Who Really Are These New Democratic Socialists and Their Fellow Travelers? › American Greatness
Victor Davis Hanson
5–7 minutes
Who are the so-called Democratic Socialists of America and their fellow travelers?
While it is difficult to generalize, many current and would-be socialist officeholders share several common traits.
Most of them represent a relatively small slice of American life. Almost all are urban, with little knowledge of small-town or rural existence.
Their world is subways, buses, high-rises, Uber, taxis, and proximity to corporate, academic, and financial institutions—yet often with little understanding of where their food, fuel, water, or everyday goods originate, or where their waste and sewage ultimately go.
Their worldview is shaped more by consumption than production, as though goods simply arrive in and depart from cities on autopilot.
A disproportionate number of our most prominent radicals are either first- or second-generation immigrants, most originating from failed or illiberal states in what was once called the Third World.
They or their parents left their homelands in search of wealthier countries, fairer societies, greater opportunity, and, in many cases, safety and freedom.
Yet once here, many of their families have prospered, often aided by extensive educational and institutional support from the generous American host.
Few have even tried to explain the paradox of fleeing failed states, only to become virulent critics of the charitable nation that they chose to join.
Many are college-educated, often with degrees in fields that did not translate into the professional pathways they believed they were entitled to.
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