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Anything described as Socialism will be politically untenable until the Baby Boomers die off. While Millenials are open to alternative economic arrangements, an
by alphonsegaston 10y ago
Anything described as Socialism will be politically untenable until the Baby Boomers die off. While Millenials are open to alternative economic arrangements, anti-Communist sentiments are probably too deeply engrained in the older generations to ever be undone.
That doesn't mean there isn't room to move in this direction. But I think it's going to have to be along the lines of "saving Capitalism" like we had in the New Deal era. Putting a literal floor of survival with things like basic income and nationalized healthcare, while preserving markets for their creative capacity in industries like science and technology.
- gdulli 10y ago> Anything described as Socialism will be politically untenable until the Baby Boomers die off. Yeah. That's why Trump would have had such a field day with Bernie about his socialism. Which Trump would have conflated with communism etc.