New poll shows a stunning 43% of American respondents prefer socialism to free markets

How successful have the Mainstream Media been in pushing the faaabulous! benefits of socialism?

According to a new Gallup poll a stunning 43% of Americans think socialism would be good for the U.S.

One of the many reasons this is shocking is that when Americans are asked whether they believe free markets or government would do a better job in specific areas (below), a much higher percentage say free markets would do better for most things.  And yet overall, 43% of Americans polled say they think socialism would be good for the country.


So what can account for this discrepancy?  And how on Earth could any rational American believe "government" would do better than "free markets" in "protecting consumers' privacy online"?

Well for starters, about the only thing college-age Americans "know" (believe) about socialism is the propaganda that it will give them free stuff:  free college, free medical care, free housing, a guaranteed job--high-paying, of course--and so on.

Try asking college-age Americans if they're impressed with the health care delivered by the VA, or Cuba, or the UK's NHS and you're likely to get a blank look.  For years the mainstream media have claimed Cuba had the best health care in the entire world.  Same for socialized medicine in the UK-- the infamous NHS, which often makes patients wait months for something as routine as an MRI.

Same deal if you were to try asking college-age Americans about health care in Venezuela.  Hey, it's free, so end of story, right?  Except the government lacks the funds to make the system work.  No bandages, no antibiotics, no antiseptic cleaners.

"But...it's free, citizen.  Well, at least free to the voter-beneficiary, eh?  And that's all that matters, cuz math--the basis for financial analysis--is a raaacist construct of the European patriarchy!  We don' need no steenkin' math to know if somethin's a good idea, comrade.  If it wins elections for us, it's good.  End of story."

Think this is paranoia?  Take a look at a recent video produced by a socialist outfit called Means TV and promoted by the AFL-CIO with a tweet calling on workers to "seize the means of production."  Titled "The Middle Class is a Lie," it features the views of a "Marxist roofer."  Like so much of Leftist propaganda, this is class warfare--Marxist theory--disguised as social critique. 

Of course young Americans can be excused for not knowing about how ghastly socialism is.  If no one ever taught you, how could you know?  But the 50-ish newspaper editors and network producers should all know better.  Yet you've never seen a single story or read a single article in the mainstream media critical of socialism.

Never.  Interesting.

If the editors and producers know the truth about socialism, how can they keep praising it?  I think the reason is that the Democrat party has embraced socialism.  They know pushing the fact that some Americans are poorer than others garners lots of sympathy.  It plays well, so the media will continue to praise socialism.  And not surprisingly, Americans who have no other input take the praise as truth.

Interesting.


H/T American Thinker.
To see the full results of the poll, click here.