Unfortunate,y those 42% will rise to the top in our goverment.
And if trends mean anything, in Mexico, the Cuban volunteers who come to this country deal more in the politics of community economics rather than academic standards of math and science. Probably that trend of youth not belieiving in a Free Market System is even higher in Mexico. People want to empower the State.
Bush the gift that keeps on giving. He’s the worst president when trying to brag about republican policy. He’s done more damage to this country then we know. It will take decades for us to recover the reputation of conservatives being fiscal responsible and not war trigger happy.
Why would the 42% who support capitalism rise to the top of the government and why are would that be unfortunate?
Unfortunately these people have never been exposed to real capitalism in their lives.
What else would you expect?
One thing that concerns me a lot is that there seem to be fewer and fewer honest paths available to ‘climb’ the socioeconomic ladder in an effective way. It used to be that if you studied hard, and got a degree in engineering, math, etc., or went to professional school (medical school, law school) you could raise yourself up significantly. That’s just not true anymore, for a variety of reasons.
The study published by Harvard University was released on April 25, 2016. Nothing like timely follow-up by the Compost.
Please read the commentary in the original story. Just think about events in play on April 25, 2016 and the subsequent events.
Lot'sa slicing and dicing by the Compost's editors to revive this story.