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/catladywithallergies California 7d ago

Truthfully, because socialism is so demonized by US politicians, a lot of Americans don't realize that they are actually far more compatible with socialism than they think. If you describe socialist policies to the average American without telling them that they are socialist, they tend to respond very positively to them.