Research from the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) confirms younger people are hostile to capitalism and hold positive views of socialist alternatives. The new paper should act as a “wake up call” to supporters of the market economy. The rejection of capitalism may be an abstract aspiration – but so too was Brexit. A Forefront Market … Continue reading "67 per cent of young Brits want a socialist economic system, finds new poll"
On the one hand, doom: most young people who want "socialism" in the imperial core really just want more vacation time, stronger social welfare systems and toothier environmental policies. They are still conditioned by imperialism.
On the other hand, bloom: a young person who thinks socialism is good but was just "badly done" in the past is much closer to breaking free of imperialist propaganda than one who denounces socialism altogether.
I would say any failed socialist state was 'badly done' because I could point to some internal failure which accelerated it's fall. I would like another survey seeing how critically people look at past socialist states
No doubt about internal missteps and failures, but the major socialist projects in the 20th century were under constant attack, and siege socialism is hard to give up when faced with that pressure.
On the one hand, doom: most young people who want "socialism" in the imperial core really just want more vacation time, stronger social welfare systems and toothier environmental policies. They are still conditioned by imperialism.
On the other hand, bloom: a young person who thinks socialism is good but was just "badly done" in the past is much closer to breaking free of imperialist propaganda than one who denounces socialism altogether.
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I would say any failed socialist state was 'badly done' because I could point to some internal failure which accelerated it's fall. I would like another survey seeing how critically people look at past socialist states
No doubt about internal missteps and failures, but the major socialist projects in the 20th century were under constant attack, and siege socialism is hard to give up when faced with that pressure.
for the record, I completely agree