Why millennials are drawn to socialism

[Anomalocaris]

Could be that millennial's tend to feel more entitled to things? One could also argue my generation did not see the horrors of what socialism has done to people. I don't consider myself a fan of socialism nor capitalism. Socialism to me means more government, bigger government. I do not like the idea of the government being so involved in my life. And I do not think that is paranoia I just prefer to stand by my Libertarian values. In my opinion the government should serve the basic needs of the people. Protection, security and safety.

I prefer the idea of ownership and personal fiscal responsibility. It should NOT be the governments responsibility to cut you a check for whatever it is such as college, healthcare and welfare. Call me cruel but I think welfare needs to be cut or at least more regulated. It should be used more as temporary form of assistance because it is well abused. I do understand things such as EMS, police and the fire department are forms of socialism. But again, those fall under basic needs the government should provide. Other than that, I do not think the government should be much larger than that. But that is just me as a Libertarian.

I have always been taught to work for everything and pay for something when you know you have the money. Not when you think you will have the money. Take my college for instance, I was lucky enough I began saving when I was a small child. Then, that money was put into stocks and it grew. And now I am graduating college debt free. I consider myself rather lucky. But if I did not have the money for college, I would not dare take out a loan. I'd start at a local community college (which I actually did) and see where that takes me. Community College in my county at least, is very affordable. I think if people learned to stop taking loans out for petty things such as that brand new iphone, that new car etc people would have much more money to spend.

I am also against taxing corporations heavily. Sure, should they be taxed? Absolutely! But just like everyone else. Corporations create jobs and are the reason the majority of us in the private sector do have jobs in the first place.

I think socialism can work in these smaller nations, but we have yet to see is successful in a nation with a large population.

These are just my opinions though. Does not mean I am right, but just how I feel when it comes to the topic on socialism.

Could it be that our evolutionary history as hunter gatherer bands conferred upon us a powerful instinctive sense of group fairness and group social justice that manifest most strongly in young adults just coming to age and able to express this innate sense of how society should be, before they are beaten down by the vast amount of added complexity in post-agricultural revolution societies that largely negated many of the personal benefits that expression of instinctive group fairness and group social justice had previously rewarded our hunter gatherer ancesters?

It has been said as far back as the 19th century that those who do not become socialists in their youth are heartless, while those who remain socialists into their middle age are brainless.

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Except such a society will likely be overwhelmed by another that provides more visceral inventive facilitated by money, so it would die out.

Nonsense.

It is nonsense made sense by a track record.