Are Democrats Actually Souring on Capitalism?
8/14/18
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from Slate,
8/13/18:
A new poll finds that Democrats now view socialism more favorably than capitalism. But what does that mean, exactly?
America’s burgeoning socialist movement got a bit of good news and a bit of bad news today.
The good: For the first time since Gallup began polling the issue in 2010, more Democrats (and Democratic-leaning independents) now say they have a more positive image of socialism than they do of capitalism. The party’s ideological balance seems to be tipping toward the Bernie Sanders, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez camp of new-wave leftists.
But here’s the bad: Socialism isn’t winning because it’s become more popular in the past couple years. Capitalism is just becoming significantly less popular.
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