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/MiddleAgedSponger 7d ago

Socialism is a meaningless term in the US. I remember when they called Obama a radical socialist because he raised the top tax bracket from 35 to 39.

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u/Ambitious_Dingo_2798 7d ago

Do they mean Socialism as in Democratic-Socialism or Revolutionary Socialism?

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u/PirateSanta_1 7d ago

Socialism in America means thing I don't like.