Here is what they actually want, but will never get with a repressive system
Bernie Sanders supporters at the candidate's New Hampshire Primary Night watch party on Feb 9, 2016 in Concord, New Hampshire. Many Sanders supporters believe socialism can deliver the goods, when the opposite it true. Win McNamee/Getty Images
Many conservatives, libertarians, and Republicans are flabbergasted, disgusted, or dismayed at the apparent current popularity of socialism.
A recent Gallup poll reported that socialism is viewed favorably by 51 percent of Americans between the ages of 18 and 29, and 57 percent of Democrats favor socialism over capitalism.
Mark Hendrickson
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Mark Hendrickson is an economist who retired from the faculty of Grove City College in Pennsylvania, where he remains fellow for economic and social policy at the Institute for Faith and Freedom. He is the author of several books on topics as varied as American economic history, anonymous characters in the Bible, the wealth inequality issue, and climate change, among others.
