The Daily Show asks Bernie Sanders what millennials seen in socialism

[TexasTowelie]

"It's safe to say that socialism is having a moment in American politics right now," Trevor Noah said on Tuesday's Daily Show. "And that's freaking a lot of people out." To figure out why, The Daily Show sent senior youth correspondent Jaboukie Young-White out into Manhattan and Washington D.C. to first ask millennials about their thoughts on socialism and then chat with some people who have stronger opinions on the topic.

"Seriously, you can't talk socialism in America without going to the OG, Sen. Bernie Sanders," Young-White said, after cracking a joke about Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. He asked Sanders to define socialism and explain its appeal to the youths. "Could he be the oldest millennial in America?" he asked. Sanders said young people see the appeal in egalitarianism, thanks to the economic headwinds they are facing as a generation, and he held up Denmark and Sweden as examples to emulate.

Young-White then interviewed socialism critic Karol Markowitz, a columnist for the New York Post. She cited Soviet gulags. He went back to Sanders, who responded that the Soviet Union "was an authoritarian society with no democratic rights," and "democratic socialists stood up and fought against that." He isn't trying to imitate the Soviets or Venezuela, he added, but he did make a gulag joke.

"Fact check: The examples of failed socialism that critics use are not socialist democracies but authoritarian states led by corrupt, ruthless, and paranoid dictators," Young-White said. "But I do have one real problem with socialism: I like money." So he asked Sanders, "Is socialism still for me if I'm a millennial millionaire?" You can watch the response below.

Video at: https://theweek.com/speedreads/845392/daily-show-asks-bernie-sanders-what-millennials-seen-socialism

[NurseJackie]

1. Thankfully, the writers...

... corrected the grammar in their headline and link. (Ugh!)

https://theweek.com/speedreads/845392/daily-show-asks-bernie-sanders-what-millennials-socialism

[TexasTowelie]

2. Proofreading is fundamental.

Ugh is correct.

[rgbecker]

3. We're lucky on DU people check their posts before they put them up.

For typos and misspellings and things like that....especially in the titles.

[Honeycombe8]

4. People, even pros, can't write or use correct grammar, any more.

You'd think a pro, whose business is the written word, would be educated in grammar.

[George II]

5. Neither Denmark nor Sweden are the United States.

[comradebillyboy]

7. And neither are socialist countries.

[George II]

9. But Sanders repeatedly uses them as examples of whatever he believe (which changes periodically)

[crazytown]

8. Denmark & Sweden are social democratic states

with a comprehensive welfare system.

Sweden Isn't Socialist
https://reason.com/2019/01/02/sweden-isnt-socialist/

Forgive me for being technical

The only mainstream Democratic Socialist State was a failure: UK Labour 1945+. Most of industry was nationalized, gradually stagnated then was eventually privatized .

Funny how ‘Democratic Socialists’ don’t talk about the UK experience. There was still bombed out sites around London in 1972.

[brooklynite]

6. "The examples of failed socialism that critics use are not socialist democracies"

...because there haven't been any.