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Why So Many Young Americans Fall for Socialism
American Thinker ^ | 13 Jul, 2025 | Brian C. Joondeph

Posted on 07/13/2025 5:16:55 AM PDT by MtnClimber

Our education system feeds them a fantasy version of socialism that makes all things better, a trend that must stop if America is to survive.

Once seen as a taboo word in American politics, socialism has experienced a notable resurgence, especially among young voters. Polls show that more than half of millennials and Gen Zers now view socialism favorably. Politicians like Senator Bernie Sanders and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez have transformed what was once a fringe ideology into a highly popular political movement.

Even more troubling, they’ve achieved this not through real policy solutions but by promoting a utopian fantasy rooted in grievance, entitlement, and historical ignorance.

Socialism is a system of “governmental ownership and administration of the means of production and distribution of goods.” No truly socialist society has achieved a level of plenty or freedom comparable to America.

A Cato/YouGov survey conducted in March found that “62 percent of American adults under 30 say they hold favorable views of socialism.” Rasmussen Reports observed a similar sentiment this past May, with 50% of voters under 30 indicating they want a democratic socialist to win the next presidential election.

Why are so many young Americans falling for it?

To be clear, this movement isn’t rooted in careful study of history or economics. It’s fueled by emotion rather than reason. It thrives because too many young people have been raised to believe that discomfort equals injustice and that government is the answer to every problem.

Today’s young adults have grown up in a culture that promotes victimhood instead of resilience. From K-12 schools to college campuses, they have been taught that life is unfair, that capitalism is oppressive, and others—corporations, the wealthy, or “the system”—cause their struggles.

(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Education; Society
KEYWORDS: bankruptnation; chinahashealthcare; debtslavery; leftism; socialism

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To: Blueflag

The Bolsheviks promised, “Land, Peace, Bread”.

I mean, who could argue with that?


21 posted on 07/13/2025 5:41:47 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: MtnClimber
They fall for socialism because they don't have to live under it ... at which time they will discover -- too late -- that socialism conflicts directly with human nature and that socialism inevitably devolves into communism as people begin to question -- again, too late -- the level of iron-fisted control required to maintain it.

Then again, as we saw throughout the Fauci Flu debacle, many people want to be controlled by others ... to be told how to live their lives. (Perhaps this develops from living in their parents' basement and under their parents' control into their 30s.)

22 posted on 07/13/2025 5:47:35 AM PDT by glennaro (2025: The year of America's rebirth as a Great (and Free) Republic)
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To: MtnClimber

Do you know how this stops, boys and girls of FR? Conservatives have to become school teachers, principles, and college professors. They have get themselves posted in state educational agencies. They’ll have to, gasp, participate in their own governance above and beyond voting.


23 posted on 07/13/2025 5:49:55 AM PDT by GingisK
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To: ridesthemiles
PARTICIPATION TROPHIES

Demanded by parents. People of FR, the blame for the erosion of the school system rests entirely on parents.

24 posted on 07/13/2025 5:51:37 AM PDT by GingisK
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To: MtnClimber

The young look at all the words and flowery ideas spoken about socialism and they believe that is the way we should go...

They have not looked at all the true and honest results of socialism that have already happened in the world.

Even when they do view the results, they will say “But, we’ll do it different and better...”

Yeah......Riiiiiight....


25 posted on 07/13/2025 5:56:22 AM PDT by JBW1949 (I'm really PC.....Patriotically Correct)
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To: MtnClimber

Because they are jealous about the way the DemonRATS treat their socialist, illegal alien LOSERS when they sneak into America. Free stuff all over the big piñata. Free for the taking by any and all socialist piggies feeding off the American teat.


26 posted on 07/13/2025 6:12:33 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (If you have asylum in the U.S. and you go home to visit family, is it like violating a Protect Order)
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To: MtnClimber

They think that it will elevate the less fortunate to the same way of life they enjoy rather than drastically reducing their own way of life in the effort to make things “equal”


27 posted on 07/13/2025 6:14:49 AM PDT by william clark (A man who is unwilling to be proven wrong has little regard for truth.)
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To: MtnClimber

Ok....we know the problem. What’s the solution?

Idea: School choice!

Idea: College-level certifying exams. Eliminate college!


28 posted on 07/13/2025 6:15:23 AM PDT by wintertime ( )
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29 posted on 07/13/2025 6:16:00 AM PDT by newfreep ("There is no race problem...just a problem race")
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To: william clark

The Slave doesn’t dream of freedom, he dreams of being Master.


30 posted on 07/13/2025 6:16:20 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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31 posted on 07/13/2025 6:17:12 AM PDT by newfreep ("There is no race problem...just a problem race")
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To: MtnClimber
Even African-Americans have been brainwashed...and use "pretzel logic" to defend socialism/communism.


32 posted on 07/13/2025 6:19:22 AM PDT by newfreep ("There is no race problem...just a problem race")
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To: newfreep

I’ve always heard socialists say that NASA is an example of Socialism.


33 posted on 07/13/2025 6:21:39 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: dfwgator

In Capitalism, Bread waits for man
In Socialism, Man waits for bread
This will be interesting with the Instant Gratification era.


34 posted on 07/13/2025 6:22:52 AM PDT by griswold3 (Truth Beauty and Goodness)
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To: MtnClimber

If you’re not a socialist at 20, you have no heart. But if you’re not a capitalist at 40, you have no brain.


35 posted on 07/13/2025 6:23:35 AM PDT by MNnice
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To: dfwgator

That’s why NASA devolved into another failed govt agency...even promoting imaginary Muzzoid contributions.


36 posted on 07/13/2025 6:25:06 AM PDT by newfreep ("There is no race problem...just a problem race")
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To: MtnClimber

Excellent article by American Thinker, as usual.


37 posted on 07/13/2025 6:25:21 AM PDT by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon." Amen. Come, Lord Jesus….)
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To: BHI2025

No, they’ve been brainwashed and decieved.


38 posted on 07/13/2025 6:25:53 AM PDT by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon." Amen. Come, Lord Jesus….)
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To: MNnice

The end result of socialism/communism is that it pits all kinds of groups against each other as they fight for their share of the resources.

A classic example was in the Soviet Union with farmers vs industrial workers, as food was siphoned to the industrial centers, leading to mass famines in the countryside.


39 posted on 07/13/2025 6:29:41 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: JBW1949

Yup.

One of the biggest lies associated with socialism is that nobody has done it right yet, but this time we will.

Except, precedent shows that won’t happen.


40 posted on 07/13/2025 6:30:54 AM PDT by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon." Amen. Come, Lord Jesus….)
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