The Socialism Theme Continued

OPINION: “Rush Builds a Revolution,” by Harold Meyerson, Washington Post, 15 April 2009

According to a Rasmussen poll released last week, 37 percent of Americans under age 30 prefer capitalism, 33 percent prefer socialism and 30 percent are undecided. Among all Americans, 53 percent prefer capitalism, 20 percent prefer socialism and 27 percent are undecided.

I find those statistics pretty amazing – 33% of Americans under age 30 prefer socialism!!? Now, with all polls, you can read the numbers how you will, but it’s still pretty interesting. I would suspect the reason why younger Americans prefer socialism is because they weren’t around when the Cold War was in full bloom. Therefore, they weren’t beaten to parade rest with the evil empire rhetoric. Also, you can't discount the affect of the greed of the Wall Street crowd.

Also see: Somewhere in the Middle