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Originally Posted by ISiddiqui
Well there is that. It is widely acknowledged that FDR pushed for so many New Deal policies because he partially afraid that the American people would get so frustrated with capitalist democracy that they might pursue a socialist revolution or a fascist uprising may result. I think Republicans should be somewhat scared of the fact that a self-described socialist is polling so well against their top poll getters - imagine if Sanders was young and charismatic?
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I think a large part of this is due to the message that youth have been hearing for years. Business is bad, it pollutes the environment, etc. The rich make too much money, he drives a BMW because he exploited others, the whites are where they are because they owned slaves, etc.
Growing up with this constantly in the ears of the youth, how can you have any hope? Where is the faith that things will be better? What about American exceptionalism? Where is the can do attitude that we had in generations past?