Millennials like socialism — until they get jobs

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101. There's a whole 'rest of the world" out there you know?

A lot of the most prosperous and happy populations that exist on this planet are in countries that have 'Bernie type Socialism'.

Go to any of those countries and take a poll of people who actually do live under such 'socialism' and see if they would prefer to switch to an American style 'capitalism' ... the joke of a article will get exposed for the biased piece of nonsense it is.

Oh sure, once Americans start working and earning money they probably do resent money taken in taxes and given to the poor, probably because they don't see it as a safety net like it should be ... American 'socialism' has a big hole in it ... it doesn't cut in until you lose everything. If you're middle class and fall on hard times, well 'fuck you' ... it's not until you lose everything that MAYBE American socialism will step in to help you live in misery.

This is unlike the test of the 'socialized' world where the benefits of socialism are used to keep you from falling out of the middle class in the first place - get sick, you don't lose your income; have a child, you're not put in financial burden and are actually supported when you take time off to look after your family; Lose your job, again the safety net comes to your aid to keep you in a financially stable state until you can recover.

If all 'socialism' meant to other west countries was " if you totally collapse and end up living in a ditch we'll throw you enough for a coffee and a hamburer so you don't starve while sleeping in a ditch" ... then yeah, I'm sure they would all pretty quickly start resenting their taxes going to "socialism" as well.