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Spoiled Socialists

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07.07.2026

More young people vote for socialists.

They believe socialism is good for the poor, and "pro-working class."

In my new video, Leyla Taghiyeva, my latest Stossel Fellow, interviews psychologist Rob Henderson, who points out that few poor people want socialism:

"When you actually see who supports socialism, these are people who are relatively well off," he says.

Henderson grew up in foster homes before getting degrees from Yale and Cambridge. He calls socialism a "luxury belief," "an idea that confers status while ultimately inflicting costs on people less fortunate... Take the 'Occupy Wall Street' movement. The majority of people who participated were college-educated. They disproportionately earned more than $100,000 a year."

"Maybe these people just want to help the poor," says Taghiyeva.

"If you want to help the poor, socialism isn't the way to go about it," replies Henderson. At anti-capitalism protests, he points out, "You don't see slogans like 'feed the poor,' 'help the needy.' It's more like 'soak the rich.'"

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