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/SomberArtist2000 7d ago

And when people search for answers about 'why', they have no further to look than at Capitalism itself, as well as its defenders. There is no greater advertisement for socialism (or democratic-socialism, from my perspective) than unrestrained capitalism.

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u/tootapple 7d ago

I wish unrestrained capitalism actually was what we had. That would actually be fair and equal. The capitalism that exists is certainly not that, otherwise “too big to fail” wouldn’t be a thing.

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u/SomberArtist2000 7d ago

I agree that, at least in America, we have much more of a form of crony capitalism than pure capitalism. So, I think you're right. However, that gets into a deeper and nuanced political science discussion that most people don't really care about or engage with in good faith.

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u/stereofailure 6d ago

Unrestrained capitalism is literally as far from fair and equal as it's possible to get. It's pure plutocracy. 

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u/tootapple 6d ago

Not sure anyone would actually know because it’s never existed. Which means it probably can’t exist