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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.
No, what we have is a mixed economy, with capitalism and socialism intertwined in such a way that destroys the free market by creating things like government monopolies, red tape everywhere, and insane taxes on the hard working to support the bottom of the society, granted some of whom cannot work, but most of whom are just lazy and happy to live off government cheese.
One socialist is talking to another. She says, "I think my neighbors are secretly capitalists!" Her neighbor replies, "Why's that?" She says, "I can hear them eating every night!"
Shutting down free speech with violence isn't fighting fascism. It IS fascism!
If it were capitalism, government would be largely irrelevant. If the government has no power, corruption doesn't matter.
If it's the government's fault, you're looking at something closer to socialism than capitalism.
Capitalism is about self-interest. That's why it works - it expects people to act for themselves.
Neither of which would be capable of being socialist without the US footing the bill for drug R&D and military.
No sir I dont like it.
You are confusing "roman_mir's bizarre take on freedom" with "wealth as everyone understands it".
And I can see you are against logic.