Why don’t millennials like capitalism? Blame parents. Blame schools. Blame Obama.

The State ^ | 7-17-17 | Frank Dowd IV

[DeweyCA]

Obama, the leftist media and the Leftist educational system have taken their toll on the millenials' outlook on economics and politics. Rush was right when he said that we have to show millenials that the Obama socialist policies were the cause of the slow growth and that the slow growth was NOT the norm for capitalism.

[HokieMom]

"When 40% of the people pay 92% of the taxes, you have a problem with work ethic. Too much scamming goes on in welfare"

[Bobalu]

I sure hope they grow out of the nonsense.

We have to take back education or we are doomed.

I call for the separation of education and state!

Close down the Dept of Education!

Make vouchers and school choice the law of the land.

[WashingtonSource]

The millennial generation is also sharply higher in terms of a higher share of minorities, thanks to uncontrolled immigration. Those minorities are probably the core support for socialism. They are the most likely to accept the left wing propaganda without any questioning about it.

[Buckeye McFrog]

Then they went off to a higher educational system that produces an oversupply of the white-collar soft-science and humanities majors, many of whom have no marketable skills. Not able to put their expensive educations to use, they became unemployed or underemployed

I wish! Too many of them got jobs with government agencies where they now regulate the rest of US!

[Alberta's Child]

I also read somewhere that the millennial generation cares less about the environment than any other age group.

This isn't because the Marxist education industry hasn't tried to convince them of the importance of environmental issues. It's just that it's hard to convince people that there ARE any serious environmental issues when they've never breathed foul air, never seen a polluted creek, and grew up in neighborhoods where one of the biggest problems is the abundance of animals that used to be seen only in the wilderness but have now become suburban pests (raccoons, skunks, deer, and even coyotes, mountain lions and black bears).

[Stepan12]

Eff em! They could've read Ayn Rand as I did. She cured me of my early peacenik/commie brainwashing.

Don't these brats know how to read on their own?

[Buckeye McFrog]

Excellent point! Some can remember when Pittsburgh was dark at noontime and raw sewage from five cities flowed into Lake Erie. The environment now is cleaner than it has ever been since the start of the Industrial Revolution.

[Alberta's Child]

Thanks! I’m always amazed at how much wildlife I now see in places that used to be contaminated industrial areas along creeks and rivers.

[Dahoser]

Don't these brats know how to read on their own?

Not if it's more than 140 characters.

[Buckeye McFrog]

A couple of years ago a guy shot a coyote less than
a mile from Downtown Pittsburgh.

[cincinnati65]

If you gave a millennial a copy of Atlas Shrugged, they would complain that it’s just too long to read, I mean, look at it. Even a digital copy would take up too many gigabytes on their iPhone. You expect them to read that? (Their thoughts, not mine).

[lesko]

Two nephews and a niece are Bernie fans; very sad

[Puppage]

They are the most likely to accept the left wing propaganda without any questioning about it.

Of course, because THAT would take effort.

[tophat9000]

i like that people that vote for a living not work for it..sums its up Don’t you think

[Phil DiBasquette]

Ask these dummies to recite Rumplehair’s legislative accomplishments...at least Granny Bobblehead got a post office renamed

[VanShuyten]

I heard a “man on the street” interview with a bunch of millenials asking them to define socialism. I understand that the interviewer did selective editing, but the answers of those that made it into the report were dumbfounding. I’m sure their ideas of capitalism are equally twisted.

I think the only way to reach them is to show them the Bugs Bunny explanation of capitalism.

[Ann Archy]

They’ve been awash in SOCIAL MEDIA, so when they here Socialism, they LIKE it!

[A_Former_Democrat]

They love capitalism

They love the technology, the Spring Breaks, the fancy cars, the fashion options, hip areas, hip apts

They hate paying for health insurance, much prefer the option not to. After all, it’s their money and their market choices, right?

They are just too naive to know they’re the most me me me generation, even worse than Xers and Boomers.

They’ll learn the hard way, just like the rest of us. Maturity makes for reality.

Welcome in advance

[Alberta's Child]

That’s amazing. There are suburban areas in New Jersey where the populations of animals like raccoons and woodchucks were completely out of control for many years, then dropped off a lot in recent years as coyotes and foxes started showing up in abundance.