SeaGal
Gold Member
Young people are not happy with the unequal world they’ve inherited. Millennials are embracing Socialism because unfettered capitalism failed them. Many grew up in cars or tenement slums during the great recession when GW Bush's call for "deregulation" allowed financial institutions to peddle toxic mortgage packages to anyone with a pulse, and ratings institutions such as Standard and Poor's looked the other way. As the economy crashed, and things got worse, the right wing refused to agree lend even a small a hand to the many who suffered needlessly, while the few at the top became wealthier still.
Oh dear, if only the Obama administration had prosecuted and imprisoned the mean old Wall Street types peddling those toxic mortgages because Congress forced lending to folks who were bad credit risks. Why do you suppose Eric Holder (Obama's AG) didn't follow through on that?
So much, so wrong in your post.
1. We do not have and haven't had for a very long time 'unfettered' capitalism.
2. Young people have long been enamored by the 'promise' of socialism (see the 60's) then they grow up and realize that the promise never meets the reality.