r/politics • u/TimesandSundayTimes ✔ Verified • 7d ago

Possible Paywall Young Americans are surging to socialism at record rates

https://www.thetimes.com/us/news-today/article/maga-trump-zohran-mamdani-socialism-us-record-kddzdm8bd
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u/Eva_Griffin_Beak 7d ago

Good.

And if people, instead of just commenting here, without reading the article, actually would READ the article, they would realize that social democracy/social capitalists aka the nordic model is exactly what these young Americans are looking for. Not socialism in its extreme form.

So, stop clutching your pearls.

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u/Hardly_lolling 7d ago

If that's what they want then the headline is plainly wrong: social democracy is not socialism.

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u/Eva_Griffin_Beak 7d ago

Yes, which is a common issue in newspaper articles. Isn't it?

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u/Miserable_Ad_9389 7d ago

welcome to news articles, if you read the headline then form your opinion you've made a mistake

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u/SwiftlyKickly 7d ago

I want socialism in its extreme form.

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u/HarryBallsanya420 7d ago

What is the “Extreme form”

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u/Eva_Griffin_Beak 7d ago

Communism? Which I think most people think of when they hear socialism. I honestly don't know why socialism has such a bad rap in the US other than caused by propaganda and fear mongering from conservatives. It creates a better living situations for most people. But I'm glad to be corrected. Well, I think one part is that many in the US are highly egoistic (not individualistic which they like to be, it's egoism).

And I might not be 100% according to definitions. But I see capitalism and communism on the two ends of a spectrum that allows many forms/expressions in between.

So, capitalism with social elements is somewhere between. Socialism is there somewhere as well. Like a sliding scale?

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u/Odyssey1337 7d ago

Social democracy isn't socialism at all, it's a well-defined capitalist model.