People say half the younger generation has a favorable view of socialism.
This would be really hopeful for me, but I need to know what they actually mean by socialism before I get too excited. It makes me uneasy that as the mainstream position shifts further right, even the most moderate lukewarm reformists start to look extreme. If what most of them mean is social democracy or a welfare state, we’re in serious trouble here at the imperial core.
I came across a comment on Reddit the other day that said, “I’m as left as they come; I’m so left-wing, I’m not even liberal.” And they weren’t joking. For some, not being a liberal is the ultimate form of being "left."
Yeah, even if victory is far away from us, it feels good to be on the right side of history
"Why did you join the revolution?" "To destroy imperialism!" "To free the workers!" "To get free Fortnite skins!"
Jokes aside, they probably reason in the same way liberals rationalize the system: «It is not capitalism! It's...uh... corporationism!». Instead of blaming capitalism they blame the studious for being greedy, ignoring that under capitalism companies can only ever be greedy.
If they blame wokeness on the other hand, it seems to me they just hate to see any black, woman or LGBT character having any relevance whatsoever. Makes sense, since "woke" is a buzzword used by reactionaries.
It's an article from 2021. I wonder if the popularity of socialism increased even further since then?
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Wait, and Gonzalo is Maoist or something else entirely?