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Millennials have a higher opinion of socialism than of capitalism (washingtonpost.com)
8 points by x0f1a 3782 days ago
3 comments

Well, of course.

Humans have a tendency to either agree wholeheartedly with what they're famikiar with (or what their parents did), or completely avoid it. For instance, if your dad was a staunch Libertarian Capitalist, you'd probably be inclined to jump immediately to either Libertarianism or its opposite, Socialism. This is usually done without thinking about it, so you may wanna sit down and consider your own views.

Further, most millenials grew up in a "Capitalism" that's kind of terrible. A lot of the problems associated aith "Capitalism" are really problems of oligarchy.

"millennials" are also more likely to know 'who lives in a pineapple under the sea', than who lives at 1600 Pennsylvania ave.

...also, hard work is too hard.

Was nobody paying attention to Greece last year?
Or to Lenin, who said "the goal of socialism is communism"?