CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY APRIL 10, 2026
WHY DO SO MANY YOUNG PEOPLE FLIRT WITH OR BELIEVE IN SOCIALISM OVER CAPITALISM?
AT LEAST TWO REASONS, I THINK. ONE IS THAT IS WHAT THEY ARE BEING TAUGHT (OR NOT TAUGHT) IN TOO MANY SCHOOLS AND UNIVERSITIES. LEFT-LEANING TEACHERS AND PROFESSORS EXTOL THE SUPPOSED VIRTUES OF SOCIALISM AND DERIDE THE PROVEN VIRTUES OF CAPITALISM.
SOCIALISM IS EASY. YOU DON’T HAVE TO WORK FOR IT BECAUSE THE GOVERNMENT WILL GIVE YOU OTHER PEOPLE’S MONEY. BUT AS THE LATE BRITISH PRIME MINISTER MARGARET THATCHER SAID: “THE PROBLEM WITH SOCIALISM IS THAT YOU SOON RUN OUT OF OTHER PEOPLE’S MONEY.”
THEN YOU HAVE THE HUMAN NATURE FACTOR. A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK THEY DESERVE THINGS. DESERVE, ENTITLED AND FREE ARE THREE HORRIBLE WORDS THAT CONTRADICT HARD WORK, INITIATIVE AND PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY.
SO, SOCIALISM IS EASY AND MAKES EVERYONE EQUALLY POOR, WHILE CAPITALISM LIFTS ALL BOATS FOR THOSE WHO CLIMB IN.
POLITICIANS SELL SOCIALISM BECAUSE IT GETS THEM VOTES FROM AN IGNORANT POPULATION THAT HAS NEVER HAD TO LIVE UNDER IT. THEY PROMOTE A “WEALTH TAX,” WHICH IS BASIC RE-DISTRUBUTION. BETTER WISE UP YOUNG PEOPLE. YOU WON’T LIKE LIVING UNDER SOCIALISM. ASK THOSE WHO HAVE. I’M CAL THOMAS.
