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Why is Support for Socialism Growing?
« on: November 07, 2025, 12:22:18 pm »
November 7, 2025
Why is Support for Socialism Growing?
By Dennis L. Weisman

Recent survey data reveal that support for socialism is increasing in the United States. This may be surprising, given that socialism is a much-criticized economic system that has failed spectacularly everywhere it has been tried. The mounting support for socialism reflects a growing frustration with capitalism and the economic woes of an increasing proportion of the population that believes it has been left behind.

The election of Democratic Socialist Zohran Mamdani as mayor of a city that is home to Wall Street is sobering. This pied piper of economic illiteracy has been swept into office by a majority of voters that have grown so disillusioned with the status quo that they see the mirage of economic prosperity in the false promises of socialism. We ignore this development at our own peril.     

There are three primary factors that collectively explain the growing support for socialism in the U.S. First, wealth has become increasingly concentrated at the top. Second, while the distribution of wealth is highly skewed, the distribution of votes across the electorate is not. Third, the myth that refuses to die is that wealth can be redistributed without significantly reducing its size.

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Re: Why is Support for Socialism Growing?
« Reply #1 on: November 07, 2025, 12:35:08 pm »
"From those of ability to those of need" sells well to the envy crowd.  How nice it would be to live off of other people's labor.

The problem here is that leftist ideology never takes into account human nature.  Leftists believe that the other guy will continue to work just as hard or even harder if you take money from that person (at the point of a gun) and give it to them.  They envy the producers who work hard.  They find it unfair that people like this were born with a drive for work, and they should be compensated for this unfairness.  What they don't realize is that it's not that the producers aren't driven by a need for work.  They are driven by a need to be compensated for their work.  Reducing that compensation causes them to work less - not more.
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Re: Why is Support for Socialism Growing?
« Reply #2 on: November 07, 2025, 06:55:40 pm »
The question:
"Why is Support for Socialism Growing?"

Occam's razor applies:
A growing percentage of the population -- particularly the young -- WANT it.
It's as simple as that.

Of course, once they HAVE it, and are stuck with it, their attitudes may change.
But by then it will be too late.
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Re: Why is Support for Socialism Growing?
« Reply #3 on: November 07, 2025, 07:03:47 pm »
(not charades) Two words: Lazy Mother****ers.
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Re: Why is Support for Socialism Growing?
« Reply #4 on: November 07, 2025, 07:51:03 pm »
Because we have had generations ‘taught’ by communists.
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