Millennials: Communism sounds pretty chill
‘This report clearly reveals a need for educating our youth on the dangerous implications of socialist ideals
Anti-aircraft missiles on parade as they are led past Lenin's Tomb en route to the saluting base in Red Square to celebrate the anniversary of the Bolshevik Revolution.
In a Halloween tweet that’s since gone viral, Donald Trump Jr. jokingly (although who really knows these days?) took the opportunity to impart an important political lesson to his cute little daughter.
Perhaps he should share his wisdom with millennials.
According to the latest survey from the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation, a D.C.-based nonprofit, one in two U.S. millennials say they would rather live in a socialist or communist country than a capitalist democracy.
What’s more, 22% of them have a favorable view of Karl Marx and a surprising number see Joseph Stalin and Kim Jong Un as “heroes.”
Really, that’s what the numbers show.
“Millennials now make up the largest generation in America, and we’re seeing some deeply worrisome trends,” said Marion Smith, executive director of the organization. “Millennials are increasingly turning away from capitalism and toward socialism and even communism as a viable alternative.”
But do they even know what it is?
The survey, which was conducted by research and data firm YouGov, found that millennials are the least knowledgable generation on the subject, with 71% failing to identify the proper definition of communism.
Smith explained that this “troubling turn” highlights pervasive historical illiteracy across the country and “the systemic failure of our education system to teach students about the genocide, destruction, and misery caused by communism since the Bolshevik Revolution one hundred years ago.”
Other findings include the belief held by 53% of millennials that America’s economic system works against them, which is the same percentage in the prior study . Meanwhile, 66% of Gen Z, ages 16-20, say the system works for them.
When it comes to the wealth divide, Americans seem to be on the same page, with 80% saying it’s a serious issue, up from 78% a year ago. They also mostly agree (68%) that the highest earners don’t pay their fair share in taxes.
“This report clearly reveals a need for educating our youth on the dangerous implications of socialist ideals.” Smith said. “We will continue to work with educators to build curriculum to address this important need.”
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Osama is dead, Al Qaeda is on the run, Hillary lost the election and Communism is.......
When computers take all our jobs capitalism may die.
What will replace it ?
I have heard there really is a plan being developed.
From what I heard about that plan it sounded very much like communism.
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Sick Afterthought: Will Ted Kaczynski then become a martyr?
Wasn't his goal to stop the computer age ?
In the future there will be no terrorists!
(Why? because robots will take their jobs!)
LOL I dont know,
Hackers could easily become terrorists at that stage.
They could also take businesses and governments hostage more easily perhaps.
I find it interesting that so many conservatives can't tell the difference between socialism and communism. They are quite different, but almost every conservative I've talked to seems to think they are interchangeable.
Communism: noun - a political theory derived from Karl Marx, advocating class war and leading to a society in which all property is publicly owned and each person works and is paid according to their abilities and needs.
Socialism: noun - a political and economic theory of social organization that advocates that the means of production, distribution, and exchange should be owned or regulated by the community as a whole.
America is a mix of Socialism and capitalism, where the basic needs of society are community owned and operated while everything else is controlled by supply and demand. Fire department, police, utilities, infrastructure, social security, Medicare, welfare, unemployment and the military are all socialist programs, where the populace pays for them through taxes.
Millennials actually do understand the difference so there really is no chance we'll fall into some communist hell-scape as so many conservatives believe. The fact is when all the computers take all the manufacturing jobs, millennials will be the ones programming the computers that wipe the conservatives lazy out of work butts. They'll also be designing the applications and technology of the future which is what will be Americas largest export.
Communism: noun - a political theory derived from Karl Marx, advocating class war and leading to a society in which all property is publicly owned and each person works and is paid according to their abilities and needs.
Socialism: noun - a political and economic theory of social organization that advocates that the means of production, distribution, and exchange should be owned or regulated by the community as a whole.
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To be honest I dont remember enough about the plan to remember if it even went into enough detail to determine which it would be.
It basically was/is a plan on WTF to do with a society as and when computer labor replaces too much human labor and we are no longer needed to do physical labor enough to employ the masses.
However, It didn't sound like anything I'd want o be a part of though. Although at that stage we won't have much choice. Thankfully at my age I dont expect to live that long anyway.
They took our jobs .....