Wednesday, January 02, 2019

What America Would Look Like as a Socialist Country

What America Would Look Like as a Socialist Country:
"We asked a bunch of socialists what their vision of America would look like.
America is on the brink of socialist revolution. 
Sorta. 
A Gallup poll in August suggested that only 45 percent of Americans aged 18 to 29 see capitalism positively, compared to 51 percent for socialism...

...But though “socialism” is gaining in popularity, nobody can seem to agree on what it means. 
Some liberal commentators have suggested that socialists aren’t actually all that distinct from liberals...
...In the hopes of better understanding that movement, I reached out to nine thinkers with a diverse range of perspectives on socialism and had long, frank, and open-ended conversations with them about what socialism actually is, how it’s influencing US politics, and where the recent surge of enthusiasm for it could ultimately lead us...
...Right away it became obvious this new generation of socialists is distinct from the progressives who have traditionally made up the leftmost flank of the Democratic Party. 
They are less compromising, their rhetoric is more stark, and their demands are often more sweeping..."
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