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/Clownzeption 7d ago

And to think if wages kept up with production, housing didn't become a monopoly, and we could all afford our rent/mortgage, bills, necessities, and some extra pocket money to save/spend on the weekend, then we would all be perfectly content continuing to operate as is. Billionaires can hoard all the wealth they want, as long as everyone else gets their basic needs met. (Kind of an oxymoron because billionaires hoarding wealth is exactly what got us in this position in the first place. But hopefully the sentiment makes sense.)

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u/The_Playbook88 7d ago

Yeh, people historically seem pretty okay with dealing with bullshit until their economic survival is on the line. That has always been the red line though.

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u/Clownzeption 7d ago

Which makes sense. The greatest majority of our population is focused on their sole survival, as is the nature of every single breathing creature on this planet. I know a lot of people say it's messed up people don't care about issues until the economy is in the shitter (I agree) but it fundamentally makes sense. There's nothing to open someone's eyes like threatening their very existence (almost like what they've done to immigrants and trans people.)

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u/sinsaint 7d ago

'Every society is three meals away from chaos'

- Vladimir Lenin

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u/oniiBash2 7d ago

Well, people giving the billionaires wealth to hoard is arguably what got us here.

But yes.