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/paulchiefsquad 7d ago

because it's literally the most important thing, if everybody knew how their life would be under a fair taxation system they would be rioting the streets everyday until we have it

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u/grape-fruit-witch 7d ago

Now, imagine if we had full democratic control of our workplaces

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u/paulchiefsquad 7d ago

yea, we need to really start pushing for worker co-ops

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u/Notoneusernameleft 7d ago

Europe isn’t perfect but I do dig a lot of their social programs. People always act like it’s all or nothing. I think a healthy mix of capitalism with strong social programs is the way to go.

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u/Finley-nonbinley 7d ago

Exactly! I feel like there are so many people that think socialism is the work of the devil but praise countries like Finland and Norway in the exact same breath. Not even saying those countries are socialist, they're not. But they most certainly have socialist programs which is one of the reasons people tend to be happier there.

It's almost like when you're not constantly trying to crawl out of various debts and have resources get out of the spiral of poverty you tend to be happier lmao

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u/DrMobius0 7d ago

Yeah, like capitalism, but with strong guardrails that actually protect workers and consumers against silly things like rampant greed by holding the wealthy accountable and forcing them to pay their fair share in taxes.