Comments by "Digital Footballer" (@digitalfootballer9032) on "Fireside Chat Ep. 118 — Why Millennials Support Communism | Fireside Chat" video.

  1. The explanation for millennials supporting communism is actually quite simple. It's the education system. It has been overrun with radical instructors. There have always been some around, but there are more than ever now. Social media hasn't helped either. It gives radical individuals a platform to influence others, and as we all know, many of the younger generation are addicted to it. I am just old enough to have missed this as a late generation Xer. It was starting to creep into our society back in the 1990s, but we were still more or less taught the evils of communism still at that time. This has really come about in the last 20 or less years. I am also just old enough that I clearly remember the collapse of the Soviet Union and Eastern Bloc regimes in the early 90's. They do not because they were small children or not even born yet. These people have been brought up in a world where they have continually told the system is unfair, and grew up being sheltered and given participation trophies for everything. While I agree not everything is fair in life, I still believe that hard work and persistence pays off. But what is really different in terms of viewpoint is the definition of fair. Fair is opportunity, not necessarily results. Having the opportunity to succeed is true fairness, even if it is a difficult process. To me, it is the epitome of unfair to equally compensate everyone regardless of their efforts and skills. Some people work harder than others, and some have more skills than others, and for the most part, a free market economy rewards that. Being equally compensated for simply existing in class comparison to someone with a higher skill set and better work ethic, as in communism, is unfair. The only way some will learn is to gain success and have it taken away in the name of "fairness". It needs to hit them personally.
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