I liked the turn of phrase "Capitalism, in other words, holds less appeal in an era when the invisible hand feels like a death grip." The article is very clear

I liked the turn of phrase "Capitalism, in other words, holds less appeal in an era when the invisible hand feels like a death grip." The article is very clear that the term capitalism wasn't defined in the survey, so "What do these category-based questions really tell us, then, about the allegiance of youth to ideologies? Nothing." Instead, it says to look to the policy question to get a sense of what young Americans think. My interpretation - young Americans reject neoliberalism. But as the article comments: > “Neoliberal” has gone from a term that describes an advocate of specific economic and political policies to an insult hurled indiscriminately on social media. Err, blush. The end is also nicely put: > You do not need a survey to ascertain the plight of American youth. You can look at their bank accounts, at the jobs they have, at the jobs their parents have lost, at the debt they hold, at the opportunities they covet but are denied. You do not need jargon or ideology to form a case against the status quo. The clearest indictment of the status quo is the status quo itself.