Tue Apr 26, 2016, 07:10 PM
Cheese Sandwich (9,086 posts)
A majority of millennials now reject capitalism, poll showsIn an apparent rejection of the basic principles of the U.S. economy, a new poll shows that most young people do not support capitalism.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/04/26/a-majority-of-millennials-now-reject-capitalism-poll-shows/
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. ...
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Cheese Sandwich | Apr 2016 | OP |
SusanCalvin | Apr 2016 | #1 | |
fluffyclouds | Apr 2016 | #2 | |
wendylaroux | Apr 2016 | #3 | |
jwirr | Apr 2016 | #18 | |
Svafa | Apr 2016 | #4 | |
silvershadow | Apr 2016 | #5 | |
RepubliCON-Watch | Apr 2016 | #6 | |
Cheese Sandwich | Apr 2016 | #7 | |
Hydra | Apr 2016 | #8 | |
YOHABLO | Apr 2016 | #9 | |
nikto | Apr 2016 | #10 | |
Gman | Apr 2016 | #11 | |
Feeling the Bern | Apr 2016 | #16 | |
Gman | Apr 2016 | #24 | |
Spitfire of ATJ | Apr 2016 | #12 | |
zentrum | Apr 2016 | #13 | |
awoke_in_2003 | Apr 2016 | #28 | |
pansypoo53219 | Apr 2016 | #14 | |
SoapBox | Apr 2016 | #15 | |
jomin41 | Apr 2016 | #17 | |
Jack Rabbit | Apr 2016 | #19 | |
elmac | Apr 2016 | #20 | |
Cryptoad | Apr 2016 | #21 | |
Cheese Sandwich | Apr 2016 | #22 | |
Cheese Sandwich | Apr 2016 | #26 | |
Cryptoad | Apr 2016 | #31 | |
tralala | Apr 2016 | #34 | |
TBF | Apr 2016 | #35 | |
LongTomH | Apr 2016 | #23 | |
Tarc | Apr 2016 | #25 | |
TBF | Apr 2016 | #30 | |
ZombieHorde | Apr 2016 | #27 | |
TBF | Apr 2016 | #29 | |
Cheese Sandwich | Apr 2016 | #32 | |
tralala | Apr 2016 | #33 |
Response to Cheese Sandwich (Original post)
Tue Apr 26, 2016, 07:14 PM
SusanCalvin (6,592 posts)
1. Good. nt
Response to Cheese Sandwich (Original post)
Tue Apr 26, 2016, 07:19 PM
fluffyclouds (51 posts)
2. The establishment knows this and time is ticking on them.
These old timers like Clinton are on their last leg and just trying to get their name in the history books and money in their pockets before what is coming within the next 15 yrs.
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Response to fluffyclouds (Reply #2)
Tue Apr 26, 2016, 07:22 PM
wendylaroux (2,925 posts)
3. pretty sure if the books are factual,they will not
like what they'll say about them.
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Response to wendylaroux (Reply #3)
Tue Apr 26, 2016, 09:19 PM
jwirr (39,215 posts)
18. Yes, very seldom do the leader who rule over the end of
an era get good marks in a history book.
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Response to Cheese Sandwich (Original post)
Tue Apr 26, 2016, 07:28 PM
Svafa (594 posts)
4. When I was in college, I thought I was unusually liberal. I was so glad when I started to discover
that many, many people in my generation feel the same way.
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Response to Cheese Sandwich (Original post)
Tue Apr 26, 2016, 07:43 PM
silvershadow (10,336 posts)
5. Welcome back, Cheese! nt
Response to Cheese Sandwich (Original post)
Tue Apr 26, 2016, 08:00 PM
RepubliCON-Watch (559 posts)
6. Cheese! Great for you to be back!
And of course my generation hates capitalism. An economic collapse will do that to ya.
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Response to RepubliCON-Watch (Reply #6)
Tue Apr 26, 2016, 08:14 PM
Cheese Sandwich (9,086 posts)
7. Thanks
That's cool it's so great that young people are starting to think beyond capitalism. I hope they also are thinking about what kind of system they do want, and what it would take to make it happen. |
Response to Cheese Sandwich (Original post)
Tue Apr 26, 2016, 08:16 PM
Hydra (14,459 posts)
8. WB Cheese!
And what good news. Times are a changin'...I just don't know if it's fast enough :/
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Response to Cheese Sandwich (Original post)
Tue Apr 26, 2016, 08:27 PM
YOHABLO (7,358 posts)
9. What we're seeing is the end of almost 40 years of Reaganomics .. this trickle down bullshit.
We all know where it trickled ... or should I say the gushed. To the top 1% of this country.
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Response to Cheese Sandwich (Original post)
Tue Apr 26, 2016, 08:31 PM
nikto (3,284 posts)
10. The current form of American Capitalism is a crime-wave
Unregulated Capitalism leads to crime and corruption
like accumulating garbage leads to cockroaches. 2 + 2 = 4 |
Response to Cheese Sandwich (Original post)
Tue Apr 26, 2016, 08:38 PM
Gman (24,780 posts)
11. 99% of them have no idea what capitalism is
And socialism? Forget it. I can hear it now. "Socialism? Ummm. Well, ummm..."
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Response to Gman (Reply #11)
Tue Apr 26, 2016, 09:09 PM
Feeling the Bern (3,839 posts)
16. Socialism. . .robbing makers to give to takers. 47% takers.
Free stuff.
Socialism is great until the gun is put to your head. Socialism is taking from hard working people and giving to druggies, welfare queens, foreigners and free-loaders who are too lazy or stupid to work. Do I really need the ![]() |
Response to Feeling the Bern (Reply #16)
Tue Apr 26, 2016, 10:04 PM
Gman (24,780 posts)
24. I would hope not
But ya had me going.
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Response to Cheese Sandwich (Original post)
Tue Apr 26, 2016, 08:38 PM
Spitfire of ATJ (32,723 posts)
12. This is why they're prevented from voting.
Response to Cheese Sandwich (Original post)
Tue Apr 26, 2016, 08:39 PM
zentrum (9,822 posts)
13. Wonder how
..they figured it out, given the tremendous, constant pro-capitalist propaganda all around.
Very hopeful. |
Response to zentrum (Reply #13)
Tue Apr 26, 2016, 10:59 PM
awoke_in_2003 (34,582 posts)
28. Unlike my generation and older...
the young are not tuning in (at least not in large numbers) to TV media. They are getting their info elsewhere.
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Response to Cheese Sandwich (Original post)
Tue Apr 26, 2016, 08:48 PM
pansypoo53219 (19,527 posts)
14. crapitalism.
Response to Cheese Sandwich (Original post)
Tue Apr 26, 2016, 09:03 PM
SoapBox (18,791 posts)
15. Gasp...heresy!
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Response to Cheese Sandwich (Original post)
Tue Apr 26, 2016, 09:14 PM
jomin41 (559 posts)
17. Wonderful!!!
Response to Cheese Sandwich (Original post)
Tue Apr 26, 2016, 09:23 PM
Jack Rabbit (45,984 posts)
19. It's no wonder that young adults are turning away from the free market
What goes under the label of "free market" (Reaganomics, neoliberalism, supply-side, trickle-down) isn't capitalism; it's fraud. A healthy economy cannot be dominated by a parasitic industry like banking and finance. The whole scheme is to cycle and recycle debt. We need oil, so let's go to war and claim our oil under the Arabs' sand. Going to war is very, very expensive, so we go into debt. Get a college education, one goes into debt. Can't make ends meet with all that debt? Don't worry, the bank will extend your credit, and then extend it some more. Banking is a funny industry. Money in the bank may be an asset to you and me, but it's a liability to the bank; the bank has to pay you interest on your savings. On the other hand, your debt is an asset to the bank, because you're going to pay it back, someday. You may have to go into your savings, but if the the system starts to collapse, they may legally steal your savings first.
Isn't banking deregulation and modernization wonderful? There's no such thing a fraud. Fraud is legal, and if it's legal, then it isn't fraud, is it? I'm not young and haven't been for a long time, but I certainly don't blame young people today for turning way from anything so decadent as the free market. This certainly isn't my Dad's capitalism. |
Response to Cheese Sandwich (Original post)
Tue Apr 26, 2016, 09:42 PM
elmac (4,642 posts)
20. Capitalism has destroyed this country
and will destroy democracy if the economic revolution doesn't succeed,
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Response to Cheese Sandwich (Original post)
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Response to Cryptoad (Reply #21)
Tue Apr 26, 2016, 10:14 PM
Cheese Sandwich (9,086 posts)
26. don't be that guy
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Response to Cheese Sandwich (Reply #26)
Wed Apr 27, 2016, 10:14 AM
Cryptoad (8,254 posts)
31. Thx
for illustrating my post!
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Response to Cryptoad (Reply #21)
tralala This message was self-deleted by its author.
Response to Cryptoad (Reply #21)
Wed Apr 27, 2016, 03:23 PM
TBF (31,869 posts)
35. Please delete the post - you're in the socialist group. nt
Response to Cheese Sandwich (Original post)
Tue Apr 26, 2016, 09:50 PM
LongTomH (8,636 posts)
23. Interesting! When I started reading future studies back in the 60s. I encountered the notion that...
......both capitalism and socialism as we know them are obsolete. That was a brave statement then; it still is; but, it looks like more people are agreeing.
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Response to Cheese Sandwich (Original post)
Tue Apr 26, 2016, 10:13 PM
Tarc (10,207 posts)
25. Lol, that is hilariously sad
Eugene Debs ran for the presidency 5 times and lost, and Bernie Sanders is about to make it 0-for-6 for democratic socialism in America. We don't need it, but thanks for trying.
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Response to Tarc (Reply #25)
Wed Apr 27, 2016, 07:51 AM
TBF (31,869 posts)
30. You're in the socialist group -
please delete your post or I will block you.
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Response to Cheese Sandwich (Original post)
Tue Apr 26, 2016, 10:24 PM
ZombieHorde (29,047 posts)
27. That is exciting news, in my opinion. nt
Response to Cheese Sandwich (Original post)
Wed Apr 27, 2016, 07:50 AM
TBF (31,869 posts)
29. Glad you're back
we were just talking yesterday in this group about doing a primer on socialism.
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Response to TBF (Reply #29)
Wed Apr 27, 2016, 11:54 AM
Cheese Sandwich (9,086 posts)
32. This seems like a good time to start talking about socialism a lot because Bernie gave us a little
boost and generated hopefully some curiosity if nothing else.
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Response to Cheese Sandwich (Original post)
Wed Apr 27, 2016, 02:35 PM
tralala (239 posts)