On 2012-10-21, at 4:39 PM, Gar Lipow wrote:
> I'm getting
> the impression that among young people to the left the crazy right
> "socialist" is no longer the scary word it used to be. It may be
> terrifying to loder people and and third of the population who is deeply
> reactionary, but among the rest people are perfectly willing to listen to
> socialists, without the term arousing special suspicions or shutting down
> their ability to hear. Impressin. Dunno if the data backs this..
Some evidence to support your impression, bearing in mind that for many ypeople socialism means strengthening the welfare state, making capitalism more "humane".
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/12/29/young-people-socialism_n_1175218.html