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It’s not real Socialism, per Politics 101. Real Socialism is on the left of the Democracy Model, with Classic Liberalism in the middle and Classic Conservatism (it’s what they practice in Europe, American Conservatives are really Classic Liberals). In real Socialism you get a belief in everyone voting on everything in the Political Core, Government staying the heck out of lives in the Personal Core, and government heavily involved in the economy, up to and including owning the means of production in the Economic Core. That last is true of today’s Modern Socialists, but, the Left wants government to run your life, and is fine with voting as long as it will come out in their favor. They’re Progressives in reality. Nice Fascists

Poll: Capitalism is out … and socialism is in

The socialist brand is on the rise, according to recent polling, fueling the left flank of the Democratic Party to argue its ideology is becoming more mainstream.

Shortly after Gallup released data showing Democrats and independents are cooling toward capitalism, a progressive organization is out with a poll finding that more than half of likely Democratic voters prefer socialist-aligned figures like Bernie Sanders, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Zohran Mamdani to establishment politicians like Chuck Schumer, Hakeem Jefrries and Nancy Pelosi.

Democratic voters also view elected officials who describe themselves as democratic socialists about as positively as those who identify as Democrats, and they prefer democratic socialism to capitalism when written definitions of each are read aloud to them, according to the poll conducted by Data for Progress and shared first with POLITICO. (snip)

Fifty-three percent of Democratic voters said they preferred politicians described as similar to Sanders, Ocasio-Cortez and Mamdani, while 33 percent favored those similar to Schumer, Jeffries and Pelosi. Fourteen percent didn’t choose.

53%. Of course, how many really care and know the issues, and how many are just responding to personality and being promised free stuff? Being taught by their wacko teachers that Modern Socialism is great

Though Democratic voters reported viewing elected officials who describe themselves as Democrats or democratic socialists roughly equally, independent and Republican voters saw the socialists far more negatively. Both types of hypothetical politicians were described as having the same affordability-focused agenda.

The results help explain why socialists and progressives have found success in blue seats and cities — underscored by Mamdani’s victory in New York City’s Democratic mayoral primary in June — but have struggled to appeal to swing voters in battleground areas.

True, true. It might be popular in super-blue areas where Democrats have destroyed everything and are now promising free stuff to fix those same problem, but, those of us in the Real World know better.

In the poll, democratic socialists were defined as believing “that the government should take a more active role to improve Americans’ lives. They generally support higher taxes on corporations and high-income earners, support regulations that protect workers and consumers, and want more public ownership of key industries like housing, health care and utilities.”

In other words, run your life and run the economy, including companies.

(Breitbart) They survey defined capitalists as believing “that the private sector is best equipped to make improvements to Americans’ lives. They generally support lower taxes, oppose government regulations of businesses, and want the private sector to own key industries like housing, health care and utilities.”

Upon hearing each description, 74 percent of Democrat voters said democratic socialism most closely aligns with their views, while 16 percent say capitalism better reflects their opinion.

Well, good luck!