Really interesting read from Brittany Hunter and Dan Sanchez at fee.org about the self-perpetuating negativity that comes with embracing socialism.
To these young revolutionaries, every frustration in their lives was someone else’s fault. If they weren’t getting the grades they felt they deserved, some bourgeois professor was to blame. If they didn’t have job prospects that matched their high regard for their own intellects, it must be the capitalist system holding them back. Their tendency was to scapegoat “class enemies,” not only for societal ills but for their own personal problems as well.
By shifting the blame to others, they relieved themselves of responsibility over their own problems. They wasted their time and energy complaining, wallowing in self-pity, and seeking redress, instead of taking ownership of their lives and fixing up their affairs. As a result, their frustrations only compounded.
And, sadly, socialism has many friends, as JLF Senior Vice President Jon Pritchett and Senior Fellow Garland Tucker point out here.
