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| Subject: Anarcho-Capitalist NEWS: Why Bernie Sanders isn’t going to be president, in five words Tue Oct 13, 2015 1:40 am | |
| Here's an exchange from Bernie Sanders's appearance on "Meet the Press" on Sunday: - Quote :
- CHUCK TODD: Are you a capitalist? @BernieSanders: No. I'm a Democratic Socialist.
— Meet the Press (@meetthepress) October 11, 2015 And, in those five words, Sanders showed why — no matter how much energy there is for him on the liberal left — he isn't getting elected president. Why? Because Democrat or Republican (or independent), capitalism remains a pretty popular concept — especially when compared to socialism. A 2011 Pew Research Center survey showed that 50 percent of people had a favorable view of capitalism, while 40 percent had an unfavorable one. Of socialism, just three in 10 had a positive opinion, while 61 percent saw it in a negative light. Wrote Pew in a memo analyzing the results: - Quote :
- Of these terms, socialism is the more politically polarizing — the reaction is almost universally negative among conservatives, while generally positive among liberals. While there are substantial differences in how liberals and conservatives think of capitalism, the gaps are far narrower.
In addition, a recent Gallup poll showed that half of Americans said they would not vote for a socialist. It was, in fact, the least acceptable characteristic tested, behind Muslim and atheist.
More: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2015/10/12/why-bernie-sanders-isnt-going-to-be-president-in-5-words/?tid=pm_politics_pop_b |
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