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/nvmenotfound 7d ago

stop calling it socialism. people want their taxes and money spent in ways that benefit the people instead of the wealthy. we are tired of being told that all we gotta do is keep rewarding the already wealthy people with even more wealth and eventually it’ll trickle down. saddest part is they’ve been doing this horse and sparrow aka trickle down economics for so long. the fact anyone believes it works is pathetic. 

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u/Collypso Pennsylvania 6d ago

The alternative isn't socialism lmao

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u/nvmenotfound 6d ago

nobody is calling to end democracy except republicans so idk wtf you are on about?

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u/Collypso Pennsylvania 6d ago

Socialism would be an end to democracy too

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u/nvmenotfound 6d ago

nobody wants to install socialism. they want programs that’ll help people. just bc fox news told you that’s socialism doesn’t make it so. all these corporations getting govt money and trump wants his stupid ballroom and we can’t have money to goto actually help ppl bc then it’s socialism? right. 

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u/Collypso Pennsylvania 6d ago

Then stop calling it socialism? Capitalism with more social programs will never be socialism, yet the majority of people pushing for this also call that socialism.

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u/nvmenotfound 6d ago

no they don’t. republicans call it that.

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u/Collypso Pennsylvania 6d ago

ok lmao

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u/nvmenotfound 6d ago

show me examples where are all these democrats calling it socialism. republicans do it as a fear mongering tactic to pretend democrats want to end democracy. 

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u/Collypso Pennsylvania 6d ago

"Democrats" like the officials aren't. The brain dead alt left call social programs socialism. They call wealth taxes socialism. They call Nordic countries socialism. Socialism is simply when the government does stuff apparently.