[lbo-talk] 36% of Americans have a positive image of socialism

[Bhaskar Sunkara]

An organized left can make inroads among not only the unpoliticized and
students, but among "mainstream" liberals by arguing the necessity for
structural change.  People underestimate how young people's conception of
"socialism" is less Stalin's gulag and more the European welfare state.

On Thu, Feb 4, 2010 at 5:20 PM, Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote:


> [Of course, 95% love "small business," 86% love "free enterprise," and 61%
> love capitalism. 49% have warm feelings towards big business.]
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> http://www.gallup.com/poll/125645/Socialism-Viewed-Positively-Americans.aspx
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> February 4, 2010
> Socialism Viewed Positively by 36% of Americans
> Majority of Americans positive on capitalism, entrepreneurs, by Frank
> Newport
> PRINCETON, NJ -- More than one-third of Americans (36%) have a positive
> image of "socialism," while 58% have a negative image. Views differ by party
> and ideology, with a majority of Democrats and liberals saying they have a
> positive view of socialism, compared to a minority of Republicans and
> conservatives.
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