PSL: Why do young people in the US favor socialism?

[eridani]

59. Because sociopathic whackjobs are always attacking the concept?

I just LOVE my communist fire department!

Operating principles straight out of Karl Marx. "From each according to his abilities"--the more your property is worth, the more property taxes you pay to support the fire department. "To each according to his needs"--they don't send a truck out unless you have a fire or some other emergency.

And I cringe everytime a Democrat or other liberal responds to winger whackjob calls of Socialism!! Communism!! by saying "Oh, no--this isn't socialist at all!" Thanks guys, for helping our enemies out. Anyone listening in hears the whackjob say "socialism," and you say "socialism" again, reinforcing his attack.

When will progressives realize what these whiners are actually attacking? They are attacking the notion of PUBLIC GOODS. So call them on it. Call them whiny childish brats who want public goods without paying for them, or sociopathic thugs who hate all public goods. Just because the fire department is communist (all public goods in a very narrow sense are socialist) doesn't mean that department stores or restaurants should be--not everything in the economy is a public good. But they're just ignorant jackasses who don't understand such things, so just mock them.