On the one hand, I think your son is correct. You do deserve a better system. We all do. But the DSA and socialism is not that better system.
But I can no longer look around at our current incarnation of Big Government and Big Business where no one cares about the employees, and no one cares about the customers, and the only thing that ever matters is for the executives to get that big quarterly bonus because they “made their numbers” and satisfied the shareholders. A lot of people (young and old) are looking at that whole system and thinking, “There’s nothing in that for me.”
I think that the GOP could counter by enumerating the ways in which the Big Beautiful Bill has benefited the middle class.
> But the DSA and socialism is not that better system. <
Agreed. I’m thinking the lure of the DSA is that it’s different: If something is not working out, let’s try the exact opposite.
That’s faulty reasoning, and usually leads to chaos.
One would think the GOP would have a solid, long-term plan to combat this. But evidently not.
Yep. We have a mix of Big Government and Crony Capitalism. If we had a true free-enterprise system, “Capitalism” would not be the boogeyman it is for young people today.