Source: Paul Krugman
by Paul Krugman
“Fox News has a poll supposedly showing ‘socialism gaining ground with young voters.’ But I don’t believe it. Young people may be more receptive to the word socialism, but that’s only because right-wingers constantly use that word to smear policies that have nothing to do with real socialism — i.e., government ownership of the means of production. The fact is that very few Americans — even among politicians who call themselves ‘democratic socialists’ — are really socialists. What many, I’d say a majority, of Americans support is what Europeans call social democracy — an ideology that is OK with living in a mostly market-driven economic system in which some people make much more money than others, but one that advocates policies to tame markets and inequality with progressive taxation, safety net programs, and regulations.” [editor’s note: Actually, socialism is defined as worker control, not government ownership, of the means of production. In STATE socialism, the state is a supposed proxy for the workers – TLK] (07/02/26)
https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/there-are-very-few-socialists-in