Millennial poll: Strong majority want a third political party

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125. I haven't seen anybody on this thread set the results of this poll.........

into the wider context of society and the political beliefs of the Millennial generation. The Millennials are ANTI-CAPITALIST for the most part. I won't call them "socialist" even though a LARGE minority claim this affiliation because their version of socialism is more of a social democratic, Bernie Sanders type than a true socialism. But the major point is that Millennials DO NOT SUPPORT CAPITALISM!

Even the libertarian Millennials are anti-crony capitalist, which is what they think we have today. And the only way that their view of capitalism will change is if capitalism changes and begins to take into account the hardships of the vast majority of the country that's NOT in the top 10 to 20 percentile of wealth. And I don't think that capitalism in its senility is able to do that short of an existential threat to it's very existence. IOW, the trend line for the foreseeable future with the Millennial generation, now the largest generation in US history, is towards a more and more anti-capitalist direction. And as the education on the subject of socialism continues, the trend will be in a more socialist direction.

When you take this into account, it's easy to see why Millennials think there needs to be another major political party. Simply put, both Republicans AND Democrats SUPPORT CAPITALISM. Millennials recognize this fact of American political life and are reacting to it by wanting another option that more closely supports their view of the world.