Came across this survey on r socialism that provides great insight into your average socialist on the internet or those that are drawn to the ideals of socialism

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1z9MdCiO-0Dlomd1MaOxv7aOZJabobYTPD7wyYXdq0OA/viewanalytics

White
Straight
Male
25 or younger
American
No religion
Unemployed Student
Living with parents
Adequate/Comfortable wealth

i don't know why but i find this fascinating, what do our resident pardians make of this?

That reddit skews young and white.

This.

White
Straight
Male
34
Australia
No religion
Retired
Living with my wife and child
Comfortable wealth

I tick a few boxes, i support democratic socialism though, not the communist kind.

This post was edited by Plaguefear on May 17 2020 11:35pm

the first 6 1/2 are probably true for members of ANY political subreddit. not really 'fascinating' or 'insightful' imo, but i'm sure that won't prevent the usual suspects from performing their routine...

This post was edited by fender on May 17 2020 11:44pm

How are you retired at 34? Parents inheritance

Nah, my father died poor when i was 19 and my mother became wealthy after i did and when she dies it will be a 9 way split.

Wait still confused are you rich or just waiting for your mom to kick the bucket?

I'm white

I love how the highest count of self-descriptions in that poll are "Libertarian Socialist". You can't be both. Socialism requires the forceful redistribution of wealth from one person to other people. AKA using the threat of imprisonment or death to take the product of one person's labor to provide for the well-being of others. Socialized healthcare requires that people who are healthy pay for those who are sick, and if funds are low, that the labor of medical workers be paid at a lower wage than the work deserves, which lends to a good portion of the reasons many foreign doctors come to the US, where they can be paid their worth.

Libertarianism is all about individual choice and freedom, the individual's autonomy. Forced labor, government-dictated pay, high taxes for social and political reasons, rather than basic infrastructure and peace-keeping services (yes, firefighting is included in peacekeeping), etc. are all antithetical to the basic ideals of libertarianism. I would suggest that "Socialist Libertarian" is another term for, "I believe borders and individual nations' laws to be a fiction. It should be one government dictating the rules for the entire world, and so I believe in the liberty of freedom of movement and utilization of social programs without necessarily paying into them, regardless of a sovereign nation's laws, because their laws are meaningless."

I also note the resounding "yes" to the question whether market economies are innately harmful. Seems these people should leave the comfort of their own homes and go to "nations" where the market economies are no longer existent, such as Venezuela or Somalia, and see how it works out for them.

This post was edited by InsaneBobb on May 18 2020 05:17am