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Millennials Get It Wrong about Socialism
• https://fee.org, by Benjamin PowellLast month's 100th anniversary of the Russian Revolution is an appropriate occasion to remind us of the human atrocities committed by communist regimes. But we also should take time to reflect on the progress that has occurred since the fall of the Soviet Union and its socialist economic system in 1991.
A recent poll of Millennials found that 51 percent of them identified socialism as their favored socioeconomic system, with an additional 7 percent identifying communism as their favored system. Only 42 percent favored capitalism.
Socialism Kills, Always
Most Millennials I've met—and I meet quite a few as a college professor—are nice enough people. Most have no desire to see their fellow humans suffer. So I'm left to conclude that they have no appreciation for how socialism actually works in the real world.