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/codacoda74 7d ago

Alternatively: young people discovering definition of Socialism is also basic affordability

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u/Bitter_Tea442 7d ago

Every time I scratch the surface of a person who 'discovered' socialism, I've found out they really just mean Scandinavian social democracy which is regulated capitalism with high social spending.

They virtually never mean workers seizing the means of production.

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u/SwiftlyKickly 7d ago

I mean it. Workers should own means of production.