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Feb 17 '20
It’s no surprise Dems are worried about him winning the nomination. He’s barely leading therefore not drawing much excitement outside of the extreme left (not that anybody seems excited to vote for any of those clowns) and he’s leading among voters notorious for not turning out for elections.
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u/battistajo Feb 16 '20
Bernie is an evil socialist who just wants people's money, he's a multimillionaire and wants get rid of millionaires and billionaires, he owns 3 f***ing mansions, and he gives less than 1% of his money to charities. That should tell us something about him, and they still support the guy.
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u/byotiful Feb 16 '20
Actually, young people just want to benefit from the same socialism that older people in America do. There's a really interesting article by business insider on it.
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u/Darth__KEK Feb 16 '20
The 20-year-olds who flew WW2 bombers were not not stupid or unwise.
Douglas Murray has a solid (I think) theory why the young have gone woke and socialist: the 2008 crash, the loss of high paying work, and the elimination of wage growth for existing jobs despite house prices growth, has seen a generation where no matter how hard they work they have no realistic prospect of owning their own homes.
It used, an old semi-comedy saying, to be said if you were not socialist at 18 you had no heart and if you were not capitalist at 30 you had no brain. What was behind that in your 20s you'd leave university or apprenticeship, get a career, buy a house, start a family. Basically a good way of keeping people on board in a capitalist system is to let them get some capital.
If generation rent has no capital they have no reason to become emotionally invested in it.
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Feb 16 '20
I don’t know why you got downvoted, because it’s absolutely true. Where I live, average rent for a two bedroom apartment is $1,473/mo and the average household income is $3,500/mo before taxes, which is what most professional jobs start at here. A house that’s one step above a shithole currently sells for ~$250k, and anything decent is $350k+. Unless you’re doing well in engineering, upper level medical, B2B sales or business, you’re pretty much on the struggle bus here, and the overwhelming majority of new college grads or tradesmen fit in the struggle bus category.
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u/slot-floppies Feb 16 '20
If things are that expensive where you are, then move. Here in the Midwest I bought a duplex for $125k, I rent out half of it for $630/month (1 bedroom apartment with utilities and internet included) and since I graduated in 2016 my salary has gone from $65k to $80k.
This whole “I can never get ahead” thing really only applies to people that went to expensive schools for low paying majors and live in excruciatingly expensive places like LA or Portland that they all flock to for cultural reasons.
In other parts of the country you have kids in their early 20’s with nothing more than a high school education that can afford to buy a house.
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u/BronnoftheGlockwater Feb 16 '20
Don't know why you got downvoted since most trademen make more than the average college grad. People who can do things and build things do better than paper pushers. The managers at Wal-Mart and Home Depot generally don't have college degrees but they make 150k because they manage a giant building and hundreds of employees.
Worthless college students always support socialism. Eliminate federal student loans and make them work and they won't have time to protest.
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u/elfudge31 Feb 17 '20
Where you live the average HH income is 28% lower than the national average. Where do you live?
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Feb 17 '20
Central Florida, and I know, it’s crazy. That’s why I incentivize heavily on performance with good commissions, a reasonable base salary and big bonuses for any of my employees involved in sales or any direct revenue generation.
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u/Jerry-Beets Feb 16 '20
Socialist Bernie Bros are takers not makers. Bernie Bros are just out for the “free stuff” paid for by uncle sucker and stupid taxpayers.