Commentary 
The “American dream” is dead. That is, if you believe recent surveys which reveal that nearly 50 percent of the younger generation favors socialism over capitalism. To wit:
“Since 2010, young adults’ positive ratings of socialism have hovered near 50%, while the rate has been consistently near 34% for Gen Xers and near 30% for baby boomers/traditionalists.”
Since the financial crisis of 2008–9, an increasing number of Americans are becoming despondent about the state of capitalism in America. It started with the “Occupy Wall Street” movement in 2011, and has continued to grow as political divisions deepen. The rise of civil unrest has deeper roots, as noted by Pew Research in 2017:…