36% of millennials approve of communism

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Meanwhile, 36% of millennials polled say that they approve of communism, which is up significantly from 28% in 2018.

Socialism, a dirty word to the president and many of his supporters, has shown a decrease in favorability in all age groups except the Silent Generation (age 74+) and millennials, of which 70% say they’d be likely to vote for a socialist candidate.

Marion Smith, executive director of the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation, says he’s troubled by the findings of the poll.

“The historical amnesia about the dangers of communism and socialism is on full display in this year’s report,” Smith said in a statement on Monday. “When we don’t educate our youngest generations about the historical truth of 100 million victims murdered at the hands of communist regimes over the past century, we shouldn’t be surprised at their willingness to embrace Marxist ideas.”

Other nuggets from the report include that 22% of millennials believe “society would be better if all private property was abolished,” and that 45% of Generation Z members and millennials believe that “all higher education should be free.”

Source: https://www.marketwatch.com/story/for-millennials-socialism-and-communism-are-hot-capitalism-is-not-2019-10-28

I believe the blame for this ignorance lies with the failed eduction system.

Socialism failing in Venezuela

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This crisis in Venezuela, a 4 day blackout, is a current real world example of the failure of socialism. Democrats beware, your party is charging in this direction.

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/mar/10/venezuela-blackout-day-four-maduro-fear-anger

Venezuela: “We loot or we die of hunger”

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This is socialism.  https://gu.com/p/8vejn/stw

But his critics say his government has disrupted domestic food production by expropriating farms and factories. Meanwhile, price controls designed to make food more widely available to poorer people have had the opposite effect: many prices have been set below the cost of production, forcing food producers out of business.

Meanwhile the government has less cash to import food because of its mismanagement of the oil sector, where production has fallen to a 29-year low. Hyperinflation and the collapse of the currency have put the prices of foodstuffs available on the black market beyond of the reach of many families.

But rather than reforming the economy, the government has resorted to handouts and far-fetched schemes.

Harvard Profs Pissed that Obamacare will cost them $

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Gotta love this one!

 For years, Harvard’s experts on health economics and policy have advised presidents and Congress on how to provide health benefits to the nation at a reasonable cost. But those remedies will now be applied to the Harvard faculty, and the professors are in an uproar.

Members of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, the heart of the 378-year-old university, voted overwhelmingly in November to oppose changes that would require them and thousands of other Harvard employees to pay more for health care. The university says the increases are in part a result of the Obama administration’s Affordable Care Act, which many Harvard professors championed.

This from some of the eggheads that designed Obamacare. Now they are getting hit with the costs, just like the middle class, good and hard. Socialism is not as much fun when you get handed the bill.

Here’s the link: http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com/2015/01/harvard-professors-advising-obama-in.html

Can’t make this stuff up! Did you think Harvard profs were smart? Maybe too smart for their own good, as my grandmother used to say.

Economic History of the First Thanksgiving

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Occupy Plymouth Colony: How A Failed Commune Led To Thanksgiving – Forbes.

A lesson not taught in government schools, the original Plymouth Rock colony was a “socialist paradise”. Oops, this paradise almost staved it’s people. Realizing the error, the colony switched to a private property/free market organization which produced enough food for all. Now that is something to be Thankful for!

Are we modern Americans smart enough to learn from our own history?