the young people in the poll would prefer some alternative system, though. Just 33 percent said they supported socialism. The survey had a margin of error of 2.4 percentage points.

The results of the survey are difficult to interpret, pollsters noted. Capitalism can mean different things to different people, and the newest generation of voters is frustrated with the status quo, broadly speaking.

All the same, that a majority of respondents in Harvard University's survey of young adults said they do not support capitalism suggests that today's youngest voters are more focused on the flaws of free markets.

[Jacquerie]

I also cringe at the word. It is a marxist term. It is harder to make one’s point when using the enemy's language.

Free enterprise, pursuit of happiness, and probably others are far more appropriate.

[Ohioan]

Dependence on an education system that is no longer centered in the home has by its very absurd nature, undermined the foundations of our cultural heritages.

It is the obvious responsibility of every sentient species--not just man but many of the brighter birds and beasts, to teach the essentials to their offspring. That does not mean that parents should not send their children to school,. It does mean that sending them to school does not eliminate the fundamental responsibility of the parents.

Want to preserve our heritage? Make sure your children understand why America went the way it did in that earlier time, when these States were the envy of the world.

America: Grounded On Experience & Reason.

[JimRed]

Denmark: very difficult to argue with them about. It’s a different set of values.

With a population smaller than the New York City metropolitan area