One thing about this push for socialism amongst the young is only like 10% of them are actual socialists who know what that means. The rest are just following along because they think it sounds edgy or cool, or because they hate America, or hate white people, or have misidentified the cause of corruption in society.
That means the inroads the socialists have made in the west are actually very surface level. They haven’t actually changed people’s instinctual beliefs about a lot of things, like the concept of private property, or the freedom to choose your own profession, or your right to own more pairs of shoes than your neighbor. Obviously the surface level version of socialism they are selling has become popular, and we need to break that brainwashing, but at least we know most people are not actually on board with the real thing.
That actually sounds a little high to me -- I'm not sure I'd even put that number at 5% anecdotally. I took a decent number of classes where you'd expect pro-socialist and pro-communist students to congregate (Russian language and history, including Soviet-era history), but there were really only one or two people in them that would actually argue for Socialist or Communist ideology from a place of knowledge.
Once people in those classes understood the actual definition and meaning of Socialism, they typically had a really hard time morally supporting it. Unfortunately one of the was the teacher, but she was careful to stay away from actually presenting her thoughts on the subject -- a rare thing in colleges any more.
One thing about this push for socialism amongst the young is only like 10% of them are actual socialists who know what that means. The rest are just following along because they think it sounds edgy or cool, or because they hate America, or hate white people, or have misidentified the cause of corruption in society.
That means the inroads the socialists have made in the west are actually very surface level. They haven’t actually changed people’s instinctual beliefs about a lot of things, like the concept of private property, or the freedom to choose your own profession, or your right to own more pairs of shoes than your neighbor. Obviously the surface level version of socialism they are selling has become popular, and we need to break that brainwashing, but at least we know most people are not actually on board with the real thing.
That actually sounds a little high to me -- I'm not sure I'd even put that number at 5% anecdotally. I took a decent number of classes where you'd expect pro-socialist and pro-communist students to congregate (Russian language and history, including Soviet-era history), but there were really only one or two people in them that would actually argue for Socialist or Communist ideology from a place of knowledge.
Once people in those classes understood the actual definition and meaning of Socialism, they typically had a really hard time morally supporting it. Unfortunately one of the was the teacher, but she was careful to stay away from actually presenting her thoughts on the subject -- a rare thing in colleges any more.