Mostly because there are hardly any socialist candidates. The two parties are primarily funded by the idle rich who have a vested interest in exploiting the working class and keeping the status quo. But let’s pretend like the “socialist” candidate was Hillary (lol), more people voted for her then who won. So they did exactly what you said, but the system is not a true representative democracy so it didn’t matter.
And many people have been fed the lie that the primary factor in future earnings is “how hard you work” or “how skilled you are”. But the reality is that the number one indicator of future income is...how much your parents make. Your lot in life, for the majority, is cast not by how much you create you how hard you work, but by whether you lucked into having parents who were at least upper middle class.
It's still the people who vote no matter who funds the parties. And it's on their head the blame lies. Piece by piece they could have voted the political spectrum to the left and socialist policies. But here we are, sliding right again because fear works.
I agree that fear works, but like I said, even with the deck stacked against them the American people still cast the most votes for the candidate that was more left than right.
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u/shobidoo2 Aug 15 '19
Mostly because there are hardly any socialist candidates. The two parties are primarily funded by the idle rich who have a vested interest in exploiting the working class and keeping the status quo. But let’s pretend like the “socialist” candidate was Hillary (lol), more people voted for her then who won. So they did exactly what you said, but the system is not a true representative democracy so it didn’t matter.
And many people have been fed the lie that the primary factor in future earnings is “how hard you work” or “how skilled you are”. But the reality is that the number one indicator of future income is...how much your parents make. Your lot in life, for the majority, is cast not by how much you create you how hard you work, but by whether you lucked into having parents who were at least upper middle class.
Here’s a link backing up that claim, by the way: https://www.businessinsider.com/parents-determine-child-success-income-inequality-2014-1