Socialism has become "a new way to date" in Brooklyn, according to a New York Magazine writer. There's even an app for that.
Washington Times:
Things have gotten so social with socialism that the young and restless now can consult a dating app called Red Yenta to find the fellow socialist of their dreams. Creators Marissa Brostoff, 33, and Mindy Isser, 28, were concerned that socialist men were not dating socialist women, and described their new dating platform as a "communal service" to help filter through a potential date's political leanings.
Things have picked up considerably.
Indeed, when it becomes "hip" to dig on socialism, times are changing.
"Until very recently, it wasn't that socialism was toxic in a red-scare way. It was irrelevant, in a dustbin-of-history way. But then came Bernie Sanders's 2016 candidacy," writes Mr. Van Zuylen-Wood, citing the new popularity of the Democratic Socialists of America — which has 55,000 members in 250 local groups nationwide — and the "spectacular rise" of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, New York Democrat.
"Coolheaded Obaman technocracy is out; strident left-wing moral clarity is in. And while this atmospheric shift is felt most acutely among the left-literary crowd, it's also bled into the general discourse, such that Teen Vogue is constantly flacking against capitalism and one of the most devastating insults in certain corners of the internet is to call someone a neoliberal," Mr. van Zuylen-Wood said.
Teenage girls hating capitalism? Where do they think their smart phones come from? Try going to the mall in Cuba. What kind of shopping is available in North Korea?
That, in a nutshell, is the problem. Millennials may think socialism is sexy. But they haven't a clue what it is, or the brutal, oppressive history behind it.
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7 comments:
One person writes an article and suddenly it applies to their entire generation?
Socialism was made into a dirty word by decades of government tactics funded directly by the multi-billionaires socialism would affect most. It's all about the $$$, no one gives a damn about other people anymore.
ready for school vouchers yet? this marxist trend is due to the infiltration of these ideals into our education system..we are just reaping what has been sown over decades of government pubic education..BOE are bastions of marxism and MUST BE DESTROYED to save our nation
Dave T: No, it's really not sexy. In fact, it's pretty stupid. Maybe sexy to the uneducated and naive. "Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy. It's inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery." -- Winston Churchill
And they will learn what socialism is when they all start fighting and killing one another just to get something to eat
Millenials have been brainwashed
Milleniels fried their brains - no sense - typical socialists
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