Recent studies show around half of millennial’s find socialism appealing. Given that the same number are probably still living at home in their late twenties having their meals/washing/ironing done for them, it makes sense they would enjoy being eternally coddled.
Despite the overwhelming evidence available which proves that socialism has never worked – and that it has killed upwards of 100 million people – communism (which is what socialism leads to) never seems to lose its appeal with young people. A few notable reasons for this include: the spread of leftist ideology in schools and universities, the Bush recession gave them a negative view of capitalism; the election of President Bush and President Trump resulted in the left intensifying their vitriol which influenced their political beliefs through groupthink; the erosion of masculinity, the nuclear family, and a clear sense of purpose in life; the importance of youth in popular culture leading to a sense of power and delusion; and the decline of resilience, all of which makes being taken care of by the state an appealing prospect to young voters. Read any article on the appeal of socialism to the young and you will find one, if not all, of the above items mentioned. The one item which seems to go unnoticed though is this: youthful arrogance.
When Charlie Kirk asks college leftists to give him an example where socialism has worked – and they cannot – this line of attack rarely has the effect one would hope. The leftists never pause, go away and research, then return wearing an American flag pin admitting their ignorance whilst burning their ironically free-market purchased Che Guevara beret. Instead, like most young people who lack life experience, they simply think it hasn’t worked yet because they haven’t tried it. The missing piece in all socialist experiments is them. Sure, everybody else got it wrong, but not me. (When you think about it, there is an undertone of racism to this belief. What they’re really saying is that these primitive cultures/races couldn’t get it to work, but superior First World me will!) Devoid of business or government experience, lacking in property which they have not earned/paid for/grown attached to, or any real experience of life’s ups and downs, what we’re dealing with here is fantasy and delusion. There’s little logic or fact, just a lot of emotion and arrogance.
A friend once pointed out to me that ‘You cannot reason a person out of a position they didn’t reason themselves into’, which is why arguing with young socialists is such a pointless endeavour. Instead, we should help them all get jobs as soon as possible so they can see how much of their earnings are taken by the government. Suddenly, the unfairness that they’ve been railing against all these years will become real to them. Until that time, we’ll just have to sit back and enjoy watching socialists complain about workers’ rights when so few of them actually work.
The cast and crew of Guardians of the Galaxy have penned a letter urging Disney to rehire James Gunn and shame on them. Did we learn nothing from the whole #Metoo movement people? “Sure Harvey Weinstein forced himself onto a lot of women, but he makes good movies!”