Democrats More Positive About Socialism Than Capitalism (2018)
This is not evidence of any trends or tailwinds behind socialism in the long term. The exact same cohort will change their minds over the next 40-60 years.<p>Historically, young people always prefer socialism, because they tend not to have a firm idea of what capitalism is, or how they benefit from it. They are still learning how the world works and what their place is in it. They are more prone to utopianism and idealism. This generation, in particular, has no historical knowledge of the great human cost of socialism to the billions of people who, in the last century, suffered under socialist regimes.<p>Hence the well-known quote that no one can definitively attribute[1]: &quot;A young man who isn&#x27;t a socialist hasn&#x27;t got a heart; an old man who is a socialist hasn&#x27;t got a head.&quot;<p>[1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;katecarruthers.com&#x2F;2005&#x2F;02&#x2F;11&#x2F;alleged-quote-by-churchill-on-being-a-socialist-or-conservative&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;katecarruthers.com&#x2F;2005&#x2F;02&#x2F;11&#x2F;alleged-quote-by-churc...</a>