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re: Why are so many Millennials Communists?
Posted on 11/3/17 at 11:08 am to Cowboyfan89
Posted on 11/3/17 at 11:08 am to Cowboyfan89
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If you took a sociology class, an education class or a philosophy class you discussed Marx.
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I took none of those.
I'm surprised. Sociology was one of the required GERs at my school.
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Posted on 11/3/17 at 11:21 am to crispyUGA
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Yes, I know more people than I care to admit that own a house and have children but their parents still pay a large portion of their bills so that they can live a nice middle-class lifestyle. Most of them majored in dumb shite in college and now have trouble finding a job that pays more than $35,000/yr, but are so accustomed to living a certain lifestyle that they can't do it without the assistance of their parents.
You're fricking kidding me
Posted on 11/3/17 at 11:21 am to Darth_Vader
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Honest question, Millennials... what the hell is wrong with y'all?
It's the same reason you see children from wealthy families dressing like thugs and acting all "screet", those who don't have to struggle will sometimes romanticize having to do so.
It's similar to how people will romanticize war (well, except those that have actually been in war).
To go back to a Biblical axiom: spare the rod and spoil the child.
This is an unintended consequence of a successful society.
Posted on 11/3/17 at 11:22 am to Cowboyfan89
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Hey, guess what? There's this thing called FMLA. Assuming you work for a company that has more than 50 of your little communist buddies, you can invoke FMLA leave to stay home. The company just doesn't have to pay you for it.
Whoopdee shite.
Posted on 11/3/17 at 11:26 am to RogerTheShrubber
It's been a while, so I don't remember what the exact requirements were, but they were pretty vague when it came to the Humanities/sociologies/philosophies.
For Humanities (9 hours), you could choose from philosophy, history, literature, foreign language, speech, or religuous studies. I took a class on Ancient and Medivial literature, interpersonal communications, and public speaking.
For Social/Behavioral Sciences (6 hours), you had Economics, Geography, anthropology, government, psychology, and sociology. Since that weird loophole of geography was in there, I took Louisiana Geography. Not sure how I covered the other 3 hours now, because I didn't take any other classes that fit that category. Maybe some of my honors classes that were less useful than underwater basket weaving, but they were required.
For Humanities (9 hours), you could choose from philosophy, history, literature, foreign language, speech, or religuous studies. I took a class on Ancient and Medivial literature, interpersonal communications, and public speaking.
For Social/Behavioral Sciences (6 hours), you had Economics, Geography, anthropology, government, psychology, and sociology. Since that weird loophole of geography was in there, I took Louisiana Geography. Not sure how I covered the other 3 hours now, because I didn't take any other classes that fit that category. Maybe some of my honors classes that were less useful than underwater basket weaving, but they were required.
Posted on 11/3/17 at 11:29 am to el Gaucho
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us millenials literally have to get phds and 5 years experience to get a minimum wage job
Depends which degree you youngsters get your degree in.. getting degrees in gender studies, interpretive dance or some other bullshite and paying 80K to get that piece of paper, you are lucky to get a job paying $12.00 an hour.
Posted on 11/3/17 at 11:31 am to Darth_Vader
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Why are so many Millennials Communists?
Seems like the youth of every generation goes through this phase. Most come to their senses after becoming independent, taxpaying adults.
Posted on 11/3/17 at 11:32 am to Friscodog
More boomers pursued degrees in liberal arts than millennials.
Posted on 11/3/17 at 11:32 am to Cowboyfan89
you sound uneducated
Posted on 11/3/17 at 11:35 am to Darth_Vader
Because the lie of trickle-down economics has harmed millennials the worst. We are on track to be the first generation of the modern era, as a whole, to not do better economically than our parents. This is simply a reaction to the realities of life.
Posted on 11/3/17 at 11:36 am to SCLSUMuddogs
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You dont think 22% of millenials know who Karl Marx is? Anyone who has been on a college campus has a basic understanding of Marx. I'd say the majority on non-college educated could still tell you he's the father of communism...even though it wasn't his original idea.
I don't think the average American is very smart, so no, I don't believe 22% of millennials know about Karl Marx enough to have a favorable opinion of him.
^For example, 42% of millennials were for socialism in this poll, but only 32% were for a government managed economy. People simply don't know what the hell socialism even means.
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In fact, a 2010 CBS/New York Times survey found that when Americans were asked to use their own words to define the word “socialism” millennials were the least able to do so. According to the survey, only 16 percent of millennials could define socialism as government ownership, or some variation thereof.
So if only 16% of millennials understand that socialism means government ownership, I've got a hard time believing 22% have a favorable view of Marx.
Posted on 11/3/17 at 11:41 am to Cowboyfan89
So you don't have a basic understanding of Marx?
Posted on 11/3/17 at 11:42 am to LoveThatMoney
Dead serious. One works as a secretary for a government agency and the other has been fired from numerous insurance salesmen jobs. Lucky they have rich parents to pay all their shite, though. Another childhood friend of mine quit a 6-figure job to "spend more time with his family", now manages a gym and has 7 kids; his father is a pilot and the only way he and his wife stay afloat is government assistance and his parents cover most of the bills.
Posted on 11/3/17 at 11:43 am to CaptainBrannigan
I just want to point out how easy it is to skew results of surveys. Someone a few pages ago was up-in-arms about the results for the "hero" question.
What if I had you take a survey and you had to answer every question to get a gift card to Home Depot.
Question #3 is:
Who is the most influential person of the 20th century?
A) Joseph Stalin
B) Adolph Hitler
C) Mao Zedong
D) Karl Marx
Maybe people think Karl Marx is the least "offensive" of the names given.
Next, I publish the results as "74% of Generation X think Karl Marx is the most influential person of the 20th Century". Is that a fair conclusion?
What if I had you take a survey and you had to answer every question to get a gift card to Home Depot.
Question #3 is:
Who is the most influential person of the 20th century?
A) Joseph Stalin
B) Adolph Hitler
C) Mao Zedong
D) Karl Marx
Maybe people think Karl Marx is the least "offensive" of the names given.
Next, I publish the results as "74% of Generation X think Karl Marx is the most influential person of the 20th Century". Is that a fair conclusion?
Posted on 11/3/17 at 11:44 am to TFS4E
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Who is the most influential person of the 20th century?
A) Joseph Stalin
B) Adolph Hitler
C) Mao Zedong
D) Karl Marx
Marx died in 1883
Posted on 11/3/17 at 11:45 am to Darth_Vader
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one in two U.S. millennials say they would rather live in a socialist or communist country than a capitalist democracy.
In today's world we call them democrats or republicans.
Posted on 11/3/17 at 11:46 am to Cowboyfan89
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took annual leave. The stuff that I earn every paycheck, 4 hrs at a time. The stuff that I have to use when I'm sick or want to take a vacation.
You didn't answer my question. How long did you take?
Posted on 11/3/17 at 11:47 am to CaptainBrannigan
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Because the lie of trickle-down economics has harmed millennials the worst.
Millennials are in the best time in history. You'll work less, make more and live better than any generation in history.
And still fricking whine.
Posted on 11/3/17 at 11:47 am to Bard
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This is an unintended consequence of a successful society.
Bingo.
Posted on 11/3/17 at 11:48 am to CaptainBrannigan
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Because the lie of trickle-down economics has harmed millennials the worst.
You mean the lie of the phrase itself or the complete misunderstanding of what the democrats were attacking during the Reagan campaign when they used that phrase and made it so popular? Because the phrase itself and and democratic use of it are both stupid and show a basic lack of understanding to the economic principle. I agree though, those Democrats using that term ad nauseam incorrectly really did this generation a disservice.
This post was edited on 11/3/17 at 11:51 am
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