{"id":156004,"date":"2021-02-21T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-02-21T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/is-america-doomed-alarming-polls-of-pro-socialism-pro-violence-gen-z-say-so\/"},"modified":"2021-02-21T09:59:16","modified_gmt":"2021-02-21T14:59:16","slug":"is-america-doomed-alarming-polls-of-pro-socialism-pro-violence-gen-z-say-so","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/is-america-doomed-alarming-polls-of-pro-socialism-pro-violence-gen-z-say-so\/","title":{"rendered":"Is America Doomed? Alarming Polls of Pro-Socialism, Pro-Violence Gen Z Say So"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fis-america-doomed-alarming-polls-of-pro-socialism-pro-violence-gen-z-say-so%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=156004&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Alarming polls conducted in recent years and months show a terrifying trend: Generation Z \u2014 which includes young people who are now voting in our elections \u2014 support socialism, rioting, looting and restrictions on free speech.<\/p>\n<p>Polls dating back to 2019 show that much of America\u2019s youth is in favor of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/austin-lefts-new-strategy-assaulting-free-speech-claiming-conservatives-incite-violence\">policing speech<\/a> that isn\u2019t popular, is supportive of burning down or ransacking private businesses amid gripes with government and also resents the idea they can succeed as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/new-squad-member-already-setting-sights-capitalism\">capitalists<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, these people are young, and young people are often not very intuitive without the requisite life experience to see the error in their ways. Perhaps that will change once they begin experiencing the taxes that come with homeownership, starting families and owning businesses. If not, though, this information could spell doom for the country.<\/p>\n<p>As the oft-quoted clich\u00e9 saying, which is routinely and falsely attributed to <a href=\"https:\/\/winstonchurchill.org\/resources\/quotes\/quotes-falsely-attributed\/\">Winston Churchill<\/a>, goes, \u201cIf you\u2019re not a liberal when you\u2019re 25, you have no heart.\u00a0 If you\u2019re not a conservative by the time you\u2019re 35, you have no brain.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That quote of course oversimplifies the growing pains of young people and their views on life, love, policy and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/key-biden-nominee-open-raising-taxes-middle-class\">taxation<\/a>. But in clich\u00e9 quotations, we so often find a bit of the truth. Young people, for now, are embracing leftist ideals that a generation ago seemed unfathomable. Time will tell if they do indeed morph into cerebral beings.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-extras trending\"><strong>TRENDING:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/biden-forces-prosecutor-investigating-powerful-democrats\">Biden Forces Out Prosecutor Investigating Powerful Democrats<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Anyhow, here are some alarming numbers from polls that have attempted to gauge how these kids view the world around them.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/socialism-capitalism-poll-generation-z-preference-1ffb8800-0ce5-4368-8a6f-de3b82662347.html\">Axios<\/a>, in a 2019 survey, found that 61 percent of Generation Z-ers, reacted positively to the word \u201csocialism.\u201d Millennials, Generation X and Baby Boomers reacted less positively to the word. Only 27 percent of Boomers viewed socialism favorably.<\/p>\n<p>Axios surveyed 2,777 U.S. adults and reported a margin of error of +\/- 3.5 percentage points.<\/p>\n<p>Another poll from <a href=\"https:\/\/news.gallup.com\/poll\/315962\/americans-say-policing-needs-major-changes.aspx\">Gallup<\/a> conducted in the midst of 2020\u2019s social unrest last July actually found that roughly one-third of young people supported <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/minneapolis-city-council-members-unveil-proposal-abolish-police-department\">abolishing police departments<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Gallup noted that 33 percent of participants younger than 35 supported \u201cAbolishing police departments\u201d when asked for solutions regarding criminal justice reform.<\/p>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\" class=\"one-half\">\n<div id=\"pollFormBox\" class=\"c10\">\n<form id=\"firefly-poll\" class=\"firefly-poll\">Completing this poll entitles you to The Western Journal news updates free of charge. You may opt out at anytime. You also agree to our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/about\/privacy-policy\">Privacy Policy<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/about\/terms-service\">Terms of Use<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/form>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>One more poll, however, was published which shared some jarring findings. A poll shared by the <a href=\"https:\/\/fee.org\/articles\/65-of-college-students-say-rioting-and-looting-is-justified-new-poll-finds\/\">Foundation for Economic Freedom<\/a> conducted last October found that nearly two-thirds of college students polled said <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/democrats-new-hire-defended-blm-looting-called-capitol-police-white-supremacists\">looting<\/a> property was \u201cjustified\u201d in many cases.<\/p>\n<p>The survey, from Mclaughlin &amp; Associate, along with Yale University\u2019s William F. Buckley Program, asked 800 college students if riots were justified \u201cto some degree\u201d due to \u201csystemic racism\u201d and black Americans being \u201cmurdered\u201d by police.<\/p>\n<p>A shocking 64 percent agreed that \u201cthe recent rioting and looting is justified \u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-extras related\"><strong>RELATED:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/poll-support-third-party-america-reaches-time-high\">Poll: Support for Third Party in America Reaches All-Time High<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The survey noted that only 28 percent of college students saw an issue with destroying private property.<\/p>\n<p>The groups reported a margin of error of +\/- 3.5 percentage points.<\/p>\n<p>But the most worrying statistic comes from a poll shared by the <a href=\"https:\/\/knightfoundation.org\/articles\/first-amendment-vitals-gen-z-free-expression-inclusion\/\">Knight Foundation<\/a> in 2019, which asked young people about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/biden-team-leader-agreed-islamic-diplomats-championed-limited-free-speech\">free speech<\/a>. The survey found that 51 percent of Generation Z respondents agreed that \u201cshouting down speakers or trying to prevent them from talking\u201d is acceptable sometimes or all of the time.<\/p>\n<p>The Knight Foundation surveyed 4,407 college students and did not report a margin of error.<\/p>\n<p>The Zoomers, as they\u2019re called, haven\u2019t had to struggle for money, as they\u2019ve been raised \u2014 regardless of their individual socio-economic backgrounds \u2014 in a prosperous country built by innovators and free thinkers.<\/p>\n<p>These people, born from the late 1990s until the middle of the last decade, don\u2019t yet view what they\u2019re supporting in the proper context.<\/p>\n<p>Their views on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/aoc-says-capitalism-irredeemable-sells-58-tax-rich-shirts\">capitalism<\/a>, property and the First Amendment haven\u2019t yet been challenged. Most are not old enough yet to have been figuratively robbed by government taxation or literally robbed by criminals.<\/p>\n<p>Along with the rest of us, they\u2019re all about to experience a taste of socialism as Democrats \u2014 who are the establishment that these youths are supposed to be rebelling against \u2014 will soon test the country\u2019s tolerance for tyranny.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s if the first four weeks of the administration of President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/no-ambiguity-around-genocide-human-rights-group-responds-bidens-china-flip-flopping\">Joe Biden<\/a> are any indication of what is to come.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps there is hope for these young people, and for the future of the country. For now, though (according to the polling) the situation looks grim. The Zoomers are our future and right now they\u2019re buying what the institutional left is selling them.<\/p>\n<p>One thing is certain: If the country throws away its founding principles in favor of failed 19th-century European political theories, then America ceases to exist. The country\u2019s future is ultimately up to the smartphone generation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-ask\">We are committed to truth and accuracy in all of our journalism. Read our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/about\/ethics-editorial-standards\">editorial standards<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alarming polls conducted in recent years and months show a terrifying trend: Generation Z<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2273858,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-156004","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156004","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=156004"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156004\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2273858"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=156004"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=156004"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=156004"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}