Daily Show asks Bernie Sanders what millennials see in socialism

[Donkees]

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Excerpt:

"It's safe to say that socialism is having a moment in American politics right now," Trevor Noah said on Tuesday's Daily Show. "And that's freaking a lot of people out." To figure out why, The Daily Show sent senior youth correspondent Jaboukie Young-White out into Manhattan and Washington, D.C., to first ask millennials about their thoughts on socialism and then chat with some people who have stronger opinions on the topic.

"Seriously, you can't talk socialism in America without going to the OG, Sen. Bernie Sanders," Young-White said, after cracking a joke about Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. He asked Sanders to define socialism and explain its appeal to the youths. "Could he be the oldest millennial in America?" he asked. Sanders said young people see the appeal in egalitarianism, thanks to the economic headwinds they are facing as a generation, and he held up Denmark and Sweden as examples to emulate.


https://theweek.com/speedreads/845392/daily-show-asks-bernie-sanders-what-millennials-socialism

[rampartc]

1. the clip where the foxhead says "for socialism to work millions of people have to die."

is one of the sentiments I get from "conservatives."

I don't want to spend my few remaining years defending stalin or mao or pol pot, but for capitalism to work you have to justify battista, samoza, Pinochet and dozens of equally ruthless butchers around the world.

either an economy provides the means for its members to meet their basic means on maslov's hierarchy or not. any objective view of what passes for American capitalism in housing, wages, health care should be enough to prove that we do have room to try "socialist" or at least non market based approaches to our economic problems.

[corbettkroehler]

2. Bernie Is Avuncular In The Best Sense Of The Word! (n/t)