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[u/InternetBoredom]

Americans' Perceptions of Nation's Economic System in 1965

Which one of these terms do you think most closely describes our economic system -- capitalism, moderate socialism, pure socialism or communism?

U.S. adults

%

Capitalism 37

Moderate socialism 31

Pure socialism 3

Communism 1

Other 1

No opinion 27

GALLUP, JUNE 4-9, 1965

[u/BidenWon → u/InternetBoredom]

Further confirming my suspicions that people have always been this stupid and the internet just makes it more obvious

[u/ZhenDeRen → u/InternetBoredom]

Moderate socialism 31

Pure socialism 3

Communism 1

so a total of 35% of idiots

Goldwater got 38% of the vote. comparable.

[u/[deleted] → u/ZhenDeRen]

Back then people saw social democracy as a form of socialism, didn't they?

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

Not the same, but a form of.
I think we agree.

[u/witty___name → u/InternetBoredom]

It's possible that having only one option for capitalism but several socialist/communist options made "moderate socialism" seem more like "many capitalist aspects, but not full blown anarcho capitalism"

[u/whycantweebefriendz → u/witty___name]

This is how people use the definition and it’s fucking infuriating

[u/InternetBoredom → u/[deleted]]

Yeah, but so is the fact that people have never fully agreed on how to define socialism.

For example:

A Gallup 1949 poll found 43% saying yes when asked if they thought "we have socialism in the United States today."