My Name for Hope

Abstract

Abstract:Socialism—democratic socialism—has experienced a revival, thanks largely to Bernie Sanders, who is actually not a socialist but a New Deal Democrat. Calling himself a socialist probably didn't help Sanders win votes. In 2019, when asked if they would vote for various kinds of people for president, socialist came in dead last at 47 percent—the same percentage as in 2015—after Muslim, "over the age of 70," and atheist. But socialism gave people, especially young people, a name for their rage at the status quo and helped boost membership in the Democratic Socialists of America, an organization to which Sanders does not belong, to around 90,000