Jacobin Magazine founder Bhaskar Sunkara on Tavis Smiley

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6. I don't get it either, your dad is right.

All it is is union-busting. I don't know why we have to fight this same terrain over and over. It sets everything back too.

I was just talking to a guy the other day who said there were still congressional HUAC-like hearings for reds up until around the late 60's and early 70's. I can't remember when the unions stopped expelling socialists, but the stigma led to a lot of right-wing ideas gaining ground in the meantime. So that might be another factor.

Then yeah, it hit its culmination with the shameful win for Reagan. I just read an article a couple of weeks ago that people born in 1970 are still 54% likely to vote right-wing. This baffles me, I don't know how anyone our age came out of the Reagan years thinking those fools had the answers.

49% of 18-29 year olds have a favorable view of socialism, which was a gain of 6% in just under two years. Hopefully the number will keep rising! http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022352136