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A Majority Of Millennials Now Reject Capitalism, Poll Shows (washingtonpost.com)

A new poll shows that a majority of young people do not support capitalism. The study was conducted by Harvard University, which polled young adults ages 18-29. It found that 51 percent of those polled rejected capitalism, that is to say, they did not support it. Only 42 percent said they support capitalism -- there was a margin of error of 2.4 percentage points. When asked what alternative system they would prefer, there wasn't a clear winner. Just 33 percent said they supported socialism. When talking about politics or economics, it can get complicated and the poll does little to shed light on what parts of capitalism young people dislike or what parts of socialism young people like. It does appear to suggest young people are frustrated with the status quo and are more focused on the flaws of free markets.

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  1. I suppose they prefer a anarchosyndicalist commune by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Where than can take it in turns to act as a sort of executive officer for the week.

    But all the decision of that officer have to be ratified at a special biweekly meeting.

    By a simple majority in the case of purely internal affairs,-- but by a two-thirds majority in the case of more--

  2. Re:It's all relative by DNS-and-BIND · · Score: 5, Funny

    How do you double the value of a Trabant? Fill the gas tank!

    Socialism is powerful, powerful stuff. So powerful it managed to spread laziness, poverty, and hideously poor engineering in a country populated entirely by Germans.

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    Shutting down free speech with violence isn't fighting fascism. It IS fascism!
  3. Blame Adblock by Ferocitus · · Score: 4, Funny

    How will they ever know what Capitalism truly is if they continue to use Ad Blockers?

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